"Darrell West understands that more than any stimulus or bailout, the most important step we can take to strengthen America's long-term economic health is passing comprehensive immigration reform. For America to compete in the 21st century, we need to be able to attract—and keep—the world's best, brightest, and hardest working. Everyone knows our immigration system is broken, but West provides the kind of facts and analysis we need to move the issue forward in Washington."—Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City

"To deal with our fiscal and debt challenges, we need higher, sustained economic growth. A key element in a high growth economic strategy is changing our immigration policies to enhance productivity and innovation. Brain Gain provides a roadmap to do just that."—Jeb Bush, former Governor of Florida

"Darrell West gets it right when he frames the need for comprehensive immigration reform as a fundamental element of U.S. competitiveness in the 21st century. Brain Gain raises the questions that need to be asked if we truly want a debate about immigration policy that prioritizes the long-term economic development of our country."—Michael Holston, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Hewlett-Packard

"At a time when so much heat, rather than light, is being generated around the issue of immigration, Brain Gain is an invaluable work that as dispassionately, factually, and objectively as possible analyzes the political and economic aspects of immigration and their effect on our nation. Writing with a level of thoughtfulness and intellectual rigor missing from the current debate and informed by rich sources of data, Darrell West tackles the question of why, despite so much evidence that immigration brings substantial economic, intellectual and cultural benefits to the U.S., immigration policy has been so difficult to resolve. In doing so, he has helped raise the level of national discussion about this issue to a new, more enlightened level. What he describes as "the complicated reality underneath the Statue of Liberty story line" is one that every American needs to both understand and think deeply about as we make decisions regarding immigration that will impact our shared future for decades to come."—Vartan Gregorian, President, Carnegie Corporation of New York

"The diminishing lead of the U.S. in innovation is not a speculation about the future, it is a fact, and immigration policy is an important reason. I've been reading West's new book on the problem, Brain Gain.... [I] recommend it highly."—Clive Crook, ft.com (Financial Times blog)