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According to advocacy groups representing the Big Tech employers and their guestworkers, tomorrow the Senate will consider a bill that would dramatically change our system for awarding employment green cards.

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The bill is the Fairness for High Skilled Immigrants Act (#S386).

It eliminates the per-country cap, which meters issuance of green cards so that they are distributed to applicants from all countrie.

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Sources tell us that an actual vote is highly unlikely; instead, a unanimous consent request from a senator is more likely, which allows them to bypass the committee process, hearings, amendments, and, most importantly, a public debate. #S386

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Sen. @RandPaul had blocked it from unanimous consent. Reportedly, he has recently agreed to let it come up if it includes a provision that would guarantee admission of 5k foreign nurses.

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@RandPaul View #S386's current text here: cis.org/sites/default/…
@RandPaul UPDATE: Sen. David Perdue (R-GA) objected to unanimous consent, blocking HR1044/S386 from the Senate Floor.

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The two Census surveys that measure the foreign-born have recently diverged in unexpected ways.

- ACS shows a growth of 200k immigrants.
- CPS shows an increase of 1.6m immigrants.

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Clearly, more analysis is needed to better understand why the two surveys have diverged.

The significant differences between the two surveys raise questions about the size and growth in the nation's legal and illegal immigrant populations.
Reporters and commentators should be cautious in interpreting the immigrant population data until a clearer picture emerges.
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Can immigrants access Medicaid?

Read Report: The Cost of Immigrant Medicaid Coverage
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Of the immigrants that can access Medicaid, how much does it cost the taxpayer?

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Immigrants are costlier not because they have any special appetite for welfare, but because they tend to have less education and larger families that they struggle to support.
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Center for Immigration Studies
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CIS Panel on Healthcare for Illegal Immigrants. Christopher Pope from the Manhattan Institute.
Public charge didn't use to involved a conversation on healthcare. But we are a welfare state with huge healthcare costs now.
in 2008 healthcare was 52% of means tested federal programs, now it is darmatically higher.
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