Crunch time!

[BoxOfChocs]

Guys! This is crunch time!

03/15/2006: Possible Full Senate Debate Mark-Up Beginning From March 20, 2006

An unconfirmed sources of information has just released a report that the Sen. Bill Frist, Majority Leader is pushing a two-week full Senate floor debate beginning from March 20, 2006 rather than March 27, 2006. This report is indirectly supported by another news that the Senate Judiciary Committee is pressed to extend their additional mark-up on Friday, March 17 to finish up the Committee action before the end of the week.
03/15/2006: Senate Judiciary Committee Update: Additional Mark-Up Friday, 03/17/2006

Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to pickup the Sen. Specter's Mark of the Comprehensive Immigration Reform bills today. Initially it was scheduled for two days, March 15 and March 16, but the AILA has just obtained the information that the Committee has tentatively extended the mark-up on March 17, Friday as well in order to finish up this business within this week. As we reported earlier, the Committee has been working on a tight schedule because of the pressure from Senator Frist, the Majority Leader of the Senate to start debate on the Comprehensive Immigration Reform in the Senate beginning from March 27, 2006.
Now is the time for everyone to pickup the phone or send emails to the Senate Judiciary Committee members to urge them to support the bills. Otherwise it will be too late.

The Senate Judiciary Committee will vote over the next 3 days. Then the Bill will be debated off & on over the next 2 weeks! What comes out of the Senate now will form the basis for further action/ bargaining with the House!

This it!

www.immigrationvoice.org is working behind the scenes very intensely. Some of the Core Group are actually moving to Washington DC, and working to everybody's benefit!

It is time to get ready! When the going gets tough, the tough get going...

Please go to www.immigrationvoice.org, and participate - with your time, effort and money!

Every $ you contribute now, you will get it back in the shape of relief from backlogs / retrogression. To each one of us, it means different things at a personal level. But, the goals are common for all those in backlogs / retrogression! Go to www.immigrationvoice.org now!

 

[desimd]

?Already?

Really!
Isn't the big battle going to be after it passes thru the Senate?
Specter's markup already has a lot that might end backlogs/ retrogression! And, Republicans have a majority in the Committee and the Senate!

 

[Dallas03096]

Keep your fingers crossed

Really!
Isn't the big battle going to be after it passes thru the Senate?

Agreed. Remember what happened to S1932 which was passed with a massive majority in the Senate! House of Representatives and the members of reconciliation committee were not even willing to recapture the 90,000 visas lost due to the ineffeciency of USCIS!!
Let us keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best!

 

[munnu77705]

Guys

Guys..
first of all 1932 was never rejected...that time the lawmakes decided to consider the proposals of 1932 during the comp immigration reform since it is related to immigration.
now u might want to think they just want to postpone it...anyway..this march and april is going to be very crucial for us...contact ur lawmakers by fax and fone...
almost all law makers supports legal immigration..and surely for skilled laboe..
all we have to do is educate and let know our problems