Inaction Criticized
Bruce Mehlman, executive director of the Technology CEO Council in Washington, said his members support Obama’s decision to use executive authority to revise immigration policies.
“Inaction is not a strategy, neither for Congress nor the executive branch,” Mehlman, who served as President George W. Bush’s assistant secretary for technology policy at the Department of Commerce, said in an e-mailed statement. “While this remains unresolved, the U.S. continues to educate and then kick out highly-skilled workers who want to contribute to our economy.”
Efforts to change the immigration laws gained momentum earlier this year with the Senate passing a bill — with the support of some Republicans — that would have provided extra funds to cope with the surge of children from Central America crossing the border. House leaders scuttled a planned vote after Senator Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican, rallied House Republicans against it.