Senate to Vote TODAY on Bill Eliminating Caps for Asylees and Parolees
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These caps were enacted at different times during the past two decades, serve no public policy purpose and create needless hardship for thousands of individuals who legally reside in the U.S. and are eager to start on the path towards full integration and citizenship. These caps do not limit the individuals who can enter the United States but create barriers for immigrants with legal status in the United States.
Because of arbitrary caps, asylees who apply now to become permanent residents of the United States face a 15-year wait. A 10,000 annual cap on asylee adjustment has created a waiting list of approximately 150,000 individuals who live in the United States – all of whom U.S. authorities have already determined to be bona fide refugees – who are unable to fully integrate into American society and reunite with close family members. In total, because of the annual cap and other waiting periods, an individual granted asylum today cannot become a U.S. citizen for approximately 20 years.
Senator Brownback (R-KS) is going to offer a floor amendment to the Foreign Operations bill (S. 2812) TODAY. Please contact your Senators immediately and urge them to support the Brownback amendment that will eliminate the numerical caps preventing asylees from becoming permanent residents and assimilating into the United States. The amendment would eliminate the following caps, neither of which serve a legitimate public purpose: 1) the annual cap on the number of asylees (10,000) authorized to adjust their status to permanent resident, resulting in 20-year backlogs; and 2) the annual cap on the number of individuals (1,000) eligible for asylum on the basis of Coercive Population Control, resulting in 27-year backlogs.
PLEASE CONTACT YOUR SENATORS NOW!! Call the Capitol switchboard at 202-225-3121 and ask to be connected to your Senator's office AND/OR click on the following link and send a pre-drafted e-mail letter to your Senators.
http://capwiz.com/aila2/mail/oneclick_compose/?alertid=6410491
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These caps were enacted at different times during the past two decades, serve no public policy purpose and create needless hardship for thousands of individuals who legally reside in the U.S. and are eager to start on the path towards full integration and citizenship. These caps do not limit the individuals who can enter the United States but create barriers for immigrants with legal status in the United States.
Because of arbitrary caps, asylees who apply now to become permanent residents of the United States face a 15-year wait. A 10,000 annual cap on asylee adjustment has created a waiting list of approximately 150,000 individuals who live in the United States – all of whom U.S. authorities have already determined to be bona fide refugees – who are unable to fully integrate into American society and reunite with close family members. In total, because of the annual cap and other waiting periods, an individual granted asylum today cannot become a U.S. citizen for approximately 20 years.
Senator Brownback (R-KS) is going to offer a floor amendment to the Foreign Operations bill (S. 2812) TODAY. Please contact your Senators immediately and urge them to support the Brownback amendment that will eliminate the numerical caps preventing asylees from becoming permanent residents and assimilating into the United States. The amendment would eliminate the following caps, neither of which serve a legitimate public purpose: 1) the annual cap on the number of asylees (10,000) authorized to adjust their status to permanent resident, resulting in 20-year backlogs; and 2) the annual cap on the number of individuals (1,000) eligible for asylum on the basis of Coercive Population Control, resulting in 27-year backlogs.
PLEASE CONTACT YOUR SENATORS NOW!! Call the Capitol switchboard at 202-225-3121 and ask to be connected to your Senator's office AND/OR click on the following link and send a pre-drafted e-mail letter to your Senators.
http://capwiz.com/aila2/mail/oneclick_compose/?alertid=6410491