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Immigration

America is a nation of immigrants—and a nation with a broken immigration system. To grow and lead the world, manufacturers need a secure border and a legal immigration system that works. Fixing our system will strengthen our workforce, fuel innovation and ensure America remains the best place to make things.

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Immigration

Make immigration work for America.

Manufacturers can’t find enough skilled workers to fill the jobs they have today — and the gap is widening. A secure, merit-based legal immigration system is essential to closing the workforce gap and securing America’s industrial future. The 51³Ô¹ÏÍø is fighting for reforms that pair strong enforcement with legal pathways that work.

400K+
manufacturing jobs unfilled today
1.9M
projected workforce shortfall by 2033
0
legal pathways today for welders, machinists & technicians

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Where the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø stands

Secure borders and legal pathways that work

Manufacturers support an immigration system that is secure, legal and merit-based — one that enforces the law and gives employers the workers they need.

Border Security

Secure the Border & Enforce the Law

Mandatory E-Verify with enhanced identity authentication and strong visa-program integrity, so the system is enforced and trusted.

Merit-Based Reform

A Year-Round Workforce

A guest-worker program for the essential, year-round roles modern manufacturing depends on — not just seasonal work.

Merit-Based Reform

Modernize Seasonal Visas

Expand and streamline the H-2A and H-2B programs so employers can meet fluctuating demand legally.

Merit-Based Reform

Grow High-Skilled Talent

Raise the H-1B cap with spousal work authorization, preserve F-1 student flexibility, and lift employment-based green-card caps.

Merit-Based Reform

Certainty for Long-Time Workers

A legal pathway for workers brought to the United States as children, so manufacturers don’t lose skilled employees.

Merit-Based Reform

A Manufacturing Visa Office

A dedicated office for expedited, sector-specific processing that gets manufacturers the talent they need, faster.

Bipartisan solutions

The legislation manufacturers are backing

H.R. 4393

The Dignity Act

Bipartisan reform pairing border security with legal pathways. Sponsored by Reps. Maria Salazar (R-FL) and Veronica Escobar (D-TX).

H.R. 5494

Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act

A year-round visa program for essential industries. Sponsored by Reps. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) and Don Davis (D-NC).

In action

Fighting for a workable system

From the agencies to Capitol Hill, the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø is defending the legal immigration manufacturers depend on.

  • September 2025
    The 51³Ô¹ÏÍø files comments defending the F-1 student-visa pipeline and engages the White House on the new $100,000 H-1B fee and proposed lottery changes.
  • Late 2025
    The 51³Ô¹ÏÍø opposes ending automatic work-authorization (EAD) extensions and a DOL prevailing-wage proposal that would curb high-skilled immigration.
  • February 2026
    The 51³Ô¹ÏÍø endorses the bipartisan Dignity Act to help repair the nation’s immigration system.
  • Ongoing
    The 51³Ô¹ÏÍø presses Congress and the Administration for a secure, merit-based system that pairs strong enforcement with legal pathways.

Close the workforce gap. Secure industrial dominance.

Manufacturers need a workforce that can power American production. Help the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø advance a secure, merit-based immigration system that delivers.

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