Important News - We Need Your Help!!!
AILA has reported that the Senate Judiciary Committe is markedup a very important legislative bill on October 20, 2005, coming Thursday, to discuss the Budget Reconciliation and Immigration proposal that can give some relief to the current H-1B blackout and EB immigrant visa number retrogression.
According to the AILA, the proposal includes the following:
Please find attached retrogression Letter.
Arlen Specter (R-PA) Chairman
Patrick Leahy (D-VT) Ranking
Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
Edward Kennedy (D-MA)
Charles Grassley (R-IA)
Joseph Biden (D-DE)
Mike DeWine (R-OH)
Herbert Kohl (D-WI)
Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
Russ Feingold (D-WI)
John Cornyn (R-TX)
Charles Schumer (D-NY)
Sam Brownback (R-KS)
Richard Durbin (D-IL)
Tom Coburn (R-OK)
Jon Kyl (R-AZ)
Please send the letters to these members as quickly as possible: It is "extremely" important that everyone participates in this last minute campaign.
AILA has reported that the Senate Judiciary Committe is markedup a very important legislative bill on October 20, 2005, coming Thursday, to discuss the Budget Reconciliation and Immigration proposal that can give some relief to the current H-1B blackout and EB immigrant visa number retrogression.
According to the AILA, the proposal includes the following:
- Recapture of 300,000 unused H-1B numbers
- Recpature of 90,000 unused EB immigrant visa numbers
- Exempting spouses and minor children of EB principal aliens from the annual EB quota limit
- Permit filing of I-485 even during the visa number retrogression.
Please find attached retrogression Letter.
Arlen Specter (R-PA) Chairman
Patrick Leahy (D-VT) Ranking
Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
Edward Kennedy (D-MA)
Charles Grassley (R-IA)
Joseph Biden (D-DE)
Mike DeWine (R-OH)
Herbert Kohl (D-WI)
Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
Russ Feingold (D-WI)
John Cornyn (R-TX)
Charles Schumer (D-NY)
Sam Brownback (R-KS)
Richard Durbin (D-IL)
Tom Coburn (R-OK)
Jon Kyl (R-AZ)
Please send the letters to these members as quickly as possible: It is "extremely" important that everyone participates in this last minute campaign.