During its third work session, the Senate Judiciary Committee debated on 26 amendments and adopted 16 amendments. Most of the amendments that were considered by the Judiciary Committee dealt with employment and more than half of those amendments were from the Republicans. The Senate Committee has met thrice and it has considered 99 amendments so […]
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One of the top priorities for both the Democratic party and the Republican party is immigration reform and the immigration reform bill aims at securing America’s borders. The lawmakers want to end the illegal immigration problem with the new immigration reform bill. Many foreign nationals travel to the United States on non-immigrant visas and overstay
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The Senate immigration reform bill would permit undocumented immigrants to enter the legalization process. But filing applications alone may not be sufficient and the undocumented immigrants must submit supporting documents, pay fines, taxes and undergo criminal background checks. If the Gang of Eight’s immigration reform bill is signed into law by the President, undocumented immigrants
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301 amendments have been submitted to the Senate Judiciary Committee and more than half of those are from the Republicans. They want the Judiciary Committee to change the immigration reform bill and the committee already debated on 32 amendments and adopted 21 amendments that dealt with border security. The committee will open a debate today
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The Senate bill includes paths to US citizenship for the undocumented immigrants and for the DREAMers. The US citizenship process under this bill, is a three step process and undocumented immigrants who wish to become legal residents must first apply for Registered Provisional Immigrant status, a new status that the bill would create, then for
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The immigration reform bill of the “Gang of Eight” does not include provisions for same-sex couples. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), one of the members of the “Gang of Eight” stated that the “Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act”, will fail if an amendment that would allow the same sex couples to sponsor their
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Cinco de Mayo is celebrated on the fifth day of May, every year and the Mexicans celebrate this day through Mexican dance and music. Cinco de Mayo is a day to commemorate the culture and heritage of Mexico. This year, this day was commemorated in the midst of the immigration reform debate. President Obama commemorated
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The Diversity Visa lottery program that has been helping several foreign nationals to immigrate to America, is likely to be abolished. This might happen if the Senate immigration reform bill is passed and signed into law. The aim of the Green Card lottery program is to give a chance to the citizens of under-represented countries
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The Senate immigration reform bill would create a new non-immigrant visa category, the W visa category. W visas would be issued to low skilled foreign workers who are willing to work for registered employers and the spouses and children of these workers would also be permitted to travel to the United States and work there.
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The United States, the land of immigrants will soon reform its immigration laws and the immigration reform bill unveiled by the senators focuses on immigrant work skills and border security. The immigration bill of the senators is 844 pages long it is named Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013. This bill
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