WORKER VISAS UNDER ATTACK
With the economy dragging and millions of Americans out of work, many voters are questioning the United States' need for immigrant workers, and policymakers in Washington have responded with a bitter crop of proposed legislation and new regulations. All of these measures, some already in place, would make it significantly more difficult for U.S. employers to use existing visa programs to hire foreign workers.
LEGISLATION
CIR ASAP (comprehensive package)
Bill
Siskind summary
MPI side-by-side
IW LEGISLATIVE ANALYSIS CIR ASAP Flashpoints for Employers
Notkin analysis
IW statement
EWIC statement
SANDERS-GRASSLEY (WARN ACT and worker visas)
MILLER-LOFGREN (H2B visas)
SANDERS (H2B visas)
DURBIN-GRASSLEY (H1B visas)
Bill
Summary
Compete America statement
NEW REGULATIONS
SOLIS DEPARTMENT OF LABOR H2B REGS
Regulations
IW comment
U.S. Small Business Administration comment
SOLIS DEPARTMENT OF LABOR H2A REGS
Regulations
Summary
American Farm Bureau statement
OTHER
LABOR'S POSITION Ray Marshall, Immigration for Shared Prosperity
FAIR COALITION CAMPAIGN Coalition for the Future American Worker ad
CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE Report on agricultural guest workers