I think it is a problem to allow people who come into
our country in open violation of our laws to turn around and avail
themselves of our Constitution and laws to backdoor themselves into
lawful status. We need a better system than that. Finally, I think high-skilled immigration needs to be part of the
discussion. There has been a lot of talk recently about merit-based
immigration. Well, high-skilled immigration is merit-based immigration. It is immigration targeted at the best, the brightest, and the most
highly educated. Next week, I plan to reintroduce my Immigration Innovation Act, or I-
Squared Act. This bipartisan legislation, newly updated for this
Congress, will better align high-skilled visas with market demand so
that employers are able to hire the talent they need. It will help end
our stupid practice of educating people here in the United States and
then sending them back home to compete against us, and it will stop
some of the troubling abuses we have seen with the H-1B visa program. We should welcome the best and the brightest in the world, regardless
of their origin. My I-Squared Act will help us to do that. Our immigration laws are a mess. They are a morass of conflicting and
confusing obligations that reflect past Congresses' pet projects and
idiosyncrasies, rather than any real overarching principle. I want a
system that makes sense.
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