I don't know if there will be 10 Republicans who will negotiate with Biden or if they're all going to act like Tom Cotton here, but this seems like an area where there should be an opportunity to get something done.

If nothing else, he has the power to fix the H-1B visa issue for skilled workers via executive order, which would be a big step in the right direction. I have a colleague trying to build a million dollar research lab here who has been trapped in China for over a year because he went back to renew his visa pre-COVID and the embassy has refused to act on his visa and green card applications. Oh yeah, and his wife has been here in the US the whole time because she had an earlier flight back that left before the travel ban.