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- I-Squared is a bipartisan bill that would increase border security and visas for high-skilled workers
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UQ – Silicon valley down nowSilicon Valley failing nowThe New Economy 2012 (“Silicon Valley: The new contenders,” The New Economy, a quarterly magazine and website looking at technology and innovation in its wider business context, 1/18/12, http://www.theneweconomy.com/strategy/silicon-valley-the-new-contenders, IC) Silicon Valley – the world famous bastion for technological innovation – might have passed its glory days. Facing increasing competition from emerging markets such as China and India, the tech haven is suffering a ‘brain drain’ at an extremely worrying rate. Any ‘brain drain’ experienced, however, would simply rectify the large influx of immigrant entrepreneurs that have flooded the sun-drenched region for generations. Reports indicate that as much as 52 percent of Silicon Valley’s start-up companies were founded by immigrants, and that non-natives contribute almost 25 percent of WIPO PCT applications filed.∂ The immigrants that have flooded Silicon Valley form an inherent part of the very essence of the world-famous institution. However, a shift has occurred. Turning their back on the spot they once considered the world base for technological developments, these brainy individuals don’t necessarily rate Silicon Valley number∞one anymore.» Many entrepreneurs have decided to take their practises back to their native countries, or relocate to other attractive tech havens – be it in China, India, Germany, France or elsewhere. According to a study carried out by researchers at Duke University, UC Berkeley and Harvard universities, many immigrant students are now planning to return to domestic shores, rather than settle in Silicon Valley, as per the norm until only a few years ago. Hence, the brain drain that has hit Silicon Valley is only set to worsen. UQ – AT disagreements concerning billsDisagreements will get worked outOwens 6-2 – UNC Chapel-Hill, health care reporter at National Journal. Her work has previously appeared in the Los Angeles Times, The News & Observer and The Charlotte Observer (Caitlin, “Still No Clear Path to Boost High-Skilled Immigration,” http://www.nationaljournal.com/congress/still-no-clear-path-to-boost-high-skilled-immigration-20150602)//BB Democratic Rep. John Delaney and Republican Sen. Ron Johnson agree that highly-skilled immigrants are valuable to the U.S. economy—they just disagree on what to do about it.∂ As Delaney put it: Democrats prioritize finding a path to legalization for undocumented immigrants while Republicans want to first focus on securing the border.∂ "We all want every American to have the opportunity to build a good life for themselves and their family," Johnson said. "There's wide disparity in terms of how to provide those types of opportunities, how to achieve that prosperity."∂ Delaney, a member of the Joint Economic Committee, and Johnson, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, on Tuesday keynoted a National Journal event, "Pathways to Reform: A Discussion on High-Skilled Immigration Policy," underwritten by Qualcomm.∂ "I agree with so much I heard," said Johnson, who spoke after Delaney, "but there's a heavy disagreement in terms of what the federal government really ought to do."∂ Echoing the positions of their respective parties, Delaney talked about comprehensive reform and Johnson talked about piecemeal, step-by-step change.∂ Delaney said he thinks there will eventually be a House version of the 2013 immigration bill passed in the Senate; Johnson said he would argue the "comprehensive bill ... wasn't going to work."∂ But at the end of the day, both want to retain talent in the U.S. I-Squared is a bipartisan bill that would increase border security and visas for high-skilled workersRubin ’15 [Jennifer, 1/13, Can something on immigration pass?. [online] Washington Post. Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2015/01/13/can-something-on-immigration-pass/ [Accessed 26 Jun. 2015]. The president would of course veto this, and in any event it would likely be filibustered in the Senate. But there is another immigration measure that has bipartisan support, which was set out in a press release: U.S. Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) today introduced legislation, the Immigration Innovation (“I-Squared”) Act of 2015, to bring long-overdue reforms to the nation’s immigration laws for high-skilled workers. The bill focuses on areas vital to ensuring the United States can maintain its competitiveness in the global economy: the quantity of employment-based nonimmigrant visas (H-1B visas), allowing for their growth depending on the demands of the economy while making reforms to protect workers; increased access to green cards for high-skilled workers by expanding the exemptions and eliminating the annual per country limits for employment based green cards; and reforming the fees on H-1B and green cards so those fees can be used to promote American worker retraining and education. The bill was first introduced in the 113th Congress. There can’t be any argument this is a threat to low-wage earners. Sure, there are economic illiterates who think this would be bad for the economy (they should check with the Heritage Foundation’s chief economist Stephen Moore). This is hugely significant, however, since it puts liberal Democrats on record as supporting reform that does nothing about the 11 million here illegally. That is terrain on which deals can be made. Republicans want greater support in 2016- immigration reform now has bipartisan supportLevy, Political Reporter, 6/3 [Signs of Life For Immigration Reform - US News. [online] US News & World Report. Available at: http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/06/03/signs-of-life-for-immigration-reform [Accessed 26 Jun. 2015].] With the unilateral moves halted by a federal judge, congressional leadership has been content to sidestep the thorny issue after losing a faceoff in March in which they unsuccessfully tried to tie funding for the Department of Homeland Security to a rollback of the Obama actions. But the looming presidential race has increased the sense of urgency among some of the rank and file eager to see the party raise its standing among Hispanic voters. “If you’re a Republican [running for president], you at minimum want the immigration issue neutralized, and maybe gain votes where Mitt Romney was unable to get them” in 2012, says