“Silicon Valley executives, who have long pressed the government to provide more visas for foreign-born math and science brains, are joining forces with an array of immigration groups seeking comprehensive changes in the law. And as momentum builds in Washington for a broad revamping, the tech industry has more hope than ever that it will finally achieve its goal: the expanded access to visas that it says is critical to its own continued growth and that of the economy as a whole,” the New York Times<\/a> says.<\/p>\n Obama’s Zero Sum Approach to Amnesty<\/p>\n “Anyone hoping to hear a more conciliatory speech than the inaugural address must have been disappointed to hear an equally argumentative President deliver this year\u2019s State of the Union Address. Oblivious to a Republican-controlled House of Representatives, the president ticked off a laundry list of lofty progressive goals that are sure to placate his liberal base, but have little chance of being signed into law,” says Israel Ortega in Human Events<\/a>.<\/p>\n “Add immigration reform to the list unless the president drops his insistence on dealing with immigration policy in one gargantuan comprehensive bill.”<\/p>\n “In a response letter to four top Republican lawmakers, the Department of Homeland Security revealed it only initiated one case against an immigrant for becoming a ‘public charge,’ or being primarily dependent upon the government, in fiscal year 2012. The case was later withdrawn,” the Daily Caller<\/a> says.<\/p>\n “While the department\u2019s response to Republican Sens. Jeff Sessions, Chuck Grassley, Orrin Hatch and Pat Roberts\u2019 August oversight request offered an overview of the centuries-old federal public-charge restrictions, it noticeably avoided several of the senators\u2019 direct questions and demonstrated potentially significant inadequacies in record-keeping by immigration officials, who legally should be enforcing public-charge rules for immigrants both inside and outside of the country.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tech Lobby Endorses Amnesty “Silicon Valley executives, who have long pressed the government to provide more visas for foreign-born math and science brains, are joining forces with an array of immigration groups seeking comprehensive changes in the law. And as momentum builds in Washington for a broad revamping, the tech industry has more hope than<\/p>\nDHS Only Acted Against ONE Public Charge Last Year<\/h3>\n