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Lamar Smith 와 Tech 회사들이 뭔가 해주기를 바랍니다.Computerworld –
WASHINGTON — Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), the chairman of the House
Judiciary Committee, may be getting ready to support legislation to
grant green cards to holders of advanced degrees in the so-called STEM fields.Smith, the gatekeeper on immigration bills in the House, is being
urged to take action by a broad coalition of groups, including some of
the largest technology companies — Apple, Hewlett-Packard, IBM and
Microsoft, as well as the IEEE-USA.Smith is signaling his willingness to bring a bill forward, and has
been working on the issue for a while. The release of a letter late last
week from tech companies may have served as a catalyst for movement on green card legislation.In a statement late last week, Smith said the country “cannot afford
to train these foreign graduates in the U.S. and then send them back
home to work for our competitors.”There have been repeated attempts over the years to make it easier
for foreign students to remain here after earning advanced degrees in
STEM fields — as the disciplines of science, technology, engineering
and math are known — at U.S. universities. Typically, these students seek a temporary H-1B work visa before applying for permanent residency.Bills to grant permanent residency or employment-based green cards to
foreign graduates have stalled because of the deadlock over
comprehensive immigration reform.Smith has not released details of his proposal, but some aspects of it have been confirmed by sources.
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Smith is probably counting on help from Democrats. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), who represents Silicon Valley, introduced a STEM visa bill earlier this year.
Before this week, the tech-related immigration bill that was seen as
having the best odds for passage was a bill to eliminate the per-country
cap on green cards. The House voted 389-to-15 late last year to
eliminate the per-country cap.The U.S. makes 140,000 employment-based green cards available each
year, but it limits each country to 7% of the total. Visa applicants in
China and India face a multiyear wait because of demand. Eliminating the
cap would have created one global, first-come, first-serve line.But the bill was stuck in the Senate after Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) put a hold on it. He wanted restrictions on H-1B use attached to it.
Elimination of per-country caps was widely seen as having a chance at
passage this year. But the proposal drew opposition from the private
sector because of Grassley’s changes, and its passage is now in doubt.전문은 아래 사이트에서..
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