1118 



Figure 7 



Percent of Immigrant Scientists, Engineers, 

 Physicians, and Surgeons Wlio Ctianged from 

 Nonimmigrant Status to Immigrant Status 



(Percent) 

 75 



50 



SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS 



PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS 



25 



TTTITITT 



1 J 



FY 1965 



1967 



1970 



1972 FY 1965 

 Year of Immigration 



1967 



1970 



1972 



Source: National Science Foundation, Science Resources Studies Highlights, Immigrant Scientists and 

 Engineers Decline in FY 1972, Physicians Increase Sharply, August 20, 1973, p. 4. (From 

 data of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, U.S. Department of Justice.) 



