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Immigration legislation is unfairly weighted toward male workers....
A group of female senators is planning to introduce a proposal Thursday that would ensure that more women would be admitted to the United States under a comprehensive immigration bill, representing an early attempt at leverage by the Senate’s emerging bloc of women.
The lawmakers say pending immigration legislation is unfairly weighted toward male workers because it rewards applicants who are better educated and have more technical skills.
Under their amendment, the female senators propose reserving 30,000 residency cards each year for fields in which women hold most of the jobs, such as nannies, home health-care workers and early childhood educators.
The lawmakers say pending immigration legislation is unfairly weighted toward male workers because it rewards applicants who are better educated and have more technical skills.
Under their amendment, the female senators propose reserving 30,000 residency cards each year for fields in which women hold most of the jobs, such as nannies, home health-care workers and early childhood educators.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/proposal-would-allow-more-women-to-come-to-us-under-immigration-bill/2013/06/19/45fa2bc0-d8f8-11e2-9df4-895344c13c30_story.html
The patriarchal tentacles spread far and wide.......
