Multi-Sector Comment on Department of Labor’s Wage Interim Final Rule
11/09/2020 Compete America along with nearly two dozen major American trade groups, business coalitions, and scientific professional societies, filed comments regarding the Department of Labor’s interim final rule requiring US employers to pay foreign employees significantly more than American employees doing the same job. Compete America supports wage reforms that protect US workers while maintaining […]
Compete America Letter to Federal Agencies–Negative Consequences of Proposed F-1 Student Restrictions for 2020 School Year
7/13/2020 On July 13, 2020, Compete America sent a letter to federal agencies calling on ICE to review critical US public interest questions and documents prior to publication of a new regulation severely limiting the extent to which international students may secure F-1 visas and maintain valid F-1 status while enrolled solely in online classes […]
324 Signatory Business Letter to President and Secretaries-Nonimmigrant Visa Facts
5/21/2020 On May 21, 2020, Compete America along with 323 US employers and business-related groups sent a letter to President Trump and the Secretaries of the Department of State, Department of Labor, and Department of Homeland Security highlighting the essential contributions of nonimmigrant, highly skilled foreign professionals to American prosperity, American innovation, and American job […]
Statement of Compete America on Eliminating Per Country Caps
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 7, 2019 Contact: Brookley Valencia Email: Brookley@competeamerica.org Phone: (202) 258-8591 Statement of Compete America on Eliminating Per Country Caps WASHINGTON, D.C. – Compete America, a coalition of American employers dedicated to ensuring that the United States has the highly skilled workforce it needs to continue to lead the world in […]