A final, desperate -- and doomed -- push for H-1B restrictions

[OhioChick]

Senate expected to vote next week on immigration bill, but will see amendments proposed, including one from Sens. Grassley and Brown

June 20, 2013 06:05 AM ET

WASHINGTON -- The Senate is expected to vote next week on an immigration bill, and it is likely to pass after one last fight to give U.S. workers hiring preference over foreigners with H-1B visas.

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) are backing a proposed amendment to the immigration bill that would require employers to "first offer a vacant position to an equally or better qualified American worker" before filling the job with an H-1B worker.

This lack of preference in the current bill is sore point with Grassley.

The Senate immigration bill, as initially drafted by a bipartisan group of senators, the so called "gang of eight," included U.S. worker preference in hiring. The tech industry opposed it, and worked with an ally, U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), to get the clause removed.

More: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9240198/A_final_desperate_and_doomed_push_for_H_1B_restrictions

[msongs]

1. our president and congress prefer tech jobs go to immigrants from corporate approved nations

[antigop]

2. thanks for the update, OhioChick. nt