Issue Position: Immigration

Issue Position

Senator Warner believes our immigration system is in desperate need of reform to meet the needs of an innovation-driven 21st century economy. Our country currently trains the best and the brightest in the world in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields at top American universities, but because of our antiquated visa program, we often send these talented minds back to their home countries to compete against us. If we had the immigration policies in the 80s and 90s that we have now, we might never had had an Intel or a Google because these companies -- just as 40% of all tech companies in Northern Virginia -- have at least one of foreign-born founder.

Senator Warner believes in a comprehensive approach to immigration reform that includes policies to secure our nation's borders, curb future illegal immigration, establish an effective employer verification system and find a practical solution for the millions of undocumented immigrants currently residing in the United States.

Senator Warner voted in support of S. 744, a proposal that would reform our immigration system. This bipartisan legislation was introduced by Senators Schumer [D-NY], Bennet [D-CO], Durbin[D-IL], Menendez [D-NJ], Flake [R-AZ] , Graham [R-SC], McCain [R-AZ], and Rubio [R-FL] on April 16, 2013, and the text can be found at http://go.usa.gov/TJmB.

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