Given how the White House and its allies in the media keep raising the specter of a shutdown or impeachment. it is clear the President is attempting to goad Congress into a fight rather than work with us in the difficult job of actually legislating. Unlike President Obama. I am committed to making real progress toward implementing lasting immigration reform. I supported the Senates comprehensive immigration bill last year. Even though the bill was far from perfect. I voted for it because I believe in working together to get something done on this vitally important issue. As I have long argued. the way to get real immigration reform back on track is not for the President to insist on his "my way or the highway" approach. either by trying to enact his preferred policy unilaterally or even for him to demand an allornothing comprehensive bill. Instead we should consider individual immigration reform measures that can win broad support and help rebuild trust in our country. Only by doing so will we clear a path forward for other more farreaching reforms. Take the area of highskilled immigration. We face a highskilled worker shortage that has become a national crisis. In April for the second year in a row the Federal Government reached its current HlB visa quota for workers just 5 days after accepting applications. Employers submitted 172.500 petitions for just 85.000 available visas. so American companies were unable to hire nearly 90.000 highskilled workers essential to help grow their domestic businesses. develop innovative technologies at home rather than abroad. and compete internationally. Keep in mind most of these folks we have educated in our colleges and universities. They could be of great help to us.
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