"If we increase the number of H-1B visas that are available to U.S. companies, employment of U.S. nationals would likely grow as well. For instance, Microsoft has found that for every H-1B hire we make, we add on average four additional employees to support them in various capacities."
Bill Gates,
Testimony before the Committee on Science and Technology, US House of Representatives,
March 12, 2008.

"Worried About a Recession? Don't Blame Free Trade," World Trade Magazine, June 3, 2008.
"Immigration law should reflect our dynamic labor market," The Dallas Morning News, April 27, 2008.
"When employment lines cross borders," Fort Worth Star Telegram, April 21, 2008.
"Dems betray our ally Colombia," Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, April 18, 2008.
"Ohio Needs More Foreign Trade," The Wall Street Journal, March 1, 2008.
"Attempt to Limit Mexican Trucking in U.S. Masks Union Agenda," Los Angeles Daily Journal, December 20, 2007.
"American Workers Are 'Trading Up'," RealClearPolitics, IL, November 16, 2007.
"Another View: Dollar's Slide Boosts Exports," USA Today, November 15, 2007.
"The Truth on Trade," New York Post, November 7, 2007.
"Middle Class Better off After Decade of Trade Expansion," Examiner.com, October 3, 2007.
"Real Reform Can Fix Immigration," ABC News, October 2, 2007.
"A Boon Rather Than a Burden," Yale Politic, August 28, 2007.
"Calmer heads should prevail on U.S. visa provision,"International Herald Tribune, France, August 27, 2007.
"Do We Need a T-Shirt Tax to Save Jobs? " OCRegister.com, August 10, 2007.
"Illegal Immigration: Will Congress Finally Solve It?" Orlando Sentinel, May 25, 2007.
"Record profits finance manufacturing group's anti-China trade campaign," DetNews.com, May 11, 2007.
"Should the United States Cut Its Farm Subsidies?," Council on Foreign Relations, April 20-27, 2007.
"Born Here, Laboring Here," Fort Worth Star-Telegram, March 27, 2007.
"Immigration reform must include a temporary worker program," Chicago Sun-Times, March 19, 2007.
"Getting it Right on Immigration," OCRegister.com, March 7, 2007.
"The Shameful Consequences of U.S. Rice Subsidies: containing corporate welfare," Milken Institute Review, February 2007.
"U.S. automakers unfairly blame Japan for their own demise," Union Leader, February 7, 2007.
"Le nouveau Congrés sera plus protectionniste," Le Figaro, February 2, 2007.
"It's not the yen, it's the mileage," Los Angeles Times, January 30, 2007.
"A Tale of Two Nanos," American.com, January 3, 2007
"Voting with our dollars to expand global trade,"Kansas City Star, December 26, 2006
"Weaker U.S. dollar not so bad," San Francisco Chronicle, December 21, 2006
"Smoot-Hawley-Dorgan," National Review Online, November 30, 2006
"Without immigration reform border fence will be 'fence to nowhere'," Tucson Citizen, October 30, 2006
"America, 300 million strong," Belleville News-Democrat, October 11, 2006
"Damaging Taxes on Trade," Washington Post, October 5, 2006
"Fools to the Farm," National Review, September 28, 2006
"Breaking the Illegal Immigration Logjam," American Spectator, August 11, 2006
"American Worry-Mongering About China," The Globalist, August 1, 2006
"A Flood of Bad Immigration Numbers," May 30, 2006
"Immigration," May 15, 2006
"Immigration Reform Should be Top Priority," Chicago Free Press, May 10, 2006
"America Needs Real Immigration Reform," Rolla Daily News (Springfield, MO), April 27, 2006
"Weighing the Dubai Ports Deal," March 22, 2006
"Globalization, Human Rights, and Democracy," eJournal USA, February 28, 2006
"Our New Coalition of the Willing," American Spectator, February 15, 2006
"Six Reasons to Kill Farm Subsidies and Trade Barriers," Reason, February 1, 2006
"Legalizing Illegals," HISPANIC Trends Magazine, January 1, 2006
"Peace on Earth? Try Free Trade among Men," December 28, 2005
"The White Witch of Mercantilism," December 16, 2005
"Tale of Two Protests," December 15, 2005
"Food-for-aid Under Fire," December 14, 2005
"Trade Talk Keys in Hong Kong," Washington Times, December 13, 2005
"The Great Divide," December 13, 2005
"The City That Trade Built," December 12, 2005
"Growing Wealth Crowds Out Oppression," Investor's Business Daily, November 25, 2005
"GM's Woes Are Homemade, Not Imported," November 23, 2005
"Numbers Show Trade Surplus Not All It's Cracked Up To Be," Atlanta Journal-Constitution, November 15, 2005
"The High Price of Farm Policies," Journal of Commerce, September 26, 2005
"A China Policy in America's Interest," The Hill, September 13, 2005
"Protectionism No Fix for China's Currency," June 25, 2005
"CAFTA Cornucopia," Washington Times, May 5, 2005
"Forget Trade Deficits: Go for Growth," Financial Times, February 25, 2005
"Are Trade Deficits Good for the U.S. Economy?," Globalist, February 15, 2005
"Enter the Protectionist Dragon," February 11, 2005
"Immigration: Beyond the Barbed Wire," Reason.com, December 3, 2004
"Bush Re-election Will Benefit Trade with East Asia," Apple Daily, November 10, 2004
"Legalization is the Way," Arizona Republic, October 24, 2004
"Lou Dobbs: The Dan Rather of Financial Journalism," Techcentralstation.com, October 8, 2004
"Outsourcing Benefits - Michigan Economy and Taxpayers" by Daniel T. Griswold and Dale D. Buss, Mackinac Center's Policy Brief , September 15, 2004.
