S. 1932 Status

imqwer said:
Here is what he wrote back to me:
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Thank you for your recent communication regarding nonimmigrant professional specialty visas, known as H-1B visas. I appreciate hearing from you.

The United States is a nation built by immigrants and I am proud of our nation's unparalleled cultural diversity. I welcome the diversity foreign nationals continue to bring to the United States. The H-1B visa program was designed when the United States experienced shortages in key labor sectors. During World War II, we saw a real labor shortages in the machine tool industry that served the needs of our military. The economic prosperity of the 1990s fueled a drive to increase the number of temporary foreign workers to fill critical jobs in the information technology (IT) sector, one of the engines of our nation's economy. We chose to let hi-tech workers temporarily into the country so that the work would not go offshore.

The current law limits H-1B visas to 65,000 annually. I agree that the H-1B visa program is an important tool to ensure that the U.S. can fill key sectors of our workforce. Nevertheless, it is critical that these visa applicants are closely scrutinized by the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of State to thwart terrorist from entering the U.S. Additionally, to ensure American workers are not disenfranchised, employers must adhere to the rules of this program which are enforced by the Department of Labor. I will continue to closely monitor economic data from the Department of Labor and the Department of Commerce to determine the need for an increase in H-1B visas. If legislation comes before the full House of Representatives, please be assured that I will take full account of your views.

Thank you for taking the time to contact me on this issue. Please feel free to contact me if issues of concern to you come before the Congress or visit my website at http://www.house.gov/kirk. >>

Clearly the text of our letters is not able to tell these law makers what we are asking them to do. They just get that we want to increase the H1 quota. That 's it.
These letters are useless unless we change the wording to clearly distinguish EB retrogression apart from H1.
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imqwer,

I tweaked a letter I found in this thread. I feel we should not use the word "visa" at all as it throws any layman off track who will immediately start thinking about H1-B visas. I am not sure how others will find this tweaked version. But, this is what I emailed and faxed.
 
Nice effort concorde. I would recommend this letter to every one. We should give it to Isnamerica. They should use this in place of what they have now.
 
Guys,

I am watching CSPAN now and in the opening statements (1 min each), I am seeing several democrats vehemently oppose the reconciliation bill, even though it isn't slated for a vote (atleast not from the schedule).

It seems like this bill has become a very divisive issue between parties. I'm afraid, not good news.

Given that so many congressmen are using their 1 min to talk about this, it may very well be voted on today or 'morrow ( My guess).
 
My feeling is that it will be passed whenever it comes to floor for voting. Until republicans have mustered enough support to pass the bill, it will not get to the floor. It's a very vital bill and if lost will damage their credibility big time. Besides, both the houses are controlled by the republicans and they will find a way to get it. The consolation at this point is that immigration is not an issue though we need to see how it goes through the conference.

We have to wait for it to come to the floor.

Just my thoughts....
 
Hi every one

I have few questions.

Is there a way to find out who has first added these immigration clauses to S1932. I think the bill will pass in the house too but if it doesn't what iam thinking is there a way to contact those guys who have first included our favourable immigration clauses and may be possible to add these clauses to other bills too. I think iam just thinking loud here.

To me it seems most of the congressmen are favourable to immigration clauses(whether it is H1-B or EB). So why not get hold of those guys who actually added those and probably bombard those guys with phones, faxes and other things to add these clauses to other bills may be.

If iam not talking sense here please forgive my ignorance and guys let me know your thoughts too.
 
majority

Guys correct me if i am wrong.

1) Republicans have a majority on BOTH floors
2) The fact that they havent voted on the House bill YET, means that republicans are trying tooth and nail to get it passed, correct? I mean if that wasnt the case, WHAT is stopping the vote? In my humble opinion, the republicans are trying their best to regroup and get it passed. If that wasnt the case, wud this bill not have been voted on yet??

Let me know what u guys think.
 
I just logged-in to c-span and heard something about immigration and denmark etc....later i heard that it is passed....did it really pass?



QUOTE=nozdam]Guys correct me if i am wrong.

