Immigration Plan Backers Thwart Most Republican Changes
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Supporters of a bipartisan Senate immigration bill prevented major changes to its visa program for high-skilled foreign workers, seeking to preserve a compromise backed by technology companies and labor groups.
The Senate Judiciary Committee adopted only minor amendments yesterday to the bill’s version of the visa program, which Congress created in 1990 to help U.S. companies fill job vacancies with skilled foreign workers.