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* * Title: Older Tech Workers Oppose Overhauling H-1B Visas Date: Feb. 18, 2013 Source: National Public Radio Author: Martin Kaste

*Summary: (This is a 5 minute audio) *Overhauling immigration is complicated and controversial. There's been a proposed increase in H-1B visas. Those are the visas that allow companies to bring in skilled foreign workers for jobs that can't be filled by Americans.

*Link*: http://n.pr/XiveBJ

and.......................................................................... Title: America’s Genius Glut Date: Feb. 8, 2013 Source: New York Times Author: Ross Eisenberry

*Summary: *While genuine immigration reform has the potential to fix a seriously broken system, four senators have introduced a bill to solve a problem we don’t have: the supply of high-tech workers. The bill’s authors, led by Senator Orrin G. Hatch, Republican of Utah, argue that America would benefit from letting more immigrants trained in science, technology, engineering and math work in the country, with the sponsorship of high-tech companies like Microsoft and I.B.M.

*Link*: http://nyti.ms/WLLw4N