Yuanchu “Andrew” Liu came to America to study and build his own business. But when he graduated from Syracuse University in 2015, the budding entrepreneur was left with few options other than to return to China.
Liu is one of thousands of international students each year forced to return home after graduation because of an antiquated federal immigration policy that tends to keep entrepreneurs – and their possible company’s tax revenue and job creation – out of the country.
Today, Liu runs a growing business in China’s Hebei province. His company oversees roughly a dozen employees who help monitor the safety of 450,000 elevators in the region’s skyscrapers.