Alliance Press Releases

07/17/2008 - Leaders of U.S. Innovation Economy Send Strong Message to Congress: Enact Critical Reforms for Employment-Based Green Card Program Now

06/12/2008 - Compete America Supports Continued Effort to “Recalibrate” Employment-Based Green Card Program

06/05/2008 - Bipartisan Legislation Would Help U.S. Employers Retain Certain Highly Educated Foreign-born Graduates from U.S. Universities

05/16/2008 - Compete America Applauds Senate Appropriators for Approving Measure to Provide Short-term Employment-based Green Card Relief

05/15/2008 - Bipartisan Legislation Would Make Incremental Adjustments to Employment-Based Green Card

04/24/2008 - Compete America Applauds Representatives Lofgren and Sensenbrenner for Bill to Recapture Unused Employment-based Green Cards

04/16/2008 - Compete America Applauds Senator Alexander and Senate Republican Conference for Renewed Effort on Competitiveness Agenda

04/11/2008 - FY 2009 H-1B Visa Applications Exceed Last Year’s Numbers

04/10/2008 - Compete America Applauds Senator Cornyn for Introduction of “Global Competitiveness Act of 2008"

04/08/2008 - Cap on H-1B Visas Again Hit Immediately

04/04/2008 - Compete America Welcomes Administration Efforts to Extend Work Authorization for Certain Foreign-Born Students; Urges Congress to Act Quickly for Permanent High-Skilled Relief

03/27/2008 - Cap on H-1B Visas Expected to be Hit Immediately – Again

03/19/2008 - Compete America Commends Representative Lamar Smith for Introducing Emergency Measure to Temporarily Raise H-1B Visa Limit

03/19/2008 - Compete America Endorses H-1B Visa Improvements Included in “Innovation Employment Act”

03/14/2008 - Compete America Applauds Representatives Kennedy and McCaul on Introduction of “New American Innovators Act"

03/12/2008 - Compete America Applauds Bill Gates’ Call for Visa Reform for Highly Skilled Professionals

03/10/2008 - New Research Points to Continued Shortage of Skilled Professionals and the Positive Impact of H-1B Visa Holders on U.S. Job Growth

02/27/2008 - Compete America Urges House to Provide Immediate High-Skilled Immigration Relief and Resist Efforts to Pass Enforcement-Only Immigration Legislation

12/05/2007 - Compete America Applauds San Francisco Bay Area Council for Urging Speaker Pelosi to Address Employment-Based Visa Crisis

11/28/2007 - Compete America Urges Congress to Act in 2007 to Remedy H-1B Visa and Employment-Based Green Card Crisis

11/08/2007 - Compete America Applauds Senators for Urging Administration to Extend Training Program for Foreign-Born Students in the United States

11/07/2007 - Compete America Applauds House and Senate Conferees for Removal of Grassley/Sanders Amendment from Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations

11/06/2007 - Compete America Faults Findings in Urban Institute Report

10/24/2007 -Europe Opens Door to Educated Workforce as U.S. Senate Raises Roadblock

10/22/2007 - Compete America Applauds New Democrat Coalition for Leadership on Visa Reform for Highly Educated Professionals

10/02/2007 - Start of New Fiscal Year Means U.S. Employers Must Still Wait 12 More Months for H-1B Visas

09/27/2007 - America’s Innovation Edge Seen at Risk

09/11/2007 - Compete America Endorses Call by Governors to Ease Visa Crunch for Highly Educated Foreign Professionals

06/28/2007 - Compete America Vows to Press On in Wake of Senate Vote

06/22/2007 - Compete America Continues to Call for Tough Visa Enforcement and Anti Fraud Measures

06/20/2007 - Compete America Endorses Improvements to Senate Immigration Bill as Offered in Cantwell-Kyl Amendment

06/08/2007 - Compete America Urges Senate to Continue Work on Comprehensive Immigration Bill

06/06/2007 - Compete America Applauds Google Testimony

06/01/2007 - Compete America Endorses Cantwell / Cornyn Amendment to Senate Immigration Bill

05/24/2007 - Compete America Harshly Critical of Senate Vote on Sanders Amendment

05/18/2007 - Compete America Calls Senate “Merit-Based” Visa Proposal Unworkable in Present Form

05/17/2007 - Compete America Issues Statement on Senate Immigration Bill

05/07/2007 - Action Urged on H-1B Visa and EB Green Card Reform This Year

05/04/2007 - 2008 Advanced Degree H-1B Visa Cap Reached in Record Speed

04/13/2007 - Compete America Praises Representative Shadegg for Introduction of Employment-Based Visa Reform Bill

04/13/2007 - Compete America Praises Senator Hagel for Quick Action to Address H-1B Visa Crisis

