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November 02, 2005
New Immigration Reform Bills
Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) introduced an immigration reform package on October 25th that addresses the various shortcomings of the current immigration system. The package includes four bills that deal with different areas of immigration, including enforcement and national security, verification of employment authorization, future guest workers, and earned legalization plus backlog reduction.
Over the past few months, we have seen several bills introduced by senators, some of them bi-partisan as in the case of the McCain/Kennedy bill, or partisan as in the case of the Cornyn-Kyl bill and the Tancredo bill. All the bills make suggestions on how to deal with the guest worker program, family reunification, immigration enforcement, and other aspects of immigration and national security, roughly following the guidelines for immigration reform established by the Bush administration.
With all these bills on the table, immigration issues will most likely be a regular subject in the media, and according to immigration professionals, the next few months promise to be among the most significant in U.S. immigration history.
Congress:
S.1823 'A bill to empower States and local governments to prosecute illegal aliens and to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a pilot Volunteer Border Marshal Program.'
S.1823 A bill to empower States and local governments to prosecute illegal aliens and to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a pilot Volunteer Border Marshal Program
S.1438 'A bill to provide for immigration reform.'
S.359 'A bill to provide for the adjustment of status of certain foreign agricultural workers, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reform the H-2A worker program under that Act, to provide a stable, legal agricultural workforce, to extend basic legal protections and better working conditions to more workers, and for other purposes.'
H.R.4038 'To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to improve enforcement of restrictions on employment in the United States of unauthorized aliens.'
H.R.4032 'To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to remove the discretion of the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to expedited removal under section 235(b)(1)(A)(iii)(I) of such Act and to amend the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit issuance of residential mortgages to illegal aliens.'
H.R.4032 'To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to remove the discretion of the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to expedited removal under section 235(b)(1)(A)(iii)(I) of such Act and to amend the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit issuance of residential mortgages to illegal aliens.'
H.R.3938 'To provide for comprehensive immigration reform.'
H.R.3776 'To improve sharing of immigration information among Federal, State, and local law enforcement officials, to improve State and local enforcement of immigration laws, and for other purposes.'
H.R.3700 'To reform immigration to serve the national interest.'
H.R.3333 'To enhance border enforcement, improve homeland security, remove incentives for illegal immigration, and establish a guest worker program.'
H.R.3262 'To modify the civil money penalties incurred for unlawful employment of aliens.'
H.R.2330 Amnesty For Illegal Aliens
H.R.1986 'To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Defense to assign members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, under certain circumstances and subject to certain conditions, to assist the Department of Homeland Security in the performance of border protection functions.'
H.R.1438 'To amend title II of the Social Security Act to exclude from creditable wages and self-employment income wages earned for services by aliens illegally performed in the United States and self-employment income derived from a trade or business illegally conducted in the United States.'
H.R.1219 'To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program.'
H.R.925 'To prohibit a Federal agency from accepting a form of individual identification issued by a foreign government, except a passport that is accepted on the date of enactment.'
H.R.884 'To provide for the adjustment of status of certain foreign agricultural workers, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reform the H-2A worker program under that Act, to provide a stable, legal agricultural workforce, to extend basic legal protections and better working conditions to more workers, and for other purposes.'
H.R.698 'To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to deny citizenship at birth to children born in the United States of parents who are not citizens or permanent resident aliens.'
H.R.688 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to bar the admission, and facilitate the removal, of alien terrorists and their supporters and fundraisers, to secure our borders against... (Introduced in House)
H.R.245 'To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the record of admission for permanent residence in the case of certain aliens.'
H.R.98 'To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to enforce restrictions on employment in the United States of unauthorized aliens through the use of improved Social Security cards and an Employment Eligibility Database, and for other purposes.'
H.R.19 'To require employers to conduct employment eligibility verification.'
New Immigration Reform Bills
Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) introduced an immigration reform package on October 25th that addresses the various shortcomings of the current immigration system. The package includes four bills that deal with different areas of immigration, including enforcement and national security, verification of employment authorization, future guest workers, and earned legalization plus backlog reduction.
Over the past few months, we have seen several bills introduced by senators, some of them bi-partisan as in the case of the McCain/Kennedy bill, or partisan as in the case of the Cornyn-Kyl bill and the Tancredo bill. All the bills make suggestions on how to deal with the guest worker program, family reunification, immigration enforcement, and other aspects of immigration and national security, roughly following the guidelines for immigration reform established by the Bush administration.
With all these bills on the table, immigration issues will most likely be a regular subject in the media, and according to immigration professionals, the next few months promise to be among the most significant in U.S. immigration history.
Congress:
S.1823 'A bill to empower States and local governments to prosecute illegal aliens and to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a pilot Volunteer Border Marshal Program.'
S.1823 A bill to empower States and local governments to prosecute illegal aliens and to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a pilot Volunteer Border Marshal Program
S.1438 'A bill to provide for immigration reform.'
S.359 'A bill to provide for the adjustment of status of certain foreign agricultural workers, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reform the H-2A worker program under that Act, to provide a stable, legal agricultural workforce, to extend basic legal protections and better working conditions to more workers, and for other purposes.'
H.R.4038 'To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to improve enforcement of restrictions on employment in the United States of unauthorized aliens.'
H.R.4032 'To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to remove the discretion of the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to expedited removal under section 235(b)(1)(A)(iii)(I) of such Act and to amend the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit issuance of residential mortgages to illegal aliens.'
H.R.4032 'To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to remove the discretion of the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to expedited removal under section 235(b)(1)(A)(iii)(I) of such Act and to amend the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit issuance of residential mortgages to illegal aliens.'
H.R.3938 'To provide for comprehensive immigration reform.'
H.R.3776 'To improve sharing of immigration information among Federal, State, and local law enforcement officials, to improve State and local enforcement of immigration laws, and for other purposes.'
H.R.3700 'To reform immigration to serve the national interest.'
H.R.3333 'To enhance border enforcement, improve homeland security, remove incentives for illegal immigration, and establish a guest worker program.'
H.R.3262 'To modify the civil money penalties incurred for unlawful employment of aliens.'
H.R.2330 Amnesty For Illegal Aliens
H.R.1986 'To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Defense to assign members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, under certain circumstances and subject to certain conditions, to assist the Department of Homeland Security in the performance of border protection functions.'
H.R.1438 'To amend title II of the Social Security Act to exclude from creditable wages and self-employment income wages earned for services by aliens illegally performed in the United States and self-employment income derived from a trade or business illegally conducted in the United States.'
H.R.1219 'To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program.'
H.R.925 'To prohibit a Federal agency from accepting a form of individual identification issued by a foreign government, except a passport that is accepted on the date of enactment.'
H.R.884 'To provide for the adjustment of status of certain foreign agricultural workers, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reform the H-2A worker program under that Act, to provide a stable, legal agricultural workforce, to extend basic legal protections and better working conditions to more workers, and for other purposes.'
H.R.698 'To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to deny citizenship at birth to children born in the United States of parents who are not citizens or permanent resident aliens.'
H.R.688 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to bar the admission, and facilitate the removal, of alien terrorists and their supporters and fundraisers, to secure our borders against... (Introduced in House)
H.R.245 'To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the record of admission for permanent residence in the case of certain aliens.'
H.R.98 'To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to enforce restrictions on employment in the United States of unauthorized aliens through the use of improved Social Security cards and an Employment Eligibility Database, and for other purposes.'
H.R.19 'To require employers to conduct employment eligibility verification.'