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Unlawful Border Entry Prevention Act of 2011
Client: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM · Firm: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
See attached. H.R.1 Rep. Rogers, Harold (R-KY) Full Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (Provisions that would have (1) prohibited the U.S. Department of Justice from using any funds to sue Arizona in an effort to strike down its new immigration enforcement law, SB 1070 (2) would have prohibited government funds from being used to carry out the Visa Lottery (INA 201(e)), essentially abolishing the program (3) would have limited Department of Homeland Security to a maximum of 33,400 detention beds (as introduced, H.R. 1 set the minimum number of detention beds at 33,400). By limiting the number of detention beds, the amendment would have prevented Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from expanding its enforcement efforts against illegal aliens because it would have had nowhere to detain the illegal aliens while in the process of removing them from the U.S. (4) would have denied all funding for the implementation of REAL ID.) H.R.140 Rep. King, Steve (R-IA) - Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011 (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to consider a person born in the United States "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States for citizenship at birth purposes if the person is born in the United States of parents, one of whom is: (1) a U.S. citizen or national; (2) a lawful permanent resident alien whose residence is in the United States; or (3) an alien performing active service in the U.S. Armed Forces.) H.R.152 Rep. Poe, Ted (R-TX) - National Guard Border Enforcement Act (Provisions that directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) (Secretary) to deploy at least an additional 10,000 members of the National Guard for border control activities along the U.S.-Mexico border until the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) certifies that the federal government has achieved operational control of the border.) H.R.800 Rep. Carter, John R. (R-TX) - Jobs Recovery by Ensuring a Legal American Workforce Act of 2011 (Provisions that would apply to both prospective and current employees, guaranteeing a legal workforce and cutting off the jobs magnet, the bill also prohibits employers from deducting wages paid to or on behalf illegal aliens, requires notification of social security number mismatches and multiple uses, and enhances information sharing between federal agencies.) H.R.1091 Rep. Hunter, Duncan (R-CA) - Unlawful Border Entry Prevention Act of 2011 (Provisions that would (1) grant the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) authority to construct reinforced fencing along not less than 350 miles of the southwest border. (2) bill would also require Homeland Security to submit to Congress a plan to gain operational control of a specific sector of the southwest border if the Department determines that there has been a 40 percent increase in apprehensions of illegal aliens crossing the border in that sector.) H.R.1134 Rep. Hunter, Duncan (R-CA) - Enforce the Law for Sanctuary Cities Act (Provisions that would amend Section 241(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to prohibit state and local governments with sanctuary city policies in place from receiving federal reimbursements for incarcerating illegal aliens. (2) Under the bill, state and local governments would also be ineligible for SCAAP funds if they prohibit law enforcement officials from gathering information regarding the citizenship or immigration status of any individual.) S.J.RES.2 Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA) - A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to United States citizenship. (Provisions relating to a person born in the United States shall not be a U.S. citizen unless: (1) one parent of the person is a U.S. citizen; (2) one parent of the person is an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States who resides in the United States; (3) one parent of the person is an alien performing active service in the U.S. Armed Forces; or (4) the person is naturalized in accordance with the laws of the United States.)
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FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM via FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
2011 · fourth_quarter · Q4
See attached. H.R.398 Rep. Lofgren, Zoe (D-CA) - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to toll, during active-duty service abroad in the Armed Forces, the periods of time to file a petition and appear for an interview to remove the conditional basis for permanent resident status, and for other purposes. (Provisions that states that: (1) at the petitioners option the petition may be filed during such active-duty service at any time after commencement of the 90-day petition period and, (2) the tolling of the 90-day interview period shall not be construed to prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) from waiving the interview requirement.) H.R. 1505 Rep. Bishop, Rob (R-UT) National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act (Provisions that would prevent the Departments of Interior and Agriculture from impeding or restricting activities of the Border Patrol on federal lands undertaken to achieve operational control of the border.) H.R.1956 Rep. Johnson, Sam (R-TX) Refundable Child Tax Credit Eligibility Verification Reform Act (Provisions that would amend the Internal Revenue Code to require taxpayers to provide their social security number on their tax return in order to claim the refundable portion of the child tax credit.) H.R.2885 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish an employment eligibility verification system (EEVS), patterned after the E-Verify system. (Eliminates the current paper-based I-9 system.) H.R.3012 Rep. Chaffetz, Jason (R-UT) - Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2011 (Provisions that would not increase the over-all number of green cards issued, but rather reduce restrictions on per-country quotas in an attempt to reduce the backlog of applications from certain countries. Also, provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) eliminate the per country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants, and (2) increase the per country numerical limitation for family based immigrants from 7% to 15% of the total number of family-sponsored visas.) H.R.3444 Rep. Kingston, Jack (R-GA) Child Tax Credit Integrity Preservation Act of 2011. (Provisions that would amend the Internal Revenue Code to expand the identification requirements for the child tax credit to require taxpayers to provide valid identification on their tax returns in addition to the names and identification numbers of each qualifying child.) H.R.3630 Rep. Camp, David (R-MI) Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011. (Provisions that would fix a significant loophole in our nations tax laws by barring individuals without a valid SSN from being eligible to receive the credit thus stop the give-away of taxpayer dollars to illegal aliens.) S.1746 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. (D-NY) - Visa Improvements to Stimulate International Tourism to the United States of America Act (Provisions that would make it easier for foreign nationals to enter and stay in the United States, also proposed several changes to the B-visa (visitor visa) program as well as the (visa waiver program.) S.1856 Sen. DeMint, Jim (R-SC) - A bill to prohibit Federal funding for lawsuits seeking to invalidate specific State laws that support the enforcement of Federal immigration laws. (Provisions that would prohibit federal funds from being used by a federal agency or instrumentality to participate in a lawsuit to overturn, enjoin, or otherwise invalidate specified immigration-related laws in Oklahoma, Missouri, Arizona, Utah, Indiana, Alabama, South Carolina, or Georgia.) S.577 Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA) - Child Tax Credit Integrity Preservation Act of 2011. (Provisions that would amend the Internal Revenue Code to expand the identification requirements for the child tax credit to require taxpayers to provide valid identification on their tax returns in addition to the names and identification numbers of each qualifying child.)
