To all the Rand Paul haters (who blocked S386): I guess you were wrong. He just introduced S2091 which includes a variant of S386 (i.e. it removes country caps) but at the same time significantly increases (eff. 4x) the total number of available GCs, especially employment-based GCs. This should effectively remove backlogs for all countries. Here's the news: https://www.cato.org/blog/sen-pauls-believe-act-raises-skilled-migration-without-tradeoffs . Some other highlights the bill introduces: - "Provides employment authorization and legal status while waiting for a green card (pp. 7-8)". My understanding of the law is that you can file adjustment of status (I485) immediately after approved I140 (even if there is a backlog) which makes you eligible for EAD. Instead of waiting for PD, your I485 simply stays pending until backlog is gone. Effectively it means that even if there was a long backlog, you wouldn't have to extend / transfer your H1B etc. indefinitely anymore but simply work and stay on EAD and pending I485. - Grants uncapped GC (no cap at all) and work authorization to children of legal temporary workers (H1, L1). I.e. that solves the aging out problem.
Ron Paul for president
He is just wasting time. No way house will allow increase in Green cards. This is similar to what happened last last time.
Can't see why not, unless there is a poison pill in it somewhere. Most Democrats I know are for more skilled immigration; the objections to prior R proposals have been that they did so by limiting lottery visas and family sponsorship both of which are non starters for Democrats.
Yes, it's the other way around: the Senate won't pass a bill that increases total immigration right now, because they know that if they pass it, the Democrat-controlled House will also pass it. In fact I don't think McConnell will even let this bill get voted on.
It also has a clause to remove caps for illegal immigrants
Nope
somehow a few people seem to believe that the bill removes cap for children of dreamers. That is not the case. The bill will just removes the cap for children of *legal* temporary workers (H1, L1 etc) provided the kid is in the country for more than 10 years. Dreamers are not considered *legal* workers hence this clause doesn't apply to them.
If only 1 thing out of this is implemented, that would be huge. That one thing is..... EAD immediately after i140 with no need to be on H1B.
Current administration wants to repeal H4EAD but this bill talks about giving EAD to spouses and children in H/L category. Sounds unlikely! Would love to see it though...
This certainly sounds better but trump would never sign it š
Key word: āintroducesā. How many co-sponsors? 0 Is it bi-partisan? No Will it pass? No (Anything that increases no. Of immigrants is a no go)
ROW folk crying foul: You guys just donāt seem to know how the Hill works. No amount of blind posts or tweets will make a difference. Youāve to lobby/get a sponsor for an alternative etc. HR 1044, S386 is way ahead as itās been in the works for 10 years, has bipartisan support, has a lobby backing it, and as yāall accept, is trying to improve a bad situation for an affected group. Thatās too much momentum. Itāll pass, thereās no doubt about it. The question is, whatāre yāall gonna do about it? Backlogged folk: Whyās priority date the deciding factor? 10 years and all that lobbying muscle could have easily added a ranking/points system to it with priority date also getting (albeit less) points while getting rid of country caps. P.S: Iām not affected by any of this.
Because even a very simple bill that just removes country caps has taken so long and has not still not been passed. If point system is added, rest assured nothing is ever going to pass. This does not have to be the only piece of reform ever, but is an incremental step
Rand is an idiot. He very wells knows his bill has no chance of passing. On the other hand he stopped S386 which has good support. He is just playing his usual politics to ensure he blocks S 386 t and still tries to send a message that hey look I am so pro legal immigration. He very well knows his bill will never pass. He is a con artist.
Dude there is a difference between a bill which will realistically pass the senate vs. a bill set for failure. This is just a sabotage effort to derail S386.
There's also a difference between a bill that realistically just favors one country / lobby and makes a broken system still broken, just in a different way (=S386) vs a bill that is a win for a much wider group (countries, but also backgrounds and job areas, since S386 solely favors IT). Yeah in it's current form S2091 is pretty wide in scope and probably wouldn't pass senate right away, but it's an imho much better start for discussion. Imho if they take S2091, add the Grassley amendment, add some more strict merit based criteria to S2091 and tone it down a bit it may have a chance to pass, we'll see. Full disclosure: I'm from RoW and I have approved I-140, so either way I'm personally not affected, but a lot of my friends would be hence I'm against S-386.
S386 is worse than the status quo, this bill is better. Every time we complained in the past about how bad hr1044 was we were told show the alternative. Here it is.