No one thinks of technical immigration reform and the STEM Jobs Act. They should, as it impacts our country.<\/p>\n
The more politics gets into the picture relating to immigration reform, the less clarity we get as a whole on the issue, which isn\u2019t really any surprise. Consider the STEM Jobs Act, a Republican reform bill intended to grant more visas to highly-skilled immigrants. It\u2019s on stall. It was supposed offer 55,000 visas under the Diversity Immigrant Visa program to foreign-born students with American grad degrees in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).<\/p>\n
On the face of it, it sounds like a good idea. However, as with all things political, the Democrats had their own ideas — another alternative, which would keep the Diversity program. And that was when the whole thing hit the rails. No one, predictably, could agree on anything, and the issue was shelved. Whether it resurfaces for debate after the (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" No one thinks of technical immigration reform and the STEM Jobs Act. They should, as it impacts our country. The more politics gets into the picture relating to immigration reform, the less clarity we get as a whole on the…<\/span><\/p>\n