q******c
发帖数: 741 | 1 费劲巴拉的弄了eb1a,花了几千刀，绿卡弄下来了，看了这个报道，突然有一种一脚踏
空的感觉。不过想想以后的xdjm可能再也不会受到因身份限制导致的刁难，还是很开心
的，虽然有点酸。大家都来聊聊这个法案的影响和自己的感受吧
外籍高科技人才获绿卡法案众议院闯关成功
http://www.popyard.com/cgi-mod/newspage.cgi?num=1259493&r=0&v=0
美国众议院30日以245赞同、139发对的投票结果，通过一项法案，给予外国出生，在美
国大学获得科学、技术、工程和数学领域硕士以上学位的人绿卡，并允许上述领域已获
得绿卡的高科技人才配偶和子女到美国来团聚。
该议案由得州共和党联邦议员史密斯（Lamar Smith）推出。旨在吸引和保留关键高科
技人才，增加STEM（科学、技术、工程、数学）绿卡签证数量，使得在美国大学里主攻
“硬”学科的外籍学生博士、硕士毕业后可以留在美国工作、创业。
史密斯说：“在全球的经济环境中，美国无法承担让这些外国学生在美国接受教育后，
又送他们回国，而成为我们的竞争对手。”“这一法案有利于美国创造就业机会，增加
竞争力和推动美国进行创新。”
就在同一天，美国信息技术产业理事会、新美国经济伙伴关系、美国商会联合发表题为
《虚位以待：外籍劳工在创新经济中的作用》的报告。报告根据美国人口局和教育部高
等教育提供的数据，分析了科学、技术、工程和数学领域就业情况，发现外国出生的高
学历专业人才补充了美国这方面的人才短缺。报告指出，平均每一个高学历留学生可为
美国创造2．62个工作机会。
虽然两党支持为有高学历的外国学生增加签证数量，但民主党对该法案持有争议，因为
新增的签证部份，需要从乐透绿卡配额扣除。乐透绿卡配额始于1990年，为那些配额不
足国家的移民提供额外的机会。新的法案通过将使得这一计划终止。
目前无法得知参议院今年年底之前能否通过法案，因此该法案最终命运仍是未知数。一
旦该法案在参议院获得通过，预计高学历外国毕业生的绿卡签证的数量每年将增加5.5
万个。 | d****m
发帖数: 501 | | L**S
发帖数: 7833 | | C****y
发帖数: 1277 | 4 众议院通过的法案多了去了，过了也说明不了什么问题
EB23版每年都有这种带给人无限遐想的美好的法案，每年都是众议院过了，参议院过不
了，最后不了了之
有失落感的EB1们是不是今年才混移民版啊，EB1是王道，其他的都不靠谱 | e******a
发帖数: 44 | 5 同感！
【在 q******c 的大作中提到】
: 费劲巴拉的弄了eb1a,花了几千刀，绿卡弄下来了，看了这个报道，突然有一种一脚踏
: 空的感觉。不过想想以后的xdjm可能再也不会受到因身份限制导致的刁难，还是很开心
: 的，虽然有点酸。大家都来聊聊这个法案的影响和自己的感受吧
: 外籍高科技人才获绿卡法案众议院闯关成功
: http://www.popyard.com/cgi-mod/newspage.cgi?num=1259493&r=0&v=0
: 美国众议院30日以245赞同、139发对的投票结果，通过一项法案，给予外国出生，在美
: 国大学获得科学、技术、工程和数学领域硕士以上学位的人绿卡，并允许上述领域已获
: 得绿卡的高科技人才配偶和子女到美国来团聚。
: 该议案由得州共和党联邦议员史密斯（Lamar Smith）推出。旨在吸引和保留关键高科
: 技人才，增加STEM（科学、技术、工程、数学）绿卡签证数量，使得在美国大学里主攻
| t***u
发帖数: 78 | 6 巴马和 参议院 都反对， 没戏的
WASHINGTON -- The House passed a Republican-led bill on Friday to increase
visas for foreign nationals who earn advanced degrees in the U.S. for
science, technology, engineering and mathematics, in a 245 to 139 vote that
fell mostly along party lines.
