Senate bill slots 55,000 tech green cards
Source: Computerworld
There's a new push in the Senate to set aside as many as 55,000 green cards to science, technology, engineering and math graduates -- so-called STEM workers.
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) introduced a bill Tuesday to make green cards, or permanent residency, available to students who earn an advance degree, master's or Ph.D. from a research university, meaning a university that has received a federal funding for research.
To accomplish this, Cornyn's bill eliminates the so-called diversity lottery, which today makes 55,000 green cards available via a lottery, and makes those visas available instead to STEM grads.
... There is bipartisan support in the House for similar types of green card legislation focused on STEM grads, but one sponsor of a bill, U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), recently said the a "toxic environment" in Congress was preventing people from accomplishing "reasonable things."
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