Source: Senate LDA
Enforce the Law for Sanctuary Cities Act
Client: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM · Firm: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
See attached. H.R.1 Rep. Rogers, Harold (R-KY) Full Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (Provisions that would have (1) prohibited the U.S. Department of Justice from using any funds to sue Arizona in an effort to strike down its new immigration enforcement law, SB 1070 (2) would have prohibited government funds from being used to carry out the Visa Lottery (INA 201(e)), essentially abolishing the program (3) would have limited Department of Homeland Security to a maximum of 33,400 detention beds (as introduced, H.R. 1 set the minimum number of detention beds at 33,400). By limiting the number of detention beds, the amendment would have prevented Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from expanding its enforcement efforts against illegal aliens because it would have had nowhere to detain the illegal aliens while in the process of removing them from the U.S. (4) would have denied all funding for the implementation of REAL ID.) H.R.140 Rep. King, Steve (R-IA) - Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011 (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to consider a person born in the United States "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States for citizenship at birth purposes if the person is born in the United States of parents, one of whom is: (1) a U.S. citizen or national; (2) a lawful permanent resident alien whose residence is in the United States; or (3) an alien performing active service in the U.S. Armed Forces.) H.R.152 Rep. Poe, Ted (R-TX) - National Guard Border Enforcement Act (Provisions that directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) (Secretary) to deploy at least an additional 10,000 members of the National Guard for border control activities along the U.S.-Mexico border until the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) certifies that the federal government has achieved operational control of the border.) H.R.800 Rep. Carter, John R. (R-TX) - Jobs Recovery by Ensuring a Legal American Workforce Act of 2011 (Provisions that would apply to both prospective and current employees, guaranteeing a legal workforce and cutting off the jobs magnet, the bill also prohibits employers from deducting wages paid to or on behalf illegal aliens, requires notification of social security number mismatches and multiple uses, and enhances information sharing between federal agencies.) H.R.1091 Rep. Hunter, Duncan (R-CA) - Unlawful Border Entry Prevention Act of 2011 (Provisions that would (1) grant the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) authority to construct reinforced fencing along not less than 350 miles of the southwest border. (2) bill would also require Homeland Security to submit to Congress a plan to gain operational control of a specific sector of the southwest border if the Department determines that there has been a 40 percent increase in apprehensions of illegal aliens crossing the border in that sector.) H.R.1134 Rep. Hunter, Duncan (R-CA) - Enforce the Law for Sanctuary Cities Act (Provisions that would amend Section 241(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to prohibit state and local governments with sanctuary city policies in place from receiving federal reimbursements for incarcerating illegal aliens. (2) Under the bill, state and local governments would also be ineligible for SCAAP funds if they prohibit law enforcement officials from gathering information regarding the citizenship or immigration status of any individual.) S.J.RES.2 Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA) - A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to United States citizenship. (Provisions relating to a person born in the United States shall not be a U.S. citizen unless: (1) one parent of the person is a U.S. citizen; (2) one parent of the person is an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States who resides in the United States; (3) one parent of the person is an alien performing active service in the U.S. Armed Forces; or (4) the person is naturalized in accordance with the laws of the United States.)
Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011
Client: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM · Firm: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
See attached. H.R.1 Rep. Rogers, Harold (R-KY) Full Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (Provisions that would have (1) prohibited the U.S. Department of Justice from using any funds to sue Arizona in an effort to strike down its new immigration enforcement law, SB 1070 (2) would have prohibited government funds from being used to carry out the Visa Lottery (INA 201(e)), essentially abolishing the program (3) would have limited Department of Homeland Security to a maximum of 33,400 detention beds (as introduced, H.R. 1 set the minimum number of detention beds at 33,400). By limiting the number of detention beds, the amendment would have prevented Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from expanding its enforcement efforts against illegal aliens because it would have had nowhere to detain the illegal aliens while in the process of removing them from the U.S. (4) would have denied all funding for the implementation of REAL ID.) H.R.140 Rep. King, Steve (R-IA) - Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011 (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to consider a person born in the United States "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States for citizenship at birth purposes if the person is born in the United States of parents, one of whom is: (1) a U.S. citizen or national; (2) a lawful permanent resident alien whose residence is in the United States; or (3) an alien performing active service in the U.S. Armed Forces.) H.R.152 Rep. Poe, Ted (R-TX) - National Guard Border Enforcement Act (Provisions that directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) (Secretary) to deploy at least an additional 10,000 members of the National Guard for border control activities along the U.S.-Mexico border until the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) certifies that the federal government has achieved operational control of the border.) H.R.800 Rep. Carter, John R. (R-TX) - Jobs Recovery by Ensuring a Legal American Workforce Act of 2011 (Provisions that would apply to both prospective and current employees, guaranteeing a legal workforce and cutting off the jobs magnet, the bill also prohibits employers from deducting wages paid to or on behalf illegal aliens, requires notification of social security number mismatches and multiple uses, and enhances information sharing between federal agencies.) H.R.1091 Rep. Hunter, Duncan (R-CA) - Unlawful Border Entry Prevention Act of 2011 (Provisions that would (1) grant the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) authority to construct reinforced fencing along not less than 350 miles of the southwest border. (2) bill would also require Homeland Security to submit to Congress a plan to gain operational control of a specific sector of the southwest border if the Department determines that there has been a 40 percent increase in apprehensions of illegal aliens crossing the border in that sector.) H.R.1134 Rep. Hunter, Duncan (R-CA) - Enforce the Law for Sanctuary Cities Act (Provisions that would amend Section 241(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to prohibit state and local governments with sanctuary city policies in place from receiving federal reimbursements for incarcerating illegal aliens. (2) Under the bill, state and local governments would also be ineligible for SCAAP funds if they prohibit law enforcement officials from gathering information regarding the citizenship or immigration status of any individual.) S.J.RES.2 Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA) - A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to United States citizenship. (Provisions relating to a person born in the United States shall not be a U.S. citizen unless: (1) one parent of the person is a U.S. citizen; (2) one parent of the person is an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States who resides in the United States; (3) one parent of the person is an alien performing active service in the U.S. Armed Forces; or (4) the person is naturalized in accordance with the laws of the United States.)
