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Shri Thanedar: “H1B visas, visas, technology companies. I've talked to many…”

Featuring: Shri Thanedar, Democratic | U.S. House Michigan, 13th Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 41:29

Because our technology entrepreneurs could take their computers and go elsewhere. They can go to Europe, go elsewhere. Our broken immigration system is a huge problem. What we have seen is H1B visas, visas, technology companies. I've talked to many CEOs of technology companies and they are hurting for skilled workforce, getting the engineers, the scientists that our technology companies need. And United States is going to continue to lose focus and our status in terms of growing our Asian innovation in discovery. (41:29–41:46)

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Asserts that technology companies are struggling to find skilled workers due to issues with H1B visas.

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