S. 744 Case Study

How does the interaction of stakeholders explain the passage of S. 744 and its aftermath? The interactions between these stakeholders played a large role in the passage of S.744, as well as the inability of comprehensive immigration reform, or any of the various piecemeal iterations brought up in the House of Representatives to become law. The House did not take up S.744 nor was a similarly comprehensive approach introduced, furthermore the tech industries who would have benefitted from one of the piecemeal approaches offered by the house (which consisted of an expansion of the H-1B visa program in conjunction with increased border protections) did not support the proposal. The reasoning behind this can be drawn from the heterogeneous group of stakeholders that was discussed earlier. In order to prevent the conversation from …show more content…
This would address the aforementioned strict boundary between H-1B visas and citizenship by giving them an opportunity to use the skills and experience that they gained while on the visa program to apply for citizenship, and given the Merit Based immigration reform’s emphasis on U.S. experience H-1B visa holders would stand a good chance of successfully apply for permanent residency. The rigidity of the H-1B visa allocation system would be addressed by increasing the number of visas allocated as well as tying that number to economic data, allowing it to fluctuate with the market’s current demand. Therefore, through a combination of H-1B visa reform and Merit Based immigration, the U.S. would be able to better retain the valuable skills and experience of H-1B workers while simultaneously taking advantage of the unique cultural knowledge and skills of economic immigrants