04/13/2007 - Compete America Agrees with Representative Wu’s Call for More U.S. Skilled Workers; Questions Tie to Pell Grants

04/13/2007 - Durbin-Grassley Bill Would Restrict Legitimate Employers’ Use of Key Visa Programs

04/03/2007 - Cornyn Visa Reform Bill Endorsed by Compete America

04/03/2007 - 2008 H-1B Visa Cap Is Reached Immediately

03/29/2007 - Skilled Immigrant Crisis Reaches New Heights

03/22/2007 - Compete America Applauds Inclusion of EB Green Card and H-1B Visa Reform in House Immigration Bill

03/13/2007 - Prompt Action on Innovation Agenda Urged by Compete America

03/07/2007 - Compete America Applauds Bill Gates for Emphasizing Importance of Employment-Based Visas to U.S. Innovation Leadership

12/14/2006 - Compete America Looks Ahead to 2007

09/29/2006 - Start of New Fiscal Year Means U.S. Employers Must Still Wait 12 More Months for H-1B Visas

09/07/2006 - Compete America Names Lynn Shotwell as New Chair

07/31/2006 - 2007 Cap on Advanced Degree H-1B Visas Reached More Than Two Months Before Start of Fiscal Year

06/29/2006 - Compete America Praises Representative Shadegg for Introduction of H-1B and Green Card Reform Legislation

06/01/2006 - 2007 H-1B Visa Cap Is Reached Four Months Before Start of Fiscal Year

05/25/2006 - Compete America Applauds Senate Inclusion of H-1B Visa and EB Green Card Relief Provisions in Comprehensive Immigration Bill

05/02/2006 - Compete America Praises Introduction of Cornyn Legislation to Reform H-1B and Green Card Systems

04/06/2006 - Compete America Applauds Testimony Before House Education and Workforce Committee

03/30/2006 - Compete America Urges House Action to Alleviate Shortage of H-1B Visas and Severe Backlogs in Green Card System

03/27/2006 - Compete America Urges Senate Judiciary to Find Solution to H-1B and EB Visa Crisis

03/01/2006 - Compete America Expresses Hope for a House Competitiveness Plan that Includes Access to Critical Foreign Talent

03/01/2006 - Compete America Praises Specter Immigration Proposal to Expand Access to Highly Educated Foreign Talent

02/15/2006 - President’s Annual Economic Report Highlights Importance of Highly Educated Workers to U.S. Economy

02/06/2006 - Compete America Calls PACE Act an Important Step

01/31/2006 - Compete America Hails President's American Competitiveness Initiative

01/18/2006 - 2006 Cap on Advanced Degree H-1B Visas Reached in Fourth Month of Fiscal Year

12/21/2005 - Compete America Disappointed as Immigration Provisions are Dropped from Final Budget Reconciliation Package

12/06/2005 - Eighty Percent of Advanced Degree H-1Bs Gone By The Second Month of FY06

11/28/2005 - Compete America Applauds Labor Department Enforcement of Immigration Law Violations

11/03/2005 - Compete America Applauds Overwhelming Senate Vote to Remedy H-1B and Employment-Based Visa Crisis

11/03/2005 - Compete America Urges Defeat of Byrd Amendment to Budget Reconciliation Bill

10/20/2005 - Compete America Supports Senate Judiciary Committee Move to Provide Relief for Visa Shortage

08/12/2005 - 2006 H-1B Cap Reached Before Start of Fiscal Year

03/21/2005 - Compete America Applauds Senate Green Card Vote

03/10/2005 - USCIS H-1B Announcement Undercuts New Law

11/22/2004 - Congressional Action Averts Immediate H-1B Visa Crisis

11/16/2004 - New Study Finds Profound Long-Term Changes in Workforce Contributing to U.S. High-Skill Labor Shortages

11/10/2004 - Business and Academic Leaders Urge Congressional Action to Remedy H-1B Visa Crisis

10/04/2004 - H-1B Cap Hit on Day One of New Fiscal Year

10/01/2004 - Compete America Urges Congressional Action to Remedy Current Visa Shortage

06/24/2004 - Letter to House International Relations Chairman Henry Hyde (R-IL) criticizing the L Visa Reform Act

05/05/2004 - Letter to Congress urging support for legislation to exempt Masters and PhD graduates of U.S. universities from the H-1B cap

05/05/2004 - U.S. Employers to Have Limited Access to ’04 Advanced Degree Grads

04/02/2004 - Compete America Calls American Workforce Improvement and Jobs Protection Act an Important Step Towards H-1B Relief

02/18/2004 - Coalition Calls for Change in H-1B Visa Program

02/04/2004 - ABLI Urges Congress to Protect Flexibility in Employee Transfers While Strictly Upholding Immigration Law

09/16/2003 - ABLI Releases Statement on H1-B Visa Hearing