Tech Company Intel 'Strongly
Supports' Amnesty
by Tony Lee 16 Jan 2014, 3:44 PM PDT
On Thursday, Intel
joined a growing list of high-tech and other companies backing amnesty before
House Republicans unveil their "immigration principles"
document.
"One of the most difficult challenges
of immigration reform – and perhaps the key to whether reform is accomplished
this year – is how to treat the roughly 11.5 million people currently living in
the United States without authorization," Peter Muller wrote on the company's
policy blog. "There is general agreement that deporting so many people is
the wrong approach, but there is no consensus on what status these unauthorized
immigrants should be granted and what path, if any, they should ultimately have
toward citizenship."
He then writes that Intel "strongly
supports" reform "of the immigration system for highly skilled
workers," which he says is unlikely to go forward until the pathway to
citizenship issue is resolved.
"Intel has been a vocal advocate for
reform that allows U.S.
companies better access to foreign born workers graduating from U.S.
universities with advanced degrees in science, math and engineering," he
writes. "With three quarters of our advance manufacturing and R&D done
in the United States,
we rely on the ability to hire top talent, no matter where they were
born."
Muller cites House Judiciary Committee
Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), who has said that he sees "no reason"
why illegal immigrants should not be granted amnesty,
in a National Foundation for American Policy analysis of why there may be fewer
illegal immigrants that will be able to apply for amnesty under the House plan
than under the Senate's. Miller then concedes, though, that this "analysis
is based on broad understanding of Chairman Goodlatte’s proposal and actual
legislation has yet to be introduced. It is possible that the House of
Representatives could choose a different approach or that advocates for the
undocumented will find this proposal insufficient."
High-tech companies like Intel have
repeatedly been citing the supposed shortage of American high-tech workers,
which studies have shown is a myth, to push amnesty. The massive influx of
foreign workers in the high-tech sectors, though, would lower the wages of
American high-tech workers, which is partly why the Congressional Budget Office
determined that the pathway to citizenship provision in the Senate's
immigration bill would lower the wages of American workers.
Amnesty
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for Amnesty International.
Note: George
Soros is a founder & chairman for the Open Society
Foundations, and the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for Amnesty
International, the Brookings Institution
(think tank), and the International Rescue
Committee.
John L.
Thornton is the chair for the Brookings Institution
(think tank), and was a director at the Intel
Corporation.
Lee H.
Hamilton is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution
(think tank), a co-chair for the Independent
Task Force on Immigration and America's Future, and a member of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board.
Arthur
B. Culvahouse Jr. is trustee at the Brookings Institution
(think tank), and was a member of the President's
Intelligence Advisory Board.
Judith
A. Miscik is a member of the President's Intelligence
Advisory Board, and a director at the International
Rescue Committee.
Andrew S.
Grove is an overseer at the International Rescue
Committee, was the chairman & CEO for the Intel
Corporation, and a benefactor for the University of California, Berkeley.
David H.
Romer is a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, a senior fellow at the Brookings
Institution (think tank), and married to Christina D.
Romer.
Christina
D. Romer is married to David H. Romer,
a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and
was the council of economic advisers chairman for the Barack Obama
administration.
Haas
School of Business is a business school at the University of California, Berkeley.
Richard C.
Blum is a board member for the Haas School of Business,
an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution
(think tank), and married to Senator Dianne
Feinstein.
Dianne
Feinstein is married to Richard C. Blum,
and a U.S. Senate senator.
Dianne Feinstein on Immigration
Q: What changes, if any, should Congress
make to federal immigration policy?
Dianne Feinstein: I strongly support a
comprehensive immigration reform bill. I believe fixing our broken system must
be a priority. I support the DREAM Act. I have been working to create a program
to provide the agriculture industry with the workers they need.
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