Compete America

The US's highly skilled #immigration system is riddled with inefficiency, uncertainty & results that seem to undermine the spirit of the law. Check out this op-ed by Compete America Executive Director Scott Corley about how to fix it. goo.gl/u2tGrG #ISquared

Check out AILA's flyer (available in English and Spanish) for valuable information regarding @USCIS case processing delays, who is affected, and how to take action to #HoldUSCISAccountable. ow.ly/koGL30oCrVO

Thank you @ZoeLofgren @RepKenBuck for your leadership. We hope the Senate advances this important legislation.

Today the U.S. House passed legislation to ensure people from all countries are treated the same in the green card process. This promotes a fair high-skilled immigration system that’s good for business and our economy. #HR1044

The House passed @RepKenBuck’s and my bipartisan bill to make our visa system fairer for skilled immigrants legally working in the US. #HR1044 has 200+ Dem and 100+ GOP cosponsors. If @POTUS is serious about merit-based legal immigration, he should help usher this bill into law.

.@CompeteAmerica strongly supports #HR1044 the “Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019." Read our full statement that was sent to @HouseGOP and @HouseDemocrats. #SupportHR1044

NEW: Report released by @OrrinHatch & @FWDus---> "H-1B is not enough: insufficient numbers of visas, green cards hamper recruitment and retention of global talent" Read the report here: orrinhatchfoundation.org/wp-content/upl…

Last week, a bipartisan group of leaders in the House and Senate introduced crucial legislation to make our legal immigration process more fair, efficient, and better able to keep world-class talent in the United States. #GCBacklog fwd.us/news/green-car…

"Compete America is writing to summarize our concerns regarding the timing of the initial implementation of the new H-1B pre-registration process and the agency’s apparent mischaracterization of this rule as one that is not economically significant." competeamerica.org/2018/11/21/let…

What’s the Trump effect on international enrollment? Report finds new foreign students are dwindling. wapo.st/2FlU2Yd?tid=ss…

"We are writing to express our concerns about legal issues regarding the recent changes in adjudication standards for H-1B nonimmigrant visa petitions at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services under the Trump administration." competeamerica.org/2018/11/02/let…

Our letter to DHS and USCIS: "We are writing you to request that you reevaluate the Trump administration’s unprecedented use of sub-regulatory actions to change policy governing the high-skilled immigration system." competeamerica.org/2018/10/29/let…

Many Silicon Valley insiders say efforts for tougher regulations on spouses may directly affect innovation economy -- b/c best and brightest will opt to go elswhere

Education levels of U.S. immigrants are on the rise pewrsr.ch/2xbVaqa

An immigration policy that is 'America First' still needs to allow immigrants into America, writes former Sen. Trent Lott. Highly skilled visa applicants should be welcomed with open arms, not made to jump through hoops: nbcnews.to/2L1rwZx

.@IBM strongly supports the inclusion of @RepKevinYoder’s #HR392 in the House FY19 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill. This is an important step towards eliminating the green card backlog.

Thank you @RepKevinYoder for being a champion of #HR392. Your amendment to the FY19 Homeland Security @HouseAppropsGOP bill is an important step forward to fixing the green card backlog.

Thank you @RepKevinYoder for successfully amending your elimination of Green Card per country caps into the #DHS #Appropriations bill, behind bipartisan support for this merit-based reform.

100,000 people may go jobless over #Trump's plan to ban #H1B visa holders' spouses from working @SarithaRai @business mybs.in/2VoLHmZ

By strengthening H-1B requirements and increasing green card availability for highly skilled immigrants, we will continue to compete globally while protecting American workers #ISquared bit.ly/2qhKAuS