New York Senator Charles Schumer is releasing information about a bill he plans to introduce before the Senate tomorrow. The bill calls for the creation of a two-year pilot program that would allow 55,000 additional green cards each year for foreign-born graduates with master's degrees or higher from American universities in science, math, technology or engineering (STEM) fields. This would be wonderful.
This bill is substantially similar to the one introduced by Texas Representative Lamar Smith in the House except that Smith's bill would eliminate the Diversity Visa (DV) Lottery altogether.
Schumer's office has reportedly already been reaching out to businesses in the high-tech community to rally support for his measure. Of course, it remains to be seen whether either Mr. Schumer's bill or Mr. Smith's will ever even be voted upon, as there is very limited time remaining in this session of Congress; perhaps both of these bills are just political maneuvers, attempting to cull additional business support before the election without intending to provide any real change.
Good news, let's see the language and whether this gets voted on.
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