发信人: xm1y (xmly), 信区: Oversea
标 题: 奥巴马的高科技绿卡 和 senate的stem绿卡对比
发信站: 水木社区 (Wed Jan 30 23:52:36 2013), 站内

LEGAL IMMIGRATION

Senate:

_ Reduce backlogs in family and employment visas.

_ Allow more lower-skilled immigrants to come to the country when the economy is creating jobs than when it\'s not.

_ Permit workers who have succeeded in the workplace and contributed to their communities over years to earn green cards.

_ Create an agricultural worker program and allow employers to hire immigrants if they can demonstrate that American workers aren\'t available.

Obama:

_ Raise the annual cap for how many family-sponsored immigrants can come from any given country from 7 percent to 15 percent.

_ Temporarily increase annual visa numbers by an unspecified amount.

_ Create \"startup visa\" for job-creating entrepreneurs and expand visa opportunities for those who invest in the U.S.

_ Allow greater flexibility to add countries to the visa waiver program for tourists and let the State Department waive interview requirements for very low-risk visitors.

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HIGHLY SKILLED IMMIGRANTS

Senate:

_ Award green cards to immigrants who obtain advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering or math from American universities.

Obama:

_ Award green cards to immigrants who obtain advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering or math from American universities.

_ Create a new visa category for highly skilled immigrants to work in federal science and technology labs on national security programs after being in the U.S. for two years and passing background checks.
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