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In terms of legislative process, the path forward for immigration reform remains a work in progress.聽 In terms of economic impact, the path forward for our country if immigration reform becomes law is crystal clear:聽 The United States will experience increased productivity, new businesses and jobs, and a revitalized, more innovative economy. A new White House report 聽outlines the potential economic [...]
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What began as eight bipartisan U.S. Senators in January has now become 68 U.S. Senators in June, all joining together because the time has come to fix our broken immigration system and make it work for the American people and the American economy.聽 Since the last time Congress passed comprehensive immigration reform, our economy has become more innovative, more dynamic, and more reliant on a highly [...]
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The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has analyzed the Senate鈥檚 comprehensive immigration reform bill and reports that it would bring strong benefits to the U.S. economy, including improved productivity and deficit reduction. 聽 In particular, the skilled-immigration reforms in the Senate bill, which we support, have the potential to create new jobs and new innovations across the economy.聽 [...]
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It's not often that more than 100 leaders representing our nation鈥檚 most dynamic industry speak with one clear voice.聽 But when it comes to reforming our immigration system, there is no dissent within high tech:聽 It鈥檚 time for the Senate to approve S. 744, bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform legislation that would give a major lift to our innovation economy and create jobs here at home. Senators [...]
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At the same time that the United States Senate was beginning its debate on S. 744, the comprehensive immigration reform bill, human resource (HR) executives from some of our nation鈥檚 most innovative technology companies 鈥� Adobe, Broadcom, CA Technologies, Dell, EMC, Intel, Motorola Solutions, Teradata, and Texas Instruments 鈥� came to Washington to meet with policymakers and make tech鈥檚 case for immigration [...]
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New public opinion data show Americans are ready for the Senate to approve its bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform legislation.聽 A survey of people in 29 states聽found that nearly seven in ten Americans聽support comprehensive immigration reform and that almost nine in ten people don鈥檛 want this to drag on.聽 They want action this year. What this means, from a purely political perspective, is that [...]
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After many weeks, when the focus of those of us deeply involved in skilled immigration reform has been on the U.S. Senate, our attention today shifts to the U.S. House of Representatives, where Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and other members of Congress have introduced a good piece of legislation that will serve as a starting point for reform in that chamber. The Supplying Knowledge Based Immigrants [...]
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Two big things happened on immigration reform today on opposite sides of Capitol Hill.聽 First, on the Senate side of the ledger, the Judiciary Committee reached agreement on proposals from Senator Hatch of Utah to improve the H-1B mechanisms in the bipartisan Gang of 8 legislation.聽 If enacted, these proposals would strengthen the H-1B system while protecting American workers.聽 Simply put, these improvements [...]
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Sidney Crosby鈥檚 world-class hockey skills leave fans cheering and opponents sweating.聽 The 25-year-old native of Nova Scotia has a visa that allows him to play hockey in U.S. for the Pittsburgh Penguins for one simple reason -- he鈥檚 one of the one of the National Hockey League鈥檚 biggest talents.聽 Any NHL team would want to hire him. 聽He鈥檚 a global talent, serving as the alternate captain of Canada鈥檚 [...]
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Not long after the introduction of the Senate鈥檚 Gang of 8 (G8) comprehensive immigration reform bill, one of its leading members and voices, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), called the introduced legislation 鈥渁 starting point鈥� and applauded those Americans who have already stepped forward to raise 鈥渓egitimate points and suggestions on how to improve the bill.鈥澛� Today, a collection of 55 national, state [...]