Immigration Reform

In recent issue of Economist magazine, it seems like the comprehensive immigration reform is imminent. Though it was driven, in part, by the meager 27% Hispanic votes to the Republican Party, the incentive to encourage the high-skilled STEM (science, tech, engineering and math) graduates to stay in the U.S. seems to be less controversial than the amnesty for the 11M illegal immigrants. This forthcoming immigration reform bill probably will even propose automatic green cards for Ph.D. or even master-degree-holders of STEM graduates. Last time that U.S. had automatic green cards to high-skilled workers was more than 50 years ago. It is interesting to see this provision of green-card conferment , if proposed, will stir any backlash in this high-unemployment era.