WASHINGTON – CompTIA, the world’s leading technology association, released the following statement from CompTIA’s executive vice president for public advocacy Elizabeth Hyman following the Senate’s inability to reach 60 votes to end the filibuster on immigration reform:
“The U.S. technology industry is poised for annual growth of at least five percent, yet it continues to struggle to generate the number of skilled workers needed to fill open jobs. CompTIA has long advocated for an ‘all of the above’ approach to build a workforce capable of supporting the next generation of innovation. As part of that approach we have strongly supported and pushed for reforms dealing with high-skilled immigration. We are very disappointed the Senate was unable to take advantage of this rare opportunity to address immigration reform and come to a consensus on legislation that would move our nation’s technology economy forward. We encourage the Senate to continue to work on comprehensive immigration reform to include DACA and Senator Hatch’s I-Squared bill that will allow the U.S. tech industry to remain competitive in a global economy.”
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