National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act
Client: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM · Firm: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
See attached. H.R.398 Rep. Lofgren, Zoe (D-CA) - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to toll, during active-duty service abroad in the Armed Forces, the periods of time to file a petition and appear for an interview to remove the conditional basis for permanent resident status, and for other purposes. (Provisions that states that: (1) at the petitioners option the petition may be filed during such active-duty service at any time after commencement of the 90-day petition period and, (2) the tolling of the 90-day interview period shall not be construed to prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) from waiving the interview requirement.) H.R. 1505 Rep. Bishop, Rob (R-UT) National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act (Provisions that would prevent the Departments of Interior and Agriculture from impeding or restricting activities of the Border Patrol on federal lands undertaken to achieve operational control of the border.) H.R.1956 Rep. Johnson, Sam (R-TX) Refundable Child Tax Credit Eligibility Verification Reform Act (Provisions that would amend the Internal Revenue Code to require taxpayers to provide their social security number on their tax return in order to claim the refundable portion of the child tax credit.) H.R.2885 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish an employment eligibility verification system (EEVS), patterned after the E-Verify system. (Eliminates the current paper-based I-9 system.) H.R.3012 Rep. Chaffetz, Jason (R-UT) - Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2011 (Provisions that would not increase the over-all number of green cards issued, but rather reduce restrictions on per-country quotas in an attempt to reduce the backlog of applications from certain countries. Also, provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) eliminate the per country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants, and (2) increase the per country numerical limitation for family based immigrants from 7% to 15% of the total number of family-sponsored visas.) H.R.3444 Rep. Kingston, Jack (R-GA) Child Tax Credit Integrity Preservation Act of 2011. (Provisions that would amend the Internal Revenue Code to expand the identification requirements for the child tax credit to require taxpayers to provide valid identification on their tax returns in addition to the names and identification numbers of each qualifying child.) H.R.3630 Rep. Camp, David (R-MI) Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011. (Provisions that would fix a significant loophole in our nations tax laws by barring individuals without a valid SSN from being eligible to receive the credit thus stop the give-away of taxpayer dollars to illegal aliens.) S.1746 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. (D-NY) - Visa Improvements to Stimulate International Tourism to the United States of America Act (Provisions that would make it easier for foreign nationals to enter and stay in the United States, also proposed several changes to the B-visa (visitor visa) program as well as the (visa waiver program.) S.1856 Sen. DeMint, Jim (R-SC) - A bill to prohibit Federal funding for lawsuits seeking to invalidate specific State laws that support the enforcement of Federal immigration laws. (Provisions that would prohibit federal funds from being used by a federal agency or instrumentality to participate in a lawsuit to overturn, enjoin, or otherwise invalidate specified immigration-related laws in Oklahoma, Missouri, Arizona, Utah, Indiana, Alabama, South Carolina, or Georgia.) S.577 Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA) - Child Tax Credit Integrity Preservation Act of 2011. (Provisions that would amend the Internal Revenue Code to expand the identification requirements for the child tax credit to require taxpayers to provide valid identification on their tax returns in addition to the names and identification numbers of each qualifying child.)
National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act
Client: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM · Firm: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
See attached. H.R.704 Rep. Goodlatte, Bob (R-VA) - SAFE for America Act (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program.) H.R.800 Rep. Carter, John R. (R-TX) - Jobs Recovery by Ensuring a Legal American Workforce Act of 2011 (Provisions that would amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to make the E-Verify Program (Program) permanent and mandatory.) H.R.1473 Rep. Rogers, Harold (R-KY) - Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (Provisions that would: 1. decrease appropriations for United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS), including for processing applications for asylum and refugee status and for the E-Verify Program. 2. Increase appropriations to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for salaries and expenses, but decreases funding for automation modernization and eliminates appropriations for construction. 3. Decrease appropriations for the National Protection and Programs Directorate for management and administration, infrastructure protection and information security, and United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT). H.R. 1505 Rep. Bishop, Rob (R-UT) National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act (Provisions that would prevent the Departments of Interior and Agriculture from impeding or restricting activities of the Border Patrol on federal lands undertaken to achieve operational control of the border.) H.R. 1741 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Secure Visas Act (Provisions that would amend the Homeland Security Act to grant the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) (Secretary), except for the Secretary of State's authority with respect to diplomatic- and international organization-related visas, exclusive authority to issue regulations, establish policy, and administer and enforce the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and all other immigration or nationality laws relating to U.S. consular officer visa functions.) H.R.1822 Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana (R-CA) - No Health Care Subsidies for Illegal Aliens Act of 2011 (Provisions to amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for appropriate procedures under such title for verification of citizenship status.) H.R.1842 Rep. Berman Howard (D-CA) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011 (DREAM ACT) (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence on a conditional basis, an alien who: (1) entered the United States on or before his or her 15th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment, (2) is a person of good moral character, (3) is not inadmissible under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act, (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) in the United States or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States, and (5) was age 32 or younger on the date of this Act's enactment.) H.R.1932 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2011 (Provisions that amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain indefinitely, subject to six-month review, an alien under orders of removal who cannot be removed, if: (1) the alien will be removed in the reasonably foreseeable future; (2) the alien would have been removed but for the alien's refusal to cooperate with the Secretary's identification and removal efforts; (3) the alien has a highly contagious disease that poses a public safety threat; (4) release would have serious adverse foreign policy consequences; (5) release would threaten national security; (6) release would threaten the safety of the community or any person and the alien has been convicted of either one or more aggravated felonies or crimes of violence and, because of a mental or personality condition, is likely to engage in future acts of violence; or (7) release would threaten the safety of the community or any person and the alien has been convicted of one or more aggravated felonies.) H.R.1933 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the requirements for admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas. (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding the admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas to: (1) permit a one-time three-year extension of admission, and (2) reduce the maximum number of such visas per fiscal year to 300.) H.R.2017 Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. (R-AL) - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2012 (Provisions that would (1) make appropriations for FY2012 for: United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP), including for automation modernization, border security fencing, infrastructure, and technology, air and marine interdiction, operations, maintenance, and procurement, and construction and facilities management; United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), including for reimbursement of other agencies for costs associated with the repatriation of smuggled aliens unlawfully present in the United States, prioritizing the identification and removal of aliens convicted of a crime by the severity of that crime, and automation modernization. (2) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act: (1) in contravention of a provision of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 restricting any government entity or official from sending to, or receiving from, the responsible federal immigration agency information regarding the citizenship or immigration status of any individual; (2) to parole an alien into the United States, or to grant deferred action of a final order of removal, for any reason other than on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.) H.R.2164 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that would amend the current employment eligibility verification process all employers must use to ensure their workers are legal. (INA 274A; 8 U.S.C. 1324a) The bill maintains the existing framework for the employment eligibility verification process (including the I-9), but also makes important changes, such as mandating E-Verify and increasing penalties for employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens or fail to use E-Verify. H.R.2164 also preempts states from imposing civil or criminal penalties on employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens or fail to use E-Verify. The bill does permit states to exercise their licensing authority to penalize employers for failure to use E-Verify.) H.R.2497 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - HALT Act, Hinder the Administrations Legalization Temptation Act (Provisions that would suspend the Obama Administrations ability to grant administrative amnesty to illegal aliens.) H.R.2847 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - American Specialty Agriculture Act (Provisions that creates a new guest worker program to import agricultural workers. The bill seeks to replace the existing H-2A visa program, an agricultural guest worker program created in 1986 as part of under the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA). H.R.2885 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish an employment eligibility verification system (EEVS), patterned after the E-Verify system. (Eliminates the current paper-based I-9 system.) H.R.2895 Rep. Lungren, Dan (R-CA) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that would create a large new agricultural guest worker program in addition to existing guest worker programs, also would create a new W visa program to admit foreign agricultural labor as an alternative to both the current H-2A guest worker program. ) S.723 Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA) - Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011 (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to consider a person born in the United States "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States for citizenship at birth purposes only if the person is born in the United States of parents, one of whom is: (1) a U.S. citizen or national, (2) a lawful permanent resident alien whose residence is in the United States, or (3) an alien performing active service in the U.S. Armed Forces.) S.952 Sen. Durbin, Richard (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011 (DREAM ACT) (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence on a conditional basis, an alien who: (1) entered the United States on or before his or her 15th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment, (2) is a person of good moral character, (3) is not inadmissible under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act, (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) in the United States or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States, and (5) was age 32 or younger on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.1196 Sen. Grassley, Chuck (R-IA) - Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act (Provisions that would make E-Verify program permanent and amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRAIRA) of 1996 to change the programs name from a pilot program to E-Verify.) S.1380 Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA) - HALT Act, Hinder the Administrations Legalization Temptation Act (Provisions that suspends until January 21, 2013, the Attorney Generals (DOJ) authority regarding: (1) waiver of inadmissibility of aliens unlawfully present in the United States; (2) cancellation of removal and adjustment of status for certain non-permanent residents; (3) parole authority, except for parole entries for humanitarian, law enforcement, or security purposes; and (4) designation of a country for temporary protected status.
