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By Matt Canham
The Salt Lake Tribune
First published 44 minutes ago
Updated 44 minutes ago Updated Dec 1, 2011 03:09PM
Washington • A bipartisan immigration bill is unusual, but one led by
Utah Republicans received overwhelming support in the House earlier this
week and was just about to fly through the Senate, too.
And then Sen. Chuck Grassley, the ranking Republican on the Judiciary
Committee, stepped in the way.
The Iowa senator’s objection delays any action on the bill, which was
sponsored by Sen. Mike Lee and mirrors a measure pushed by Rep. Jason
Chaffetz and passed Tuesday by the House in 389-15 vote.
Their proposal would eliminate the per-country caps on visas issued to
highly skilled workers, essentially allowing more well-educated people from
India and China to work in the United States.
Currently each country can claim only 7 percent of the 140,000 work visas
issued annually. The bill also would boost the cap from 7 percent to 15
percent on family visas, allowing more people from places such as Mexico to
reunite with their families.
The legislation sidesteps the hot topic of undocumented immigration. It also
doesn’t increase the total number of visas provided in a year.
While a wide swath of Democrats and Republicans supports the measure,
Grassley has reservations.
“I have concerns about the impact of this bill on future immigration flows,
” he said, “and am concerned that it does nothing to better protect
Americans at home who seek high-skilled jobs during this time of record high
unemployment.”
Lee and Chaffetz, along with Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., plan to visit soon
with Grassley.
“I simply think it is a matter of education and communicating with him,”
Chaffetz said. “The only way to even get one of these visas is you have to
demonstrate that there is no American who has applied to fill that job.”
Lee explained the case he plans to make to Grassley.
“It doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to have these antiquated quotas in
place and a country-by-country basis,” Lee said. “Tell me how that does
anything to help the American worker? I don’t know that it does.”
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: http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/politics/53030697-90/bill-lee-chaf
: By Matt Canham
: The Salt Lake Tribune
: First published 44 minutes ago
: Updated 44 minutes ago Updated Dec 1, 2011 03:09PM
: Washington • A bipartisan immigration bill is unusual, but one led by
: Utah Republicans received overwhelming support in the House earlier this
: week and was just about to fly through the Senate, too.
: And then Sen. Chuck Grassley, the ranking Republican on the Judiciary
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