Why don't we touch on a more important point IMHO: why can't we raise our own doctors? Now I know part of the influx of foreigners to our medical schools is because we SHOULD be training other countries' best and brightest to improve the quality of medicine worldwide and to show goodwill. That said, the vast majority of foreign medical students are here for two other reasons: 1) they have better credentials than our home-grown applicants (e.g., higher MCAT test scores) and 2) they usually pay full price rather than needing a scholarship (schools will tell you this doesn't play into the application decision, but that is complete BS - everyone operates to a budget). Maybe not much can be done about the latter, but it is shameful that we can't produce better students as a country. Now I can make the trite statement about it being sad that our kids are too busy doing things other things such as playing video games, sports, partying, blah blah vs. some counterpart in India or China whose nose is in his/her books since the age of 6. I believe there's definitely truth to that statement, but the question is do we really want to raise our kids like that? Do I want my kid studying all the time instead of enjoying life before becoming an adult and having to work until 65? Not me pal; I want my kid to enjoy life and party like hell in college, too! Life is too short to spend it working all the time... So I say, bring on the foreigners! They've worked for it since age 6 so let them have it. Maybe they'll drive a BMW and my kid a Honda. So what! At least my kid enjoyed his/her childhood!