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I'm an immigrant myself, and would love to see these problems fixed. At the same time, I do understand that U.S has bigger problems like healthcare that need to be fixed first. Realistically speaking, I doubt much will happen in the immediate future (next 1-2 years).

One thing is sure though - what US is losing, other countries like Canada, UK etc (my roomate left for UK last month, after studying in US and working here for 4 years) are gaining.

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I would not be so optimistic about other countries. Both United Kingdom and Canada closed their immigration programs (former closed the program completely while the latter removed all CS and IT-related professions from it). AFAIK, today only Australia has a meaningful immigration program, however, there is no guarantee that it won't be closed next year. European Union has really, really strict policies not only on immigration but on temporary workers.

Edited: European Unions -> European Union

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