That's not how country caps work - the total number of visas aren't rising. Rather, the whole global total of visas issued could now theoretically be issued to people from just one country, rather than a max number placed on certain countries.
This means our visas can be provided more meritocratically and without affirmative action to bring in more "underrepresented" people
It sure is! There is no reason you cannot apply a superlative (ally) to an adjective (meritocratic) to make a superlative (meritocratically).
It may not be in your dictionary, but those don't always contain every potential form of a word - I would comfortably use "meritocratically" in a legal brief.
That's not how country caps work - the total number of visas aren't rising. Rather, the whole global total of visas issued could now theoretically be issued to people from just one country, rather than a max number placed on certain countries.
This means our visas can be provided more meritocratically and without affirmative action to bring in more "underrepresented" people
Serious question is this a word? If it is I really like it.
It sure is! There is no reason you cannot apply a superlative (ally) to an adjective (meritocratic) to make a superlative (meritocratically).
It may not be in your dictionary, but those don't always contain every potential form of a word - I would comfortably use "meritocratically" in a legal brief.