Speech #1090133948

Now we are faced with an amendment that. even though it comes at the late hours of the day. is very basic and fundamental to the success of the whole piece of legislation. Just as important or even more important is the spirit of this particular amendment and what it is meant to achieve and what it is not meant to achieve. Under the current immigration law. if you have a H1B. that means you have a visa and you are highly skilled. The concept behind the H1B is you are highly skilled. and because you are able to have a particular niche. the result of your service means you are going to have 8or 10 or 15 more Americans working. So there is a limited number of the HlBs. Under our current law. if your employer wants to petition for you. you can get a green card. If you are highly skilled. your employer can get the 52. Pt. 7 May 18. 2006 green card for you. But under the Cornyn amendment. if you are low skilled. you are out the window. One set of treatment for the very highly educated. highly skilled. who are working on the computers.