Brookings Institution: Biden’s bold CHIPS Act will need foreign workers

The searing report warns CHIPS will be dead in the water unless quotas for skilled tech workers are dramatically raised.

The Biden Administration’s $280 billion CHIPS act promises to bring semiconductor development and production back to the USA. But a new study from the Brookings Institution says there’s only one way it can actually happen: Allow more qualified engineers and technicians to immigrate to our country.

“Congress should consider easing the burden of acquiring an employment visa to attract skilled workers quickly,” the report says.

The Brookings analysts say Congress could enact a range of “simple policy tweaks” to allow targeted increases in the number of foreign semiconductor workers admitted annually. They believe it’s the quickest way to make the ambitious goals of the CHIPS act into a reality.

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