Know your enemy, and when you can, take revenge.<\/p>\n
From Breitbart<\/a>: In January of 2015, a handful of Senators quietly introduced new legislation in Congress that would allow for virtually unlimited Muslim immigration into the United States \u2013 lifting caps entirely on several categories of visas favored by immigrants from Muslim countries.<\/p>\n The Mark Zuckerberg-backed legislation, S.153, is called the Immigration Innovation Act (or I-Squared), and it has taken on new significance following the terrorist attacks in San Bernardino. Those attacks were only possible due to Muslim immigration: Syed Farook is reportedly the child of Pakistani immigrants, and his jihadi bride, Tashfeen Malik, was reportedly born in Pakistan.<\/p>\n The I-Squared bill is significant for a second reason. One of the Senators who introduced the bill is also running for President: Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL). And several of Rubio\u2019s most prominent financial backers are among the bill\u2019s boosters.<\/p>\n I-Squared would expand five major visa categories used by Muslim migrants: the F-1 foreign student visa, green cards for foreign students, green cards for their family members, the H-1B foreign worker visa, and the H-4 spousal visa.<\/p>\n THE F-1 VISA The I-Squared bill turns that on its head by removing the presumption that F-1 visa applicants return to their home country\u2014rendering admissible a larger pool of foreign applicants, who openly and explicitly have no intention of returning home following their studies. It then allows an unlimited number of foreign students to get lifetime green cards (Section 303). Because the F-1 visa is uncapped, these changes are revolutionary…<\/p>\n >According to an April 2015 Brookings Institution report<\/a>, Seattle is one of the nation\u2019s top ten metropolitan areas with the biggest share of H-1B workers. The Puget Sound Business Journal<\/em> similarly notes<\/a>: \u201cThe Washington state chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) estimates more than 30,000 Muslims live in the greater Seattle area.\u201d<\/p>\n The Puget Sound Business Journal<\/em> reports that Seattle\u2019s local government and businesses have had to work to accommodate the growing influx of Muslims who observe sharia law. For instance, the Business Journal<\/em> notes<\/a> that Seattle Mayor Ed Murray\u2019s housing committee released recommendations earlier this year, which \u201cwould help followers of Sharia law buy houses.\u201d<\/p>\n The Business Journal<\/em> writes that the influx of sharia-adherent Muslims has been acutely felt throughout Seattle\u2019s tech sector, such as at corporations like Microsoft. Microsoft\u2014according to USCIS data analyzed<\/a> by Computerworld\u2019s <\/em>Patrick Thibodeau\u2014is the 12th largest user of the H-1B program, having brought in 1,048 foreign workers on H-1Bs in 2013. In a report<\/a> highlighting how a \u201cnew Seattle company helps Muslim tech employees save for retirement,\u201d the Journal<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n It\u2019s estimated that more than 1,000 Muslims in the Puget Sound region work for Microsoft\u2026 and for those who closely follow their faith, it can be difficult to participate in the company\u2019s retirement plan. That\u2019s because Sharia law forbids them from investing in funds with holdings in companies that peddle pornography, alcohol and other vices. It\u2019s almost impossible for retirement funds to guarantee all their investments are free from those kinds of businesses. This has become an issue for workers at other tech companies, too.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Other reports have separately documented the struggle to integrate large flows of unassimilated Muslim migrants into Seattle and its surrounding area. According<\/a> to the Population Research Bureau, there are 25,000 girls and women in Washington state at risk of suffering the anti-Western practice of Female Genital Mutilation. That number could increase dramatically under Rubio’s vision.<\/p>\n Microsoft has extensively pushed for expanding the H-1B program\u2014 and has lobbied for I-Squared<\/a>. Moreover, Bill Gates is also a founding member<\/a> of Zuckerberg\u2019s immigration lobbying firm that has endorsed I-Squared\u2014describing<\/a> the bill as \u201cour gold standard for high tech reform.\u201d As the Washington Examiner\u2019s<\/em> Byron York has reported<\/a>, last year Microsoft was lobbying to increase the H-1B guest worker program at the same it had announced plans to lay off 18,000 workers.<\/p>\n Microsoft has also been the second largest contributor<\/a> to Marco Rubio\u2019s campaign committee since 2011\u2014having donated $33,100, according to Open Secrets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Know your enemy, and when you can, take revenge. From Breitbart: In January of 2015, a handful of Senators quietly introduced new legislation in Congress that would allow for virtually unlimited Muslim immigration into the United States \u2013 lifting caps … Continue reading
\nUnder current law, the F-1 student visa operates under the assumption that foreign students have no intention of abandoning their home countries. It is intended to operate similar to a foreign exchange program, where the students return home after their studies are concluded. Current statute reads that an F-1 visa holder is \u201can alien having a residence in a foreign country which he has no intention of abandoning\u2026\u201d 8 U.S.C. \u00a7 1101(a)(15)(F)(i) [emphasis added]<\/p>\n\n