May 31
Approximately 11 million undocumented immigrants could become eligible for legal status under S. 744, the immigration reform bill the Senate is considering, including millions of undocumented farmworkers. The importance of finding a way to create a legal workforce within the agriculture industry is critical, as undocumented farmworkers make up an estimated 53 percent of agriculture …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/05/31/how-the-immigration-reform-bill-could-help-undocumented-farmworkers-and-growers/
May 21
The Senate Judiciary Committee continues to consider amendments to Title II of the “Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act’’ (S.744) today. For many, Title II is the bill’s core as it deals with the legalization of the undocumented population already living here and lays out the rules concerning future immigration, among other issues.
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/05/21/how-the-senate-bill-will-deter-future-waves-of-immigration/
May 20
Monday, the Senate Judiciary Committee began its fourth day—and likely last week—of the immigration reform bill’s mark-up. After spending most of the day finishing the Title 3 (interior enforcement) amendments, the senators began on the last part of the bill, Title 2 (legalization), which includes the path to citizenship. They considered 50 amendments and approved …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/05/20/day-4-of-senate-immigration-mark-up-goes-late-into-night/
May 14
On the second day of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s mark-up of S. 744, the “Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act,” the senators tackled most of the amendments to Title IV after finishing debate on a few border security amendments. The fourth section addresses the majority of non-immigrant temporary visas including those for high …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/05/14/day-two-of-senate-immigration-mark-up-continues-with-temporary-employment-visas/
May 10
This week, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation weighed in on immigration reform with a hearing on the role of immigrants in America’s innovation economy. Remarks from Sens. Rockefeller (D-WV) and Thune (R-SD) noted the contributions of immigrant innovators and entrepreneurs. Immigrants in the United States were named as inventors or co-inventors …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/05/10/the-important-role-of-immigrants-in-americas-innovation-economy/
May 03
When analyzing higher-skilled guest worker visa programs, such as the H-1B and L-1 programs, critics often fail to acknowledge the very different and important purposes that these programs were designed to serve, and the complicated requirements already in place to protect against abuse or exploitation. There is no denying that we can and should improve …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/05/03/keeping-u-s-high-skilled-temporary-worker-visa-programs-workable/
May 01
Occasional research, such as a report released last week by the Economic Policy Institute, suggests the U.S. has a sufficient supply of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates and workers. However, these conclusions are at odds with a growing number of expert analyses that find the U.S. does in fact face significant challenges in …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/05/01/why-there-are-not-enough-stem-workers-in-the-u-s-labor-market/
Apr 16
Ahead of the expected release of a comprehensive immigration reform bill in the Senate this week, details were released outlining the broad strokes of the bill. The “Gang of Eight”—a bipartisan group of senators who have been working to develop the proposal—delayed a press conference that had been planned for today about the bill out …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/04/16/details-begin-to-emerge-on-new-immigration-bill/
Apr 01
Over the weekend, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the AFL-CIO reached an agreement on a new type of immigrant worker program that has the potential to reshape the way temporary and permanent immigration visas contribute to American immigration policy. Although this is commonly referred to as future immigration flow, it should not be confused …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/04/01/labor-and-business-strike-immigration-deal-on-worker-program/
Mar 27
While immigration reform has long been important to Silicon Valley, for the most part the advocacy has focused on high tech issues such as expanded immigration for workers in science and technology fields and increased access to H-1B temporary visas. The breadth of support for more comprehensive reform, however, has been growing, as it becomes …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/03/27/facebook-founder-likes-comprehensive-immigration-reform/
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