So right now, the way the system is setup, you can in theory move from a PhD from a fairly popular university to a EB-1 Green Card. So it is not like the path t

So right now, the way the system is setup, you can in theory move from a PhD from a fairly popular university to a EB-1 Green Card. So it is not like the path to citizenship doesn't exist. (It is another matter that the process is convoluted and requires pages and pages of documentation.) The article is sketchy on the details so I assume they are talking about extending this benefit to Masters students. I am not so sure how I feel about this. For every school that is highly competitive and tries to bring in the cream of the immigrant class, there are enough schools that use the Masters program as a way of injecting an easy $100K into their coffers. Having said this, I can say one thing from personal experience though: Universities are way better at treating their students than the H1B system. At least at my university, the way the system was setup, you would have to really fuck up for you to get kicked out of Grad. School and this is one of the top ten C.S. schools. On the other hand, the way the H1B works, your manager might not like the fact that you sit and you get fired and you are immediately out of status. This means that you work constantly with that pressure in your head. If you are in the unlucky situation of having been born in India or China, this runs for a few years. This is not something you will hear people from industry clamoring for reform.