Compete America
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A coalition dedicated to ensuring that the U.S. has the highly educated and innovative workforce necessary to grow the economy and create American jobs.
Joined May 2010
The US's highly skilled #immigration system is riddled with inefficiency, uncertainty & results that seem to undermine the spirit of the law. Check out this op-ed by Compete America Executive Director Scott Corley about how to fix it. https://t.co/EtcPEzS2y3
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Check out AILA's flyer (available in English and Spanish) for valuable information regarding @USCIS case processing delays, who is affected, and how to take action to #HoldUSCISAccountable. https://t.co/X5qVKIvP2x
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Thank you @ZoeLofgren @RepKenBuck for your leadership. We hope the Senate advances this important legislation.
Today the U.S. House passed legislation to ensure people from all countries are treated the same in the green card process. This promotes a fair high-skilled immigration system that’s good for business and our economy. #HR1044
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The House passed @RepKenBuck’s and my bipartisan bill to make our visa system fairer for skilled immigrants legally working in the US. #HR1044 has 200+ Dem and 100+ GOP cosponsors. If @POTUS is serious about merit-based legal immigration, he should help usher this bill into law.
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The Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act creates a fair and equitable “first come, first serve” system under which U.S. companies will be able to focus on what they do best—hiring smart people to create products, services, and jobs in our districts. #HR1044
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Today the US House will vote on #HR1044, the bipartisan Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act. The bill is an important first step to modernize our employment green card system. https://t.co/414ILr5aB1
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.@CompeteAmerica strongly supports #HR1044 the “Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019." Read our full statement that was sent to @HouseGOP and @HouseDemocrats. #SupportHR1044
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NEW: Report released by @OrrinHatch & @FWDus---> "H-1B is not enough: insufficient numbers of visas, green cards hamper recruitment and retention of global talent" Read the report here: https://t.co/zdPXYjGTD0
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Last week, a bipartisan group of leaders in the House and Senate introduced crucial legislation to make our legal immigration process more fair, efficient, and better able to keep world-class talent in the United States. #GCBacklog
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Per-country caps on green cards create decades-long backlogs, making the immigration system less efficient and less fair.
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"Compete America is writing to summarize our concerns regarding the timing of the initial implementation of the new H-1B pre-registration process and the agency’s apparent mischaracterization of this rule as one that is not economically significant."
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What’s the Trump effect on international enrollment? Report finds new foreign students are dwindling.
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University leaders say the nation must do more to welcome international students.
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"We are writing to express our concerns about legal issues regarding the recent changes in adjudication standards for H-1B nonimmigrant visa petitions at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services under the Trump administration."
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Our letter to DHS and USCIS: "We are writing you to request that you reevaluate the Trump administration’s unprecedented use of sub-regulatory actions to change policy governing the high-skilled immigration system." https://t.co/mUINnwplkn
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An immigration policy that is 'America First' still needs to allow immigrants into America, writes former Sen. Trent Lott. Highly skilled visa applicants should be welcomed with open arms, not made to jump through hoops:
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Highly skilled visa applicants should be welcomed with open arms, not made to jump through more and more hoops.
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.@IBM strongly supports the inclusion of @RepKevinYoder’s #HR392 in the House FY19 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill. This is an important step towards eliminating the green card backlog.
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Thank you @RepKevinYoder for being a champion of #HR392. Your amendment to the FY19 Homeland Security @HouseAppropsGOP bill is an important step forward to fixing the green card backlog.
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Thank you @RepKevinYoder for successfully amending your elimination of Green Card per country caps into the #DHS #Appropriations bill, behind bipartisan support for this merit-based reform.
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100,000 people may go jobless over #Trump's plan to ban #H1B visa holders' spouses from working @SarithaRai @business
https://t.co/zbVtEsQZdy
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