The free flow of skilled human capital was identified as a top priority at an Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) senior officials innovation meeting I led in Medan, Indonesia, this past weekend. The approval therefore by the U.S. Senate last Thursday of its version of immigration reform legislation was met with keen interest. Why is this legislation so important for the United States?
For more than a decade now, U.S. policymakers have failed to address the nation’s broken immigration system. This year has seen a plethora of different groups – representing business and the technology industry, labor unions, farmworkers, educators, youth groups, religious organizations and many others from both sides of the aisle – watching closely to see if lawmakers can overcome tough party divides.
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