House Passes Legislation to Add Foreign Tech Workers

The House passed legislation (H.R. 6429) to provide 55,000 visas a year to foreigners who graduate from American universities with advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics.  The House bill, however, isn’t likely to go anywhere in the Senate.

Read more here: Kent Hoover, Puget Sound Business Journal/Tech Flash, November 30, 2012.