Who are the policy’s major stakeholders? The major stakeholders for this policy are the technological firms who employ a large portion of the H-1B workers, the consultancy firms who abuse the H-1B visa system, and the American workers (particularly in STEM fields) who will potentially have their jobs replaced by H-1B workers as well as those workers (again particularly in STEM fields) who will benefit from the jobs created by H-1B visa holders, the increase in freedom given to H-1B visa workers, as well as an additional pathway to citizenship provided these individuals. The technological firms that employ a large portion of H-1B visa workers are in favor of an expansion of the H-1B visa system, as are the consultancy firms that abuse the
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One of the Senate’s staunchest opponents of H-1B visa expansion is Alabama senator Jeff Sessions. Senator Sessions has argued against an expansion of the H-1B program as well as an increase in the amount of green cards made available for foreign workers by saying that "The tech industry's promotion of expanded temporary visas -- such as the H-1B -- and green cards is driven by its desire for cheap, young and immobile labor”, whose usage invariably harms “American IT workers” since they are being “replaced with guest workers.” During the passage of the Senate 2013 Immigration Bill the Senate Judiciary Committee and its Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest were controlled by Democrats, as a result of the Democratic Senate majority, so Jeff Sessions, and his Republican colleague and fellow H-1B visa opponent Charles Grassley of Iowa were unable to exert any significant influence on the process. However were this bill to be proposed today the process would look radically different. Currently, Senator Grassley is the chairmen of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary and Senator Sessions is the Chairman of the Immigration subcommittee. Given the broad chairmanship powers awarded in the …show more content…
Senator Marco Rubio, who was one of the so-called “Gang of 8” (a group of bipartisan senators that initially crafted S.744) has recently been taken to task for his role in the expansion of green card access and the H-1B visa program. During the October Republican debate he was asked questions regarding his support of the program, was asked to defend himself, and was called “Mark Zuckerberg’s personal senator.” Additionally a fellow presidential contender, as well as senate colleague, Senator Ted Cruz has changed his position from in support of, to against an expansion of the H-1B visa system and an increase in the number of green cards. Therefore, while these arguments were not effective during the passage of the Senate 2013 Immigration Bill, the current climate regarding immigration as well as the increase in stature of the proponents of these arguments has made them much more of a possible deterrent to future expansions of either the H-1B visa program or any program (such as Merit-Based immigration) that would increase the ease or number of pathways to
One of the Senate’s staunchest opponents of H-1B visa expansion is Alabama senator Jeff Sessions. Senator Sessions has argued against an expansion of the H-1B program as well as an increase in the amount of green cards made available for foreign workers by saying that "The tech industry's promotion of expanded temporary visas -- such as the H-1B -- and green cards is driven by its desire for cheap, young and immobile labor”, whose usage invariably harms “American IT workers” since they are being “replaced with guest workers.” During the passage of the Senate 2013 Immigration Bill the Senate Judiciary Committee and its Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest were controlled by Democrats, as a result of the Democratic Senate majority, so Jeff Sessions, and his Republican colleague and fellow H-1B visa opponent Charles Grassley of Iowa were unable to exert any significant influence on the process. However were this bill to be proposed today the process would look radically different. Currently, Senator Grassley is the chairmen of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary and Senator Sessions is the Chairman of the Immigration subcommittee. Given the broad chairmanship powers awarded in the …show more content…
Senator Marco Rubio, who was one of the so-called “Gang of 8” (a group of bipartisan senators that initially crafted S.744) has recently been taken to task for his role in the expansion of green card access and the H-1B visa program. During the October Republican debate he was asked questions regarding his support of the program, was asked to defend himself, and was called “Mark Zuckerberg’s personal senator.” Additionally a fellow presidential contender, as well as senate colleague, Senator Ted Cruz has changed his position from in support of, to against an expansion of the H-1B visa system and an increase in the number of green cards. Therefore, while these arguments were not effective during the passage of the Senate 2013 Immigration Bill, the current climate regarding immigration as well as the increase in stature of the proponents of these arguments has made them much more of a possible deterrent to future expansions of either the H-1B visa program or any program (such as Merit-Based immigration) that would increase the ease or number of pathways to