There's a continuing tension here regarding the companies hiring American tech workers as opposed to hiring immigrant tech workers on work visas. Right now H-1B visas, which are immigration work visas, are capped at 65,000 per annum. In California and elsewhere, the...
Immigration bill offers a long and difficult path to citizenship
A federal legislative process that protects many different interests, and a legislative body controlled by conservative forces is not going to make things easy for immigration reform. Even if and when the federal legislation is passed, it's going to be a long haul...
High immigration figures do not increase crime rates
Conservatives continue to fight the immigration reform bill with an argument that more immigration means more crime. They point to recent terrorist actions by immigrants as an example of why immigration reform should not now be advanced. However, in California and...
Compromise on H-1B visas results in immigration bill approval
If you don't like negotiations and compromises, you would disapprove of the merry-go-round procedures that the Congress follows in considering proposed legislation. One bill now being negotiated is the Senate version of the immigration reform bill pushed by the...