The US House passed a bill today that would replace the green card lottery with a program that awards permanent residency visas to foreign graduates of US master’s and doctoral programs in science, technology, engineering and math, Reuters reported.
Under the current green card lottery system, people from countries with low rates of immigration are randomly selected for permanent residency visas regardless of their education level or areas of expertise, USA Today reported.
According to USA Today:
The majority of those visas end up going to African nations, and others such as Ukraine, Fiji and Bangladesh.
The STEM Jobs Act, which would reserve 55,000 visas a year for STEM graduates, was mostly supported by Republicans and opposed by Democrats, Reuters reported. The measure passed 245-139, generally along party lines.
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