1) Republicans have a majority on BOTH floors
2) The fact that they havent voted on the House bill YET, means that republicans are trying tooth and nail to get it passed, correct? I mean if that wasnt the case, WHAT is stopping the vote? In my humble opinion, the republicans are trying their best to regroup and get it passed. If that wasnt the case, wud this bill not have been voted on yet??

Let me know what u guys think.[/QUOTE]
 
RASHANCARD said:
Currently working on HR 547, One more to go H.R. 1065 and then it should be H.R. 4241
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Please update us whenever you have info,
we dont have access to CSPAN
it will be helpful for others in our thread also, just fingers crossed and waiting for positive news from Congress about HR 4241
 
Can any one please tell me in what way HR 4241 is beneficial for Retrogession relief? What benefits do we have if this bill passes? Seriously, I dont see any need for us to be worried about this bill. Am I missing any thing here. Please some one with information post the benefits fo this bill for us, so people like me will be well informed. I did send out the faxes and emails to congressmen and senators as suggested in this thread, but really I did not have a clear picture. Answers please?
 
I-NEED-GC said:
Can any one please tell me in what way HR 4241 is beneficial for Retrogession relief? What benefits do we have if this bill passes? Seriously, I dont see any need for us to be worried about this bill. Am I missing any thing here. Please some one with information post the benefits fo this bill for us, so people like me will be well informed. I did send out the faxes and emails to congressmen and senators as suggested in this thread, but really I did not have a clear picture. Answers please?
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HR4241 is the 'house version' of the budget recon bill. True: it does not have the immigration provisions that the Senate version has.

For a bill to become law it has to be passed by both houses. Later both the house and Senate go into a Conference commitee to thrash out the differences and arrive at a commonly agreeable language. That is the reason the house version HR4241 needs to PASS for us to have any chance.
 
I'm just wondering if S.1932 contains some immigration relief things and HR. 4241 doesn't, what the consolidated document will look like? I have a kind of feeling that the immigration topic can be thrown out or reduced a lot by Conference Commitee. From this standpoint, I would prefer to postpone voting on HR.4241 in order to inculde the same immigration topic as in S.1932
But it's just my personal opinion.
 
H.R. 4241- is nothing to do with Retro or immigration or GC

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that the provisions of subtitle A of
Title III of H.R. 4241 would reduce federal Medicaid spending by $12 billion over the 2006-
2010 period and $48 billion over the 2006-2015 period (see CBO’s cost estimate of the
reconciliation recommendations of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce,
issued on October 31, 2005). About 75 percent of those savings are due to provisions that
would increase penalties on individuals who transfer assets for less than fair market value
in order to qualify for nursing home care, restrict eligibility for people with substantial home
equity, allow states to impose higher cost-sharing requirements and/or premiums on certain
enrollees, and permit states to restrict benefits for certain enrollees. This memorandum
provides additional information about the estimates and the number and types of Medicaid
enrollees who would be affected by those provisions.
 
-me- said:
I'm just wondering if S.1932 contains some immigration relief things and HR. 4241 doesn't, what the consolidated document will look like? I have a kind of feeling that the immigration topic can be thrown out or reduced a lot by Conference Commitee. From this standpoint, I would prefer to postpone voting on HR.4241 in order to inculde the same immigration topic as in S.1932
But it's just my personal opinion.
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If HR.4241 is defeated then I think S.1932 would have to come before
House as is and may have a better chance of passing
because the provisions are moderate
What do you think?
 
nevel trust a democrate !!

Did you see John Corzine did not vote in sanet in our favour !! for New Jersey
and wested a vote !!
 
ShibuGeorge said:
If HR.4241 is defeated then I think S.1932 would have to come before
House as is and may have a better chance of passing
because the provisions are moderate
What do you think?
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That is not correct.

Currently House Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 is swirled in a very complicated political climate within the House GOP making the fate of this legislative bill uncertain at this moment. The fate of the Senate immigration package in the S.1932 is currently clinging on the passage of the House bill. If house bill do not pass, then next step is to wait till Feb when senate start discussing about the comprehensive Immigration Reforms.
 
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