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WASHINGTONSen. Patrick Leahy has tried since 2003 to give people in long-term, same-sex relationships the right to sponsor their foreign partners for green cards, as married heterosexual couples can do. On Tuesday, he may have lost his best chance in recent years to push the measure into law.
As chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Mr. Leahy, a Democrat from Vermont, held significant clout as his panel reviewed a sweeping overhaul of immigration laws, and he considered attaching the same-sex provision to the legislation.
But in the end, he held back, deferring to fears among allies in both parties that the measure, if appended, would scuttle the whole bill.
Many supporters of the same-sex immigration provision say that Mr. Leahy's decision scuttled its prospects at a highly favorable moment and left their hopes with an upcoming decision on a related matter from the Supreme Court.
Mr. Leahy hasn't yet said whether he will push for a vote on the amendment when the full Senate considers the immigration bill, which is expected in June. But if he does, the measure would likely need 60 votes to pass, a hurdle that few people think it can cross, even though it has a Republican co-sponsor, Sen. Susan Collins of Maine.
"On the [Senate] floor it's pretty clear that we don't have 60 votes," said Lanae Erickson Hatalsky, director of social policy and politics at Third Way, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank. Advocates of extending immigration rights to same-sex couples "knew committee was their chance," she said.
Of the 55 Democrats and independents in the Senate, all but three have said they support same-sex marriage. Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Mark Pryor of Arkansas don't support same-sex marriage, while Mary Landrieu of Louisiana has said her "personal views have evolved," but backs her state's ban on same-sex marriages.
This country needs more third world degenerates, uneducated, unskilled, homosexual, criminal, islamic, govt dependent, socialist parasites to make her great..........Hail Diversity !!!!
“About 40 percent of our Ph.D. scientists and engineers were born in another country,” Orrenius writes. “People tend to focus on illegal or low-skilled immigration when discussing immigrants and often do not recognize the tremendous contribution of high-skilled immigrants.”
A new study, released last week, throws new information into the debate over foreign workers who arrive in the U.S. on such specialty visas.
The report, based on telephone surveys with 2,054 companies and projections by researchers at the University of California at Berkeley and Duke University, says about 25 percent of the technology and engineering companies launched in the U.S. in the past decade had at least one foreign-born founder.
These immigrant founders tended to be highly educated—96 percent held bachelor’s degrees and 74 percent held graduate or postgraduate degrees, with 75 percent of these degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics-related fields. The vast majority of these company founders didn’t come to the United States as entrepreneurs 52 percent came to study, 40 percent came to work, and 5.5 percent came for family reasons. Only 1.6 percent came to start companies in America.
Even though these founders immigrated for other purposes initially, they typically started their companies just 13.25 years after arriving in the United States. And, rather than settling in well-established immigrant gateways, such as New York or Los Angeles, they moved to a diverse group of tech centers across the country and helped fuel their growth.
While 23 percent of the nation's cooks and 20 percent of its janitors were immigrants in 2000, 27 percent of new computer-software engineers were also immigrants, according to a recent Migration Policy Institute study.
Indeed, the more technically educated the group, the more likely immigrants are to be overrepresented in it. While the foreign born make up 15 percent of the overall workforce, according to the 2000 census, they constitute approximately 17 percent of those with a bachelor's degree in science and engineering occupations, 29 percent of those with a master's degree, and 39 percent of those with a doctoral degree.
This country needs more third world degenerates, uneducated, unskilled, homosexual, criminal, islamic, govt dependent, socialist parasites to make her great..........Hail Diversity !!!!
How often have I said that when you drop in on a Republican talking about blacks, gays, immigrants, or Muslims, it is always a bigoted portrayal?
I just can't understand why minorities won't vote Republican!
This country needs more third world degenerates, uneducated, unskilled, homosexual, criminal, islamic, govt dependent, socialist parasites to make her great..........Hail Diversity !!!!
How often have I said that when you drop in on a Republican talking about blacks, gays, immigrants, or Muslims, it is always a bigoted portrayal?
I just can't understand why minorities won't vote Republican!
I am taking a stand against the progressive and homos minority trying to take over this country. Dont fucking like it, too fucking bad.
About 40 percent of our Ph.D. scientists and engineers were born in another country, Orrenius writes. People tend to focus on illegal or low-skilled immigration when discussing immigrants and often do not recognize the tremendous contribution of high-skilled immigrants.
Dallas Federal Reserve
A new study, released last week, throws new information into the debate over foreign workers who arrive in the U.S. on such specialty visas.
The report, based on telephone surveys with 2,054 companies and projections by researchers at the University of California at Berkeley and Duke University, says about 25 percent of the technology and engineering companies launched in the U.S. in the past decade had at least one foreign-born founder.
Immigrants Become Founding Fathers
These immigrant founders tended to be highly educated96 percent held bachelors degrees and 74 percent held graduate or postgraduate degrees, with 75 percent of these degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics-related fields. The vast majority of these company founders didnt come to the United States as entrepreneurs 52 percent came to study, 40 percent came to work, and 5.5 percent came for family reasons. Only 1.6 percent came to start companies in America.
Even though these founders immigrated for other purposes initially, they typically started their companies just 13.25 years after arriving in the United States. And, rather than settling in well-established immigrant gateways, such as New York or Los Angeles, they moved to a diverse group of tech centers across the country and helped fuel their growth.
http://www.kauffman.org/uploadedFiles/WadhwaTBook09.pdf
While 23 percent of the nation's cooks and 20 percent of its janitors were immigrants in 2000, 27 percent of new computer-software engineers were also immigrants, according to a recent Migration Policy Institute study.
Indeed, the more technically educated the group, the more likely immigrants are to be overrepresented in it. While the foreign born make up 15 percent of the overall workforce, according to the 2000 census, they constitute approximately 17 percent of those with a bachelor's degree in science and engineering occupations, 29 percent of those with a master's degree, and 39 percent of those with a doctoral degree.
As US nears milestone, a rising mix of immigrants - CSMonitor.com
"[T]he more technically educated the group, the more likely immigrants are to be overrepresented in it."
Immigrants are smarter than you dumb bigoted hicks. They are what will save this country.
How often have I said that when you drop in on a Republican talking about blacks, gays, immigrants, or Muslims, it is always a bigoted portrayal?
I just can't understand why minorities won't vote Republican!
I am taking a stand against the progressive and homos minority trying to take over this country. Dont fucking like it, too fucking bad.
Enjoy your extinction.
About 40 percent of our Ph.D. scientists and engineers were born in another country, Orrenius writes. People tend to focus on illegal or low-skilled immigration when discussing immigrants and often do not recognize the tremendous contribution of high-skilled immigrants.
Dallas Federal Reserve
A new study, released last week, throws new information into the debate over foreign workers who arrive in the U.S. on such specialty visas.
The report, based on telephone surveys with 2,054 companies and projections by researchers at the University of California at Berkeley and Duke University, says about 25 percent of the technology and engineering companies launched in the U.S. in the past decade had at least one foreign-born founder.
Immigrants Become Founding Fathers
These immigrant founders tended to be highly educated96 percent held bachelors degrees and 74 percent held graduate or postgraduate degrees, with 75 percent of these degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics-related fields. The vast majority of these company founders didnt come to the United States as entrepreneurs 52 percent came to study, 40 percent came to work, and 5.5 percent came for family reasons. Only 1.6 percent came to start companies in America.
Even though these founders immigrated for other purposes initially, they typically started their companies just 13.25 years after arriving in the United States. And, rather than settling in well-established immigrant gateways, such as New York or Los Angeles, they moved to a diverse group of tech centers across the country and helped fuel their growth.
http://www.kauffman.org/uploadedFiles/WadhwaTBook09.pdf
While 23 percent of the nation's cooks and 20 percent of its janitors were immigrants in 2000, 27 percent of new computer-software engineers were also immigrants, according to a recent Migration Policy Institute study.
Indeed, the more technically educated the group, the more likely immigrants are to be overrepresented in it. While the foreign born make up 15 percent of the overall workforce, according to the 2000 census, they constitute approximately 17 percent of those with a bachelor's degree in science and engineering occupations, 29 percent of those with a master's degree, and 39 percent of those with a doctoral degree.
As US nears milestone, a rising mix of immigrants - CSMonitor.com
"[T]he more technically educated the group, the more likely immigrants are to be overrepresented in it."
Immigrants are smarter than you dumb bigoted hicks. They are what will save this country.
Same-Sex Couples Left Out of Immigration Bill - WSJ.com
WASHINGTONSen. Patrick Leahy has tried since 2003 to give people in long-term, same-sex relationships the right to sponsor their foreign partners for green cards, as married heterosexual couples can do. On Tuesday, he may have lost his best chance in recent years to push the measure into law.
As chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Mr. Leahy, a Democrat from Vermont, held significant clout as his panel reviewed a sweeping overhaul of immigration laws, and he considered attaching the same-sex provision to the legislation.
But in the end, he held back, deferring to fears among allies in both parties that the measure, if appended, would scuttle the whole bill.
Many supporters of the same-sex immigration provision say that Mr. Leahy's decision scuttled its prospects at a highly favorable moment and left their hopes with an upcoming decision on a related matter from the Supreme Court.
Mr. Leahy hasn't yet said whether he will push for a vote on the amendment when the full Senate considers the immigration bill, which is expected in June. But if he does, the measure would likely need 60 votes to pass, a hurdle that few people think it can cross, even though it has a Republican co-sponsor, Sen. Susan Collins of Maine.
"On the [Senate] floor it's pretty clear that we don't have 60 votes," said Lanae Erickson Hatalsky, director of social policy and politics at Third Way, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank. Advocates of extending immigration rights to same-sex couples "knew committee was their chance," she said.
Of the 55 Democrats and independents in the Senate, all but three have said they support same-sex marriage. Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Mark Pryor of Arkansas don't support same-sex marriage, while Mary Landrieu of Louisiana has said her "personal views have evolved," but backs her state's ban on same-sex marriages.
Bad week for the homo's. The Scouts plan to continue their ban on gay adult Scout leaders.
WASHINGTON—Sen. Patrick Leahy has tried since 2003 to give people in long-term, same-sex relationships the right to sponsor their foreign partners for green cards, as married heterosexual couples can do.
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Mr. Leahy hasn't yet said whether he will push for a vote on the amendment when the full Senate considers the immigration bill, which is expected in June.
Same-Sex Couples Left Out of Immigration Bill - WSJ.com
WASHINGTONSen. Patrick Leahy has tried since 2003 to give people in long-term, same-sex relationships the right to sponsor their foreign partners for green cards, as married heterosexual couples can do. On Tuesday, he may have lost his best chance in recent years to push the measure into law.
As chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Mr. Leahy, a Democrat from Vermont, held significant clout as his panel reviewed a sweeping overhaul of immigration laws, and he considered attaching the same-sex provision to the legislation.
But in the end, he held back, deferring to fears among allies in both parties that the measure, if appended, would scuttle the whole bill.
Many supporters of the same-sex immigration provision say that Mr. Leahy's decision scuttled its prospects at a highly favorable moment and left their hopes with an upcoming decision on a related matter from the Supreme Court.
Mr. Leahy hasn't yet said whether he will push for a vote on the amendment when the full Senate considers the immigration bill, which is expected in June. But if he does, the measure would likely need 60 votes to pass, a hurdle that few people think it can cross, even though it has a Republican co-sponsor, Sen. Susan Collins of Maine.
"On the [Senate] floor it's pretty clear that we don't have 60 votes," said Lanae Erickson Hatalsky, director of social policy and politics at Third Way, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank. Advocates of extending immigration rights to same-sex couples "knew committee was their chance," she said.
Of the 55 Democrats and independents in the Senate, all but three have said they support same-sex marriage. Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Mark Pryor of Arkansas don't support same-sex marriage, while Mary Landrieu of Louisiana has said her "personal views have evolved," but backs her state's ban on same-sex marriages.
Bad week for the homo's. The Scouts plan to continue their ban on gay adult Scout leaders.
And what? You think that will be the end of that? Dream on. Gays will continue to fight for equal rights until they get them. And they will get them. How does it feel to be on the losing side of history?
This country needs more third world degenerates, uneducated, unskilled, homosexual, criminal, islamic, govt dependent, socialist parasites to make her great..........Hail Diversity !!!!
How often have I said that when you drop in on a Republican talking about blacks, gays, immigrants, or Muslims, it is always a bigoted portrayal?
I just can't understand why minorities won't vote Republican!
How often have I said that when you drop in on a Republican talking about blacks, gays, immigrants, or Muslims, it is always a bigoted portrayal?
I just can't understand why minorities won't vote Republican!
I am taking a stand against the progressive and homos minority trying to take over this country. Dont fucking like it, too fucking bad.
Enjoy your extinction.
Gays HAVE equal rights. you have all of your rights via a civil union.
