Mr. Speaker, brilliant minds from around the world come
to the United States to pursue advanced degrees. Unfortunately, for
many of these individuals, after we train them, after we educate them,
we force them to return to their home countries due to our outdated
immigration policy. And then guess what? They compete with us. They
compete with the American economy, and this makes no sense. That is why I am authoring the bipartisan Stopping Trained in America
Ph.D.'s from Leaving the Economy Act, the STAPLE Act, along with my
colleague Congressman Quigley. The STAPLE Act exempts individuals born outside the United States
from the limits of employment-based green cards and H-1B visas that are
awarded annually if that individual has earned a Ph.D. from an American
institution in the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering, or
math. Mr. Speaker, by retaining the talent that has benefited from our
education system, we can unleash even more economic and innovative
opportunity here at home.
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