Quote Originally Posted by Dixie
FAIR states that Hutchisons offered an Amendment for visa increases!

Finally, there is one more threat on the Hill at this very moment.
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison has filed an amendment to the FY08
Labor-Health and Human Services Appropriations Bill (H.R. 3093) that may increase employment-based green cards by up to 300,000. These green cards would be aimed at importing nurses and high-tech employees to compete with American workers.
There is actually a silver lining to this scenario. It is that the Democrats, while relatively useless in fighting back amnesty, will be more receptive to working against large increases in skilled worker importation. This is possible or probably because they can use the excuse that 'we were looking out for the US worker'. This is particularly true given the current deliberations about Free Trade Agreements with Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, South Korea, etc. Republicans will basically split along RINO vs. 'classical conservative' lines on this one.