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Healthcare Immigration Alert
October 31, 2007
Call to Action:
Say No to the H-1B Fee Increase Amendment
The House and Senate appropriations
committees are scheduled to meet this Thursday, November 1st to discuss the
combination of the Defense, Military Construction-VA and the Labor-HHS-Education
appropriations bills into a single bill. As part of these discussions, the
committees will consider including or excluding the Grassley-Sanders
amendment (H.ADMT.3396) which adds an additional $3500 fee to the already
excessive H-1B visa fees. This additional $3500 is to be used towards the
creation of a special education fund to promote studies in the fields of
math, science, and engineering.
HLG joins the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) in strongly
opposing this fee increase. The addition of such a fee would make it even
more difficult for US businesses to hire skilled foreign workers. We, at HLG,
are encouraging clients to voice their opposition against this fee hike by
sending a letter to your Congressmen or calling the conferees directly. For
further information, please see AILA’s Take Action website located:
http://capwiz.com/aila2/home/
or contact your HLG attorney.
To make sure that you're getting the latest news on the Healthcare
legislation, please regularly check out our blog:
http://hammondlawgroup.blogspot.com/
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