santosh_30
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I have done of my part in sending letters to my senator etc. However, Considering a post in this fiorum about the response from senator Rick Santorum (http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=192561), the situation looks bleak. Again, this is a case of lack of distinction on the part of policymakers regarding what the hue and cry is all about. If someone stands up in the senate and shouts immigration, it will be interpreted by most as a call to support the pro-illegal immigrant bills int he country. There arent many people in the Senate (I think) who know exactly what we are talking about...retrogressino, AC21, same or similar job title, priority dates...who has time for all that. And since this whole retrogression news was dropped as a sudden bomb, there has not been enough time to lobby support and make the senators understand what is the problem......and by the time there is a lobby formed and the problem has some exposure, shape, and definition, the session of congress will expire....and we are talking about another 6 months to a year before our voice is heard again. USCIS is mostly to blame for this. If they would have given any indication of what was to come, people would have been more prepared. This time, the economy is in shambles..the administration is overwhelmed with things liek Katrina, the war, and their credibility in light of some of the sandals Also, the tech sector which largely drives this whole demand for visas is slow. SO there arent many employers lobbying to support the cause. So the unorganized workers who are united only by their common frustration for not having a green card and so having to lose career opportunities are trying frantically to rally support. But they do not have the kind of lobbying power or properly placed contacts to make their voice heard. The "retrogression" voice is going to get drowned in the larger hue and cry about illegal immigration and how to curb it.
Many are now waking up to the fact that McCain Kennedy bill may not be the best for us. I think it would be more easy to ask for a change like removing the same or similar job title and job description definition than to ask for a change in regulations that will allow increased visa numbers etc. The prior is a temporary change that would alleviate the present problem and may not meet as much opposition as against the latter which will ask for a permanent increase in visa numbers which will be scorned upon by policymakers and will meet a lot of opposition. Remember AC21; they did not make the 485 application portable without restrictions. That was a golden mean to keep employers happy while at the same time having the strings in the hands of USCIS. If we ask for a change such as askign for more visa numbers, I am not sure if it will go down that well. As a temporary solution, we may be better off asking for removal of restriction of "same or similar job title and free portability" and letting people apply for EAD/AP even if the visa numbers arent available. But the question is who and how and when will this be presented to the Senate in simple and easy to understand terms.
I dont know the answer to that....and it might be too late for this session of congress.
Santosh
I have done of my part in sending letters to my senator etc. However, Considering a post in this fiorum about the response from senator Rick Santorum (http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=192561), the situation looks bleak. Again, this is a case of lack of distinction on the part of policymakers regarding what the hue and cry is all about. If someone stands up in the senate and shouts immigration, it will be interpreted by most as a call to support the pro-illegal immigrant bills int he country. There arent many people in the Senate (I think) who know exactly what we are talking about...retrogressino, AC21, same or similar job title, priority dates...who has time for all that. And since this whole retrogression news was dropped as a sudden bomb, there has not been enough time to lobby support and make the senators understand what is the problem......and by the time there is a lobby formed and the problem has some exposure, shape, and definition, the session of congress will expire....and we are talking about another 6 months to a year before our voice is heard again. USCIS is mostly to blame for this. If they would have given any indication of what was to come, people would have been more prepared. This time, the economy is in shambles..the administration is overwhelmed with things liek Katrina, the war, and their credibility in light of some of the sandals Also, the tech sector which largely drives this whole demand for visas is slow. SO there arent many employers lobbying to support the cause. So the unorganized workers who are united only by their common frustration for not having a green card and so having to lose career opportunities are trying frantically to rally support. But they do not have the kind of lobbying power or properly placed contacts to make their voice heard. The "retrogression" voice is going to get drowned in the larger hue and cry about illegal immigration and how to curb it.
Many are now waking up to the fact that McCain Kennedy bill may not be the best for us. I think it would be more easy to ask for a change like removing the same or similar job title and job description definition than to ask for a change in regulations that will allow increased visa numbers etc. The prior is a temporary change that would alleviate the present problem and may not meet as much opposition as against the latter which will ask for a permanent increase in visa numbers which will be scorned upon by policymakers and will meet a lot of opposition. Remember AC21; they did not make the 485 application portable without restrictions. That was a golden mean to keep employers happy while at the same time having the strings in the hands of USCIS. If we ask for a change such as askign for more visa numbers, I am not sure if it will go down that well. As a temporary solution, we may be better off asking for removal of restriction of "same or similar job title and free portability" and letting people apply for EAD/AP even if the visa numbers arent available. But the question is who and how and when will this be presented to the Senate in simple and easy to understand terms.
I dont know the answer to that....and it might be too late for this session of congress.
Santosh