You Tell Us: Should the United States Welcome Highly Educated Immigrants?

Published: June 8, 2012

The Washington Post
June 8, 2012

Senate and House lawmakers recently introduced the Startup Act 2.0, a proposal that would grant visas to foreign students who obtain graduate degrees in science, technology, engineering and math. The measure has garnered bicameral and bipartisan support, an increasingly rare feat as the election draws closer.

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