Republican Senator John Cornyn introduced a bill on the Senate floor Tuesday that would create 55,000 visas for graduates of STEM advanced degree programs with qualifying job offers. The bill would not add to the number of immigrant visas issued each year, but would reallocate the 55,000 visas dedicated to the Diversity Visa Lottery. Supporters [...]
Posted on May 16th, 2012 in News
Posted on June 29th, 2007 in News
President Bush’s Immigration Reform Bill failed to clear the senate the second, falling short of 14 votes from the 60 needed to push the bill towards a final vote. Around 33 Democrats, 12 Republicans and one independent voted for the bill, while 37 senators of Bush’s own Republican Party along with 15 Democrats and one [...]
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Posted on June 30th, 2006 in Articles
No Chance of H1B Quota Hike Before 2008 Elections You can please some of the people some of the time, but you can’t please all of the people all of the time — Abraham Lincoln This famous quote from one of the pillars of American Democracy rings very true in the recent debacle of President [...]
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