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Innovation Employment Act
To modify certain requirements with respect to H-1B nonimmigrants.
Other Bill Titles (2 more) 3/13/2008--Introduced.
Innovation Employment Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase the annual H-1B nonimmigrant visa (specialty occupation) cap from 65,000 to 130,000 starting in FY2008. Provides that for FY2010-FY2015 if the cap has been reached in the prior yea... moreSee Full Bill Text
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| Introduced |  | Voted on by House | | Voted on by Senate | | Considered By President | | Bill Becomes Law |
| March 13, 2008 |
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April 03, 2008 USCIS announces interim final rule banning H1-B multiple petitions
On March 13, Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz) introduced the Innovation Employment Act (HR 5630), which would increase the H1-B visa cap to 130000 ...
March 30, 2008 Another Wave of H-1Bs on the Way
Last week, Representative Giffords sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, requesting her to bring HR 5630 to the House floor. ...
March 25, 2008 High-tech job sector threatened by visa-related bill, says activist
Democrat Gabrielle Giffords (D-Arizona) has introduced HR 5630, which is being called the "Innovation Employment Act." The legislation would increase the ...
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April 09, 2008 65000 More H-1B Visas
The day after he testified, committee member Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) proposed the âInnovation Employment Act" (HR 5630), a bill to double the H-1B Visa cap... [[This is a content summary only, click on the article title above to read ...
April 03, 2008 AILA Reports New Bills Submitted to House Regarding Skilled Workers
Rep. Giffords (D-AZ) introduced HR 5630 which would modify certain requirements with respect to Hâ1B non-immigrants. CG will provide future postings describing each of these bills in more detail. Ã.
April 01, 2008 h1b news
... Services (USCIS), employers prohibited filing multiple H-1B applications same employee new rule designed ensure companies filing HR 5630 double number immigrant H-1B worker visas behest Microsoft and other large corporations, ...
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At a time when the country is mired in a deep recession, this bill will have a devastating effect on high tech workers across the country. Alan Greenspan, a past Chairman of the Federal Reserve, says the economy is in its worst shape since World War II.
Bill Gates is presenting a myth that there is shortage of high tech workers, when the opposite is actually true. There is a shortage of high tech jobs. If there was a shortage of workers, wages would be rising. Actually wages are dropping, indicating a shortage of jobs.
Passing this bill will add to the pain and suffering of the US high tech worker. Now is not the time to undermine the US high tech worker by doubling or tripling the immigration quota allowing foreign workers to displace US workers.
An increase in the H1B visa allocation is supported by a coalition of high tech corporations, the powerful American Immigration Lawyers Assocciation (ALIA), and Hillary Clinton's "Friends of India Caucus".
Pittsburgh Law Firm, Cohen & Grigsby, created a video of a seminar in which the law firm conducts a seminar on how a corporation is to create the illusion that candidates for a job do not exist. The lawyer responsible for the seminar is Lawrence M. Lebowitz, Vice President of Marketing for Cohen & Grigsby. Lebowitz is rated by the AILA as one of the top 100 attorneys in America. Because of public outrage, the video has been removed from the Cohen & Grigsby.
A composite of the video was created by the Programmers Guild. It is located at: http://www.youtube.com/programmersguild
An increase in the H1B visa allocation is supported by a coalition of high tech corporations, the powerful American Immigration Lawyers Assocciation (AILA), and Hillary Clinton's "Friends of India Caucus".
Pittsburgh Law Firm, Cohen & Grigsby, a top ten Pittsburgh law firm, created a video of a seminar in which the law firm conducts a seminar on how a corporation is to create the illusion that US citizen candidates for a job do not exist. The lawyer responsible for the seminar is Lawrence M. Lebowitz, Vice President of Marketing for Cohen & Grigsby. Lebowitz is rated by the AILA as one of the top 100 attorneys in America. Because of public outrage, the video has been removed from the Cohen & Grigsby website.
A composite of the video was created by the Programmers Guild. It is located at: http://www.youtube.com/programmersguild
What a lying sack Bill Gates has become, and of course our congressman can't be expected to do the simple math to show what a pack of lies they are being told.
This is a really, really sad thing. I know many of my former college mates who studied IT, and cannot even find a job despite having done well acdemically. And we keep hearing these tales about lack of Math and Science skills among US citizens. That's not true, there are plenty. I personally feel that what's happening is simply a lack of jobs for Americans in Science and Engineering fields simply because the first choice is given to foreign workers. If this is the trend, we see a sad future because I don't think many of the young kids today will want to study Science or Engineering in college. Please think about the future of the children growing up today. And I hope the politicians and the country will have a little more faith in their own people.
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