Federal Immigration Reform Could Boost Boston's Economy

Route Fifty: Balanced federal immigration reform would see Boston’s regional workforce surge during the next decade, while a strict enforcement policy would lead to job losses, according to the city’s Planning & Development Agency.

Neither the Immigration Innovation Act of 2018 nor its predecessor—the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013—were enacted by Congress, but both took a balanced approach. In each case, the number of three-year H-1B visas granted to skilled foreign workers would have risen, the green card process would have been reformed and border security would have been increased.

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