This is why the IEEE-USA has been screaming to staple Green Cards to advanced EE degrees awarded in the US for the past quarter century.
QUOTE: "Finding the Workers.
The semiconductor industry also depends on a highly skilled workforce, which the U.S. is failing to cultivate domestically. Foreign students dominate U.S. semiconductor-related graduate programs, accounting for more than two-thirds of graduate degrees in electrical, electronics and communications engineering from American education institutions in 2019."
QUOTE: "Finding the Workers.
The semiconductor industry also depends on a highly skilled workforce, which the U.S. is failing to cultivate domestically. Foreign students dominate U.S. semiconductor-related graduate programs, accounting for more than two-thirds of graduate degrees in electrical, electronics and communications engineering from American education institutions in 2019."
America’s Lack Of Chips Is More Than A Blip
The short-term shortage is indicative of a longer-term problem for the United States
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