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Former national security officials push for green card cap exemption for immigrants with advanced STEM degrees

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According to this article on The Hill, by MONIQUE BEALS

“A group of former national security officials is asking lawmakers to allow immigrants with advanced science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) degrees to be exempt from green card limits.

“In today’s technology competition, the most powerful and enduring asymmetric advantage America has is its ability to attract and retain the world’s best and brightest,” the former officials wrote in a letter dated Monday, first obtained by Axios, adding that “bottlenecks in the U.S. immigration system risk squandering this advantage.”

They went on to discuss other countries, especially China, as competitors and explain why immigrants with STEM degrees would be an asset to the U.S. while pushing for STEM graduates to be exempt from green card caps.”

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