Immigration Provision Pleases CT High-Tech Companies
Washington -– A compromise over visas for highly skilled workers has pleased many Connecticut companies –- and has angered labor unions. The Senate Judiciary Committee agreed to allow the number of highly skilled foreign workers admitted to the country each year to rise from 65,000 to 110,000, with the possibility of a further increase to 180,000, depending in part on unemployment levels. “Raising the current 65,000 cap on H1-Bs would be helpful to companies like us, with a