IEEE-USA will be holding its 5th annual Washington Career Fly-In on March 23 and 24. All IEEE members in the United States are invited to join us on Capitol Hill to discuss high-skill immigration with your members of Congress.
For nearly a decade, IEEE-USA has been the strongest voice in Washington pushing for reforms to our skill-based immigration system. Over the past two years the debate about high-skill immigration reform shifted dramatically in our favor. But now we face a new Congress with an unusually large number of new members. These new members have probably never heard of an H-1B visa, never given any thought to high-skill immigration and likely don’t know what IEEE is. This is your opportunity to tell them.
Studies have shown that the single best way to influence a member of Congress is to meet with them in person. The Career Fly-In gives IEEE members an easy way to ensure that your concerns and opinions are heard by your elected leaders.
Fly-In participants will meet on the afternoon of March 23rd for a complete briefing on skill-based immigration policy and to learn how to meet with members of Congress (hint: it is easy). On March 24th, participants will spend the day on Capitol Hill meeting with their legislators. IEEE-USA will arrange all meetings. All you have to do is hold them.
All IEEE members in the United States are welcome and encouraged to attend. Students, retired members and even IEEE members who are not American citizens are needed.
In 2009, IEEE-USA will be trying to convince Congress to adopt our “Green cards not Guest workers” program by expanding access to green cards for immigrants who earn a masters or PhD from an American university. Our goal is to shift the focus of American immigration policy away from short-term work visas towards permanent green cards, especially for international students.
More information on IEEE-USA immigration proposals can be found here: http://www.ieeeusa.org/policy/issues/immigration/.
To learn more about the IEEE-USA Career Fly-In and to register for the event, visit us at http://www.ieeeusa.org/policy/careerflyin.
Thank you, and I hope to see you in March.
Russell T. Harrison
Senior Legislative Representative - Grassroots Affairs
IEEE-USA
(202) 530-8326
For nearly a decade, IEEE-USA has been the strongest voice in Washington pushing for reforms to our skill-based immigration system. Over the past two years the debate about high-skill immigration reform shifted dramatically in our favor. But now we face a new Congress with an unusually large number of new members. These new members have probably never heard of an H-1B visa, never given any thought to high-skill immigration and likely don’t know what IEEE is. This is your opportunity to tell them.
Studies have shown that the single best way to influence a member of Congress is to meet with them in person. The Career Fly-In gives IEEE members an easy way to ensure that your concerns and opinions are heard by your elected leaders.
Fly-In participants will meet on the afternoon of March 23rd for a complete briefing on skill-based immigration policy and to learn how to meet with members of Congress (hint: it is easy). On March 24th, participants will spend the day on Capitol Hill meeting with their legislators. IEEE-USA will arrange all meetings. All you have to do is hold them.
All IEEE members in the United States are welcome and encouraged to attend. Students, retired members and even IEEE members who are not American citizens are needed.
In 2009, IEEE-USA will be trying to convince Congress to adopt our “Green cards not Guest workers” program by expanding access to green cards for immigrants who earn a masters or PhD from an American university. Our goal is to shift the focus of American immigration policy away from short-term work visas towards permanent green cards, especially for international students.
More information on IEEE-USA immigration proposals can be found here: http://www.ieeeusa.org/policy/issues/immigration/.
To learn more about the IEEE-USA Career Fly-In and to register for the event, visit us at http://www.ieeeusa.org/policy/careerflyin.
Thank you, and I hope to see you in March.
Russell T. Harrison
Senior Legislative Representative - Grassroots Affairs
IEEE-USA
(202) 530-8326
