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Dear Mr. Trump: All 6 U.S. science Nobel Prize winners this year so far are immigrants
- Anna Mae
- Oct 17, 2016
- 1 min read
by Alicia Barrón
''“I think the United States is what it is today largely because of open borders."
That comment comes from Scottish-born naturalized U.S. citizen Sir J. Fraser Stoddart. When he said this to The Hill, he'd just won the Nobel Prize for chemistry.
This statement was bold, especially in an election year where the topic of immigration has been a hot-button issue filled with troublesome rhetoric.
Stoddart had a good reason for the comment: All six American Nobel laureates in science announced so far this year are immigrants...''
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