National Guard Border Enforcement Act
Client: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM · Firm: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
See attached. H.R.1 Rep. Rogers, Harold (R-KY) Full Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (Provisions that would have (1) prohibited the U.S. Department of Justice from using any funds to sue Arizona in an effort to strike down its new immigration enforcement law, SB 1070 (2) would have prohibited government funds from being used to carry out the Visa Lottery (INA 201(e)), essentially abolishing the program (3) would have limited Department of Homeland Security to a maximum of 33,400 detention beds (as introduced, H.R. 1 set the minimum number of detention beds at 33,400). By limiting the number of detention beds, the amendment would have prevented Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from expanding its enforcement efforts against illegal aliens because it would have had nowhere to detain the illegal aliens while in the process of removing them from the U.S. (4) would have denied all funding for the implementation of REAL ID.) H.R.140 Rep. King, Steve (R-IA) - Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011 (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to consider a person born in the United States "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States for citizenship at birth purposes if the person is born in the United States of parents, one of whom is: (1) a U.S. citizen or national; (2) a lawful permanent resident alien whose residence is in the United States; or (3) an alien performing active service in the U.S. Armed Forces.) H.R.152 Rep. Poe, Ted (R-TX) - National Guard Border Enforcement Act (Provisions that directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) (Secretary) to deploy at least an additional 10,000 members of the National Guard for border control activities along the U.S.-Mexico border until the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) certifies that the federal government has achieved operational control of the border.) H.R.800 Rep. Carter, John R. (R-TX) - Jobs Recovery by Ensuring a Legal American Workforce Act of 2011 (Provisions that would apply to both prospective and current employees, guaranteeing a legal workforce and cutting off the jobs magnet, the bill also prohibits employers from deducting wages paid to or on behalf illegal aliens, requires notification of social security number mismatches and multiple uses, and enhances information sharing between federal agencies.) H.R.1091 Rep. Hunter, Duncan (R-CA) - Unlawful Border Entry Prevention Act of 2011 (Provisions that would (1) grant the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) authority to construct reinforced fencing along not less than 350 miles of the southwest border. (2) bill would also require Homeland Security to submit to Congress a plan to gain operational control of a specific sector of the southwest border if the Department determines that there has been a 40 percent increase in apprehensions of illegal aliens crossing the border in that sector.) H.R.1134 Rep. Hunter, Duncan (R-CA) - Enforce the Law for Sanctuary Cities Act (Provisions that would amend Section 241(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to prohibit state and local governments with sanctuary city policies in place from receiving federal reimbursements for incarcerating illegal aliens. (2) Under the bill, state and local governments would also be ineligible for SCAAP funds if they prohibit law enforcement officials from gathering information regarding the citizenship or immigration status of any individual.) S.J.RES.2 Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA) - A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to United States citizenship. (Provisions relating to a person born in the United States shall not be a U.S. citizen unless: (1) one parent of the person is a U.S. citizen; (2) one parent of the person is an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States who resides in the United States; (3) one parent of the person is an alien performing active service in the U.S. Armed Forces; or (4) the person is naturalized in accordance with the laws of the United States.)
Secure Visas Act
Client: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM · Firm: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
See Attached. H.R.704 Rep. Goodlatte, Bob (R-VA) - SAFE for America Act (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program.) H.R.800 Rep. Carter, John R. (R-TX) - Jobs Recovery by Ensuring a Legal American Workforce Act of 2011 (Provisions that would amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to make the E-Verify Program (Program) permanent and mandatory.) H.R.1473 Rep. Rogers, Harold (R-KY) - Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (Provisions that would: 1. decrease appropriations for United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS), including for processing applications for asylum and refugee status and for the E-Verify Program. 2. Increase appropriations to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for salaries and expenses, but decreases funding for automation modernization and eliminates appropriations for construction. 3. Decrease appropriations for the National Protection and Programs Directorate for management and administration, infrastructure protection and information security, and United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT). H.R. 1741 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Secure Visas Act (Provisions that would amend the Homeland Security Act to grant the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) (Secretary), except for the Secretary of State's authority with respect to diplomatic- and international organization-related visas, exclusive authority to issue regulations, establish policy, and administer and enforce the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and all other immigration or nationality laws relating to U.S. consular officer visa functions.) H.R.1822 Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana (R-CA) - No Health Care Subsidies for Illegal Aliens Act of 2011 (Provisions to amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for appropriate procedures under such title for verification of citizenship status.) H.R.1842 Rep. Berman Howard (D-CA) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011 (DREAM ACT) (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence on a conditional basis, an alien who: (1) entered the United States on or before his or her 15th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment, (2) is a person of good moral character, (3) is not inadmissible under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act, (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) in the United States or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States, and (5) was age 32 or younger on the date of this Act's enactment.) H.R.1932 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2011 (Provisions that amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain indefinitely, subject to six-month review, an alien under orders of removal who cannot be removed, if: (1) the alien will be removed in the reasonably foreseeable future; (2) the alien would have been removed but for the alien's refusal to cooperate with the Secretary's identification and removal efforts; (3) the alien has a highly contagious disease that poses a public safety threat; (4) release would have serious adverse foreign policy consequences; (5) release would threaten national security; (6) release would threaten the safety of the community or any person and the alien has been convicted of either one or more aggravated felonies or crimes of violence and, because of a mental or personality condition, is likely to engage in future acts of violence; or (7) release would threaten the safety of the community or any person and the alien has been convicted of one or more aggravated felonies.) H.R.1933 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the requirements for admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas. (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding the admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas to: (1) permit a one-time three-year extension of admission, and (2) reduce the maximum number of such visas per fiscal year to 300.) H.R.2017 Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. (R-AL) - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2012 (Provisions that would (1) make appropriations for FY2012 for: United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP), including for automation modernization, border security fencing, infrastructure, and technology, air and marine interdiction, operations, maintenance, and procurement, and construction and facilities management; United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), including for reimbursement of other agencies for costs associated with the repatriation of smuggled aliens unlawfully present in the United States, prioritizing the identification and removal of aliens convicted of a crime by the severity of that crime, and automation modernization. (2) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act: (1) in contravention of a provision of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 restricting any government entity or official from sending to, or receiving from, the responsible federal immigration agency information regarding the citizenship or immigration status of any individual; (2) to parole an alien into the United States, or to grant deferred action of a final order of removal, for any reason other than on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.) H.R.2164 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that would amend the current employment eligibility verification process all employers must use to ensure their workers are legal. (INA 274A; 8 U.S.C. 1324a) The bill maintains the existing framework for the employment eligibility verification process (including the I-9), but also makes important changes, such as mandating E-Verify and increasing penalties for employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens or fail to use E-Verify. H.R.2164 also preempts states from imposing civil or criminal penalties on employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens or fail to use E-Verify. The bill does permit states to exercise their licensing authority to penalize employers for failure to use E-Verify.) S.723 Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA) - Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011 (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to consider a person born in the United States "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States for citizenship at birth purposes only if the person is born in the United States of parents, one of whom is: (1) a U.S. citizen or national, (2) a lawful permanent resident alien whose residence is in the United States, or (3) an alien performing active service in the U.S. Armed Forces.) S.952 Sen. Durbin, Richard (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011 (DREAM ACT) (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence on a conditional basis, an alien who: (1) entered the United States on or before his or her 15th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment, (2) is a person of good moral character, (3) is not inadmissible under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act, (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) in the United States or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States, and (5) was age 32 or younger on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.1196 Sen. Grassley, Chuck (R-IA) - Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act (Provisions that would make E-Verify program permanent and amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRAIRA) of 1996 to change the programs name from a pilot program to E-Verify.)