"A case for Bush," Orange County Register, August 29, 2004
"President Bush Runs on a Pro-Trade Platform," Apple Daily, August 25, 2004
"Which John Kerry Will Shape U.S. Trade Policy?," Apple Daily, August 18, 2004
"Reagan Embraced Free Trade and Immigration," June 24, 2004
"G-8 Summit Presents Opportunity to Cut Harmful Farm Subsidies," June 8, 2004
"Outsource, Outsource, and Outsource Some More," National Review, May 3, 2004.
"After 10 Years, NAFTA Continues to Pay Dividends," January 8, 2004
"Trade Not to Blame for Labor Day Blues," September 1, 2003
"The Logic of Trade," Washington Times, August 18, 2003
"Bilateral Deals Are No Threat to Global Trade," August 7, 2003
"Free Trade Tills the Soil of Democracy," Detroit News, July 30, 2003
"NAFTA Benefits Arizona," July 2, 2003
"MoneyLine Series Misses the Story on Trade and Jobs," June 13, 2003
"Win the Peace in Iraq through Free Trade," Investor's Business Daily, April 25, 2003
"U.S. Congress Hypocritical on Free Trade," February 13, 2003
"Abuse of 18th Century Law Threatens U.S. Economic and Security Interests," Cato.org, January 25, 2003
"By Every Reasonable Measure, NAFTA Has Been a Success," Chicago Sun-Times, December 27, 2002
"NAFTA at 10: An Economic and Foreign Policy Success," December 23, 2002
"No: The Embargo Harms Cubans and Gives Castro an Excuse for the Policy Failures of His Regime," Insight, May 27, 2002
"Should the US Reduce by 50% the Number of Legal Immigrants and 'Immigrant' Students?," Wichita Eagle, April 23, 2002
"There You Go Again: NR's Anti-immigration Fever," NRO, April 16, 2002
"Immigrants have enriched American culture and enhanced our influence in the world," Insight, February 18, 2002
"Sugar Program Brings Bitter Taste to Holiday Season," January 7, 2002
"Trade Authority Promotes America's Economy and Security," November 29, 2001
"Congressman Uses Sept. 11 Terrorism to Advance Anti-Immigration Agenda," November 18, 2001
"Don't Blame Immigrants for Terrorism," Cato.org, October 23, 2001
"Labor and Environment Sanctions Would Poison Trade Talks," September 28, 2001
"House Vote Erects Roadblock to U.S.-Mexican Trade," August 15, 2001
"Bush Turns Protectionist for Steel Companies," Knight-Ridder, June 7, 2001
"The Right and Wrong Ways to Pressure China," by Daniel T. Griswold and Mark Groombridge, Cato.org, June 28, 2001
"Sevel Moral Arguments for Free Trade," Insider, May 1, 2002
"America's Record Trade Deficit: A Symbol of Strength," February 21, 2001
"A Six-Step Plan for U.S. Trade Policy," February 17, 2001
"The Coming Trans-Atlantic Trade Tussle," Wall Street Journal Europe, December 13, 2000
"FAIR Ads Unfairly Blame Immigrants for Urban Sprawl, Traffic Jams," Knight-Ridder, October 5, 2000
"Senator Hollings Aims at Germany, Hits United States," September 16, 2000
"Who Gets Credit for America's Great Economy?," August 17, 2000
"Whatever Happened to "the Giant Sucking Sound"?," June 6, 2000
"Economic Policy Institute Publishes Flawed China Job-Loss Estimates," May 19, 2000
"WTO Critics Trade Away Truth for a Sound Bite," January 2, 2000
"Bringing Economic Sanity to Agricultural Trade," December 2, 1999
"A Rising Trade Deficit Signals Good Times for U.S. Economy," September 1, 1999
"Steel Quotas Will Strangle Economic Opportunity," by Brink Lindsey and Daniel T. Griswold, Journal of Commerce, May 11, 1999
"U.S. Steel Makers Tough Enough to Thrive Without Quotas," Bridge News, April 7, 1999
"America Today Mixes Trade and Prosperity," February 17, 1999
"Few in Congress Support Trade Free of Barriers and Subsidies," February 5, 1999
"Peace On Earth, Free Trade For Men," December 31, 1998
"A Global Intervention Crisis," by Daniel T. Griswold and Ian Vásquez, Journal of Commerce, November 12, 1998
"Industry Sets Steel Trap for U.S. Economy," October 20, 1998
"Howling at the Trade Deficit," June 3, 1998
"Is The U.S. Trade Deficit Really Bad News?," May 15, 1998
"Lift the Congressional Quota on High-Skilled Workers," Journal of Commerce, March 27, 1998
"Are Trade Deficits Really Bad News?," January 23, 1998
"Admit China To The WTO, But Don't Bend The Rules," November 9, 1997
"Free Trade Empowers Americans to Better Their Lives," November 6, 1997
"Christian Groups Should Be Wary of Economic Sanctions," October 3, 1997
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