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Colorado Senator Michael Bennet introduces bill to give skilled immigrant students a

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Colorado Senator Michael Bennet introduces bill to give skilled immigrant students a pathway to legal status


WASHINGTON — Undocumented students who graduate high school and enroll in college in a science, technology or math program would be eligible for temporary student visas in an immigration overhaul bill introduced today by Sen. Michael Bennet.

Bennet, a Democrat and former Denver schools chief, said his proposed bill would also make it easier for students who graduate with advanced degrees in science or math to stay and work in the United States — particularly if there is a need for them.

It would create a new type of green card category for foreign students.

"I've had a number of conversations with large and small business owners in Colorado who have made it clear that our visa system is putting them at a serious disadvantage," Bennet said.

Currently, foreign students with advanced degrees often get stuck waiting for a temporary work visa requested by American companies.

Right now, there are 140,000 green cards a year granted to skilled workers, according to the Wall Street Journal. Roughly 210,000 EB-3 visas for highly skilled workers are backlogged for Indians alone, according to the National Foundation for American Policy.

More than 40 percent of 2010 Fortune 500 companies were founded by immigrants or their children. These companies employ more than 3.6 million people nationally and generate more than $4.2 trillion annually, according to Bennet's office.

"Demand in the USA for engineering and scientists is strong and will continue to grow with the upcoming retirement of many baby boomers," said Ralph Christie, in an emailed statement. Christie is the CEO of Merrick and Company in Lakewood. "Bennet's proposal of a pathway to more visas can be one approach to providing additional engineering and scientific human resource talent in a time when it is needed for our country."

The bill also creates a new fund through visa fees that would create scholarships for low-income K-12 students for science, math and technology training. It would also provide opportunities for military service members and unemployed workers.

Bennet's staffers say the senator is trying to respond to the brain drain caused by a broken immigration system.

This immigration bill doesn't go as far as the DREAM Act, or the Development Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, which Bennet also supports.

DREAM would give undocumented students a shot at becoming citizens if they arrived when they were younger than 15, are good moral characters and graduate from high school and finish two years of military service, college or vocational school.

That law, though, has a low likelihood of passage. Even when the U.S. Senate was controlled by more Democrats, it failed in 2010 by five votes.


http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_19537105
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Good news for my undocumented STEM brothers and sisters.

I wouldn't qualify under the bill because my major is political science. But, if the bill were to become reality, I would pursue a science major. The hell with it.

I don't understand why they leave out other college degrees. . . . Durbin should aim to do this but me more inclusive. No mames.
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I think this has a way better chance of passing than the Dream Act. Hopefully it becomes a reality soon!!
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Great! now for the rest of the dreamers, like me, can just rot! -_-"
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this thread looking like last year all over again.

just because it was introduced doesn't mean it will pass.
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Very reasonable bill to say the least, though I would not qualify I wish those who would best of luck.

Something to hope for.
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yaaaaay les now support all the Democrats AGAIN. SMH
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I thought this bill had already been introduced by republicans like last year?
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about time someone came up with an alternative

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Quote:
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I thought this bill had already been introduced by republicans like last year?
I believe the bill introduced by Republicans last year was for legal immigrants only on some kind of temporary visa. Of course I could be wrong.

Yup I was right.http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencein...migration.html
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