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The United States Federal Government should remove the H-1b cap for scientists, technicians and engineers.

advantage one is re-conceptualizing the dominant narrative
==The current public debate on immigration is plagued with xenophobia that compromises rational decision making. The only way to solve for this is to create a new narrative that focuses on the Brain Gain.== West 2010 (Darrell, Brain Gain, vice president and director of Governance Studies and director of the Center for Technology Innovation at the Brookings Institution. Previously, he was the John Hazen White Professor of Political Science and Public Policy and Director of the Taubman Center for Public Policy at Brown University. A Brookings Focus Book, july 28)

In chapter 5, I show benefit for the country .

The aff creates a new narrative that reframes the discussion about immigration and reduces anti-immigrant sentiment
West 2010 (Darrell, Brain Gain, vice president and director of Governance Studies and director of the Center for Technology Innovation at the Brookings Institution. Previously, he was the John Hazen White Professor of Political Science and Public Policy and Director of the Taubman Center for Public Policy at Brown University. A Brookings Focus Book, july 28)

In this book, I    s about new arrivals

Xenophobia justifies exclusion, violence, and war,
Whitaker 2005 (Citizens and Foreigners: Democratization and the Politics of Exclusion in Africa, Beth Elise. African Studies Review, Volume 48, Number 1, April 2005, pp. 112)

The comparative analysis presented democratic consolidation

competitiveness and innovation key to prevent economic collapse.
Aquila 2010 (Frank, Aquila is a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP America's Best Days Are Ahead—If It's Competitive, business week [], nov 10)

Failing to keep pace with lack of investment in innovation.

Lifting h1-b caps is necessary to avoid worker shortages, outsourcing and decreased competitiveness.
==Gower 2010 (Jeffrey L., Asst. Adjunct Instructor, Geography and Asian Studies at the University at Buffalo – SUNY, As Dumb As We Wanna Be: U.S. H1-B Visa Policy and the “Brain Blocking” of Asian High-Tech Professionals,  http://works.bepress.com/jeffrey_gower/4 ) MW==

American business interests face biases against Asian workers.

The driving force behind US growth has been our ability to attract creative minds, but we are losing out on the creative minds of the world, and risking economic collapse
Florida 2004 (Richard, Hirst Professor of Public Policy at George Mason University in Arlington America’s Looming Creativity Crisis, Harvard business review Oct 1, 2004) THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA economic growth are sure to follow.

Innovation is key to economic competitiveness, job growth, combating climate change, and eradicating poverty
Ezell and Atkinson 2010 ( Stephen is a Senior Analyst at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, with a focus on international information technology competitiveness and national innovation policies. Mr. Ezell holds a B.S. from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, with an Honors Certificate from Georgetown’s Landegger International Business Diplomacy program. Dr. Robert Atkinson is the President of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation. The information technology and innovation foundation, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (and The Self-Destructive) of Innovation Policy: A Policymaker’s Guide to Crafting Effective Innovation Policy October 2010)

Countries seek to spur and sustained global prosperity.

loss of competitiveness causes economic collapse- removing the cap solves
Wilcox 2008 Kenneth, San Jose Business Journal, 4/11/08, “The four fallacies of American innovation” < http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2008/04/14/editorial2.html> Myth 1: We don't need people from other countries to have vibrant innovation centers in Silicon Valley and elsewhere in the United States. Reality:  Much of the be the ultimate casualty.

 Sesit 2008 (Michael, Bloomberg News Columnist“The four myths of economic decoupling,” The Korea Herald, February 16, 2008, [], AD: 6-30-9 The four myths of economic synchronized global economic slowdown  ."

economic decline causes war
Lind 2010 (Michael //Michael Lind is policy director of the // //Economic Growth Program at the New America Foundation// //and author of "The American Way of Strategy., http://www.salon.com/news/economics/index.html?story=/opinion/feature/2010/05/11/great_recession_world_war_iv// May 11)   If history is any guide conflicting national interests  . .

SCHUCK 2008 (PETER H. *EDITORS' SYMPOSIUM: THE MORALITY OF IMMIGRATION POLICY, 2008 San Diego Law Review Association San Diego Law Review, 45 San Diego L. Rev. 865, fall 2008)
III. National Economic Growth In my view,  the overall  United States during this period. [|n78]

Poverty is an unending accelerating nuclear war
Gilligan (Renowned expert on Violence & Professor, Department of Psychiatry at Harvard) 1996 James, __Violence: Our Deadly Epidemic and its Causes__, Putnam: New York, p. 195-6.

__ The 14 to 18 million other, as cause to effect__.

A 4 degree temperature increase means extinction
Tickell 2008 8-11- (Oliver, Climate Researcher, The Gaurdian, “On a planet 4C hotter, all we can prepare for is extinction”, @http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/aug/11/climatechange ) We need to get prepared towards a similar hothouse Earth.

