Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/former-ins-chief-says-u-s-needs-foreign-workers Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Story Doris Meissner, director of the Immigration Policy program at the Migration Policy Institute says that both foreign-born works with lower skills as well as those with advance degrees complement American workers and that allowing these workers to come to the U.S. is key to America maintaining its dominance in the world.