The STEM Jobs Act is unlikely to get a vote in the Democrat-controlled
Senate, and the White House officially came out in opposition to the bill on
Wednesday. But its passage in the House was also a harbinger for things to
come as the two parties map out a broad plan for dealing with immigration.
While Democrats opposed the bill because they want a more comprehensive
approach, Republicans argued a piecemeal process would be a better path
forward -- a wide gap in views that will be difficult to bridge.
"We need to break up the elephant into bite-size pieces," Rep. Darrell Issa
(R-Calif.), who voted for the STEM bill, told reporters Friday after a post-
vote press conference. "I want to break this up into passable bill by
passable bill."
The STEM Act is the first bill related to immigration visas to be considered
by Congress since the election, when Latinos chose Democrats by large
margins and, among other things, said they were put off by the Republican
party's attitude and policies on immigration.
Many in the Democratic party considered the 2012 vote a mandate for
comprehensive immigration reform. But it's a heavy order: the most recent
attempts at such reform -- most notably one led by then-President George W.
Bush, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and the late Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) --
fell apart in 2007.
The reason for that initiative's failure, according to Issa, was that they
tried to go to big by tackling all immigration, instead of only a few items.
"What stopped it from happening was the size of it, the scope of it," he
said. "They said we had to do everything. Doing everything allowed somebody
to not like some part of anything."
The idea of a STEM bill is popular in both parties. But the question of how
and when to address the problem is another story. In issuing its statement
of administration policy opposing the bill, the White House officials said
it was the wrong time to work on such legislation as a broader bill is being
crafted.
"[T]he Administration strongly supports legislation to attract and retain
foreign students who graduate with advanced STEM degrees ... However, the
Administration does not support narrowly tailored proposals that do not meet
the President's long-term objectives with respect to comprehensive
immigration reform," the administration said Wednesday in its statement of
policy.
Congressional Democrats weren't pleased with the bill either. They, like the
White House, said the bill was a narrow effort when broader issues should
be addressed, such as how to deal with the estimated 11 million people in
the country without authorization.
They also criticized the Republicans' decision to eliminate the diversity
visa system -- often called the green card lottery -- to make way for
additional STEM visas. The White House mentioned, but did not focus on, the
issue of diversity visas in its statement of opposition, and did not respond
to a request for comment on whether they would agree to ending the program
in another immigration deal. Republicans argued that the diversity visa is
unnecessary.
As for where to move next on piece-by-piece immigration legislation, Issa
said Congress should take up agricultural visas. Rep. Raul Labrador (R-Idaho
), also speaking to reporters Friday after the press conference, said
Congress should pass additional, specific bills addressing young
undocumented immigrants who entered the U.S. as children, and the
undocumented population as a whole.
Other proposals on immigration released this week also hold a partisan slant
. Sens. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) and Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) unveiled the
Achieve Act, a watered down version of the Dream Act to help undocumented
young people who came to the U.S. as children. The bill's sponsors said they
have spoken with Democrats about the legislation, but so far it hasn't
gotten much, if any, Democratic support.
The Senate isn't likely to take up any immigration legislation until next
session, including the Achieve Act or the House-passed STEM Jobs Act. Brian
Fallon, a spokesman for Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), said the senator agrees
with the White House that the STEM bill is too narrow, although he supports
bills to extend visas to those individuals who apply.
Labrador said the Senate would refuse to agree no matter what the bill
included, even if it didn't eliminate other visas.
"They would have actually moved the ball and complained about something else
," he said. "That's what they do every single time."
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.), a leader for comprehensive immigration reform,
told HuffPost after the STEM vote that he doesn't think Republicans' action
on the bill necessarily means anything for negotiations to come. He said he
still expects some Republicans, such as Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and
Labrador, to lead on immigration and work with Democrats.
"I am not worried about the ability to change," Gutierrez said. "I think
there are many people that are ready to listen." |
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