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http://news.ft.com/cms/s/f1cf7fe6-3b84-11da-b7bc-00000e2511c8,s01=2.html
Immigrants left frustrated by green card delays
And in www.immigration-law.com
10/13/2005: Visa Retrogression and Move of the Businesses in Support of the Immigration Reform Legislation
The Financial Times reports today that the large companies have started feeling the impact of the current visa system and the recent EB visa retrogression in recruiting and retaining the brightest foreign workers to support their businesses. The report also indicates that the large businesses have come forward to lobby in support of the immigration reform legislation to get a relief on the visa number problems. Apparently, their lobby includes not only raising the total quotas but also excluding the visa numbers used by the family members of the alien workers in counting the total quota. Statistically, the family members take out approximately 2.5% of the total numbers or 33,000 out of 140,000. Obviously it is not enough to add only 33,000 to the total number of 140,000. However, this concept should be strongly pushed in parallel with the pending immigraton reform bills that will add a large numbers to existing quota of 140,000 for the workers only.
America should wake up and recognize the reality that the strength of this country depends to a large extent in all segments on the brains and the brightest foreign workers. The urgency of the reform is too obvious from the fact that even Nobel Prize Winners from China and India cannot be attracted to this nation because of the visa quotas and visa number retrogression! We urge the Congress to act quick to mend the nation's wounds. The business community will watch very closely the action of the Senate Judiciary Committee next Tuesday, October 18.
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/f1cf7fe6-3b84-11da-b7bc-00000e2511c8,s01=2.html
Immigrants left frustrated by green card delays
And in www.immigration-law.com
10/13/2005: Visa Retrogression and Move of the Businesses in Support of the Immigration Reform Legislation
The Financial Times reports today that the large companies have started feeling the impact of the current visa system and the recent EB visa retrogression in recruiting and retaining the brightest foreign workers to support their businesses. The report also indicates that the large businesses have come forward to lobby in support of the immigration reform legislation to get a relief on the visa number problems. Apparently, their lobby includes not only raising the total quotas but also excluding the visa numbers used by the family members of the alien workers in counting the total quota. Statistically, the family members take out approximately 2.5% of the total numbers or 33,000 out of 140,000. Obviously it is not enough to add only 33,000 to the total number of 140,000. However, this concept should be strongly pushed in parallel with the pending immigraton reform bills that will add a large numbers to existing quota of 140,000 for the workers only.
America should wake up and recognize the reality that the strength of this country depends to a large extent in all segments on the brains and the brightest foreign workers. The urgency of the reform is too obvious from the fact that even Nobel Prize Winners from China and India cannot be attracted to this nation because of the visa quotas and visa number retrogression! We urge the Congress to act quick to mend the nation's wounds. The business community will watch very closely the action of the Senate Judiciary Committee next Tuesday, October 18.