June 29, 2007 at 3:01 Senate Could Not Accept Immigration Reform
The immigration reform lobbyed by Microsoft and other US high-tech corporations crashed in the Senate. Voting on it did not take place.
We remind you that the reform intended to remove the restriction on the issuance of H1-B work visas and green cards for those foreigners who have a master's degree from an American or foreign university, as well as increase the limit for issuing H-1B visas by 20% per year, from current 65,000 to 180,000.
To date, there is only a quota of 20,000 visas for those who do not fall into the normal quota H-1B, but have a high academic degree from an American university. The new law was to expand this quota.
However, on Tuesday, the Senate was unable to end the debate on the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act, so the matter did not come to a vote.
However, not everything is still lost. This law is critical to the American economy. He has no excess in influential lobbyists who are sure to try again to pass the law through both houses of parliament.
via Infoworld
We remind you that the reform intended to remove the restriction on the issuance of H1-B work visas and green cards for those foreigners who have a master's degree from an American or foreign university, as well as increase the limit for issuing H-1B visas by 20% per year, from current 65,000 to 180,000.
To date, there is only a quota of 20,000 visas for those who do not fall into the normal quota H-1B, but have a high academic degree from an American university. The new law was to expand this quota.
However, on Tuesday, the Senate was unable to end the debate on the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act, so the matter did not come to a vote.
However, not everything is still lost. This law is critical to the American economy. He has no excess in influential lobbyists who are sure to try again to pass the law through both houses of parliament.
via Infoworld