Furthermore. H.R. 4300 places a new. arbitrary ceiling on certain nonimmigrant foreign professional experts or prominent individuals. These numerical restrictions would undoubtedly result in the type of horrendous backlogs the United States is currently experiencing with permanent immigrants. This would defeat the very purpose of employing these H1 specialists in the United States. These foreign specialists have been helpful In creating new jobs and business opportunities. Such actions do not reflect business reality. All in all. they hurt U.S. competitiveness at a time when we need to reduce our trade imbalance and improve our competitiveness. Another concern I have is that while new classes of employmentbased immigration are designated in H.R. 4300. a distinction needs to be made within the permanent immigrant category between highly skilled and less skilled workers. as exists under current law. I understand that both types of workers are needed. However. without subdividing the two categories. one type of worker could easily dominate the Immigrant visas at the expense of the other and the U.S. economy. There is much opposition to H.R. 4300. due to the reasons I have outlined as well as others. some of which are described in the attached letters Ive received that I am submitting for the RECORD and my colleagues review. The U.S.
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