stucklabor said:Sunjoshi, I request the following mods:
1. Recommendations slide: Add a request to the Congress to support some kind of automatic adjustment of status for qualified people who have worked in this country for 3 years. Cite Sen. Chuck Hagel's legislation.
2. Immigration restrictions could slow job growth slide is too wordy. Break it up into bullet points.
- By 2015, US economy will need 16 million additional workers due to aging population.
- The US, a country of immigrants, has been a magnet destination for entrepreneurial foreigners and has gained from them, as they have gained from the US.
- Immigration not a zero-sum game. Some immigrants take away jobs, but most create jobs for native-born Americans and increase American productivity.
- US now competing with rest of the world for talent, and post 9/11 immigration restrictions are making it difficult.
- Just as free trade lets each country specialize in what it does best, a flexible immigration policy helps support innovation in the US.
superman007 said:Hey Guys,
I must admit that i am not fully versed with the finer points and intricacies of the bills 1932 and 8001.I am a victim of retrogression and still awaiting the filing of I-485 after I-140 approval in Jan-05.However , the silver lining is that i have an opportunity to meet congressman Mr. James Sensenbrenner(Rep.Wisconsin).I intend to use this opportunity to fullest advantage and hence doing a lil research and understanding the dynamics of this bill and Mr.Sensenbrenner's stand on this and other related issues!!!
If u guys have any pointers, pl let me know!!!!
Thanks,
superman007 said:Hey Guys,
I must admit that i am not fully versed with the finer points and intricacies of the bills 1932 and 8001.I am a victim of retrogression and still awaiting the filing of I-485 after I-140 approval in Jan-05.However , the silver lining is that i have an opprotunity to meet congressman Mr. James Sensenbrenner(Rep.Wisconsin).I intend to use this opportunity to fullest advantage and hence doing a lil research and understanding the dynamics of this bill and Mr.Sensenbrenner's stand on this and other related issues!!!
If u guys have any pointers, pl let me know!!!!
Thanks,
sunjoshi said:Good deal!!. And Thanks for taking time to work on this. I will change the wordy slide.
As for Chuck Hagel's legislation, do you have a bill num/id that can be referenced? We should definitely add that as a recommendation. Let me know.
sunjoshi said:superman007,
When is your meeting scheduled? Please grab this opportunity with both your hands!! Not only for this entire community, you can also keep that channel open for your own specific case too (who says a carrot approach doesn't work? !! )
1. Call the congressman's office and find out his position on this issue (you can just ask his office, or see his webpage)
2. Depending on that, you can use the presentation floating around in this thread, and modify it if needed. Please present it to the congressman, and request his support and also from other lawmakers that he may have influence over. If he already supports it, don't forget to thank him and shower some praise on him
3. There is PLENTY of info in this thread/forum that you can use. The ppt is just a subset, but should be something quick you can use (but need not be limited to it). Feel free to ask any help you may need. Folks on this thread have been REALLY helpful!!
We need you help!
Good Luck.
SaiWelcome said:Source: http://www.immigration-law.com/
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12/06/2005: Conference Committee for Budget Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, S. 1932 as Amended
The House returns to the session today and the Senate will return to the session next Monday, December 12, 2005. We do not know which members of the House and the Senate will be asked to represent each house in the Conference Committee, but considering the fact that each house tends to pick from the committee in charge the members to represent in the conference committee, people may want to contact and be familialized themselves with the members of these committees:
House Budget Committee (that passed H.R. 4241, the House version of the legislation)
Senate Judiciary Committee (that passed S. 1932, the Senate version of th legislation)
We will post the names of the members as soon as each house asks the names to the conference committee. By now, people must have learned that the Comprehensive Immigration Reform legislation will turn into one of the hottest political battlefields in 2006 which may not be resolved for months and months to come. The "legal" immigration package in the S. 1932 is the legislation which will have to be resolved within this month as separate from the Comprehensive Immigration Reform legislation next year. People are reminded that when it comes to legal immigration, all segments of the political arena, including the White House, the Senate, the House, the media, and the public, agree to the needs for increase in legal employment-based immigrants and only anti-immigration forces are mobilizing strategies to quite down the immigration supporters with the argument that the immigration packet in S. 1932 should be handled as part of the Comprehensive Immigration Reform legislation just to delay and kill the debate on the issue in December. The business community and higher learning institutions should continue to contact the members of the Congress to educate them that S. 1932 immigration recapture legislation is a totally separate issue from the comprehensive immigration reform issues and the nation needs this legislation and cannot afford any delay in the legislation.
gc_help76 said:In Stucklabor's mods.. Don't used 9/11 , use recent years... i guess..
njrir said:Yes i second that. To me too it did not sound very impressive when i read it.
sunjoshi said:friends,
These reports are exactly why several on this forum are working in highest-gear mode. If we miss this opportunity, the next steps are going to be a loong loong battle. Comprehensive immig bill can take the entire year if not more. We need to contact everyone on the conference committee to get this done NOW.
sunjoshi said:Added a new slide "proposals from lawmakers". Pls review
pipe_dream said:Hello Superman007,
First let me thank you for contacting senator Mr. James Sensenbrenner. I have made several futile attempts in recent weeks to get an appointment with senator to discuss about retrogression impact.
This is wonderful to know that, you were able to get an appointment with senator. As I am from Wisconsin, I would like to join you in meeting senator Sensenbrenner and would like to work with you in preparing meeting notes. Please let me know, if this works for you.
Regards,
nozdam said:Just wrote a letter to the President's office. Hope they get it and something comes off it