American Immigration--All Farmers, No Scientists

Statistician and activist Nancy Lo, Ph.D. was born in southwestern China, but escaped to Taiwan at age six. (See post one.) For most of her early days in Taiwan, she was sheltered with other Air Force families, only meeting the local children when she went to Middle/High School. (See post two.) Despite this foreign atmosphere, where she didn't always understand the language, she succeeded in going to the top university in Taipei.  And, while social pressure shunted her away from pure math, it also pushed her to attend Oregon State University (See post three).   She was an early pioneer of cross-cultural relationships in Oregon, marrying her classmate John Ferguson in 1967. She graduated with a Ph.D. in statistics. (see post four). Over the years, she's returned to work/visit relatives in China on numerous occasions. In addition to seeing pollution as an issue, she is concerned about the false "cloak of Communism." (see post five.) 

As for problems in the U.S., Nancy sees two issues: “U.S. wants to be the king of the world.  So much of the U.S. government budget is spent sending the military people around the world. Even like the islands that China claims in S.E. Asia—U.S. can send the troops to that area.

“If people ask for help, you can help. If people don’t ask for help, you don’t have to (get involved.)”
Just as Jason Tu mentioned in our interview, Nancy was also troubled by our immigration policies.

“I know some scientists from China. They come here, get Ph.D. degrees, and work as Post Docs. 

"They have their names put on the list to stay in the United States legally, but it takes many years before their documents are approved. But, if you come here illegally you get protected. 

"So, we welcome the illegal immigrants that are doing farm work, but the ones who have high-tech backgrounds, we don’t want them.”

(To be continued. Next: Educating People about History.)