JayPal

Views expressed are my own. Retweets are not endorsements, sometimes quite the contrary.

[Leon Fresco @FrescoLeon]

All of these debates about high skilled immigration miss several important points:

1) there is not a single person from another country that wants to come here on an H-1B visa — that system is completely broken and morally bankrupt. That visa should be reformed for high skilled people on a temporary assignment (no more than 6 months per year, and only one 3 - year term per person using it).

2) what truly high-skilled people (not companies) want are green cards to be able to start companies here and have free agency.

If America wants to limit who gets those high-skilled green cards so that they only go to people who meet a truly meritorious standard of excellence — for instance, a U.S. employer has already paid them over a certain salary per year while on OPT, or they already have x number of patents— there are many ways to do this.

3) Finally, the one thing that should absolutely makes no sense to anyone is why any sane green card policy seeking to attract the world’s best talent would place even 1 iota of consideration on what country that person is from. The national origin of people coming here as skilled immigrants should be completely irrelevant.

[JayPal @CowboyTexans]

@LeaderHoyer USA should judge individuals on their skills, NOT where they are born. HR3648 protects American jobs through B1/B2 amendments. We have contributed to the economy for more than a decade.
@LeaderHoyer, no more games. Lead us to fairness!
#YesHR3648

[JayPal @CowboyTexans]

@LeaderHoyer Thanks for understanding that skill has no nationality! We should be given equal priority. Our children deserve equality. HR3648 preserves Health Care of Americans by reserving green cards for nursing jobs.
@LeaderHoyer, stop disappointing us and lead us to equality!
#YesHR3648

[JayPal @CowboyTexans]

@LeaderHoyer It is unfair to punish hard-working immigrants for their country of birth! There is a reason why 'IT body shops' don't like this bill. Thanks for saying NO to systemic oppression and let us END discriminatory immigration laws.
Do not break your promise @LeaderHoyer.
#YesHR3648

[JayPal @CowboyTexans]

@LeaderHoyer @MarylandConnect We cannot change our birth country. Amendments to HR3648 ensure employers retain jobs here in the US. Congress should end discrimination!
@LeaderHoyer, no more games. Lead us to fairness!
#YesHR3648

[JayPal @CowboyTexans]

@StenyHoyer @ReverendWarnock The bill will STOP deporting age out kids and STOP separating families! HR3648 is good for America! HR3648 bans job postings that hire only temporary workers (H1Bs).
@StenyHoyer, do not ditch us at the last moment.
#YesHR3648

[Sivakumar S @realSivaKumarS]

@rakyll Discrimination on national origin MUST end.

The per country caps are a moral abomination and a blot on America.

#EagleAct #HR3648 #S4567
Real issue for everything 👇

[Mike Lee @MikeLeeforUtah]

Victory!

The people of Utah have spoken tonight. I’m humbled and honored to be your Republican nominee. As your Senator, I promise to continue protecting your constitutional rights. Let’s keep Utah red this November!

[Green Card Backlog Coalition @GCBCoalition]

⏰Utilize all your resources & make sure not a single green card is wasted in FY22, unlike FY21. Millions of immigrant lives, American citizen dependents, aged/aging out kids, living here, are counting on these numbers & your leadership. #USCIS #STEM

**DO NOT LET US DOWN AGAIN**

[Sri @SriViews_]

This is a criminal waste of EB GCs by USCIS. I doubt it was ever the congressional intent to waste GCs in face of overwhelming demand from workers already in the US. This is the second year in a row of massive wastage. Nothing seems to have changed.

[Green Card Backlog Coalition @GCBCoalition]

.@POTUS, @VP: Day 405; where is your Promise? @SenSchumer @SenatorDurbin @RepZoeLofgren @USCISDirector

Indian immigrants endure racism👇
—Discriminatory per-country caps
—@USCIS delays processing 485 applications
—#H4EAD Women put out of work
—#H4kids age out

📌PASS #HR3648

[Green Card Backlog Coalition @GCBCoalition]

.@POTUS, @VP: **DAY 400**; where is your Promise? @SenSchumer @SenatorDurbin @RepZoeLofgren @USCISDirector

Indian immigrants endure racism👇
—Discriminatory per-country caps
—@USCIS delays processing 485 applications
—#H4EAD Women put out of work
—#H4kids age out

📌PASS #HR3648

[JayPal @CowboyTexans]

.@POTUS, your inaction is unacceptable! Stop playing games with the lives of immigrants. Don't disappoint immigrants yet again.
Don't lie and make immigrants die!
#DayWithoutImmigrants #KeepYourPromise
@WhiteHouse

[JayPal @CowboyTexans]

.@POTUS, listen to us! Immigrants are not CANs you can kick down the road. We deserve a solution NOW. You promised immigration reform in first 100 days. Were they simply lies?
Take bold action and provide relief now!
#DayWithoutImmigrants #KeepYourPromise
@WhiteHouse

[JayPal @CowboyTexans]

Stop hurting us @POTUS. The American dream belongs to all of us. Every aspect of the American economy has profited from the contributions of immigrants.
Provide a path to citizenship now!
#DayWithoutImmigrants #KeepYourPromise
@WhiteHouse

[Sivakumar S @realSivaKumarS]

@doug_rand Before immigrants doubt your authenticity, let us know what changes you have bought in .@USCIS being a Sr. Policy Adviser to .@USCISDirector who does theatrics everyday.

Are you guyz going to waste thousands of greencards this year too and hurt Indian immigrants?

[JayPal @CowboyTexans]

@GCBCoalition @USCIS @USCISDirector @DHSgov @SecMayorkas What are the lessons learnt from last year and what actions does usics have to make sure they are not going to waste any GCs? Why there are less numbers of visas processed in last Q4?

[Green Card Backlog Coalition @GCBCoalition]

@USCIS @USCISDirector @DHSgov @SecMayorkas What is USCIS doing to improve the processing times? USCIS should hire resources in Texas and Nebraska Service Centers to avoid #VisaWastage and #VisaDelays

[Green Card Backlog Coalition @GCBCoalition]

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”

- Martin Luther King Jr

#MLKDay
#GCBacklog

[Green Card Backlog Coalition @GCBCoalition]

👉https://t.co/dceTTDU19D #Immigration #Immigrant
#ModernSlavery—#H1BVisa #OPT #GRE #GMAT #TOEFL #IELTS #StudyINUS #MSInUS #STEM #StudyAbroad #IntlEd @CompeteAmerica @satyanadella @BradSmi @jakchen @sundarpichai @Kent_Walker @googlepubpolicy @amazon_policy @IBMpolicy @IntelPolicy