 |
| ||||
       
|
 |
< back |
|
The National Journal is reporting that Senate Judiciary Committee Orrin Hatch (who dropped out of the presidential race recently), Senate Immigration Subcommittee Chairman Spencer Abraham and Senate Banking Committee Chairman Phil Gramm met last week to discuss H-1B legislation for this coming session of Congress. Each have introduced bills to raise the limit on H-1B visas. Brief descriptions of these bills can be found in the next article. A legislative package to raise the cap is expected to be introduced in the Senate next week in the Judiciary Committee. But the bill would be drafted jointly with the Banking Committee. The bill is said to be a compromise between Gramm's dramatic liberalization of the H-1B program and the more modest bills supported by Hatch and Abraham. Gramm had favored raising the H-1B cap to 200,000 and creating a number of exemptions from the cap. Hatch and Abraham favored an increase of 40,000 to 50,000 for two years. There are no details yet on what the terms of the compromise include.
|
 |
 | |
|
Siskind Susser Bland Home | Immigration Bulletin | Green Card Lottery Center | ABCs of Immigration | Hiring A Lawyer |
| |
|
|
| |