S. 1932 Status
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WaldenPond
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Hopeful_123 said:
OK .... now that we have Goals .... what is the Strategy .... what is the Tactics for that Strategy and how do we go about implementing it to achieve the Goal. Is it ok to conitnue the way we are doing right now each member calling and sending faxes or do we need to take it to the next level and do more.
I am just asking these questions to invite more people to participate in the debate.
BTW, Just send faxes to all the committee members again.
I just spoke to the lady at John Conyers, Jr. office at 202-225-5126. She said that conference report is not release. The meeting is still going on. When ask if the immigration provision is there in the final report she said that at this time she don't have any information. She said that section 8001 and the title is mentioned in the report but there is no additional information available at this time.
Guys we still have hope. Please keep calling.
Guys we still have hope. Please keep calling.
WaldenPond
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aat0995 said:
spgtopper is correct. They mentioned the same thing today .... But I agree with spgtopper that we should continue to make calls and send faxes and wait and see ....
House Public relations group said that final conference report may be available tonight or tomorrow. Maybe before that there would be vote on the final S1932.
WaldenPond said:
My thaughts, i dont think we should remove #1 (h1 cap increase).,
as it also related to immigration and help other skilled workers in other countries to work here and get U.S experience.[i dont have any friends and foes who r seeking h1].
what do u think.?
it looks we dont care when we dont have any benifits..
Big Corporations have lot of resources and they have good lobbies that will do this. H1 B increase will have more opposition than the "reto relief". I belive we need to focuss on the "Retro relief". Don't get me wrong here. I have friends and family members who want to come here on H1B and I totlally support that.
dc9900,
Much as we would like to see others get benefited from increased number of H-1B visas, most of argument against the sec 8001 was that it increases H-1B visa. We know that that isn't correct, but the lawmakers who made the decisions and those who influences the lawmakers' decisions had that point of view, knowingly or unknowingly. So, all out future efforts most likely will have the same fate (I am assuming that sec 8001 has been dropped) if we have provisions for increase of H-1B along with EB retrogression relief. I think increase of H-1B should have its own bill or be part of a different bill. We all will support it, but separately and not at the expense of losing the EB retrogression relief bill.
Much as we would like to see others get benefited from increased number of H-1B visas, most of argument against the sec 8001 was that it increases H-1B visa. We know that that isn't correct, but the lawmakers who made the decisions and those who influences the lawmakers' decisions had that point of view, knowingly or unknowingly. So, all out future efforts most likely will have the same fate (I am assuming that sec 8001 has been dropped) if we have provisions for increase of H-1B along with EB retrogression relief. I think increase of H-1B should have its own bill or be part of a different bill. We all will support it, but separately and not at the expense of losing the EB retrogression relief bill.
dc9900 said:
Just called John Conyers, Jr. office at 202-225-5126. The lady picked up and even before I could ask her anything started asking me
"Is there a website which is directly ppl to call us at this number because I have been getting a lot of calls today with accent like yours regarding section 8001 in S1932? "
"Is there a website which is directly ppl to call us at this number because I have been getting a lot of calls today with accent like yours regarding section 8001 in S1932? "
So, *Temporary relief for retrogression* should be our aim!
I totally agree with RajGC that big corps can look for for themselves with the H1-B thing!
But, for the retro relief thing - I don't think we have the big corps on our side. They love the present situation where they literally have slaves working for them.
So, next, who is on our side (without their own hidden agendas i.e.)?
What about the lawyers? Do they have an advantage in fighting for us?
S.
I totally agree with RajGC that big corps can look for for themselves with the H1-B thing!
But, for the retro relief thing - I don't think we have the big corps on our side. They love the present situation where they literally have slaves working for them.
So, next, who is on our side (without their own hidden agendas i.e.)?
What about the lawyers? Do they have an advantage in fighting for us?
S.
RajGC said:
Khris said:
So Kris what was you reply?
Everyone,
Please don't stop. Keep calling. Anything can happened. Do not loose hope. There is still one thing that no body, no law and no congressman can take and that is our prayers.
Please keep praying. Keep calling.
Cheers
Dont think that there is anything wrong if people call them - just goes on to show them the extent of the problem. Though it would be good if people affected by retrogression from all communities can participate and she can hear quite a few accents!Khris said:
pdakwala said:
Guys:
I spoke again to John Conyers office. She immediately knew that it was about s1932, section 8001. The lady was definitely a little irritated (initially) and wanted to know who directed me to their number. She wanted to know if these calls / campaign is part of some organized group.
I calmed her and chatted a bit. According to her 'everything is still unclear' as the report is still being debated behind close doors. She is certain that it will be complted today and up for voting tonight. She is of the opinion that 'the passage of this bill' is very uncertain because of all the contentious issues and it will be a very close vote. She added that we need to contact Congressman John Spratt (S. Carolina) for actual information about the conference report as he is the lead person for this budget bill.
So, it is very clear that the final report is not known to anyone yet and we might still have an outside chance. Please keep calling .....