Stuart Anderson, executive director of the nonpartisan, nonprofit National Foundation for American Policy. While any of the the piecemeal proposals faces long odds to passage and even less chance of cooperation with the White House, one area of focus appears to be on guest worker programs that would increase the number and accessibility of visas for both high- and low-skilled workers. The reform already has bipartisan support. “When it comes to illegal immigration, what’s the No. 1 reason people come to this country illegally? The same reason our ancestors came here: to work,” Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., said Tuesday at a bipartisan event exploring pragmatic methods of reigniting the debate on reform. “From my standpoint, if you really want to secure our border, let’s eliminate or drastically reduce the incentives for illegal immigration, starting with a guest worker program.” Some studies have suggested that, instead of taking away jobs from Americans, those workers help spur economic growth. It’s a position immigration advocates hope to use to sell the issue to a broader constituency. “If you don’t have a restaurant worker working in the kitchen … you’re not going to have good jobs, waiter jobs, management jobs in restaurants for Americans,” says Alfonso Aguilar, director of the Latino Partnership program at the conservative American Principles in Action group and the former chief of the U.S. Office of Citizenship under President George W. Bush. “So we need to connect with the middle class and show that immigration is good for the middle class.” Aguilar’s organization has suggested setting up guest worker programs for low-skilled workers that would allow the number of visas to fluctuate based on the needs of businesses. The system, particularly suited to the needs of the agricultural industry, would allow workers to come into the U.S. for a few months of the year, then return to their home countries. A more narrowly tailored bill from Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, has also gained some interest from advocates on both sides of the aisle. The measure, which has yet to move in committee, would increase the number of visas for high-skilled workers, particularly those in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, fields, and make it easier for those workers to stay in the U.S. "Just like in business, I don't want the smart people working in my competitor's business, I want them working in mine,” Johnson said. “The same thing should be true for a national economy: If we use American resources to educate the brightest people from around the world ... we should provide every incentive for the brightest minds to be working here to grow our economy." Political demands from the Republican base mean that any bill that would allow more foreign workers in would need to first improve border security, whether that be through extending and enhancing a fence or increasing the number of border agents. A border security bill nearly made it to the House floor in January, but was pulled back at the last minute over objections from more conservative members that it did not go far enough or block funding to implement the president’s executive actions. Republican leaders say they plan to bring it up again. Prefer our evidence---theirs conflates high-skilled reform with comprehensive attemptsChaffetz 14 – U.S. Representative for Utah's 3rd congressional district, first elected in 2008 (Jason, “Hope for immigration reform in the 114th Congress,” Washington Times, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/nov/18/hope-for-immigration-reform-in-the-114th-congress/)//BB Contrary to public perception, there is a great deal of agreement on many of the solutions needed to address our immigration problem. If you set aside the divisive amnesty issue, you find that there is broad agreement on everything from border security to visa reform. Most of us recognize the need to address the brain drain of high-skilled students leaving our country, the urgency of deporting fugitive aliens who have been convicted of crimes, the value of a visa entry and exit program and reforms to our agricultural worker programs.∂ Unfortunately, those types of votes have been held hostage to the demands for a broad and immediate amnesty. With Democratic leaders pledging to reject any bill that does not resolve the highest-stake issue — amnesty — in their favor, efforts to resolve even the smallest piece of the immigration quagmire have been stalled.∂ With new leadership in the Senate and a stronger Republican majority in the House, I am optimistic that we will now be able to move forward on important pieces of the immigration reform puzzle on which there is broad agreement. Among these is a bill I sponsored that addresses the barriers facing high-skilled immigrants.∂ Despite passing the House by a vote of 389-15, my bill to remove the per-country caps on employment- and family-based visas stalled in the unproductive Democrat-led Senate. This bill simply removes some of the penalties and delays that discriminately affect people from high-population countries such as Mexico, India and China. It didn’t stall because we couldn’t agree. Both Democrats and Republicans recognize that visas should be available on a first-come, first-served basis without regard to country of origin. The bill stalled because the Senate never took a vote.∂ Last November, I introduced bipartisan legislation that would create a consistent and reliable pay system within the Border Patrol. According to the Congressional Budget Office, this bill would save taxpayers upward of $100 million annually. These pay reforms would also enhance border security by ensuring that a greater number of agents are in the field on a more consistent basis.∂ With a new Senate majority leader and newly elected House and Senate members who are committed to finding solutions, I believe the time is right to pass common-sense immigration reforms that fix our legal immigration system, creating incentives for would-be immigrants to come in through the front door again. Directory: file -> view view -> Western Europe after wwii view -> Author study: paul fleischman view -> Qpa1 7ela study Guide view -> Arctic Oil/Gas Neg view -> November 1970 Approximately 150,000-500,000 deaths Bhola Cyclone Bangladesh view -> Grade Level: 6 Unit of Study: Caribbean glce view -> Citation: Duffield, Katy view -> Table of Contents Lesson # view -> Chinese Wind Energy Disad Download 1.1 Mb. Share with your friends:
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