A Fresh Approach to Immigration

摘要

Over the past 20 years, the control of immigration in the U.S. science and technology (S&T) sector has become a topic of perennial debate. Foreign-born scientists and students make up a significant and growing share of those holding or pursuing degrees in science and engineering. As the job market for new Ph.D.s becomes tighter and doctoral students' future prospects appear less secure, the issue of whether and how to control immigration has once again come to the fore.