Republican Prez hopeful bats for raising H-1B quota
By Sridhar Krishnaswami
"A leading Republican Presidential hopeful has thrown his weight behind the H-1B visa programme stressing that bringing high skilled workers on a permanent basis to the US will be beneficial to the economy.
Former Massachusetts Gover Mitt Romney has said that while he is for increasing the quota for H-1B visa, a majority of whose aspirants are Indians, the exact figures would depend on a number of things including the strength of the US economy and the implications for the local workforce.
"I like H-1B visas. I like the idea of the best and brightest in the world coming here. I'd rather have them come here permanently rather than come and go, but I believe our visa programme is designed to help us solve gaps in our employment pool," he said in an interview to TechCrunch, a weblog dedicated to profiling and reviewing new internet products and companies.
"Where there are individuals who have skills that we do not have in abundance here, I'd like to bring them here and contribute to our economy," he added."
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It doesn't matter that they are skilled or un-skilled, rather, they enter in some LEGAL process. We are not deciding who enters our country, they are!
I support a program that will bring as many legal workers as is needed by our business and our economy.
I propose we supply every American business owner with illegals an opportunity to hire a legal migrant.
Concurrently, I support the voluntary exit of illegal immigrants who may be allowed to get into line with people who are already waiting. Build that wall high and low.
Question: How many illegals who run businesses are hiring legal employees?
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