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Conservative Economists Say Modernizing Our System Will Grow Our Economy And
Create Jobs:
Themodernization of our legal immigration system will be a net benefit for
America as we make historic reforms towards amore merit-based immigration
system that will help us attract entrepreneurs, innovators, investors,
skilled workers andpeople driven by the desire to build a better life for
themselves and, in turn, create jobs for American workers.
Protecting American Workers:
This bill protects American workers from unwarranted immigration for jobs
that Americans are willing and able to do. For example, the proposal would
not allow any work visas to be issued if theunemployment rate in a certain
area is above 8.5 percent, which is the norm in many cities.
Highly Skilled Workers:
After
educating the world’s brightest and most innovative minds, we will no
longer send them
home to benefit competing economies like China and India; we will instead
staple green cards to their diplomas. We willalso expand the highly skilled
H1-B visa program from 65,000 to 110,000
to fill jobs Americans can’t do
. To accomplishthe move to a more merit-based immigration system, we
eliminate certain categories of family preferences that haveallowed for
chain migration and completely eliminate the diversity visa lottery, among
other reforms.
Guest Worker Program:
The bill establishes a guest worker program for lower-skilled workers that
ensures our future
flow of workers is manageable, traceable, fair to American workers, and in
line with our economy’s needs
. Themodernization of our visa programs will ensure people who want to come
legally
–
and who our economy needs to comelegally
–
can do so.
Agricultural Worker Program:
A new agricultural guest worker visa program would be established to ensure
anadequate agricultural workforce to safeguard our food supply. This program
will also allow current undocumented farmworkers who have made a
substantial prior commitment to agricultural work in the United States to
obtain legal statusthrough an Agricultural Card Program. |
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