Visa wrangle brings crisis in science jobs

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A number of non-US research staff hired by American universities are stranded without visas to enter the country following political stalemate over quotas for overseas-born professionals. The visa problem is holding up temporary faculty appointments at a number of institutions, according to Sang Han, who tracks immigration issues for the Association of American Universities (AAU). "At least three department heads are tearing their hair out" because non-US faculty members who were supposed to begin teaching classes in September will not arrive in time, says Richard Lariviere, vice-president of international programs at the University of Texas.