Eric Thomas or Frances Cox 202-822-9491 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nov.7, 2007

Compete America Urges Congress to Act in 2007 to Remedy H-1B Visa and Employment-Based Green Card Crisis

Washington D.C. – In a letter to all Members of Congress, Compete America today urged immediate action to fix the broken H-1B visa and employment-based green card systems.

Compete America, representing the leaders of the United States’ innovation economy stated:

At a time when other nations are aggressively taking steps to improve their own competitive position, the United States is failing to do so by sustaining a highly-skilled visa system that turns away future innovators.  While we believe it is fundamental to the United States’ innovation and economic leadership to continue providing world-class education and job training for U.S. workers, we also recognize that foreign professionals play an important role in maintaining our economic preeminence.  We should not take our position as the world’s innovation leader for granted, and our visa system should better reflect the realities of today’s global environment.

We recognize the calendar is short and there are many important public policy issues requiring legislative action by the Congress before the end of the year.  Despite these constraints, we believe there are still numerous opportunities for action on highly-skilled immigration reform, and we respectfully urge you to keep this issue at the top of your list.

For a complete copy of the letter, click here.

For more information on how highly educated immigration benefits America, please visit www.competeamerica.org. 

Compete America (www.competeamerica.org) is a coalition of corporations, educators, research institutions and trade associations concerned about legal, employment-based immigration and committed to ensuring that the United States has the highly educated workforce necessary to ensure continued innovation, job creation and leadership in a worldwide economy.

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