Post- S 1932/HR 4241 Reconcilation Efforts

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floyd777

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S 1932 passed successfully last month and HR 4241 passed successfully today.

What are the next steps that we should all focus on?

It should be on the senate reconcilation bill, where S.1932 needs to be added to the bill , reconciled in some way.

Please post your thoughts.

Floyd
 
The sponsor of HR 4241 just said that they will now strike provisions of
S 1932 and replace it with HR 4241?

What does it mean?
 
We need to contact Congress man for 8001

Folks,

We need to specifically talk of EB Retro.. ( DO NOT INCLUDE THE WORD VISA ANYWHERE>>> !!! VERY VERY IMPORTANT ) as most of the mandarins confuse it with H1 and L1
 
what it mean really?

floyd777 said:
The sponsor of HR 4241 just said that they will now strike provisions of
S 1932 and replace it with HR 4241?

What does it mean?
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any comments on it?
 
toughlabor said:
when the reconcilation process will be done, any idea?
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I think those people gets confused with EB retro also. We need to define it as EMPLOYMENT BASED PERMANENT RESIDENCY or GREEN CARD. EVERY BODY UNDERSTANDS GREEN CARD.
 
A chance to physically be present and express

Got an invite from Congressman Mike Honda. They must have had my email id from my recent emails on retrogression. This is an oppurtunity for us to express our opinions.

I am pleased to invite you to attend “Innovate America: A Vision for
the 21st Century,” Asian Pacific American (APA) issues conference. The
Conference will be a historic showcase of APA contributions and insights
into technology and innovation in Silicon Valley, and a significant
forum for discussion on how Congress can best support and develop new
policy strategies to encourage local and national innovation.
Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi and other Bay Area Congressional Representatives will
also be joining us for the Conference. This first-ever event will take
place:

Friday, December 9, 2005
Santa Clara Marriott
2700 Mission College Boulevard
Santa Clara, CA 95054
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

The Conference will be organized into two panels: The first panel
entitled “The New Paradigm in Innovation,” will address teaching
innovation, nanotechnology and alternatives in energy development; the second
panel, entitled “Competitive Investment in Science and Technology,” will
include discussions of investment in R&D, venture capital, start-up
companies, intellectual property, and US China cooperation. An agenda with
more details is attached.

Panelists scheduled to present are:

Dr. Belle Wei, Dean, College of Engineering, San Jose State University
Dr. Larry Leifer, Director, Stanford Center for Design Research,
Stanford University
Dr. K.R. Sridhar, Chief Executive Officer, Ion America
Mr. Yi Zhang, Partner, King & Wood
Mr. Ash Padwal, Director of Information Services, Spartan Shops
Dr. Frank Kung, Managing Partner, Vivo Ventures
Dr. Cheng Liu, President, Sino American Pharmaceutical Association
Mr. David Tsang, Co-founder & Partner, Acorn Campus
Dr. Hsing Kung, Former Chairman, Mt. Jade Science and Technology
Association

Attendance at this special event is free and open to the public.
Please RSVP with your name and organization to Veronica Juarez at
veronica.juarez@mail.house.gov.

I look forward to seeing you at the Conference.

Sincerely,
Mike Honda
Member of Congress
 
Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi and other Bay Area Congressional Representatives

To meet up with Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi and other Bay Area Congressional Representatives on Friday, December 9, 2005, please check out the event mentioned at http://www.immigrationportal.com/showpost.php?p=1300214&postcount=9)

Meeting them in person might be a good approach and please attend if you have time.

Thanks for bringing this up, popoye!
 
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[H.R. 4241 PASSED. Our effort paid off, but more action needed]

To re-iterate, Bill S.1932 deals with Budge Reconciliation and its immigration packet has a clause that allows filing I-485 regardless of visa number availability as well as obtaining EAD and Advanced Parole with the pending I-485.

Though S. 1932 was passed on 11/3/05 in the Senate and its similar House version H.R. 4241 barely passed on 11/18 (217-215). The immigration clause in S.1932 can't be enacted and acted upon unless it is approved by both the Senate and the House. What's the next legislative step you might ask?

