A respected immigration attorney with more than 25 years of experience in the field, Christopher Stender works with clients at Federal Immigration Counselors, AZ, in Phoenix, Arizona. In addition to his work as an immigration attorney, Christopher Stender is an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).

1. AILA Talks
Declining H-1B
Numbers
CHRISTOPHER STENDER

2. Introduction
A respected immigration attorney with more than 25 years of
experience in the field, Christopher Stender works with clients at
Federal Immigration Counselors, AZ, in Phoenix, Arizona. In addition to
his work as an immigration attorney, Christopher Stender is an active
member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).
In early April, the U.S. Government announced that applications for H-
1B visas were down by nearly 9,000 from the previous year. AILA
president Annaluisa Padilla says that the country is missing out on vital
talent by going with a lottery system for issuing these visas, and also by
capping the issuance at such a low number.

3. H-1B
She says the talent that comes in each year for businesses across the
country through the H-1B program is desperately needed to help keep
American companies competitive in the global market.
Both Padilla and AILA Executive Director, Benjamin Johnson, say that
companies are now getting out of the H-1B process altogether amid the
growing uncertainty, effectively creating a wall between them and the
skilled workers who have the specialized training needed to help their
companies grow.