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Tech CEO letter

Tech CEO letter

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More than 100 chief executives of major tech companies and trade associations — including Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer — urged President Obama and Congress on Thursday to reform the existing immigration rules for highly-skilled workers.
More than 100 chief executives of major tech companies and trade associations — including Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer — urged President Obama and Congress on Thursday to reform the existing immigration rules for highly-skilled workers.

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March 14, 2013The Honorable Barack ObamaPresidentUnited States of America1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20500The Honorable John Boehner The Honorable Harry ReidSpeaker of the Majority LeaderHouse of Representatives United States SenateWashington, DC 20515 Washington, DC 20510The Honorable Nancy Pelosi The Honorable Mitch McConnellDemocratic Leader Republican LeaderHouse of Representatives United States SenateWashington, DC 20515 Washington, DC 20510Dear President Obama, Speaker Boehner, Senator Reid, Senator McConnell, and Representative Pelosi:One of the biggest economic challenges facing our nation is the need for more qualified, highly-skilledprofessionals, domestic and foreign, who can create jobs and immediately contribute to and improve oureconomy. As leaders of technology companies from around the country, we want to thank you for yoursincere efforts in addressing high skilled immigration and we urge that you and your colleagues enactreform legislation this year.As you know, the United States has a long history of welcoming talented, hard-working people to ourshores. Immigrant entrepreneurs have gone on to found thousands of companies with household nameslike eBay, Google, PayPal and Yahoo! to name just a few. These companies provide jobs, drive economicgrowth and generate tax revenue at all levels of government.Yet because our current immigration system is outdated and inefficient, many high-skilled immigrantswho want to stay in America are forced to leave because they are unable to obtain permanent visas. Somedo not bother to come in the first place. This is often due to visa shortages, long waits for green cards,and lack of mobility. We believe that numerical levels and categories for high-skilled nonimmigrant andimmigrant visas should be responsive to market needs and, where appropriate, include mechanisms tofluctuate based on objective standards. In addition, spouses and children should not be counted againstthe cap of high-skilled immigrant visas. There should not be a marriage or family penalty.According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are tens of thousands of unfilled jobs requiringhighly skilled individuals. Five high-tech companies alone
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IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Oracle and
 
 
Qualcomm
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have combined 10,000 openings in the United States. Each one of these jobs has thepotential to create many others, directly and indirectly. Bipartisan legislation currently introduced in theSenate, such as The Immigration Innovation Act of 2013, and bi-partisan legislation focused onaddressing the needs of entrepreneurs and start ups such as the Startup Visa Act and Startup Act 3.0, willencourage innovation here in the U.S. by allowing American companies and entrepreneurs to have accessto the talented workers they need while simultaneously investing in STEM education here in the U.S. Weknow what it will take to keep America in a position of global leadership. We know that when America islea
ding, our economic growth follows to the benefit of our nation’s workforce.
We call on you to address the need for more qualified, highly-skilled professionals, domestic and foreign,and to enact immigration reform this year. We look forward to working with you and your colleagues ina bipartisan way as we move forward in our common interest.Sincerely,Jim BreyerPartnerAccel PartnersKhaled NaimCo-Founder & Chief Executive OfficerAddy Inc.Eric DavidsonPresidentAmerican Automation & Communications, Inc.Bob AbernethyPresidentAmerican Standard Development CompanyPablo Diaz-GutierrezChief Technology OfficerAppfluence LLCMike SplinterChief Executive OfficerApplied MaterialsRobert NelsenCo-Founder & Managing PartnerARCH Venture PartnersRandall StephensonChairman & Chief Executive OfficerAT&TMichael PopePresidentAudio Video Interiors, Inc.KR SridharChief Executive OfficerBloom EnergyRalph DangelmaierPresident & Chief Executive OfficerBlueSnapDavid HaganPresident & Chief Executive OfficerBoingo WirelessBernard YooCo-FounderBombfell, Inc.John ChambersChief Executive OfficerCiscoEdward AtenFounder & Chief Executive OfficerCopThis, IncCherian ThomasCo-Founder & Chief Executive OfficerCucumbertownMichael BakerChief Executive OfficerDataXu, Inc.Don MeansFounder & PrincipalDigital Village
 
 
John DonahoeChief Executive OfficereBay, Inc.Fabio RosatiPresident & Chief Executive OfficerElance, Inc.Timothy HealyChief Executive OfficerEnerNOC, Inc.Kevin HartzChief Executive OfficerEventbriteJohn McAdamPresident & Chief Executive OfficerF5 Networks Inc.Mark ZuckerbergChief Executive OfficerFacebook Randy FryPresidentFry's Electroinics, Inc.Eric SchmidtExecutive ChairmanGoogleDavid InnsChief Executive OfficerGreatCall Inc.Gagan BiyaniCo-FounderGrowth Hackers ConferenceJindou LwwChief Executive OfficerHappy InspectorKoichi FujikawaCo-FounderHapyrus Inc.Meg WhitmanPresident & Chief Executive OfficerHewlett-Packard CompanyRobert StrublePresident & Chief Executive OfficeriBiquity Digital CorporationJames HamiltonChief Executive OfficerIdentity Ventures LLCPaul OtelliniChief Executive OfficerIntelAdriane BrownPresident & Chief Operating OfficerIntellectual VenturesPeter CorbettChief Executive OfficeriStrategyLabsMitchell GaynorExecutive Vice President, Secretary, & GeneralCounselJuniper NetworksVitaly GolombChief Executive OfficerKeen SystemsJohn DoerrPartnerKleiner Perkins Caufield & ByersShaun CrossChief Executive OfficerLee and HayesMarty BeardChief Executive OfficerLiveOps, IncJake SigalChief Executive OfficerLivioJohn HeringChief Executive OfficerLookout, Inc.

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Dear Owners, CEOs, Managers, etc. I have only one word for you - Outsource.
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