wantmygcnow
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I dont see the 4 year citizenship provision in it. It has been removed?
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Immigration/2007legislation.cfm
Some of the lowlights of the bill:
1. This bill in its current form does nothing to reduce the current backlog of employment based backlog of green cards. This bill infact reduces number of legal immigrant visas from 140000 to 90000 immediately for people who are waiting in line legally and been paying taxes and contributing in fields of Computers , technology , pharmacy , nursing.
2. This bill makes difficult/impossible of renewal of legal visas for people on H1 visa. This bill changes renewal of H1B from three years to one year even if green card application is pending whereas undocumented/illegal persons can renew their Z visa unlimited number of times even if they have no intention of applying for green card.
3. This bill puts more restrictions on H1B visa while awarding Z1 visa for undocumented /illegal persons with far less restrictions. Z1 visa can be self petitioned, they can work for any employer of their choice and job of their choice and they don't even have to work as long as they go to school.
4. This bill does nothing to lift the per country allocation of green cards for legal/merit based applicants of green cards. If merit is the criteria for green card why should it matter what nation one comes from. Amazing thing about this bill is that if you are illegal and have a Z1 visa it does not matter what country you are from, NO COUNTRY BASED CAPS FOR UNDOCUMENTED/ILLEGALS (They are no longer illegal because they have Z1 visa)while applying green card.
5. New merit based system that senate is planning to introduce is totally skewed towards illegal/undocumented people as well. Some of the key points, If you have a Z1 VISA(ILLEGAL/UNDOCUMENTED) and own a home you get some points in green card , If you are legally here and paying taxes and own a home you don't get any points. If you have a Z1 VISA (ILLEGAL/UNDOCUMENTED) and have health insurance you get some points in green card, if you are legally waiting in line and have health insurance for whole family you don't get any points. If you have Z1 visa (ILLEGAL/UNDOCUMENTED) and you have kids, Kids get Green card in 3 years. If you are legal and you have kids, Kids don't get anything unless they become illegal and wait for next amnesty or legalization.
6.Illegals can bring in spouses/kids from outside the country if they have "touched" back whereas Legal Residents can't even have their spouse/kids in for a visit.
7. Every immigrant will be fingerprinted and would be required to when entering and exiting the country. Failure to do so would deem you as "inadmissible" and deported.
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Immigration/2007legislation.cfm
Some of the lowlights of the bill:
1. This bill in its current form does nothing to reduce the current backlog of employment based backlog of green cards. This bill infact reduces number of legal immigrant visas from 140000 to 90000 immediately for people who are waiting in line legally and been paying taxes and contributing in fields of Computers , technology , pharmacy , nursing.
2. This bill makes difficult/impossible of renewal of legal visas for people on H1 visa. This bill changes renewal of H1B from three years to one year even if green card application is pending whereas undocumented/illegal persons can renew their Z visa unlimited number of times even if they have no intention of applying for green card.
3. This bill puts more restrictions on H1B visa while awarding Z1 visa for undocumented /illegal persons with far less restrictions. Z1 visa can be self petitioned, they can work for any employer of their choice and job of their choice and they don't even have to work as long as they go to school.
4. This bill does nothing to lift the per country allocation of green cards for legal/merit based applicants of green cards. If merit is the criteria for green card why should it matter what nation one comes from. Amazing thing about this bill is that if you are illegal and have a Z1 visa it does not matter what country you are from, NO COUNTRY BASED CAPS FOR UNDOCUMENTED/ILLEGALS (They are no longer illegal because they have Z1 visa)while applying green card.
5. New merit based system that senate is planning to introduce is totally skewed towards illegal/undocumented people as well. Some of the key points, If you have a Z1 VISA(ILLEGAL/UNDOCUMENTED) and own a home you get some points in green card , If you are legally here and paying taxes and own a home you don't get any points. If you have a Z1 VISA (ILLEGAL/UNDOCUMENTED) and have health insurance you get some points in green card, if you are legally waiting in line and have health insurance for whole family you don't get any points. If you have Z1 visa (ILLEGAL/UNDOCUMENTED) and you have kids, Kids get Green card in 3 years. If you are legal and you have kids, Kids don't get anything unless they become illegal and wait for next amnesty or legalization.
6.Illegals can bring in spouses/kids from outside the country if they have "touched" back whereas Legal Residents can't even have their spouse/kids in for a visit.
7. Every immigrant will be fingerprinted and would be required to when entering and exiting the country. Failure to do so would deem you as "inadmissible" and deported.
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