Semiconductor giants are pushing for immigration reform that would allow more highly skilled workers to remain in the U.S. after Congress passed a bill to strengthen domestic chip manufacturing. The semiconductor companies told congressional leaders the U.S. should reform regulations around green cards to keep more highly skilled workers, according to a copy of the letter reported by Punchbowl News Thursday. The companies argued that the U.S. should exempt eligible immigrants with doctorate and masterās degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) from annual green card country caps, as well as allow for the recapture of unused green cards to reduce the āmassive backlogā of employer and family sponsored green card applicants. In addition to the green card reform, the companies said the U.S. should invest more in developing qualified U.S.-born STEM students and create more semiconductor-specific degree programs. āThis issue is not only a semiconductor competitiveness problem. As recognized by Congress, the United States also needs to invest in R&D in strategic industries for its national security,ā they wrote. āThis is necessary to stay ahead of strategic competitors that are investing heavily in both their indigenous semiconductor industries and their STEM talent.ā The bill was signed by representatives from Intel, GlobalFoundries, ASML US and Samsung Semiconductor Inc., among others. The push comes after Congress passed the $280 billion CHIPS and Science Act to boost domestic chip manufacturing and finance scientific research. The bill aimed to increase the U.S. competitiveness in the field. https://thehill.com/policy/3587821-semiconductor-giants-call-for-immigration-law-restructuring/amp/
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Only if they are from actual China aka Taiwan, not the rogue communist country that claims to be China.
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I think thatās a good idea but how about providing education for people in the US too. I know gringos just want to become TikTok famous but at least provide them an option.
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Lol, just trying to show they care about their employees but on the other hand they lobby to keep the backlog as it is.
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Trumpās skilled migration proposal was better. Points based system and wage based visas. Let the market truly decide it.
Strategic industries? Sure, let the government decide what is strategic industry, what could go wrong.
US must focus on money printing work & leave the manufacturing work to Asians.
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That was the right call though.
Dear semiconductor companies: your arse isnāt facing a labor shortage because of a lack of immigrants, itās because you pay less. Do you think immigrants are too stupid to find out about Leetcode? Semiconductor TC: $250k -> SW TC: $400k
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Iām sure they can pay you well enough if youāre actually useful. Try coming up with a better library than CUDA, optimizations for Arc, ML libraries? I donāt think Intel has much use for android or API developers.
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