A summary of the video: http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/ImmigrationPolicy19
It's a long discussion but the summary in the last 2-3 mins suggests that
a) the temporary worker visas issue should not be tied to backlog reduction
issue
b) other countries like canada and australia have already changed their
immigration policies for high-skilled immigrants and US is falling behind
c) that the US government needs to provide clarity on the GC process one way
or the other instead of keeping us in limbo
d) interesting observation by canadian economics lady professor - clearing
the immigration backlog is the only immigration reform that is needed for US
economy.
You've to understand that this is just a panel discussion and they can only
make recommendations for execution by the politicians...they themselves
cannot take any measures to resolve the issues.
Next steps are for us to support IV Advocacy (see separate threads for the
April Advocacy) and lobby hard for the necessary legislative changes...this
is a good presentation that can be used to to lobby for a piecemeal
legislation/amendment for legal immigrant backlog reduction!
