Finally, the agenda calls for a complete overhaul of the immigration system. NAFSA says the 110th Congress should broaden requirements for visa applicants in the science, technology, engineering and math fields and provide relief from caps on the number of H-1B visas available for skilled foreign workers.
“The United States must be competitive for the best and brightest international students because, increasingly, today’s international students are tomorrow’s innovators in the U.S. economy,” the agenda says.
— Diverse staff reports© Copyright 2005 by DiverseEducation.com
