Via NewsMax.com

WASHINGTON -- With comprehensive immigration reform focused on the millions of illegal aliens in the country, one energetic advocacy group is hustling to educate lawmakers and the public about the million-plus legal immigrants that have no need of amnesty but only a fair shake at grabbing the American Dream.

Reform bills, amendments, and proposals may be languishing in the brimming too-hard-to-do bin on Capitol Hill until after the 2006 elections, but Aman Kapoor, the founder and head of Immigration Voice roams the halls of Congress, colleagues in trace, with a call for help – fixing a green card system that is broken.

In the current global arena, countries such as India and China provide strong competition in the manufacturing and outsourcing services. The United States has to retain and attract the best and brightest talent that it can find to keep its competitive edge in research and development of innovative technologies, Kapoor told NewsMax in his staccato Indian accent.

"Countries in Europe such as U.K. and Germany, in North America such as Canada, and in the Southern hemisphere, such as Australia, have long since realized this fact and have tailored their immigration policies to attract the brightest students and made it easier for them to stay in those countries," Kapoor explained.

This, however, is unfortunately not the case in the United States, he lamented.

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