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On Competes act:

“Currently, employment-based (EB) immigration to the United States is statutorily limited to 140,000 EB visas per year split amongst five “preference” categories with some exceptions. Section 80303 would exclude some of the most in-demand talent for science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) industries fields from these limitations. It does so in two ways.
First, Section 80303 would remove the statutory limits on the number of people who may be issued a visa and seek lawful permanent resident (green card) status for aliens with advanced degrees in STEM fields. Anyone with a doctoral degree in a STEM field and anyone who holds a master's degree and “works in a critical industry” would be allowed to file a petition with the Department of Homeland Security to receive a work visa that could eventually qualify them for a green card. This provision also allows the spouses and children to accompany an individual granted entry under this system.
Second, Section 80303 would allow any individual “who is a bona fide student admitted to a program of study involving [STEM]” to obtain a visa “even if such alien intends to seek lawful permanent resident status.” In effect, this would exclude STEM students from the statutory limits.”

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/techland-when-great-power-competition-meets-digital-world/immigration-could-decide-us-china