October 20, 2011
The Wall Street Journal
“A Better Idea for Green Jobs”
“It's crazy to educate the world's brightest and then deport them.”
As the Wall Street Journal put it in an editorial this week:
“Washington has spent years trying to force-feed green jobs, to little good effect. So here's a better idea: Expand the number of green cards, as in the number of immigrant visas for foreign-born graduates of American universities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. …
“The global competition for human capital is as fierce as it is for financial capital, and the U.S. can't afford to reject either one.”
Read the Wall Street Journal editorial here. Read ACIP’s support for related legislative proposals here.
Retain the World’s Best and Brightest to Create Jobs and Drive Economic Growth!
Reform the Employment-based Green Card System This Year!
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Learn more about the employment-based immigration system in ACIP’s primer. For more about ACIP, visitwww.acip.com.
The American Council on International Personnel (ACIP) represents employers working to speed U.S. economic recovery, create new jobs for all Americans and advance American innovation. Our members are companies, universities, research institutions and organizations that employ the critical talent that has and will continue to build the U.S. economy and raise the standard of living for all Americans. We build the workforces necessary to keep America on the cutting edge of worldwide innovation and leading the global economy. Learn more at www.acip.com.
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