FAIRNESS FOR HIGH SKILLED IMMIGRANTS
HIGH SKILLED IMMIGRANTS
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News & Stories
Why does the US discriminate against immigrants from big countries?
David Bier attempts to find an answer, while highlighting a humbling fact that each Congress since 2011 has introduced a bill that attempts to eliminate the country caps in the employment-based immigration system only for those bill to get held or expire. An arbitrary country cap system for the last 50 years may have served Read more about Why does the US discriminate against immigrants from big countries?[…]
How immigration laws harm skilled immigrants and Americans?
United States is one of developed nations in the world and is touted as the beacon of innovation and opportunities. But, yet it is lagging far behind when it comes to the immigration laws. High-skilled immigrants are not treated on a first-come, first-serve basis, and, to make matters worse, there is discrimination based on the Read more about How immigration laws harm skilled immigrants and Americans?[…]
No Respite for Highly-skilled Americans-in-Waiting. Need Portable Work Authorization & Recapture 500K Green Cards
After waiting six months, in July 2016, we initiated a petition to ask the federal government what they were doing about President Obama’s executive action on immigration. The We The People petition was a great vehicle to collect 100,000 signatures within 30 days, which would make the administration follow up and reply to our petition. Read more about No Respite for Highly-skilled Americans-in-Waiting. Need Portable Work Authorization & Recapture 500K Green Cards[…]
Arkansas senator says of 1 million green cards issued, few are employment-based
The untold and unheard side of the immigration debate is that of the legal immigration system which is severely broken. Employment-based system, specifically, has just gone neglected for several years. Partly because of misinterpretations and partly because of actions or inactions of entities or individuals to keep status quo. People who benefited from the system Read more about Arkansas senator says of 1 million green cards issued, few are employment-based[…]
No One Knows How Long Legal Immigrants Will Have to Wait
If you are wondering whether the outrageous 70 year for Indian-born highly-skilled immigrants is true, look no further. Written a year ago, this article unravels the kerfuffle with the employment-based immigration numbers and country-based quotas. Immigrants and their families continue to contribute and continue to live uncertain lives. But, there is one thing that is Read more about No One Knows How Long Legal Immigrants Will Have to Wait[…]
Criticism of Not Counting Dependents of Legal Immigrants Is Unfounded
Not only is the legal immigration system broken, they are also so old that they are open to several interpretations by administrations and lawmakers. These interpretations have affected and continue to affect lives of immigrants and their families. One of the biggest effects or misinterpretations being that dependent spouses and children today are accounted for Read more about Criticism of Not Counting Dependents of Legal Immigrants Is Unfounded[…]
Why Does the Government Care Where Immigrant Workers Were Born?
No one knows when Indian-born high-skilled entrepreneurs-in-waiting will get their employment-based green cards, and no one also knows why the United States continues to have laws that discriminates highly-skilled contributing immigrants based on their country of birth. What we know is that there is a common sense fix that has huge bipartisan support and that Read more about Why Does the Government Care Where Immigrant Workers Were Born?[…]
Congress Should Help Young Legal Immigrant Dreamers Too
The decades of backlog affects not just the careers of the highly-skilled immigrants, but also the quality of lives of their families. The families are one job loss away from getting displaced. Children, born in the United States or not, are at a risk of abruptly disrupting their school year and relocating to a country Read more about Congress Should Help Young Legal Immigrant Dreamers Too[…]
7 Facts You Didn’t Know About High-Skilled Immigrants
While on the green card backlog, these entrepreneurs-in-waiting cannot innovate or take risks to start something new that eventually creates more opportunities for the American workforce. Eliminating country quotas or ushering a fair legal immigration system will not just provide these contributing immigrants a realistic pathway to citizenship, but also empower them to start innovating, Read more about 7 Facts You Didn’t Know About High-Skilled Immigrants[…]
High-Skilled Immigrants Create Jobs for U.S. Workers, Study Finds
The highly-skilled immigrants came here in good faith not to take away American jobs, but to use their knowledge and skills in a land known for innovation, build a better life for their families, and also create more American jobs. Unfortunately, while stuck in the decades of green card backlog, these immigrants cannot start their Read more about High-Skilled Immigrants Create Jobs for U.S. Workers, Study Finds[…]