Tech Policy Podcast

420: Tech and Immigration

Episode Summary

Jeremy Neufeld (Institute for Progress) discusses how our immigration system works, why high-skilled immigrants are so important to the tech sector, what’s wrong with the Trump administration’s H-1B reforms, why America is so complacent about competing for global talent, and more. Links: Trump’s H-1B Changes Won’t Work (https://tinyurl.com/mpccn29y) Talent Recruitment Roulette: Replacing the H-1B Lottery | IFP (https://tinyurl.com/t5yxcxsz) The Talent Scout State | IFP (https://tinyurl.com/2ftcdfnu) Tech Policy Podcast 317: Making Progress (https://tinyurl.com/nrm3vs7j)

Episode Notes

Jeremy Neufeld (Institute for Progress) discusses how our immigration system works, why high-skilled immigrants are so important to the tech sector, what’s wrong with the Trump administration’s H-1B reforms, why America is so complacent about competing for global talent, and more.

Links: 

Trump’s H-1B Changes Won’t Work

Talent Recruitment Roulette: Replacing the H-1B Lottery | IFP

The Talent Scout State | IFP

Tech Policy Podcast 317: Making Progress