The Mercury News reviews ... 46% increase in tech visas proposed A Senate committee Thursday accredited a nearly fifty percent enhance in unique visas . . . to hire highly skilled foreign workers and boosted application fees to help ease the federal budget deficit. The actions, which still are several steps from becoming law,
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