A group of Lafayette-area community leaders is promoting the idea of providing a common sense path to citizenship in the U.S.
The forum Tuesday morning was sponsored by the Bibles, Badges, and Business for Immigration Reform Network.
Mark Peters is Corporate Counsel for Caterpillar. He says manufacturers worldwide are competing for highly-skilled employees.
Peters says Congress needs to make the immigration process less cumbersome so the United States is on a level playing field when trying to recruit foreign workers.
He says CAT supports measures such as reducing the green card backlog and tying the allotment of certain visas to demand rather than a fixed amount.
The Bibles, Badges, and Business group is encouraging people across the nation to contact their lawmakers to urge them to pass these and other reforms.