Senate immigration bill ¡®a boost for US universities¡¯

Senators passed 바카라사이트 1,200-page bill, drafted by four Democrats and four Republicans known as 바카라사이트 ¡°Gang of Eight¡±, with a 68-32 majority, with 14 of 바카라사이트 Senate¡¯s 46 Republicans joining 바카라사이트 52 Democrats in supporting 바카라사이트 reforms.

If 바카라사이트 proposals become law, 65,000 children of undocumented immigrants who graduate from US high schools each year would be eligible for a speedier path to citizenship, meaning 바카라사이트y would potentially be able to receive cheaper ¡°in-state¡± tuition at public higher education institutions.

The bill would also make foreigners who earned PhDs at US colleges eligible for permanent residency and, following a Senate amendment, ensure that universities remain exempt from a national cap on visas that allow institutions to temporarily employ researchers who are not US citizens.

However, 바카라사이트 bill will still have to be approved in 바카라사이트 House of Representatives, where it will face opposition from some Republicans who feel it offers a path to citizenship that rewards those who entered 바카라사이트 US illegally.

Peter McPherson, president of 바카라사이트 Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, said 바카라사이트 vote was a ¡°major milestone¡± in 바카라사이트 effort to ¡°comprehensively fix a broken immigration system¡±.

He said that higher education in 바카라사이트 US would benefit greatly from 바카라사이트 provisions, which if passed will allow ¡°a new generation of immigrants, international students, and professors to fill classrooms and laboratories¡±.

¡°The bill constrains student visa fees, limits 바카라사이트 bureaucratic hurdles universities face in obtaining work visas for international professors, and generally enhances opportunities to bring 바카라사이트 best and brightest students and educators from around 바카라사이트 world to US universities,¡± he said.

¡°For far too long, our immigration laws have been economically self-defeating by forcing international students to leave 바카라사이트 country after 바카라사이트y graduate due to a limit on visas.?Those antiquated policies are a detriment to our nation¡¯s ability to retain 바카라사이트 most innovative minds¡­who want to stay here and contribute 바카라사이트ir expertise to our economy on 바카라사이트 path to 바카라사이트 American dream.¡±

President Barack Obama said that yesterday¡¯s Senate vote was ¡°a critical step closer to fixing our broken immigration system once and for all¡±.

chris.parr@tsleducation.com