Sharmin de La Cruz, a senior policy analyst at the Center for American Progress think tank, says the proposed changes to H-1B visas are far more restrictive than what was proposed by Sen. Patty Murray, the bipartisan chairwoman of the HELP Committee that will consider the changes through Feb. 15. Her new plan does not address those who are unemployed and seeking employment, but she says it is a compromise.

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Murray, a Washington, DC, Democrat, told Reuters her new plan “is not radical, it’s not radical” and would help people who are not in the workforce but are “looking for a job.”

A proposal she put forward in the Senate does not affect more than a fraction of H-1B visa holders, De La Cruz says. That bill would extend the current cap on H-1B visas to two years of employment, and provide an offset that would give H-1B workers from countries outside of the U.S. a one-time pay bump and a job waiting list. Its supporters expect it to be adopted by the House this week.

Congress must also decide how to address an upcoming controversy involving the IT workforce.

On the heels of a new report by the White House and DHS inspector general into the misuse of H-1B visas, Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee want to investigate how visas are being allotted, and whether companies using such visas are doing enough to fill them. Republican leaders have said their investigation is not on the table.

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“The administration needs to provide a clear picture to Congress on what’s happening with visa allocations,” says De La Cruz. “They need to explain how workers in the tech field are being paid, and what they’re doing to incentivize jobs from those that are available.”