Conference Committee consisted of Senators and House Representatives still need to reconcile the differences between H.R. 4241 and S. 1932. The process of drafting the uniform bill could potentially leave out the clause relevant in relieving visa retrogression.

Everyone looking at this list should help out and write/fax/call the Congressional delegates in the Senate and the House because anti-immigration force would also lobby hard to get the Congressman to not inclulde the clause related to resolving visa retrogression, which many readers in this forum desperately need.

Please ask your friends and family members (i.e. parents, spouse, brothers and sisters) to write/fax/phone to your Congressional Delegates TODAY to show the support of S.1932.

There is a free service provided at http://www.IsnAmerica.org that allows you to efficiently send however many faxes to members of the Senate/House using the WebFax Service. The registration only takes a minute and you can send the faxes to ALL Senators and House of Representatives in your state who are undecided or pro-immigration with just a simple click of a button. My friend and I have used it and it works nicely.

For your information, the list below shows the leaders in the House and Senate and they may have profound influence on the committee member selection as Speaker of the House names the members for the conference. Since the WebFax can easily fax to all members of the Senate and the House, it is worth faxing to all members in your state and then call up the leaders at Congressional switchboard at 202-224-3121 to show your support and express your concerns.

***** LEADERS IN THE HOUSE *****
- Dennis Hastert (R-IL) -- Speaker of the House
- Roy Blunt (R-MO) -- Majority Leader
- Deborah Pryce (R-OH) -- Republican Conference Chair
- Jim Nussle (R-IA) -- Chair of Budget Committee Chair
- Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) -- Chair of Judiciary Committee
- Lamar Smith (R-TX) -- Senior Member of the Judiciary Committee

***** LEADERS IN THE SENATE *****
- Bill Frist (R-TN) -- Majority Leader
- Mitch McConnell (R-KY) -- Majority Whip
- Jon Kyl (R-AZ) -- Republican Policy Committee Chair
- Arlen Specter (R-PA) -- Chair of the Judiciary Committee
- Judd Gregg (R-NH) -- Chair of the Budget Committee
(source - Hammond Law Group update)

Unfortunately, none of the leaders I have listed are based in California. It will be tremendous help if all readers of the forum send the faxes (from states covering the leaders as well) because the anti-immigration lobbyists might have similar tools and/or better experience in organizing their campaigns.

Thanks!! –ed
 
What is the schedule for meeting of the conference committee.Lets startcalling/faxing our respective congressmen accordingly..

Thanks
 
Can we expect the immigration reconcilation commitee to be aware of the retro. issues well?. I hope the do the homework. Atleast not confuse GC to H1B/.

Will there be partisanship since this is not a medicare/food stamp issues?

When will it be announced? any time line?.
 
Please answer...

Can someone please answer this

"The sponsor of HR 4241 just said that they will now strike provisions of
S 1932 and replace it with HR 4241?"

What does it mean?
 
Guys we should be addressing only Employment based retrogression, simultaneous filing of I-140 and 485 and the revenue genration by increasing the fees(may be $1000 for each filing
let the corporate companies take care of the raising H-1 visa, which is not currently our problem. Please draft a letter with above issues only and start faxing to the committee(I do not know who are the members)
 
I did my job, i have faxed the letter from ISNAMERICA to all my state congressmen, and senators.
Everyone please sent the faxes to your state representatives. This is the last effort to solve our problem.
Yesterday night at 11.00 i have sent the email to my congressional representatives. But I have not received any confiramtions from them. Even if they dont respond it is okay. We need to do our best
Please, Please do your duty and sent the emails and faxes, because after all you are also going to be a benefiaciary.
Thanks.
 
Best way is to make phone calls to your local congressmen to include sec 8001 with the House reform Bill.

I know not everyone has time to make fone calls, but the more the better.

it would help is someone knew who are in the "conference" committee, so we can focus on that group.
 
What is the next step.?

When will be the committee formed and when will they discuss about the the reconcilation process( 1932 and 4241)? , any idea?.
 
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