Now is the crucial time to act to mitigate global warming
==Schwartz 2010 (ariel, writer for fastcompany.com, National Research Council: We Need to Act Now to Mitigate the Effects of Climate Change http://www.fastcompany.com/1649815/national-research-council-we-need-to-act-now-to-mitigate-the-effects-of-climate-change may 19th)  == The climate change government's climate policy choices.

Innovation in a wealthy nation like the US is key to solve for global warming
== Switkowski 2010   (Ziggy former chief executive of Telstra and a fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, The Australian.com http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/innovation-key-to-mitigating-climate-change/story-e6frg6zo-1225824116274jan 28th)  == The US National Academy of innovation every time.

Hahm 2000
(Jung S. Hahm, JD from Cornell Law School with a Masters Degree in Physics, September 2000, Cornell Law Review, Cornell Law Review, Lexis Academic)ZM Despite its proven usefulness of skilled human capital.

Outsourcing spurs protectionism.
Dash 5 (Shailey, Fellow in economics at the Institute of Integrated Learning and Management. “The Economic Implications of Outsourcing” 1/31/2005)ZM The theory of comparative may start to dry up.

Protectionism will cause a world war
Panzner 8 (Michael J.-, Instructor New York Institute of Finance Financial Armageddon: Protecting Your Future from Four Impending Catastrophes, P. 136-138)

Rising angst will also of a new world war.

Lack of reform of current protectionist policies have eroded all the good will created by Obama’s trip to India
Beckett jan 5th (Paul, writer for the wall street journal, [])

It’s been almost exactly people are uncomfortable.”

lifting the h-1b cap is key to strengthening US-Indian relations
Endelman and Mehta 2010 ( Gary obtained a B.A. in History from the University of Virginia, a Ph.D. in United States History from the University of Delaware, and a J.D. from the University of Houston and cyrus is a graduate of Cambridge University and Columbia Law School, is the Managing Member of Cyrus D. Mehta & Associates, PLLC in New York City. Mr. Mehta is the Chair of the AILA’s National Pro Bono Committee and is also the Co-Chair of the AILA-NY Chapter Pro Bono Committee. Silence In A Time of Torment: Throwing Indian IT Firms Under The Bus, [] aug 11)

This latest action shows leader on the world stage.

Strong US-Indian relations are key to nonproliferation, extremism, and stability
Ayres at al 2009 **(**Director, McLarty Associates An Asia Society Task Force Report January 2009 http://asiasociety.org/policy-politics/strategic-challenges/us-asia/delivering-promise-advancing-us-relations-india)

As the Obama Administration shared by both countries

Proliferation results in arms races, nuke terrorism, accidental launches, and nuke war
Utgoff 02. (Victor A, Deputy Director of the Strategy, Forces, and Resources Division of the Institute for Defense Analysis, Survival Vol 44 No 2 Proliferation, Missile Defence and American Ambitions, p. 87-90 2002)

Many readers are probably manufacturing and storage activities.

Solvency

increasing h-1b visas is the key first step to changing our countries immigration narrative
West 2010 (Darrell, Brain Gain, vice president and director of Governance Studies and director of the Center for Technology Innovation at the Brookings Institution. Previously, he was the John Hazen White Professor of Political Science and Public Policy and Director of the Taubman Center for Public Policy at Brown University. A Brookings Focus Book, july 28 p 131-132)

U.S. immigration policy. 195,000 a year.

==And our restrictive visa policies are the largest internal link to losing out on the best and brightest of the world- we need to act now to restore our credibility or we risk losing our scientific and economic leadership==

AAAS 4 (American Association for the Advancement of Science. Physics Today, 00319228, Feb2005, Vol. 58, Issue 2. EBSCO) JM
In particular, there the rest of the world. ==

H-1b visas promote job growth for domestic workers
Gower 2010  (Jeffrey L., Asst. Adjunct Instructor, Geography and Asian Studies at the University at Buffalo – SUNY, As Dumb As We Wanna Be: U.S. H1-B Visa Policy and the “Brain Blocking” of Asian High-Tech Professionals,  http://works.bepress.com/jeffrey_gower/4 ) MW

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Removing the cap ensures the workforce needed for economic growth
== Nguyen and Sherk 2009  ( Diem and James James Sherk is Bradley Fellow in Labor Policy in the Center for Data Analysis at The Heritage Foundation and Diem Nguyen is a Research Assistant in the Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies, a division of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies, at The Heritage Foundation. Heritage foundation http://www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2009/05/Restricting-H-1B-Visas-Is-Bad-for-Business-and-the-EconomyPublished on May 13, 2009)  == Closing the Doors on H-1B Preventing companies from hiring f for further economic growth.

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