Immigration reform has benefited millions of Asians and non-immigrants

Immigration reform has benefited millions of Asians and non-immigrants. Rising star of the Republican Party, Senator Marco Rubio Rubio and other lawmakers introduced immigration reform on Monday...

Republican rising star Senator Marco Rubio and other lawmakers introduced an immigration reform bill on Monday. "The New York Times"

In last year's general election, Asian-Pacific Americans voted for President Obama, accounting for 73% of the votes cast by Asian-Pacific Americans. With the implementation of the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act, illegal immigrants among Asian and Pacific Islanders also have the opportunity to become regular immigrants. Mo Mei, president of The Asian American Justice Center, pointed out that there are 1 million illegal Asian immigrants in the United States; among the students affected by the Dream Act, one in ten is Asian. She said that the comprehensive immigration reform bill will not only help legalize 11 million illegal immigrants, but also allow foreign high-tech masters and PhDs to directly obtain green cards, and will also ease the current backlog of immigration applications. Asians account for more than 2 million of the backlog of immigration cases in the Immigration Bureau. Four of the five countries with the largest backlogs of immigration applications are in Asia. She said that the new immigration bill will alleviate the current backlog of cases, which is why Asians should support the Senate immigration case.

The Senate intends to propose a bill to retain Chinese and Indian talent immigration

A group of Democratic and Republican senators in the Senate announced the details of their proposed immigration reform proposals. Senator Charles Schumer called the agreement between the two parties in the Senate on changes to immigration laws a major breakthrough.

The immigration reform law proposed by senators from both parties in Congress proposes to increase the number of green cards for high-tech talents. Illegal immigrants who have obtained a master's degree or above in science, mathematics and engineering from American universities can obtain green cards to help the United States attract and retain high-tech talents from around the world.

The Immigration Reform Blueprint states: It makes no educational sense for us to train the world's future inventors and entrepreneurs at the moment when they can most contribute to the U.S. economy, but ultimately force them to leave the United States.

According to The New Yorker magazine, retaining some outstanding scientists and programmers from China, India, Brazil and other countries and turning them into high-tech talents in the United States is a step of strategic significance. Economic innovation and growth are now increasingly dependent on human capital rather than financial capital alone. Issuing green cards to high-tech talents who have graduated from science majors is welcomed by Silicon Valley and companies across the United States. It can attract high-tech talents to enrich companies such as Google and Microsoft. It will greatly enhance the entrepreneurial spirit in the United States. The number of companies founded by immigrants is twice as high as that of native-born Americans.

However, granting green cards to high-tech talents will not only increase the number of skilled talents in the United States, but may also lead to lower wages, thus affecting U.S.-born science graduates.

Increasing green cards for high-tech talents will also affect immigrants without high-tech diplomas. When the House of Representatives passed the STEM Employment Act last year, it agreed to increase the number of green cards for high-tech talents by 55,000, but at the same time cut green cards for other immigration categories equally. Although the Democrats and the White House will continue to insist in negotiations that the new high-tech green cards should not affect other categories of immigrants, Democrats are willing to make concessions in this regard in order to promote the passage of immigration laws.

The implementation of green cards for high-tech talents may be difficult. Some master's programs that only take one year to complete will attract a large influx of foreign students, flooding universities with low tuition fees and causing the green card program for high-tech talents to be abused. After getting green cards, many immigrants may choose to work on Wall Street instead of going to Silicon Valley or Detroit.

Immigration reform still faces stubborn resistance from Republicans. Immigration reform proposals will still face stubborn resistance from Republican members of Congress. The "New York Times" article said that Tommy's Country Ham House in Greenville, South Carolina, is a good place for locals to discuss politics while enjoying good food. This has not changed since 2007. In 2007, local conservatives clearly stated their attitude toward "amnesty" for illegal immigrants.