The other important issue on the debate is why the United States fails to facilitate working visas for skilled immigrants and foreign students graduating from American universities. In this sense, Portes and Truelove (1987), argued “that foreign graduate students and skilled immigrants are significant inputs into developing new technologies in the U.S. economy.”
However, in the last year the number of H1B1 visas issued for people with “special skills,” have decreased from 331,206 in 2001 to 217,340 in 2013. In addition, despite the positive trend in the number of foreign students in the country, only 15% are able to find visa sponsorship and stay permanently. In a broader sense, this numbers explain the decrease in the lack of high-skill
However, in the last year the number of H1B1 visas issued for people with “special skills,” have decreased from 331,206 in 2001 to 217,340 in 2013. In addition, despite the positive trend in the number of foreign students in the country, only 15% are able to find visa sponsorship and stay permanently. In a broader sense, this numbers explain the decrease in the lack of high-skill