At the same time that the United States Senate was beginning its debate on S. 744, the comprehensive immigration reform bill, human resource (HR) executives from some of our nation’s most innovative technology companies – Adobe, Broadcom, CA Technologies, Dell, EMC, Intel, Motorola Solutions, Teradata, and Texas Instruments – came to Washington to meet with policymakers and make tech’s case for immigration [...]

New public opinion data show Americans are ready for the Senate to approve its bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform legislation.  A survey of people in 29 states found that nearly seven in ten Americans support comprehensive immigration reform and that almost nine in ten people don’t want this to drag on.  They want action this year. What this means, from a purely political perspective, is that [...]

After many weeks, when the focus of those of us deeply involved in skilled immigration reform has been on the U.S. Senate, our attention today shifts to the U.S. House of Representatives, where Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and other members of Congress have introduced a good piece of legislation that will serve as a starting point for reform in that chamber. The Supplying Knowledge Based Immigrants [...]

Two big things happened on immigration reform today on opposite sides of Capitol Hill.  First, on the Senate side of the ledger, the Judiciary Committee reached agreement on proposals from Senator Hatch of Utah to improve the H-1B mechanisms in the bipartisan Gang of 8 legislation.  If enacted, these proposals would strengthen the H-1B system while protecting American workers.  Simply put, these improvements [...]

Sidney Crosby’s world-class hockey skills leave fans cheering and opponents sweating.  The 25-year-old native of Nova Scotia has a visa that allows him to play hockey in U.S. for the Pittsburgh Penguins for one simple reason -- he’s one of the one of the National Hockey League’s biggest talents.  Any NHL team would want to hire him.  He’s a global talent, serving as the alternate captain of Canada’s [...]

Not long after the introduction of the Senate’s Gang of 8 (G8) comprehensive immigration reform bill, one of its leading members and voices, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), called the introduced legislation “a starting point” and applauded those Americans who have already stepped forward to raise “legitimate points and suggestions on how to improve the bill.”  Today, a collection of 55 national, state [...]

The Senate Judiciary Committee today begins what promises to be an ambitious effort over the next few weeks to review and consider amendments to S. 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, otherwise known as the bipartisan “Gang of 8” immigration reform bill.  The committee has a webcast of the markup.  And here are some other resources that may be helpful [...]

As we inch closer to Thursday’s Senate Judiciary Committee markup of S. 744, the bipartisan Gang of 8 comprehensive immigration reform bill, ITI's Dean Garfield tonight talked with CNBC's Larry Kudlow about the link between immigration reform and economic growth.  Here are highlights, or you can watch the entire interview here. ..... This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to align our immigration [...]

This afternoon, ITI’s Dean Garfield participated in a news conference on immigration reform with the Senate’s bipartisan “Gang of 8,” who, on Tuesday, introduced a significant comprehensive immigration reform proposal. The Senators – four Republican, for Democratic – today discussed their proposal and pledged to consider every constructive idea as the legislation moves forward.  Almost every Senator [...]

The bipartisan Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) is generating a lot of questions about not only why we need an enhanced national cybersecurity information-sharing structure, but also how an improved information-sharing structure would work.  Many criticisms are built on the false premise that CISPA would put people’s personal privacy at risk.  In reality, CISPA’s main goal is to [...]