Although not everyone agrees on the matter of h-1b visas, it's important to know that Arizona's own Gabrielle Giffords is playing a role in increasing national visa caps that greatly affect technology workers in AZ and elsewhere. "The Innovation Employment Act, introduced by Representative Gabrielle Giffords, an Arizona Democrat, late Thursday, would increase the cap in H-1B visas from 65,000 a year to 130,000 a year. In addition, there would be no cap on H-1B applications for foreign graduate students attending U.S. colleges and studying science, technology and related fields. Currently, there's a 20,000-a-year cap on visas for graduate students in all fields." http://www.joshuazeidner.com/2008/03/azs-own-gabrielle-giffords-votes-to.html --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss