Skilled Immigrants Would Boost Up U.S. Economy : Indian-Americans

By siliconindia   |   Thursday, 07 February 2013, 20:26 IST
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Bangalore: The U.S. should find ways to come out of recession by granting more H-1B visas to lure skilled immigrants in order to enhance its ailing economy, said top Indian-American experts to lawmakers.

Vivek Wadhwa, director of research, Pratt School of Engineering, DukeUniversity said "If you look at all the data, every single study that's been done, it shows that when you bring skilled immigrants in they create jobs. Right now, we're in an innovation economy. Skilled immigrants are more important than ever, not only to create jobs, but to make us innovative and help us solve major problems," as reported by PTI.

He added "So bring the right people in and you will make the pie bigger for everyone, and we can bring in more unskilled as well because we will have a bigger economy. We need them.”

Wadhwa told U.S. lawmakers during a Congressional hearing on immigration convened by the House Judiciary Committee that "The population of America will decline unless we, you know, keep immigration going, at least at the pace that it is."

Puneet Arora, vice president, Immigration Voice said it's essential to guard American workers and at the same time have a strong immigration system where skilled immigrants can come in and fill actual needs.

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