The STEM act as passed by the house eliminates the 55,000 visas reserved for the diversity lottery. This is not immigration reform, this is Republicans pitting one class of immigrants against another, as if there's something magic and inviolate about that quota number. If you give in to this ridiculous proposal, how would you like it if they put you to the 'back of the line', behind the 23-year wait for Philippine LPR siblings?

It always saddens me when these kinds of things happen. I qualify for STEM, yet I still don't support it. I understand your desperation, so I'm not going to say anything bad, but I can't support you on this.