Secure Visas Act
Client: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM · Firm: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
See attached. H.R.704 Rep. Goodlatte, Bob (R-VA) - SAFE for America Act (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program.) H.R.800 Rep. Carter, John R. (R-TX) - Jobs Recovery by Ensuring a Legal American Workforce Act of 2011 (Provisions that would amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to make the E-Verify Program (Program) permanent and mandatory.) H.R.1473 Rep. Rogers, Harold (R-KY) - Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (Provisions that would: 1. decrease appropriations for United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS), including for processing applications for asylum and refugee status and for the E-Verify Program. 2. Increase appropriations to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for salaries and expenses, but decreases funding for automation modernization and eliminates appropriations for construction. 3. Decrease appropriations for the National Protection and Programs Directorate for management and administration, infrastructure protection and information security, and United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT). H.R. 1505 Rep. Bishop, Rob (R-UT) National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act (Provisions that would prevent the Departments of Interior and Agriculture from impeding or restricting activities of the Border Patrol on federal lands undertaken to achieve operational control of the border.) H.R. 1741 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Secure Visas Act (Provisions that would amend the Homeland Security Act to grant the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) (Secretary), except for the Secretary of State's authority with respect to diplomatic- and international organization-related visas, exclusive authority to issue regulations, establish policy, and administer and enforce the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and all other immigration or nationality laws relating to U.S. consular officer visa functions.) H.R.1822 Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana (R-CA) - No Health Care Subsidies for Illegal Aliens Act of 2011 (Provisions to amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for appropriate procedures under such title for verification of citizenship status.) H.R.1842 Rep. Berman Howard (D-CA) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011 (DREAM ACT) (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence on a conditional basis, an alien who: (1) entered the United States on or before his or her 15th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment, (2) is a person of good moral character, (3) is not inadmissible under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act, (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) in the United States or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States, and (5) was age 32 or younger on the date of this Act's enactment.) H.R.1932 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2011 (Provisions that amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain indefinitely, subject to six-month review, an alien under orders of removal who cannot be removed, if: (1) the alien will be removed in the reasonably foreseeable future; (2) the alien would have been removed but for the alien's refusal to cooperate with the Secretary's identification and removal efforts; (3) the alien has a highly contagious disease that poses a public safety threat; (4) release would have serious adverse foreign policy consequences; (5) release would threaten national security; (6) release would threaten the safety of the community or any person and the alien has been convicted of either one or more aggravated felonies or crimes of violence and, because of a mental or personality condition, is likely to engage in future acts of violence; or (7) release would threaten the safety of the community or any person and the alien has been convicted of one or more aggravated felonies.) H.R.1933 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the requirements for admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas. (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding the admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas to: (1) permit a one-time three-year extension of admission, and (2) reduce the maximum number of such visas per fiscal year to 300.) H.R.2017 Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. (R-AL) - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2012 (Provisions that would (1) make appropriations for FY2012 for: United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP), including for automation modernization, border security fencing, infrastructure, and technology, air and marine interdiction, operations, maintenance, and procurement, and construction and facilities management; United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), including for reimbursement of other agencies for costs associated with the repatriation of smuggled aliens unlawfully present in the United States, prioritizing the identification and removal of aliens convicted of a crime by the severity of that crime, and automation modernization. (2) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act: (1) in contravention of a provision of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 restricting any government entity or official from sending to, or receiving from, the responsible federal immigration agency information regarding the citizenship or immigration status of any individual; (2) to parole an alien into the United States, or to grant deferred action of a final order of removal, for any reason other than on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.) H.R.2164 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that would amend the current employment eligibility verification process all employers must use to ensure their workers are legal. (INA 274A; 8 U.S.C. 1324a) The bill maintains the existing framework for the employment eligibility verification process (including the I-9), but also makes important changes, such as mandating E-Verify and increasing penalties for employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens or fail to use E-Verify. H.R.2164 also preempts states from imposing civil or criminal penalties on employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens or fail to use E-Verify. The bill does permit states to exercise their licensing authority to penalize employers for failure to use E-Verify.) H.R.2497 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - HALT Act, Hinder the Administrations Legalization Temptation Act (Provisions that would suspend the Obama Administrations ability to grant administrative amnesty to illegal aliens.) H.R.2847 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - American Specialty Agriculture Act (Provisions that creates a new guest worker program to import agricultural workers. The bill seeks to replace the existing H-2A visa program, an agricultural guest worker program created in 1986 as part of under the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA). H.R.2885 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish an employment eligibility verification system (EEVS), patterned after the E-Verify system. (Eliminates the current paper-based I-9 system.) H.R.2895 Rep. Lungren, Dan (R-CA) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that would create a large new agricultural guest worker program in addition to existing guest worker programs, also would create a new W visa program to admit foreign agricultural labor as an alternative to both the current H-2A guest worker program. ) S.723 Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA) - Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011 (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to consider a person born in the United States "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States for citizenship at birth purposes only if the person is born in the United States of parents, one of whom is: (1) a U.S. citizen or national, (2) a lawful permanent resident alien whose residence is in the United States, or (3) an alien performing active service in the U.S. Armed Forces.) S.952 Sen. Durbin, Richard (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011 (DREAM ACT) (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence on a conditional basis, an alien who: (1) entered the United States on or before his or her 15th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment, (2) is a person of good moral character, (3) is not inadmissible under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act, (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) in the United States or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States, and (5) was age 32 or younger on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.1196 Sen. Grassley, Chuck (R-IA) - Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act (Provisions that would make E-Verify program permanent and amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRAIRA) of 1996 to change the programs name from a pilot program to E-Verify.) S.1380 Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA) - HALT Act, Hinder the Administrations Legalization Temptation Act (Provisions that suspends until January 21, 2013, the Attorney Generals (DOJ) authority regarding: (1) waiver of inadmissibility of aliens unlawfully present in the United States; (2) cancellation of removal and adjustment of status for certain non-permanent residents; (3) parole authority, except for parole entries for humanitarian, law enforcement, or security purposes; and (4) designation of a country for temporary protected status.
