CEA hailed a bipartisan group of senators for agreeing on...
CEA hailed a bipartisan group of senators for agreeing on principles for a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s “outdated legal immigration system,” President Gary Shapiro said Monday. “Our immigration policies have failed to adapt, placing our nation’s competitive advantage at…
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risk,” he said. Giving green cards to immigrants who receive science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) degrees from U.S. universities “is needed in order to have an innovative and competitive workforce in the 21st century,” Shapiro said. He said CEA also hopes that H1B challenges for non-immigrant foreign workers who hold STEM degrees from American universities “will be addressed as part of comprehensive reform and urge[s] the White House and both chambers of Congress to quickly enact critical reforms to our immigration laws."