{"id":17915,"date":"2018-11-28T09:45:35","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T14:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=17915"},"modified":"2018-12-28T09:27:58","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T14:27:58","slug":"congress-courts-could-clash-over-tech-visas-i-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2018\/11\/28\/congress-courts-could-clash-over-tech-visas-i-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress, Courts Could Clash Over Tech Visas"},"content":{"rendered":"
Despite a wave of worker lawsuits \u2013 or perhaps because of them \u2013 a bipartisan push is on in Congress to lift the national caps on H-1B work visas<\/a>.<\/p>\n HR 392<\/a>, which would award still more of \u201ctech visas\u201d to South Asian countries, was attached to the Homeland Security funding bill that passed out of committee. The dubiously titled \u201cFairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act\u201d is one of the House\u2019s most co-sponsored bills, with 329 Republican and Democratic lawmakers signing on.<\/p>\n Not coincidentally, the measure is supported by a long line of deep-pocketed, heavy-hitting lobbyists<\/a> representing technology companies and overseas labor brokers.<\/p>\n While revealing a not-so-salutary side of bipartisanship, HR 392 goes to great lengths to benefit foreign workers \u2013 particularly those from India<\/a> \u2013 over U.S. citizens.<\/p>\n