- Immigration
- US Labor Market
- Economics
- Answering Challenges to Advanced Economies
How can US companies hire top international STEM talent? Immigration expert Amy Nice reveals two powerful, underutilized pathways — the J-1 researcher visa and the O-1A extraordinary ability visa — that offer longer stays, no numerical caps, and far fewer restrictions. Along with Hoover senior fellow Paola Sapienza, Nice explores practical strategies to make the current immigration system work smarter for both businesses and high-skilled immigrants alike.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:
Paola Sapienza is the J-P Conte Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, where she co-directs the JP Conte Initiative on Immigration, and she is a founding member of the Hoover Program on the Foundations for Economic Prosperity. Her research interests span from corporate governance to financial development, from political economy to the economic effects of culture and the economics of immigration. Follow Paola Sapienza on LinkedIn.
Amy Nice is a distinguished immigration counsel at the Institute for Progress and a distinguished immigration scholar at Cornell Law. She is a leading thinker on STEM immigration, focused on using evidence-based research to find practical solutions to immigration policy problems. She formerly served as assistant director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, where she led initiatives on STEM talent policy. Follow Amy Nice on LinkedIn.
