United States: Science And Engineering

United States Dept: U.S. President Barack Obama s immigration plan calling for a huge increase in visas for foreign science and engineering graduates will pose a huge challenge for China, India and Latin America: they will either have to do something to retain their best talents, or they will face the biggest brain drain in recent history, according to Winnipeg Free Press. Now, if the United States the world s biggest economy joins the race, the global competition for highly skilled professionals will be fiercer. Much like after Second World War, when the U.S. government lured Albert Einstein and other top European scientists, the United States will become a magnet for a new generation of the world s best brains and u.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch led a bipartisan bill known as the Immigration Innovation Act,under which the United States would eliminate restrictions on visas for workers with graduate degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics from qualified U.S. universities, and would almost double existing quotas for other highly-skilled private sector workers. The global race for talent is already under way. Canada, Australia, Singapore, Brazil and Chile have recently adopted measures to attract highly skilled scientists, engineers and high-tech entrepreneurs. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.