Bad News for Retrogression

[khadash]

The US senate has taken up the immigration bill S 1348 for comprehensive immigration reform. The bill reduces the number of green cards for EB1, EB2 and EB3 categories from 140,000 to 90,000 for the first 5 years and introduces a new points based merit system.



This bill in its current form would not provide any relief to our members stuck in retrogression and labor backlogs. It would also make H1 renewals difficult, especially if your labor certification is either pending or not filed yet.

http://immigrationvoice.org/media/forums/S1348_Draft_analysis_title_IV_and_V.pdf


Immigration Voice opposes this bill in its current form. We would like to have every member follow the script below and make phone calls to the Senators listed below. It’s very important that everyone call – and everyone means everyone.



If we fail to amend this bill and if it becomes a law, then retrogression will increase, dates on visa bulletin would move in reverse direction and H1B renewals will face newer challenges.


Source:ImmigrationVoice.com

I think we are screwed big time.

Please if anybody has any clue or can authenticate whether this bill will pass or not.
Thanks
Khadash

 

[Azazello]

It's not a law yet, nor it will become a law in a foreseeable future.
The Senate is debating and amending it left and right as we speak, and then there is the House where historically all the Senate bills on immigration either died or morphed into something completely different.
So, long story short, it's not what it seems...