House and Senate bills for unlimited EB green cards

Date: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 12:52 AM

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Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Judd Gregg (R-NH) introduced a bill to the
Senate that is a companion bill to Zoe Lofgren's bill in the House. The bills
will effectively staple green cards onto the diplomas of aliens with a
master's or higher degree from a United States institution of higher education
in the field of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM). In
order to qualify for the instant green card they must find a U.S. job in a
field related to their degree.

There will be no numerical limits to the number of STEM related green cards
that can be issued. The two bills are described below:

S. 3084
Sponsor: Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]
Cosponsor: 1
Introduced: Jun 5, 2008

H.R. 6039
Sponsor: Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]
Cosponsors: 19
Introduced: May 13, 2008

Rep. Lofgren is aggressively pressing ahead with her bill. On Thursday she
will hold a subcommittee hearing on the bill. At the time of this writing
there isn't any information on the witness list, but don't count on this
meeting to be fair or balanced.

http://judiciary.house.gov/oversight.aspx?ID=452
Thursday 06/12/2008 - 11:00 AM
2237 Rayburn House Office Building
Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and
International Law Hearing on the Need for Green Cards for Highly Skilled
Workers

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http://boxer.senate.gov/news/releases/record.cfm?id=298804

Press Release of Senator Boxer
Boxer and Gregg Introduce Bill to Reverse High-Tech Brain Drain

Measure Would Help Keep International Talent in the U.S.

Thursday, June 5, 2008

Washington, DC -- U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Judd Gregg (R-NH)
today introduced bipartisan legislation designed to improve U.S.
technological competitiveness by allowing foreigners who graduate from U.S.
universities with advanced degrees in high tech fields to obtain green cards
if they have jobs waiting for them here in the U.S.

Senator Boxer said, "Ensuring that the U.S. is competitive in technology means
making sure that future innovators are putting their knowledge to work here,
not competing against us abroad. The best way to do that is to offer
greencards to those foreign graduates with career opportunities in the U.S. I
am proud to work with Senator Gregg to help keep America s economy at the
forefront of technological innovation."

Senator Gregg said, "Our top-notch universities are the envy of the world, and
are educating future generations that will lead in research and business.
Unfortunately, current visa restrictions encourage highly skilled foreign
graduates from America s universities to eventually leave for China, India, or
other countries, where they will use their first-class educations to create
innovation, jobs, and economic growth elsewhere. This brain drain undermines
our competitive advantage in the global economy, which is a shame since their
degrees often come from institutions that receive U.S. taxpayer funding. It
is critical we work to retain these talented individuals so they can help
create economic opportunity here at home. For this reason I am pleased to
join Senator Boxer on this bill to help us hold on to highly skilled graduates
from our universities so they can lend their knowledge to our nation s
interests, not to those overseas."

According to the American Society of Engineering Education, more than 1 out
3 master s degrees and more than half of all PhDs in engineering awarded in
the U.S. go to foreign national students. American-educated scientists and
engineers often end up seeking work in their home countries or places like
India and China not because of a lack of job opportunities in the United
States, but because of the limited number of work visas available to foreign
nationals.

The Boxer-Gregg legislation would allow graduates from U.S. universities with
advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering and math to obtain green
cards without waiting in long lines, provided they have job offers from U.S.
employers.

U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren has introduced companion legislation in the
House with bipartisan support.

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