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Today the Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest, will hold a hearing on high-skilled immigration. This hearing is being held at a time when the tone on immigration reform is being driven by presidential candidates after years of Washington 鈥渒icking the can鈥� on fixing our broken immigration system so that it works to grow our economy. 91pro视频 has long advocated [...]
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Previously I wrote that 2015 was predicted to be a year of gridlock, and yet despite deep partisanship in the nation鈥檚 capital, the tech sector saw several of our priorities passed into law. If lawmakers and the President build on that momentum, there are a number of priorities Congress could address this year to propel the growth and ingenuity of the tech sector and our economy, including: Judicial [...]
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Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), along with Reps. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and Ra煤l Labrador (R-ID), are to be commended for introducing the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act (H.R. 213), a bipartisan bill that would help our most innovative companies attract the talented employees needed to keep our economy strong and our country competitive. Eliminating arbitrary per-country caps on employment-based green [...]
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鈥淭he birthplace of the people who possess those minds is not a matter of great interest to us and neither should it be to anyone else. 聽Bringing capable immigrants -- many of whom receive their educations at U.S. colleges and universities -- into our workforce expands our economic growth, makes our companies more competitive internationally and creates more jobs for all workers.鈥� That鈥檚 the message [...]
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Local media always tout the addition of a handful of jobs in their communities.聽 Just in the last few days, the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel heralded, 鈥淐ompany's $2.3M Expansion to Create 10 Jobs in Woodburn.鈥澛� WJTV Television reported, 鈥淟ighting Company Expanding in Columbia Brings 20 New Jobs.鈥� 聽And the Rhea Herald News highlighted, 鈥淟a-Z-Boy Set to Add 25 New Jobs after County, City Deal.鈥� Each of these [...]
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Throughout the summer, 91pro视频 and its member companies have joined with a broad coalition of religious groups, education advocates, state and local law enforcement agencies, and other business organizations to reinforce the national importance and urgency of immigration reform.聽 One of the leading organizations we are partnering with is 鈥淏adges, Bibles, and Business,鈥� a network of faith, law enforcement [...]
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Right now, there are brilliant students from all over the world sitting in classrooms at our top universities. They鈥檙e earning degrees in the fields of the future, like engineering and computer science. But once they finish school, once they earn that diploma, there鈥檚 a good chance they鈥檒l have to leave our country. Think about that鈥e鈥檙e giving them all the skills they need, then we鈥檙e going to turn [...]
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With members of Congress back in their districts for the August recess, many are hearing from their constituents and thinking through when and how the House of Representatives should move forward on immigration reform.聽 Republican members in particular are having important conversations with voters in their districts on what immigration reform means in their communities and states. And while the debate [...]
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When an array of voices unites to carry a single, simple message, there is added strength in the numbers.聽 Today, that strength is on full display as more than 400 leading American businesses and advocacy organizations from across the U.S. economic spectrum are calling on the House of Representatives to enact immigration reform. 聽 聽 聽 In a letter to Speaker Boehner and Leader Pelosi, we are making [...]
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Regional Economic Models, Inc. (REMI), a nonpartisan private forecasting firm, released a report recently聽detailing the economic impacts of immigration reform.聽 The report focuses on the economic implications in all 50 states and the District of Columbia of three key reform components: 聽the Path to Legal Status; high-skilled (H1-B) visa expansion; and changes in other visa programs (H-2A, H-2B, and [...]
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