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House and Senate are Miles Apart in Immigration Legislation
Report indicates that the House leaders are getting more and more against immigration reform, while the Senate is leaning toward the passage of comprehensive immigration reform legislation early next year. The House is moving against immigration reforms and may not do anything other than enforcement and security such that the comprehensive immigration reform legislation is growingly igniting political heat where the President and the Senate are losing the steam to aggressively push forward the immigration reform.
Reportedly, the House may introduce as early as day after tomorrow an immigration bill totally focusing on enforcement and security which they intend to pass before they go into the year-end recess. The White House and the Senate leaders hope to deal with such hawkish House next year through the conference process, but the chances for McCain-Kennedy bill appear to be waning.
House and Senate are Miles Apart in Immigration Legislation
Report indicates that the House leaders are getting more and more against immigration reform, while the Senate is leaning toward the passage of comprehensive immigration reform legislation early next year. The House is moving against immigration reforms and may not do anything other than enforcement and security such that the comprehensive immigration reform legislation is growingly igniting political heat where the President and the Senate are losing the steam to aggressively push forward the immigration reform.
Reportedly, the House may introduce as early as day after tomorrow an immigration bill totally focusing on enforcement and security which they intend to pass before they go into the year-end recess. The White House and the Senate leaders hope to deal with such hawkish House next year through the conference process, but the chances for McCain-Kennedy bill appear to be waning.
Reply from congressman
My Congressman Mr. Gene Greene called me back today (See my Post #924 page 62). Unfortunately I did not have a signal so he left a message. He said that he had a chance to go over the section 8001 and he agreed that I was right in suggesting to recapture the green card numbers that were previously unused and the the other provisions in the bill. He said that he would work to support it and looks forward to meeting with me.
Atleast I am happy that I could convince him that what we are talking about is retrogression issue and not about increasing H1b.
My Congressman Mr. Gene Greene called me back today (See my Post #924 page 62). Unfortunately I did not have a signal so he left a message. He said that he had a chance to go over the section 8001 and he agreed that I was right in suggesting to recapture the green card numbers that were previously unused and the the other provisions in the bill. He said that he would work to support it and looks forward to meeting with me.
Atleast I am happy that I could convince him that what we are talking about is retrogression issue and not about increasing H1b.
Dec 9th: An oppurtunity to meet Congressman/Woman
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
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
WellWisher007
Registered Users (C)
Great Work, all
I commend the work being done by folks like Sunjoshi, Priya, nozdam, and others.
In addition to the efforts to meet the congressmen/senators on an individual basis, I think we also need to urge our corporate HR to send faxes to senators/congressmen. ISNAmerica.org has a letter for corporate which could be downloaded. You can then convince your individual company's HR to send faxes to senators/congressmen. ISNAmerica.org also has a list of fax #s of senators/congressmen at their washington offices.
I commend the work being done by folks like Sunjoshi, Priya, nozdam, and others.
In addition to the efforts to meet the congressmen/senators on an individual basis, I think we also need to urge our corporate HR to send faxes to senators/congressmen. ISNAmerica.org has a letter for corporate which could be downloaded. You can then convince your individual company's HR to send faxes to senators/congressmen. ISNAmerica.org also has a list of fax #s of senators/congressmen at their washington offices.
raghuanu said:
WellWisher007
Registered Users (C)
Great opportunity to meet corporate/congress leaders
This would be a great opportunity for all the CA people to meet corporate and congress leaders. The timing of this conference is ideal for us to push our agenda.. Maybe, some of the people at CA could go for the conference, get the contact details, and followup with them to see if they could help us in our cause.
