Ted Cruz won’t get my vote until he stops backing H1B Visas for the ‘FAKE’ shortage of STEM workers - replacing American jobs with employees shipped from overseas..
http://www.cruz.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=137
Right there on his site - he’s all in favor of raising the visa cap, just like Rubio and Walker.
It will also make block grants available to states to promote STEM education efforts and increase domestic STEM professionals.
“I strongly support legal immigration. Legal immigration is a fundamental pillar of our nation's heritage, and I was pleased today to offer legislation that would have improved and expanded legal immigration by dramatically increasing the cap for high-tech temporary worker visas.
This amendment would not only improve the current system, but would also encourage economic growth and create new jobs in America. There is currently a serious shortage of workers in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math, yet every year we send thousands of high-tech graduate students back to their home countries to start businesses and create jobs. This makes no sense. I’m disappointed in the committee’s vote to reject expanding high-tech immigration.
Although the Gang of Eight's bill makes a modest step towards improving high-tech immigration, it does not go nearly far enough. There is no reason to arbitrarily cap high-tech visas at 110,000 when these jobs are going unfilled. We need economic growth here and now.”