"The immigration reform bill introducedlast week would make it easier for skilled workers to come to this country while toughening rules to prevent abuse in temporary work visas. Many skilled workers and their families spend a decade or more waiting for employment-based green cards, which are capped at 140,000 a year and are subject to per-country limits. It also creates a "merit based" category of green cards while getting rid of permanent visas for siblings of citizens and for people from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States.The senators also want to expand the popular H-1B category of work visas to 135,000, from 85,000 -- a quota that is often reached in a matter of weeks or months every year. some provisions need to be improved, the bill sets the right tone for making America more hospitable to skilled and hard-working immigrants." |
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