No Health Care Subsidies for Illegal Aliens Act of 2011
Client: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM · Firm: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
See attached. H.R.704 Rep. Goodlatte, Bob (R-VA) - SAFE for America Act (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program.) H.R.800 Rep. Carter, John R. (R-TX) - Jobs Recovery by Ensuring a Legal American Workforce Act of 2011 (Provisions that would amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to make the E-Verify Program (Program) permanent and mandatory.) H.R.1473 Rep. Rogers, Harold (R-KY) - Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (Provisions that would: 1. decrease appropriations for United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS), including for processing applications for asylum and refugee status and for the E-Verify Program. 2. Increase appropriations to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for salaries and expenses, but decreases funding for automation modernization and eliminates appropriations for construction. 3. Decrease appropriations for the National Protection and Programs Directorate for management and administration, infrastructure protection and information security, and United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT). H.R. 1505 Rep. Bishop, Rob (R-UT) National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act (Provisions that would prevent the Departments of Interior and Agriculture from impeding or restricting activities of the Border Patrol on federal lands undertaken to achieve operational control of the border.) H.R. 1741 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Secure Visas Act (Provisions that would amend the Homeland Security Act to grant the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) (Secretary), except for the Secretary of State's authority with respect to diplomatic- and international organization-related visas, exclusive authority to issue regulations, establish policy, and administer and enforce the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and all other immigration or nationality laws relating to U.S. consular officer visa functions.) H.R.1822 Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana (R-CA) - No Health Care Subsidies for Illegal Aliens Act of 2011 (Provisions to amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for appropriate procedures under such title for verification of citizenship status.) H.R.1842 Rep. Berman Howard (D-CA) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011 (DREAM ACT) (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence on a conditional basis, an alien who: (1) entered the United States on or before his or her 15th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment, (2) is a person of good moral character, (3) is not inadmissible under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act, (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) in the United States or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States, and (5) was age 32 or younger on the date of this Act's enactment.) H.R.1932 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2011 (Provisions that amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain indefinitely, subject to six-month review, an alien under orders of removal who cannot be removed, if: (1) the alien will be removed in the reasonably foreseeable future; (2) the alien would have been removed but for the alien's refusal to cooperate with the Secretary's identification and removal efforts; (3) the alien has a highly contagious disease that poses a public safety threat; (4) release would have serious adverse foreign policy consequences; (5) release would threaten national security; (6) release would threaten the safety of the community or any person and the alien has been convicted of either one or more aggravated felonies or crimes of violence and, because of a mental or personality condition, is likely to engage in future acts of violence; or (7) release would threaten the safety of the community or any person and the alien has been convicted of one or more aggravated felonies.) H.R.1933 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the requirements for admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas. (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding the admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas to: (1) permit a one-time three-year extension of admission, and (2) reduce the maximum number of such visas per fiscal year to 300.) H.R.2017 Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. (R-AL) - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2012 (Provisions that would (1) make appropriations for FY2012 for: United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP), including for automation modernization, border security fencing, infrastructure, and technology, air and marine interdiction, operations, maintenance, and procurement, and construction and facilities management; United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), including for reimbursement of other agencies for costs associated with the repatriation of smuggled aliens unlawfully present in the United States, prioritizing the identification and removal of aliens convicted of a crime by the severity of that crime, and automation modernization. (2) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act: (1) in contravention of a provision of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 restricting any government entity or official from sending to, or receiving from, the responsible federal immigration agency information regarding the citizenship or immigration status of any individual; (2) to parole an alien into the United States, or to grant deferred action of a final order of removal, for any reason other than on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.) H.R.2164 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that would amend the current employment eligibility verification process all employers must use to ensure their workers are legal. (INA 274A; 8 U.S.C. 1324a) The bill maintains the existing framework for the employment eligibility verification process (including the I-9), but also makes important changes, such as mandating E-Verify and increasing penalties for employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens or fail to use E-Verify. H.R.2164 also preempts states from imposing civil or criminal penalties on employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens or fail to use E-Verify. The bill does permit states to exercise their licensing authority to penalize employers for failure to use E-Verify.) H.R.2497 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - HALT Act, Hinder the Administrations Legalization Temptation Act (Provisions that would suspend the Obama Administrations ability to grant administrative amnesty to illegal aliens.) H.R.2847 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - American Specialty Agriculture Act (Provisions that creates a new guest worker program to import agricultural workers. The bill seeks to replace the existing H-2A visa program, an agricultural guest worker program created in 1986 as part of under the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA). H.R.2885 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish an employment eligibility verification system (EEVS), patterned after the E-Verify system. (Eliminates the current paper-based I-9 system.) H.R.2895 Rep. Lungren, Dan (R-CA) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that would create a large new agricultural guest worker program in addition to existing guest worker programs, also would create a new W visa program to admit foreign agricultural labor as an alternative to both the current H-2A guest worker program. ) S.723 Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA) - Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011 (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to consider a person born in the United States "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States for citizenship at birth purposes only if the person is born in the United States of parents, one of whom is: (1) a U.S. citizen or national, (2) a lawful permanent resident alien whose residence is in the United States, or (3) an alien performing active service in the U.S. Armed Forces.) S.952 Sen. Durbin, Richard (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011 (DREAM ACT) (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence on a conditional basis, an alien who: (1) entered the United States on or before his or her 15th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment, (2) is a person of good moral character, (3) is not inadmissible under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act, (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) in the United States or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States, and (5) was age 32 or younger on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.1196 Sen. Grassley, Chuck (R-IA) - Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act (Provisions that would make E-Verify program permanent and amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRAIRA) of 1996 to change the programs name from a pilot program to E-Verify.) S.1380 Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA) - HALT Act, Hinder the Administrations Legalization Temptation Act (Provisions that suspends until January 21, 2013, the Attorney Generals (DOJ) authority regarding: (1) waiver of inadmissibility of aliens unlawfully present in the United States; (2) cancellation of removal and adjustment of status for certain non-permanent residents; (3) parole authority, except for parole entries for humanitarian, law enforcement, or security purposes; and (4) designation of a country for temporary protected status.
