Skilled migrants bring their norms

High‑skilled immigration delivers technical talent and jobs, but migrants also transmit social norms and institutional practices (e.g., caste attitudes, environmental behaviors) that can persist and influence the receiving country's workplaces, cities, and civic life. Evidence can include corporate H‑1B hiring patterns, legal cases of caste discrimination, and cross‑border scam networks that create governance and cohesion challenges. — If true, immigration policy debates must weigh not only economic complementarities but also cultural and institutional externalities that shape social cohesion and the preconditions for liberal self‑government.