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House likely to vote on bill that would boost number of green cards

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11-20-2012, 06:03 PM
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Not on CIR or Dream,but on the STEM Jobs act! I think this maybe their attempt at framing the debate for the 113th Congress since this act has no chance in the 112th.

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A bill from Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) that's aimed at boosting the number of green cards available to foreign graduates with advanced technical degrees from U.S. universities is expected to be voted on again in the House next Friday, according to industry sources.

The bill, the STEM Jobs Act, was voted on under suspension of the rules this fall, but failed to secure the two-thirds support needed in the House to pass. This time around, the bill is set to be brought up under regular order and likely win the majority vote needed to clear the lower chamber.

The House is expected to consider a revised version of Smith's bill that includes a new provision that would allow spouses and minor children of legal permanent residents to come to the U.S. to wait for their green cards, but they will not receive authorization to work, according to an industry source.

A spokesman for Smith could not be reached for comment.

The STEM Jobs Act proposes to reallocate 55,000 green cards to foreign-born graduates with advanced science, math, tech and engineering (STEM) degrees from U.S. universities by eliminating the diversity visa program.

The measure has faced pushback from House Democrats and the Congressional Tri-Caucus because it would eliminate that visa program, which allocates green cards to people with low rates of immigration to the U.S. via a random selection process. Immigrants from African nations have come to the U.S. through this program.

Boosting the number of green cards available to foreign-born engineers and technical graduates has long been a major priority for tech companies.
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11-20-2012, 06:12 PM
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is this containing illegals also?
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What about increase visas in the family based categories?
Soul-less cold blooded politicians.
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The Senate will shoot it down. Democrats aren't going to let the green card lottery die.
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This is so dumb....
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What about increase visas in the family based categories?
Soul-less cold blooded politicians.
That would be very improbable on the Republican side.

The immigration system is reflected by each party as a "Who would vote for me in the future?" if you've noticed.The Republicans believe that expanding legal work avenues would increase more conservative valued voters to the US,while I think Democrats seem to favor the nominal familial approach as it meets their needs.

Republicans like to say they are for legal immigration but I have not seen any promote an increase in immigration quotas with regards to family alone but instead want to replace the entire thing with a 'points based' work ethic system like Canada or Australia.
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is this containing illegals also?
No it doesn't,this has to deal with those who who currently have legal visas mainly w/ advanced degrees.
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How about raising the age for obtaining a green card from 18 to 25 for children/dependent of foreign diplomats. Broken crazy immigration system!
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Re-pubes say are for family integrity but when in dealing with their shitty immigration system they chose coorporate interest over family ties. Bunch of stuck up hypocrytes.
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Math major... woot!
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^ but you wont be eligible woot. (math and engineering physics here)

Anything Lamar Smith related will never apply to us.
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