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- Number needs to double, Obama has no authority, bipartisan congressional reform required
UQ – AT Obama’s XOs solveObama’s executive actions are weak and vague- no solvencyMeyers ’14 [Jessie, 11/24, BostonGlobe.com, Tech companies see few big gains in Obama’s executive action - The Boston Globe. [online] Available at: https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2014/11/24/tech-companies-see-few-big-gains-obama-executive-action/dauDJujkOhe1qx5ZQTScoM/story.html [Accessed 26 Jun. 2015]. The president’s action “kind of falls short,” said Thomas Ketchell, a 26-year-old entrepreneur who spoke from Belgium because he could not stay in the United States. He and the two other cofounders of Hstry, an education technology company based in Back Bay, must bounce between Europe and the United States because they cannot receive H-1B visas, he said. “It should be a lot easier, considering what we are offering US students,” he said. Senior administration officials defended the modest nature of the changes on legal grounds. They said the administration does not have the authority to raise the cap for H-1B visas without congressional approval. The limit sits at 65,000, with an additional 20,000 for those with advanced degrees from an American university. Only half of those who applied for a visa this year received one; the permits disappeared in days. New England has some of the highest demand for H-1B visas in relation to total employment, according to an October report by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Last year, Citizenship and Immigration Services approved nearly 11,000 H-1B visas for Massachusetts. Obama acknowledged the problem in his speech on Thursday night. “I will make it easier and faster for high-skilled immigrants, graduates, and entrepreneurs to stay and contribute to our economy, as so many business leaders have proposed,” he said in an address to the nation. But companies had hoped Obama would allow officials to reissue unused green cards to workers caught in a years-long backlog. That authorization is considered critical by many tech employers because it allows foreigners to live and work in the country on a permanent basis. The administration said it will continue to work on the issue with industry. Obama’s action proposes several other tweaks, including changes that would make it easier for temporary high-skilled workers to switch jobs and allow spouses to work. Spouses do not currently have that option. Another would make it possible for high-skilled workers to obtain some green-card benefits as they wait in line for one. The President’s Council of Economic Advisors estimated that his executive action, including the high-skilled component, will expand the country’s labor force by nearly 150,000 people over the next decade. Many of these changes require the creation of rules that could take more than a year. “This is a step in the right direction,” said James Brett, chief executive officer of The New England Council, an alliance of universities, hospitals, and organizations. “But it’s only the beginning.” Other firms expressed confusion over uncertain timelines and vague guidelines. “There’s a whole lot more work to be done to put meat on the bones of what the president is talking about doing,” said Peter Muller, director of immigration policy for Intel, a California-based technology company with 1,400 workers in Hudson. Number needs to double, Obama has no authority, bipartisan congressional reform requiredKudlow, Former Associate Director of Economics, ‘14 [Larry, 11/22, Associate director for economics and planning, Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President under Reagan, Kudlow: What about the brainiacs?. [online] CNBC. Available at: http://www.cnbc.com/id/102210294 [Accessed 26 Jun. 2015].] Tight limits on high-skilled worker visas and the whole wacky system of green-card, permanent-resident status are not being fixed. This can only happen through legislative change. In other words, Congress has to act (in this and a dozen other places). So the Silicon Valley crowd is not cheering Obama's executive actions. For example, the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, a trade organization representing nearly 400 tech companies, says the brainiac H-1B visas that are capped at 65,000 a year should at least be doubled. They also want some kind of legal status for science and math students. While Obama's action may let these students finish their studies without deportation, it's vague whether they can stay after that. As Michael Barone has noted, it's the high-tech brainiacs that we want to invite and protect. They are more important than the low-wage groups. Even big-business advocates, like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Manufacturers, and the Business Roundtable are underwhelmed by Obama's actions. Chamber president Tom Donohue told Fortune.com, "Meaningful and lasting immigration reform can only be achieved through the enactment of bipartisan legislation." (Italics mine.) So here's Obama breaking all kinds of constitutional rules and losing important support. Another problem is that Obama's plan is not going to have much economic impact. His Council of Economic Advisors is predicting a GDP increase of 0.4 percent after ten years, a 0.3 percent increase in average wages, and a reduction in the federal budget deficit of $25 billion. Virtually no change. In their report, the council also says the economy will do slightly better because of increased innovation from high-skilled workers. But as noted, we're not going to get any more high-skilled workers because the president has no authority to issue them visas. 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