Responding aggressively and intelligently to the need to educate. train. and retrain the potential pool of high tech workers in the next century is the kind of affirmative action that can ensure that all individuals have the opportunity to work hard and prosper in the next century. It is. however. an unfortunate reality that this kind of long term solution is insufficient to meet our most immediate needs. Thus. this legislation focuses on a limited shortterm measure to raise the annual cap. currently at 65.000. for temporary visas for highly skilled workers. Notably. the cap for this year was reached last week! Mr.