{"id":14656,"date":"2019-10-29T09:05:29","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T14:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/?p=14656"},"modified":"2019-10-29T09:08:11","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T14:08:11","slug":"response-letter-from-georgia-senator-david-perdue-re-s386-india-first-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/2019\/10\/29\/response-letter-from-georgia-senator-david-perdue-re-s386-india-first-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Response letter from Georgia Senator David Perdue &#8211; Re; s386\/India First bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_14660\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/shutterstock_733931044.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14660\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14660\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/shutterstock_733931044-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/shutterstock_733931044-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/shutterstock_733931044-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/shutterstock_733931044-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/shutterstock_733931044.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14660\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Dice Insights<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Recieved 28 October 2019<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Dear Mr. King:<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Thank you for taking the time to contact me regarding the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2019\/09\/19\/h-1b-bill-to-scrap-per-country-green-card-limits-blocked-in-senate-report-says\/\">S. 386<\/a>). I always appreciate the opportunity to hear from my fellow Georgians.<\/p>\n<p>I believe that the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants is a step in the right direction, because it prioritizes merit-based immigration reform. I have been committed to merit-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2017\/08\/can-a-decades-old-immigration-proposal-pass-under-trump\/537138\/\">immigration reform<\/a> during my time in the Senate, because it can help alleviate worker shortages that impact a multitude of businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Like you, I understand the impact that our broken immigration system can have on everyday Americans and their businesses. I have worked with Senator Mike Lee and the rest of my Senate colleagues to ensure that this common-sense legislation strengthens Georgia\u2019s economy and our country as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>Again, thank you for taking the time to contact me with your concerns. Your thoughts are important to me, and I will keep them in mind moving forward.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kindest regards,<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/outreach.senate.gov\/iqextranet\/Customers\/DPerdue\/SigI.PNG\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nDavid Perdue<br \/>\nUnited States Senator<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14659\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/D_327R1UIAAa8km.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14659\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14659\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/D_327R1UIAAa8km-300x167.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/D_327R1UIAAa8km-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/D_327R1UIAAa8km.png 660w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14659\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Progressives for Immigration Reform<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Timeline: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ustechworkers.com\/tag\/s-386\/\">Here is what U.S. Tech Workers has to say about s386.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Recieved 28 October 2019 &#8212; Dear Mr. King: Thank you for taking the time to contact me regarding the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019 (S. 386). I always appreciate the opportunity to hear from my fellow Georgians. I believe that the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants is a step in the right direction, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14656"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14656"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14663,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14656\/revisions\/14663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}