Lawmakers on both sides of the Capitol are quietly launching a new effort to expand visas for low-skilled foreign workers in government funding bills—a push that could drive a deep ideological rift through both parties later this year.(From a re-tweet by tcjfs.)Republicans and Democrats whose home states rely on immigrant labor are lobbying top appropriators to include language in this year’s funding bills to renew controversial provisions from last year’s omnibus spending measure that effectively quadrupled the number of low-skilled worker visas. [New immigration fight looms in Congress by Seung Min Kim; Politico.com, May 3rd 2016.]
My story no one will read tonight: new and quiet push on Hill to boost visas for low-skilled immigrant workers https://t.co/Q6yKpAryNY
— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) May 4, 2016
