Immigration Bill Gets Support ; Universities, Advocates Cite Need for Tech Workers
The Washington Times › November 04, 2005
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Local universities and technology alliances have thrown their support behind federal legislation that would make it easier to bring in highly skilled teachers and workers from India and China.
A Senate budget bill on the floor Monday included provisions that would exempt spouses and children of highly skilled immigrant workers from counting toward the annual 140,000 cap on green cards, allowing the government to issue employment-based visas to 90,000 more workers than in the past.See the full content of this document
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Immigration Bill Gets Support ; Universities, Advocates Cite Need for Tech Workers
The measure would help fill the demand for technology workers and reduce the backlog of applications from India and China, where those now being accepted applied at least four years ago.
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