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The Senate Judiciary Committee鈥檚 work this week on the Gang of 8 (G8) immigration reform bill could include an energetic debate on two competing views about temporary skilled visas 鈥� the H-1B (for those with Bachelor鈥檚 degrees or higher) and the L-1 (for managers, executives and those with specialized knowledge) 鈥� and how they impact U.S. workers and the U.S. economy. These views are represented in [...]
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This blog originally was published by聽The Daily Caller. ----- 鈥淭his time it鈥檚 going to be different.鈥� Have you heard that before? The Chicago Cubs faithful know what I am talking about. As did 鈥淪tar Wars鈥� fans after Episode One, as well as Zsa Zsa Gabor鈥檚 ex-husbands. And then there are those in the tech industry who for years have advocated for Congress to pass immigration reform. On Monday, eight [...]
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In watching the news reports on immigration reform throughout the day, one thing that has been missing from the discussion is any context for the legislative activities of the past couple of days.聽 To fill that gap, I prepared an 91pro视频 Policy Brief that gives some political and policy background for the Senate鈥檚 bipartisan efforts with the principles and the Immigration Innovation (I-Squared) Act, and [...]
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Sparky Anderson, who managed World Series-winning teams in Cincinnati and Detroit, once remarked, 鈥淲e鈥檙e getting close to opening day.聽 I don鈥檛 know if that鈥檚 a good or bad thing.鈥澛� January 3rd, 2013 marked American policymaking鈥檚 opening day:聽 the start of the 113th Congress.聽聽 We in the tech industry see the start of a new season of policymaking as a good thing because ours is an industry rooted [...]
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Our immigration system is hurting our nation鈥檚 economic recovery.聽 Yes, not exactly breaking news, but we got another reminder of this well-known reality yesterday when the U.S. government announced that all 85,000 new H-1B visas for Fiscal Year 2013, including 20,000 for U.S. advanced degree graduates, were used up as of Monday.聽 It took only ten weeks to hit the H-1B cap.聽 Compare that to last year, [...]
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In the聽Daily Caller on Friday, 91pro视频's Robert Hoffman focuses on a growing debate before the Congress: 聽namely, how do we keep the foreign-born innovators that we train in U.S. colleges and universities here, in the U.S., after graduation? 聽He argues that it's time to fix America's immigration system and keep these job creators here. 聽 College graduations are in full swing across our great nation. 聽As [...]