The Hill
By Jennifer Martinez
April 30, 2013
http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/297065-senate-commerce-committee-schedules-immigration-hearing
The Senate Commerce Committee has scheduled an immigration-focused hearing next Wednesday that will examine the role that foreign workers play in the United States' tech industry.
The hearing will look at the country's current immigration laws and their impact on economic growth, according to a hearing notice from the committee.
The hearing comes as the bipartisan Gang of Eight senators unveiled their highly anticipated immigration reform proposal earlier this month. Among the measures included in the sweeping bill, the legislation proposes to significantly increase the number of H-1B visas available to highly skilled and educated foreign workers.
Witnesses for the hearing have not been finalized yet, according to a committee spokesman. The hearing is titled, "The Role of Immigrants in America's Innovation Economy."
The upcoming hearing marks the first time that the Senate Commerce Committee has waded into the immigration debate this year. The Judiciary committees in both chambers, which have primary jurisdiction over immigration, have held a series of hearings this year on the issue of overhauling the nation's immigration laws.
Top executives from Microsoft and the Information Technology Industry Council, which represents Google and Intel, have testified on behalf of the tech industry at those hearings.
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