Immigration reform is key to quantum computing development.
Brandon Kirk 24, postdoctoral cybersecurity research fellow at the Center for Global Security Research at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 5-3-2024, "The U.S. Needs a Strategy for the Second Quantum Revolution," https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-u.s.-needs-a-strategy-for-the-second-quantum-revolution
The United States succeeded in first harnessing quantum technologies thanks to an influx of emigrating physicists before World War II, and the centrality of immigrants for advancing the U.S. quantum ecosystem is unlikely to change in the future. Despite partisan rancor over immigration, bipartisan efforts like the Keep STEM Talent Act illustrate that there are areas for compromise across the aisle. But immigration reform is overdue to sustain the United States’s competitive edge in quantum and other STEM fields. Failure to find a lasting immigration solution will constrain the United States at the moment it should be welcoming highly trained individuals to nurture a national quantum ecosystem. A message emerging from OSTP via a quantum strategy will stress the need for immigration reform.