An employee of Art+Com Technology GmbH demonstrates the "Touchmaster" at a stand for the world's biggest IT fair, CeBIT, in Hanover, March 1, 2009. Tech firms say the U.S. will fall behind other countries if quotas on visas for skilled workers are not raised. (Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters)
How many skilled workers is too many?
US tech firms want to change visa rules so they can hire more workers from abroad.
SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. technology lobby is hoping lawmakers will soon tackle an immigration overhaul that would include measures to make it easier for tech firms to hire talent from abroad.
Tech firms want it to be easier to hire college-educated workers from abroad and also want to reform the green card process to make it easier to convert the temporary visa holders they hire...
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