This would be a great opportunity for all the CA people to meet corporate and congress leaders. The timing of this conference is ideal for us to push our agenda.. Maybe, some of the people at CA could go for the conference, get the contact details, and followup with them to see if they could help us in our cause.
popoye said:
the latest on S.1932ES Section 8001/8002
Please follow the latest on S.1932ES Section 8001/8002
http://www.immigration-law.com/
Breaking News - Advanced Q&A
12/06/2005: House and Senate are Miles Apart in Immigration Legislation
* Report indicates that the House leaders are getting more and more against immigration reform, while the Senate is leaning toward the passage of comprehensive immigration reform legislation early next year. The House is moving against immigration reforms and may not do anything other than enforcement and security such that the comprehensive immigration reform legislation is growingly igniting political heat where the President and the Senate are losing the steam to aggressively push forward the immigration reform.
* Reportedly, the House may introduce as early as day after tomorrow an immigration bill totally focusing on enforcement and security which they intend to pass before they go into the year-end recess. The White House and the Senate leaders hope to deal with such hawkish House next year through the conference process, but the chances for McCain-Kennedy bill appear to be waning. Read on.
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:
o House Budget Committee (that passed H.R. 4241, the House version of the legislation)
o 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.
Please follow the latest on S.1932ES Section 8001/8002
http://www.immigration-law.com/
Breaking News - Advanced Q&A
12/06/2005: House and Senate are Miles Apart in Immigration Legislation
* Report indicates that the House leaders are getting more and more against immigration reform, while the Senate is leaning toward the passage of comprehensive immigration reform legislation early next year. The House is moving against immigration reforms and may not do anything other than enforcement and security such that the comprehensive immigration reform legislation is growingly igniting political heat where the President and the Senate are losing the steam to aggressively push forward the immigration reform.
* Reportedly, the House may introduce as early as day after tomorrow an immigration bill totally focusing on enforcement and security which they intend to pass before they go into the year-end recess. The White House and the Senate leaders hope to deal with such hawkish House next year through the conference process, but the chances for McCain-Kennedy bill appear to be waning. Read on.
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:
o House Budget Committee (that passed H.R. 4241, the House version of the legislation)
o 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.
nozdam said:Ok Sunjoshi,
I got an appointment to meet with a miss Stacy of Congressman Fitzpatrick's immigration department on THIS THURSDAY (Dec 8th)
Need tips on what to tell her. ONLY if i convince her enough i can get an appointment with the big guy. I can get ur ppt, but i need ur oratory skills
My email is nozdam@gmail.com. Any chance u can email me ur contact number?
Thanks a ton
nozdam,
Good effort. I will email you my contact info. Will be glad to help out.
Top patent holder in USA is of Indian origin (Ravi Arimilli)
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/kevinmaney/2005-12-06-top-patent-hoders_x.htm
Not sure if you want to add this to the ppt, but Ravi Arimilli moved from India when he was 6 and is the top patent holder in USA since 1999.
In the following link he paraphrases his achievements
as "I guess it's all a part of the immigrant experience"
Link http://www.tlca.com/youth/awesome-ravi.html
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/kevinmaney/2005-12-06-top-patent-hoders_x.htm
Not sure if you want to add this to the ppt, but Ravi Arimilli moved from India when he was 6 and is the top patent holder in USA since 1999.
In the following link he paraphrases his achievements
as "I guess it's all a part of the immigrant experience"
Link http://www.tlca.com/youth/awesome-ravi.html
permfiling
Registered Users (C)
Any response from President's office?
nozdam said:
Guys i SNAIL MAILED the president's office YESTERDAY
. Surely it takes more time than 24 hours to get a reply . To be Perfectly honest i am QUITE sure i will NOT get a reply. BUT the moot point here is, i did my job by writing to him and explaining the problem. If a 100 of us write SIMILAR letters, then it may start helping us. We may not receive replies, but i wud prefer action to replies any day. Guys PLS write to him. The results may not be immidiate but you WILL get results.Sunjoshi, i think you Shud chage the date to Oct 1 2005. I downloaded ur presentation and changed it as follows (among other changes)
1) Retrogression started on Jan 1 2005
2) Retrogression became MUCH worse on Oct 1 2005
BOTH of these are facts