Encourage educated foreign citizens to stay/come to the U.S.
Increase the length of time a foreign born individual can stay in the U.S. on a student visa, and fast track visas for those who are skilled and educated. Allocate a percentage of the visas to be used for the most highly skilled applicants.
Also, reduce the uncertainty for the visa application process. Currently, employers sponsor an applicant (approx $5k) without any sort of guarantee that the applicant will recieve the visa. Employers, especially small-businesses, don't like spending $5k on someone with the risk that the applicant won't even receive a visa. Hence, the U.S. loses a skilled applicant who had a guaranteed job.
MTransplant84
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John.Argent
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I think thats part of the problem why is it so easy for a non us citizen to get a free education but our own citizens have to fight like hell to get an education
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andy.ewing
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This is especially critical considering our need for energy technology, and the fact that many international Ph.D. students' tuition has been paid for by government grants. We're giving people who want to work here $100,000+ educations and then kicking them out.