May 1, 2022 06:34 AM
https://sciencebusiness.net/news/us-plan...rs-america
EXCERPTS: The Biden Administration is planning a campaign to attract Russian scientists and engineers to the US, in an effort to further weaken Russia’s science and technology base. It also plans to help Russian physicists at the CERN nuclear lab continue working there, rather than return home when their normal visas expire, if they wish.
The plan, first reported 29 April by Bloomberg News and confirmed to Science|Business, is part of a $33 billion supplemental spending bill for the Ukraine war that President Biden sent to Congress 28 April, officials said. The legislation includes language that would permit technically qualified Russians with masters or doctoral degrees in a range of fields to immigrate to the US without the usual visa requirement that they have a job lined up in advance. They would have to pass a US security background check.
[...] The legal language authorising the new Russian visa regime is part of $33 billion in supplemental Ukraine war spending – on top of $14 billion already allocated – that the Biden Administration just requested of Congress. The bulk of the money, to be spent between now and 30 September, will go to support Ukraine’s economy, supply weapons, and provide financial support to US industries affected by the war.
Given its sensitive nature, the scientific talent initiative wasn’t mentioned in White House press briefings about the budget bill. Other proposed immigration-law changes in the past year have been tied up in Republican-Democrat feuding on the Hill, but the Russian provision is expected to garner bipartisan support as part of the Ukraine war effort... (MORE - missing details)
EXCERPTS: The Biden Administration is planning a campaign to attract Russian scientists and engineers to the US, in an effort to further weaken Russia’s science and technology base. It also plans to help Russian physicists at the CERN nuclear lab continue working there, rather than return home when their normal visas expire, if they wish.
The plan, first reported 29 April by Bloomberg News and confirmed to Science|Business, is part of a $33 billion supplemental spending bill for the Ukraine war that President Biden sent to Congress 28 April, officials said. The legislation includes language that would permit technically qualified Russians with masters or doctoral degrees in a range of fields to immigrate to the US without the usual visa requirement that they have a job lined up in advance. They would have to pass a US security background check.
[...] The legal language authorising the new Russian visa regime is part of $33 billion in supplemental Ukraine war spending – on top of $14 billion already allocated – that the Biden Administration just requested of Congress. The bulk of the money, to be spent between now and 30 September, will go to support Ukraine’s economy, supply weapons, and provide financial support to US industries affected by the war.
Given its sensitive nature, the scientific talent initiative wasn’t mentioned in White House press briefings about the budget bill. Other proposed immigration-law changes in the past year have been tied up in Republican-Democrat feuding on the Hill, but the Russian provision is expected to garner bipartisan support as part of the Ukraine war effort... (MORE - missing details)