President. just so that our colleagues and friends understand exactly what we have done over the course of the development of this legislation. we have increased dramatically opportunities for highskilled people to come here to the United States. probably two or three times. and the best estimate is about 600.000. That has been increased dramatically. Under the basic immigration law. the people who get the first crack at the green cardwhat is the green card? The green card is the path towards citizenship. That really is key in terms of their future and their familys future. Under existing law. of all the green cards that are going to be available. 70 percent of those are going to go to the high skills and only 30 percent to what I call the low skills. We have recognized in the development of the legislation the pressure that is on the border. people coming across the border illegally. the pressure that is on companies that need the unskilled individuals to work in American industry for jobs that virtually no Americans will take. So we set up the process.
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