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http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9249614/Obama_has_big _options_for_green_card_H_1B_reform_without_Congress_ Computerworld - WASHINGTON - With Congress failing to agree on immigration reform, President Barack Obama is promising to bring changes through executive actions. He has options that may have broad impacts on immigration generally, as well as the H-1B and green card visa systems. Obama could, for instance, expand permanent residency immigration, or green cards for family, diversity and employment- based categories by ending the practice of counting dependents against the cap. The president could also try to make changes to the H-1B visa program, possibly by creating a priority system that favors U.S.-based firms or by setting restrictions that affect the largest users -- offshore outsourcing firms -- thus, making it easier for other firms competing for the 85,000 H-1B visas. The administration has not outlined its next steps on immigration, but it does have ways of changing immigration without Congressional action. H-1B battle Obama has big options for green card, H-1B reform without Congress An H-1B whistleblower tries again for justice If immigration reform is dead, so is raising the H-1B cap Many comments on new H-1B rule, but few are 'unique' Readers rant about IT worker who trained H1-B replacement Cantor, a reliable 'yes' vote for raising the H-1B visa cap, is unseated This IT worker had to train an H-1B replacement An H-1B cap hike would mean a grim future for workers Frustration, anger over new H-1B rule finds voice on U.S. site H-1B loophole may help California utility offshore IT jobs More in Government The U.S., for instance, sets a cap of 140,000 employment-based green cards annually, but only about 65,000 go to the principals; the remainder go to dependents. |
