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Perspective on Reform
The immigration reform debate has stirred passions and raises numerous issues which have brought well meaning individuals and groups into conflict. On this page we endeavour to provide diverse viewpoints showing different perspectives and highlighting the challenges that our nation faces with the prospective immigration reforms. These viewpoints are shown to illustrate the complexity of immigration issues and the need for a thoughtful comprehensive approach to Immigration Reform. We do not indorse any political party or opinion and the views expressed below are those of the attributed authors. New Poll: Americans Prefer House Approach on Immigration Mark Krikorian for the Center for Immigration Studies writes "A new Zogby poll of likely voters, using neutral language (see wording on following pages), finds that Americans prefer the House of Representatives' enforcement-only bill by 2-1 over Senate proposals to legalize illegal immigrants and greatly increase legal immigration." http://www.ilw.com/articles/2006,0522-krikorian.shtm http://www.cis.org/ Give Me Your Diligent, Your Smart "All anyone wants to talk about in Washington is illegal aliens. But lost in the debate is the equally vital issue of how to attract the people America really needs: high-skilled immigrants." Business Week, May 1, 2006 http://businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_18/b3982055.htm Ways to verify eligibility seen as key to immigration control "Central to all the immigration overhaul proposals under debate in Washington is the creation of a vast electronic system for screening all potential employees in the United States to weed out workers who can not legally be hired." San Francisco Chronicle, May 23, 2006. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/05/23/MNGIOJ095U1.DTL To Reopen American Factories and Save Jobs: First Raise the H1B Quota Whether or not Congress passes an immigration bill this year, one provision in the senate bill which has received scant media attention contains a raise in the H1B quota for the coming year and a change in how the quota would be utilized. This facet of the bill is crucial to the nation’s economy and public discussion is absolutely necessary. Bill Gates, not known for lobbying in Washington, made a special trip this past month to discuss it. The issue is so important that it would be wise to consider passing it as a separate item and not lumping in with the political hot potato that is immigration. In order to do that, we must first understand what it is and stop looking at it as an immigration issue but rather as a competitive business issue viz. America and the rest of the world. Read the rest of this article Analsysis of the the Compromise Immigration Reform Bill –what this will mean for some immigrants Center for Human Rights and Constititutional Law April 2006 http://ilw.com/articles/2006,0501-schey.pdf Families and Legal residents Affected by Immigration Bills "While most of the recent public debate on immigration has focused on legalization for undocumented immigrants and guest-worker programs, the major bills under consideration in Congress contain punitive measures for legal immigrants, including refugees, which would make it harder for anyone who commits even a minor crime to remain in the United States with elderly parents, spouses and U.S. citizen children." New America Media, May 13, 2006 |
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