Immigration
Immigrants helped build America’s manufacturing industry, and immigration reform is essential to our competitiveness worldwide. We need a system that provides certainty for our businesses and dedicated employees, ensures national security, offers compassion and is consistent with our values and our history as a nation of immigrants.
What Manufacturers Want Out of an Immigration System
October 26, 2022pressed Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas about the need to reduce the visa backlog to ensure the industry can get the workers it needs, U.S. Customs and Immigration Services announced that it is on track to disburse all available green cards this year. “Addressing the green card backlog and providing green cards to…
Manufacturers Renew Call for Action on Immigration
October 13, 2022NAM CEO says broken system is harming manufacturers’ competitiveness
Washington, D.C. – National Association of Manufacturers President and CEO Jay Timmons addressed the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce’s Manufacturers’ Summit today, where he made another call for policymakers to act on immigration, saying it is time to “fix this problem now.” Timmons called on Congress to act in the year-end government funding bill. His remarks…
Manufacturers Notch a Critical Victory in Washington Alliance of Technology Workers v. DHS
October 4, 2022Following Intervention by the NAM and Other Business Groups, D.C. Circuit Upholds STEM OPT Program
Washington, D.C. – Following a 2–1 decision by the D.C. Circuit affirming the validity of a program that provides hundreds of thousands of skilled workers for manufacturers and other American businesses, National Association of Manufacturers Chief Legal Officer Linda Kelly released the following statement: “The NAM Legal Center is incredibly proud of today’s victory, which…
U.S. Courts Pacific Nations to Counter China
September 29, 2022The Wall Street Journal (subscription). A new strategy: Top U.S. officials will meet with Pacific island leaders as the Biden administration builds a social and economic aid package for the islands, addressing issues such as climate change and illegal fishing. The U.S. is seeking to reinforce its relationship with the islands and limit China’s regional…
