Trump BAN

2022-04-13 05:34:50 The House and Senate will both reconvene in the last week of April, with approximately two months until the July 4 recess, after which passing any legislation is expected to become increasingly difficult with midterms looming in November.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/ro-khanna-china-competition-bill-conferees-congress-house-of-representatives Open / Comment

2022-04-12 20:59:33 Director M.J. Bassett alleged in her complaint filed against U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services that failure to secure expedited advance parole for the duration of the project could cost her at least $1 million.

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/red-sonja-director-says-uscis-delays-put-film-career-in-peril Open / Comment

2022-04-12 18:51:42 There are about 1.8 million fewer working-age immigrants in the United States today than would be the case if pre-2020 immigration trends had continued unchanged, economic researchers Giovanni Peri and Reem Zaiour estimate. Unsurprisingly, they also find that industries that had a higher percentage of foreign workers in 2019 — such as hospitality and food services — tend to have higher rates of unfilled jobs now.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/11/democrats-missing-real-immigration-threat-workers-economy/ Open / Comment

2022-04-12 01:05:01 https://ktar.com/story/4999903/immigration-applications-taking-longer-than-usual-to-process-for-some-in-arizona/ Open / Comment

2022-04-12 00:52:27 Open / Comment

2022-04-11 21:45:37 On Competes act:

“Currently, employment-based (EB) immigration to the United States is statutorily limited to 140,000 EB visas per year split amongst five “preference” categories with some exceptions. Section 80303 would exclude some of the most in-demand talent for science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) industries fields from these limitations. It does so in two ways.
First, Section 80303 would remove the statutory limits on the number of people who may be issued a visa and seek lawful permanent resident (green card) status for aliens with advanced degrees in STEM fields. Anyone with a doctoral degree in a STEM field and anyone who holds a master's degree and “works in a critical industry” would be allowed to file a petition with the Department of Homeland Security to receive a work visa that could eventually qualify them for a green card. This provision also allows the spouses and children to accompany an individual granted entry under this system.
Second, Section 80303 would allow any individual “who is a bona fide student admitted to a program of study involving [STEM]” to obtain a visa “even if such alien intends to seek lawful permanent resident status.” In effect, this would exclude STEM students from the statutory limits.”

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/techland-when-great-power-competition-meets-digital-world/immigration-could-decide-us-china Open / Comment

2022-04-11 21:11:31 H‑1B workers are highly paid: their wages are in the 90th percentile of all wages in the United States, meaning that they have wages in the top 10 percent of U.S. wage earners. H‑1B workers are not low wage or “cheap” workers in any honest assessment of the meaning of those words.

https://www.cato.org/blog/h-1b-wages-surge-top-10-all-wages-us Open / Comment

2022-04-11 02:24:34 Minear said an “invisible wall of policy changes” implemented by Trump that were intended to deny and delay visa applications, combined with anti-immigrant rhetoric, had probably powered the decline.

Business groups have been pushing for more liberal terms for high-skilled visas, arguing that more immigration into the US would help plug job openings amid widespread labour shortages.

https://www.ft.com/content/bf3de3ef-148a-45be-962f-2f7d15af216c Open / Comment

2022-04-10 08:26:00 تحلیلی بر میزان ماندن دانشجویان بین‌المللی در آمریکا پس از دریافت مدرک پی‌اچ‌دی رشته‌های علوم و مهندسی (STEM)


https://cset.georgetown.edu/publication/the-long-term-stay-rates-of-international-stem-phd-graduates/ Open / Comment

2022-04-08 03:16:00 Sens. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) told The Hill that they want to bring together a group of senators interested in trying to revive immigration discussions — a perennial policy white whale for Congress — after a two-week recess. 

https://thehill.com/news/senate/3262194-senators-to-restart-bipartisan-immigration-reform-talks/ Open / Comment