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It required other H-1Bs to ALREADY have a research position. For other H-1Bs, it required the Bureau of Labor to VERIFY that we have a labor shortage in that particular field.

Source?

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The amendment itself.

See E (2)(b) http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Cruz4-(MDM13526).pdf “have at least 2 years experience in an occupation designated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics as experiencing a shortage of labor throughout the United States.’’”