Lindsey Graham doesn't need any more lipstick!
Posted on 09/06/2007 6:03:53 PM PDT by Delacon
The STRIVE Act may still be in play and, with it, higher H-1B caps
It appears that the STRIVE (Security Through Regularized Immigration and a Vibrant Economy) Act of 2007 isn't quite dead after all.
On Thursday, the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees Border Security, and International Law convened and on its first day took written statements from witnesses on the bill.
The comprehensive immigration bill that caused such a furor earlier this year, mainly over the issue of whether it was offering amnesty to illegal immigrants, also addressed the H-1B visa cap.
The cap, now set at 65,000, with an additional 20,000 reserved for foreign workers who have a graduate degree from a U.S. institution, would be raised to 115,000 for 2008 with a stipulation that it would go up an additional 20 percent each year that the quota was met, with a final cap of 180,000 visas issued.
At the hearing, STRIVE Act cosponsor Rep. Jeff Flake of Arizona did not specifically bring up the issue of H-1B, but he did say that the STRIVE Act "addresses the failures and problems with past worker programs."
Countering Flake's premise, Julie Kirchner, the government relations director for the Federation for American Immigration Reform said, "These provisions are a serious threat to high-tech workers in the U.S., including legal immigrants who have patiently waited their turn to take part in the American dream."
In total, there were a dozen witnesses submitting written statements, but the others did not address the issue of the H-1B visa cap.
Well, now that I think of it...they are smarter & more caring than us.
Sorry.
Well, it’s time to mobilize and actually do something again. Time to start e-mailing, faxing, phoning, writing, etc. to stop this bill upfront. Contact the Pubs to prop up their spines once again. If we sit here and whine on-line, nothing gets done. Time to get out the pitchforks again and shoot this down bigtime.
Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty - but they never thought it would refer to our elected Congressmen, more properly termed the Harlots of Washington.
I don’t either, but I don’t trust the Harlots of Washington in the House of Lords anymore on this subject.
We should not allow immigrants from enemy nations or those without a sponsor to assure they will not be burdens on the taxpayers. Why should we have to work hard in order to support criminals and other riffraff.
Lindsey Graham doesn't need any more lipstick!
I say we reduce family immigration by 50%, all illegal immigration, and replace that with doctors, scientists, pilots, engineers, etc....
Automation will decrease labor needs, and put more weight on individuals to learn specialized skills or management. I’m not sure what this legislation dictates, exactly...and I’m not really in favor of just increasing the cap to give Bill Gates more labor.
Thanks for the ping.
Bumping to the top. Here we go again.
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