Sources

Major reading materials

• Statements from National Association of Graduate-Professional Students

1. Statement-on-S386-Durbin (pdf)
2. NAGPS-Requesting-Amendmentto-S-386 (pdf)
3. Statement-on-S386 (pdf)

• ​Sen. Dick Durbin: We Must Reform the H-1B Visa Program

1. Durbin: We Must Reform the H-1B Visa Program (YouTube)

• Sen. Dick Durbin Coffee Chat, September 26, 2019

1. USTechWorkers (Twiter)

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More reading materialsBasic Facts of the Bill

• HR-1044 / S-386 Fact Sheet (Slide #1 – #5)
• Explain HR-1044/S-386 in 3 Minutes Video
• Sources: 
  • https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/386/
  • https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/employment-based 
  • https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Resources/Reports%20and%20Studies/Immigration%20Forms%20Data/BAHA/h-1b-2007-2017-trend-tables.pdf
  • https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R45447

Issue: Green Card Giveaway & Impact to US workers 

• Video Testimony of a US Tech Worker
• Sources: 
  • Research Paper – How Firms Like Infosystem And Tata Abuse H1B Program
  • InfoSys Pays Record $34M Fine for Visa Fraud and Abuse of Immigration Process
  • How Outsourcing Companies Are Gaming the Visa System

Issue: Negative Consequence of Country-cap Removal 

• HR-1044 / S-386 Fact Sheet (Slide #6)
• Talk by Lee Francis Cissna (former head of USCIS)  
• Rep. Doug Collins’ House Speech 07/10/19 
• Sources: 
  • https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R45447