[IP] Bush asks for more visas for high-tech workers
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Subject: Bush asks for more visas for high-tech workers
Bush asks for more visas for high-tech workers
By Rebecca Knight
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/1b8f185c-942f-11da-82ea-0000779e2340.html
President George W. Bush, who is touring the country as part of a
weeks-long campaign to promote his 2006 agenda, called on Congress
yesterday to raise the number of visas that allow companies to fill
high-tech jobs with foreign workers.
“The problem is. . . that Congress has limited the number of H-1B
visas,” Mr Bush said, referring to the name of the official passport
endorsement. “I think it’s a mistake not to encourage more really bright
folks who can fill the jobs that are having trouble being filled in
America, to limit their number. So I call upon Congress to be realistic
and reasonable to raise that cap.”
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“It’s clear we don’t have enough workers with
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