Immigrant scientist Katalin Kariko delivers a speech after receiving the Princesa de Asturias award … [+] for Scientific and Technical Research during the 2021 Princess of Asturias award ceremony at the Reconquista Hotel in Oviedo, in Spain, on October 22, 2021. (Photo by ANDER GILLENEA/AFP via Getty Images)
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In 2022, a country’s national security and economic vitality center around talent. Leadership in China, Russia and other countries have taken steps to help ensure their nations have the scientists and engineers needed in the 21st century. Analysts say the United States carries natural advantages in the global competition for talent but risks falling behind because it is too difficult for talented foreign-born individuals to stay or immigrate to America. Congress has the opportunity to change that in legislation headed to a House-Senate conference committee.
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