U.S. Immigration Policy
The Brookings Institution held a forum on reforming U.S. immigration policy. Darrell West began the event by speaking…
Immigration Policy
2011-02-07T09:02:42-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/f5b/297880-m.jpgParticipants spoke about U.S. immigration policy, attracting highly-skilled workers, and U.S. business competitiveness. Among the issues addressed were the numbers and origins of foreign graduate students in U.S. universities, research findings on immigration’s role in spurring innovation, and policy recommendations for attracting highly-skilled workers to U.S. companies. They also answered questions from the audience.Participants spoke about U.S. immigration policy, attracting highly-skilled workers, and U.S. business competitiveness. Among the issues… read more
Immigration Policy Participants spoke about U.S. immigration policy, attracting highly-skilled workers, and U.S. business competitiveness. Among the issues addressed were the numbers and origins of foreign graduate students in U.S. universities, research findings on immigration’s role in spurring innovation, and policy recommendations for attracting highly-skilled workers to U.S. companies. They also answered questions from the audience. close
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- Jeanne Batalova Analyst Migration Policy Institute
- Kevin Finneran Editor in Chief Issues in Science and Technology
- Patrick Gaule Research Fellow Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Robert Hamilton Research Scientist NASA
- David Hart Director George Mason University->Center for Science and Technology Policy
- Ron Hira Professor Rochester Institute of Technology->PublicPolicy
- Jennifer Hunt Professor (Former) McGill University->Economics
- B. Lindsay Lowell Policy Director Georgetown University->Institute for the Study of International Migration
- Mitch Waldrop Writer Science Magazine
- Darrell M. West Vice President and Director Brookings Institution->Governance Studies Program
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