STEM Immigration
The House of Representatives, on November 30, approved a bill to grant up to 55,000 green cards each year to foreign students who graduate from qualified U.S. schools with an advanced degree in the “STEM” disciplines ― science, technology, engineering, and math. The legislation, sponsored by Representative Lamar Smith (TX-R), passed by a vote of 245 to 139. Those who opposed the bill, including the Obama Administration, did so because it would replace the Diversity Visa Program, which uses a lottery to allocate green cards to people from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States. A statement…
