1 Unless the same party is in charge of the legislature and the executive, Comprehensive Immigration Reform is NOT going to happen. Reform Immigration piecemeal
2 Tackle Business Immigration first—-both Republicans and Democrats love this. Silicon Valley and fruit pickers jointly agree. Construction Companies and Chicken Processors agree
3 Concede to Trump’s agenda to reduce the Business Immigration backlog
4 Take away H-1B quotas and let market place dictate demands. If an employer does not have a valid job offer and files for anyone, make employer pay a fine and bar them from sponsoring anyone for 5 years
5 Introduce legislation where ordinary folks can sponsor cleaning ladies, pool cleaners, lawn maintenance guys as Guest workers—-with visas renewable every 2 years. Everyone needs to receive a fair salary. Everyone has to pay taxes
6 If guest workers can prove continuous employment after 10 years, make them pay a fine and become legal residents. Then they have 5 years and the exam to become citizens
7 Reduce the quota for family Immigration, unless it’s a spouse of USC or a Permanent Resident. If Immigrants want family connections, they can go back. This issue is hotly challenged by Republicans and it stands to reason. Parents are usually older and tax our already falling apart health care system.
8 I feel that if the above rules are implemented, then illegal immigration will slowly diminish. People won’t stay in the US, unless they have a job offer. After 2 years of implementation, the border issue can be tackled.

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Indeed it may, but there are other considerations on the table as well that you may not have read about in the media. For instance, Google’s driverless cars have been involved in at least 11 minor accidents. Google insists the cars were not the cause of those accidents and that no one was hurt. And yet, in the interests of transparency, one would think Google would release the police reports so that the public could learn what really happened in those accidents and not rely solely on Google’s word.

It’s true that in June Google began releasing monthly accident reports for its self-driving cars, but it’s curious that it took them so long do this after the cars have been on the roads of the Silicon Valley since 2009. Despite Google’s move toward more transparency, it will nonetheless be a tough challenge for those who have been driving for years to give up control to a machine that they fear may fail at the wrong time.

Incidentally, there are some reports beginning to come out that suggest driverless cars have the potential to actually kill others in the right set of circumstances. One hypothetical scenario given involved a driverless car stopping at a crosswalk where two children are crossing. Behind the car, a semi is bearing down toward the vehicle and is not likely to stop. The car could be programmed to veer right or left and prevent an accident, but that would give the semi a clear path to the children in the middle of the crosswalk. But if the car is not programmed to avoid a rear-end collision, the passenger may be killed.

Autopilots might be a nice diversion and may even work, but would they truly save lives in every chaotic and unpredictable instance?

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In standard medical procedure, the ringing in the ears caused by tinnitus can only be covered by machines that produced broadband sound, better known as white noise. The S-tone approach, however, targets an exact pitch of the tinnitus in the sufferer, and then produces just the right tone to counteract that pitch.

The study showed that more than half of the tinnitus sufferers in the study found the S-tones to be more effective at reducing the volume of their tinnitus.

Tinnitus is a condition that can significantly affect a sufferer’s health and quality of life. For some, the ringing in the ears is so loud that it impedes sleep and creates difficulty concentrating, which can lead to a host of physical, psychological, economic and social problems.

The Hearing Health Foundation estimates that 60 percent of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans return home with some form of hearing loss or tinnitus.

SoundCure, a Silicon Valley startup, is dedicated to creating a state-of-the-art S-tone device for tinnitus sufferers. Serenade, its current device, can be programmed by audiologists to the exact frequency and sound type needed by the patient. It can also be programmed for different times of day.

Jeff Carroll, Ph.D., who works for SoundCure, told ABC News that the best part about S-tone therapy is that it can work at much lower volumes than traditional white noise therapy. Because more than three quarters of participants in the AJA study indicated that the S-tones worked at least as well as white noise, a majority of tinnitus sufferers may prefer S-tone therapy simply because it is quieter.

Both the AJA study and the Serenade device have been endorsed by the American Tinnitus Association.

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On a recent trip to Los Angeles, First Lady Michelle Obama reacted with “horror” to the employment situation that veterans face, saying, “After everything they have done for us, the idea that any of our veterans are spending months or even years struggling to find a job is unacceptable.”

Young veterans agree. In a new public service announcement, veterans report spending months searching for employment. These young speakers were surprised to learn that companies who do hire veterans frequently pigeonhole them into low-paying security, labor or janitorial roles.

Moreover, dissatisfaction with the GI Bill is rising. A recent Gallup poll showed that veterans aged 18 to 24 are the least likely to call themselves “satisfied” by the benefits the GI Bill provides.

With complex lives, many young veterans are forced to use their GI Bill benefits for lower-quality, part-time programs or online universities. And as the number of for-profit colleges expands, there are increased reports of schools eating up GI Bill benefits before a degree is even earned.

The VA Center for Innovation is seeking to diversify the types of opportunities available to veterans looking for a path to a professional future.

One new initiative, the VA-TechShop Partnership, is a pilot program with a chain of Silicon Valley fabrication laboratories. The hope is that veterans with mechanical engineering skills may be able to invent new products or start a manufacturing business with access to high-tech fabrication tools.

As more veterans come home, both statistical and anecdotal evidence suggest that better programs, not more programs, are needed.

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And now, the U.S. defense industry is adapting to a national military strategy more reliant on technological superiority than on amassed hardware or troops. As defense professionals at the Pentagon and beyond revise their military plans, they are seeing an increasingly acute need for these talented STEM workers.

The importance of keeping foreign-born, graduating STEM students in this country cannot be overestimated.

Part of the need for foreign-born STEM workers is driven by a simple principle of supply-and-demand economics. The number of available H-1B visas is limited, and many of these STEM workers need the visas to immigrate to the United States. Currently, only 85,000 visas are granted each year. Many foreign-born, would-be STEM professionals come to the United States to study on student visas, but when they graduate, those who cannot obtain an H-1B visa must return to their respective home countries.

The recent budget-driven sequester cut spending in all federal departments, and those cuts have impacted the outlook for future defense strategy. The Obama administration has already reduced military outlays in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now, it seeks ways to cut back troop levels and jettison unnecessary, expensive weapons systems in order to maintain an efficiently lean, economical military.

As part of that strategy, the Defense Department has placed a premium on technological advances. But restrictive policies on immigration limit the number of H-1B visas to a total that does not meet the existing demand. The shortage of visas may crimp the Pentagon’s objectives.

Immigration policy troubles the Pentagon, but it is not their only quandary. Competition also affects requiting: many foreign-born STEM graduate students primarily seek a career in Silicon Valley or Austin, Texas. Employment with the defense establishment is often less tempting and, even more often, less lucrative.

A bill that would grant U.S. citizenship to immigrants with advanced STEM degrees passed the U.S. Senate last year, but it has sputtered in the House. Meanwhile, Defense Department officials have publicly emphasized the need for new technologies.

“We must maintain our technological edge over potential adversaries,” said Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel.

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