They present the possibility that more high-skilled immigrants would drive down the wages of high-skilled workers in the United States as a potential risk.
America and Europe have the advantage in businesses that call for high-tech, high-skilled workers, good transportation and a sophisticated legal system.
The criticism: Employers say this plan fails to meet their needs for high-skilled workers, and places too much control in the hands of government bureaucrats.
Immigration Voice is a non-profit organization working to alleviate problems faced by legal high-skilled foreign workers in the United States.
Even if there are any high-skilled workers available, their quality of training is quite poor.
But bringing in more high-skilled foreign workers would make it only more difficult for middle-class Americans to find middle-class jobs.
If there is a major shortage of high-skilled workers in the United States, one could expect significant increases in their salaries.
While the state has made great strides at easing regulations for high-skilled workers, much more can be done.
As a significant number of the immigrants were highly educated, Israel accelerated its privatization in order to encourage the high-skilled workers to stay.
This occurred because high-skilled workers were needed to operate new technology and to perform services that could not be done by low-skilled, low-educated laborers.