No Health Care Subsidies for Illegal Aliens Act of 2011
Client: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM · Firm: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
See Attached. H.R.704 Rep. Goodlatte, Bob (R-VA) - SAFE for America Act (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program.) H.R.800 Rep. Carter, John R. (R-TX) - Jobs Recovery by Ensuring a Legal American Workforce Act of 2011 (Provisions that would amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to make the E-Verify Program (Program) permanent and mandatory.) H.R.1473 Rep. Rogers, Harold (R-KY) - Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (Provisions that would: 1. decrease appropriations for United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS), including for processing applications for asylum and refugee status and for the E-Verify Program. 2. Increase appropriations to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for salaries and expenses, but decreases funding for automation modernization and eliminates appropriations for construction. 3. Decrease appropriations for the National Protection and Programs Directorate for management and administration, infrastructure protection and information security, and United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT). H.R. 1741 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Secure Visas Act (Provisions that would amend the Homeland Security Act to grant the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) (Secretary), except for the Secretary of State's authority with respect to diplomatic- and international organization-related visas, exclusive authority to issue regulations, establish policy, and administer and enforce the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and all other immigration or nationality laws relating to U.S. consular officer visa functions.) H.R.1822 Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana (R-CA) - No Health Care Subsidies for Illegal Aliens Act of 2011 (Provisions to amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for appropriate procedures under such title for verification of citizenship status.) H.R.1842 Rep. Berman Howard (D-CA) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011 (DREAM ACT) (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence on a conditional basis, an alien who: (1) entered the United States on or before his or her 15th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment, (2) is a person of good moral character, (3) is not inadmissible under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act, (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) in the United States or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States, and (5) was age 32 or younger on the date of this Act's enactment.) H.R.1932 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2011 (Provisions that amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain indefinitely, subject to six-month review, an alien under orders of removal who cannot be removed, if: (1) the alien will be removed in the reasonably foreseeable future; (2) the alien would have been removed but for the alien's refusal to cooperate with the Secretary's identification and removal efforts; (3) the alien has a highly contagious disease that poses a public safety threat; (4) release would have serious adverse foreign policy consequences; (5) release would threaten national security; (6) release would threaten the safety of the community or any person and the alien has been convicted of either one or more aggravated felonies or crimes of violence and, because of a mental or personality condition, is likely to engage in future acts of violence; or (7) release would threaten the safety of the community or any person and the alien has been convicted of one or more aggravated felonies.) H.R.1933 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the requirements for admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas. (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding the admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas to: (1) permit a one-time three-year extension of admission, and (2) reduce the maximum number of such visas per fiscal year to 300.) H.R.2017 Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. (R-AL) - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2012 (Provisions that would (1) make appropriations for FY2012 for: United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP), including for automation modernization, border security fencing, infrastructure, and technology, air and marine interdiction, operations, maintenance, and procurement, and construction and facilities management; United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), including for reimbursement of other agencies for costs associated with the repatriation of smuggled aliens unlawfully present in the United States, prioritizing the identification and removal of aliens convicted of a crime by the severity of that crime, and automation modernization. (2) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act: (1) in contravention of a provision of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 restricting any government entity or official from sending to, or receiving from, the responsible federal immigration agency information regarding the citizenship or immigration status of any individual; (2) to parole an alien into the United States, or to grant deferred action of a final order of removal, for any reason other than on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.) H.R.2164 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that would amend the current employment eligibility verification process all employers must use to ensure their workers are legal. (INA 274A; 8 U.S.C. 1324a) The bill maintains the existing framework for the employment eligibility verification process (including the I-9), but also makes important changes, such as mandating E-Verify and increasing penalties for employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens or fail to use E-Verify. H.R.2164 also preempts states from imposing civil or criminal penalties on employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens or fail to use E-Verify. The bill does permit states to exercise their licensing authority to penalize employers for failure to use E-Verify.) S.723 Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA) - Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011 (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to consider a person born in the United States "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States for citizenship at birth purposes only if the person is born in the United States of parents, one of whom is: (1) a U.S. citizen or national, (2) a lawful permanent resident alien whose residence is in the United States, or (3) an alien performing active service in the U.S. Armed Forces.) S.952 Sen. Durbin, Richard (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011 (DREAM ACT) (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence on a conditional basis, an alien who: (1) entered the United States on or before his or her 15th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment, (2) is a person of good moral character, (3) is not inadmissible under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act, (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) in the United States or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States, and (5) was age 32 or younger on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.1196 Sen. Grassley, Chuck (R-IA) - Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act (Provisions that would make E-Verify program permanent and amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRAIRA) of 1996 to change the programs name from a pilot program to E-Verify.)
Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011
Client: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM · Firm: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
See attached. H.R.704 Rep. Goodlatte, Bob (R-VA) - SAFE for America Act (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program.) H.R.800 Rep. Carter, John R. (R-TX) - Jobs Recovery by Ensuring a Legal American Workforce Act of 2011 (Provisions that would amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to make the E-Verify Program (Program) permanent and mandatory.) H.R.1473 Rep. Rogers, Harold (R-KY) - Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (Provisions that would: 1. decrease appropriations for United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS), including for processing applications for asylum and refugee status and for the E-Verify Program. 2. Increase appropriations to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for salaries and expenses, but decreases funding for automation modernization and eliminates appropriations for construction. 3. Decrease appropriations for the National Protection and Programs Directorate for management and administration, infrastructure protection and information security, and United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT). H.R. 1505 Rep. Bishop, Rob (R-UT) National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act (Provisions that would prevent the Departments of Interior and Agriculture from impeding or restricting activities of the Border Patrol on federal lands undertaken to achieve operational control of the border.) H.R. 1741 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Secure Visas Act (Provisions that would amend the Homeland Security Act to grant the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) (Secretary), except for the Secretary of State's authority with respect to diplomatic- and international organization-related visas, exclusive authority to issue regulations, establish policy, and administer and enforce the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and all other immigration or nationality laws relating to U.S. consular officer visa functions.) H.R.1822 Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana (R-CA) - No Health Care Subsidies for Illegal Aliens Act of 2011 (Provisions to amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for appropriate procedures under such title for verification of citizenship status.) H.R.1842 Rep. Berman Howard (D-CA) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011 (DREAM ACT) (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence on a conditional basis, an alien who: (1) entered the United States on or before his or her 15th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment, (2) is a person of good moral character, (3) is not inadmissible under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act, (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) in the United States or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States, and (5) was age 32 or younger on the date of this Act's enactment.) H.R.1932 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2011 (Provisions that amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain indefinitely, subject to six-month review, an alien under orders of removal who cannot be removed, if: (1) the alien will be removed in the reasonably foreseeable future; (2) the alien would have been removed but for the alien's refusal to cooperate with the Secretary's identification and removal efforts; (3) the alien has a highly contagious disease that poses a public safety threat; (4) release would have serious adverse foreign policy consequences; (5) release would threaten national security; (6) release would threaten the safety of the community or any person and the alien has been convicted of either one or more aggravated felonies or crimes of violence and, because of a mental or personality condition, is likely to engage in future acts of violence; or (7) release would threaten the safety of the community or any person and the alien has been convicted of one or more aggravated felonies.) H.R.1933 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the requirements for admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas. (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding the admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas to: (1) permit a one-time three-year extension of admission, and (2) reduce the maximum number of such visas per fiscal year to 300.) H.R.2017 Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. (R-AL) - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2012 (Provisions that would (1) make appropriations for FY2012 for: United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP), including for automation modernization, border security fencing, infrastructure, and technology, air and marine interdiction, operations, maintenance, and procurement, and construction and facilities management; United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), including for reimbursement of other agencies for costs associated with the repatriation of smuggled aliens unlawfully present in the United States, prioritizing the identification and removal of aliens convicted of a crime by the severity of that crime, and automation modernization. (2) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act: (1) in contravention of a provision of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 restricting any government entity or official from sending to, or receiving from, the responsible federal immigration agency information regarding the citizenship or immigration status of any individual; (2) to parole an alien into the United States, or to grant deferred action of a final order of removal, for any reason other than on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.) H.R.2164 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that would amend the current employment eligibility verification process all employers must use to ensure their workers are legal. (INA 274A; 8 U.S.C. 1324a) The bill maintains the existing framework for the employment eligibility verification process (including the I-9), but also makes important changes, such as mandating E-Verify and increasing penalties for employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens or fail to use E-Verify. H.R.2164 also preempts states from imposing civil or criminal penalties on employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens or fail to use E-Verify. The bill does permit states to exercise their licensing authority to penalize employers for failure to use E-Verify.) H.R.2497 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - HALT Act, Hinder the Administrations Legalization Temptation Act (Provisions that would suspend the Obama Administrations ability to grant administrative amnesty to illegal aliens.) H.R.2847 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - American Specialty Agriculture Act (Provisions that creates a new guest worker program to import agricultural workers. The bill seeks to replace the existing H-2A visa program, an agricultural guest worker program created in 1986 as part of under the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA). H.R.2885 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish an employment eligibility verification system (EEVS), patterned after the E-Verify system. (Eliminates the current paper-based I-9 system.) H.R.2895 Rep. Lungren, Dan (R-CA) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that would create a large new agricultural guest worker program in addition to existing guest worker programs, also would create a new W visa program to admit foreign agricultural labor as an alternative to both the current H-2A guest worker program. ) S.723 Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA) - Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011 (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to consider a person born in the United States "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States for citizenship at birth purposes only if the person is born in the United States of parents, one of whom is: (1) a U.S. citizen or national, (2) a lawful permanent resident alien whose residence is in the United States, or (3) an alien performing active service in the U.S. Armed Forces.) S.952 Sen. Durbin, Richard (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011 (DREAM ACT) (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence on a conditional basis, an alien who: (1) entered the United States on or before his or her 15th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment, (2) is a person of good moral character, (3) is not inadmissible under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act, (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) in the United States or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States, and (5) was age 32 or younger on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.1196 Sen. Grassley, Chuck (R-IA) - Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act (Provisions that would make E-Verify program permanent and amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRAIRA) of 1996 to change the programs name from a pilot program to E-Verify.) S.1380 Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA) - HALT Act, Hinder the Administrations Legalization Temptation Act (Provisions that suspends until January 21, 2013, the Attorney Generals (DOJ) authority regarding: (1) waiver of inadmissibility of aliens unlawfully present in the United States; (2) cancellation of removal and adjustment of status for certain non-permanent residents; (3) parole authority, except for parole entries for humanitarian, law enforcement, or security purposes; and (4) designation of a country for temporary protected status.
Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011
Client: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM · Firm: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
See Attached. H.R.704 Rep. Goodlatte, Bob (R-VA) - SAFE for America Act (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program.) H.R.800 Rep. Carter, John R. (R-TX) - Jobs Recovery by Ensuring a Legal American Workforce Act of 2011 (Provisions that would amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to make the E-Verify Program (Program) permanent and mandatory.) H.R.1473 Rep. Rogers, Harold (R-KY) - Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (Provisions that would: 1. decrease appropriations for United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS), including for processing applications for asylum and refugee status and for the E-Verify Program. 2. Increase appropriations to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for salaries and expenses, but decreases funding for automation modernization and eliminates appropriations for construction. 3. Decrease appropriations for the National Protection and Programs Directorate for management and administration, infrastructure protection and information security, and United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT). H.R. 1741 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Secure Visas Act (Provisions that would amend the Homeland Security Act to grant the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) (Secretary), except for the Secretary of State's authority with respect to diplomatic- and international organization-related visas, exclusive authority to issue regulations, establish policy, and administer and enforce the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and all other immigration or nationality laws relating to U.S. consular officer visa functions.) H.R.1822 Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana (R-CA) - No Health Care Subsidies for Illegal Aliens Act of 2011 (Provisions to amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for appropriate procedures under such title for verification of citizenship status.) H.R.1842 Rep. Berman Howard (D-CA) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011 (DREAM ACT) (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence on a conditional basis, an alien who: (1) entered the United States on or before his or her 15th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment, (2) is a person of good moral character, (3) is not inadmissible under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act, (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) in the United States or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States, and (5) was age 32 or younger on the date of this Act's enactment.) H.R.1932 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2011 (Provisions that amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain indefinitely, subject to six-month review, an alien under orders of removal who cannot be removed, if: (1) the alien will be removed in the reasonably foreseeable future; (2) the alien would have been removed but for the alien's refusal to cooperate with the Secretary's identification and removal efforts; (3) the alien has a highly contagious disease that poses a public safety threat; (4) release would have serious adverse foreign policy consequences; (5) release would threaten national security; (6) release would threaten the safety of the community or any person and the alien has been convicted of either one or more aggravated felonies or crimes of violence and, because of a mental or personality condition, is likely to engage in future acts of violence; or (7) release would threaten the safety of the community or any person and the alien has been convicted of one or more aggravated felonies.) H.R.1933 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the requirements for admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas. (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding the admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas to: (1) permit a one-time three-year extension of admission, and (2) reduce the maximum number of such visas per fiscal year to 300.) H.R.2017 Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. (R-AL) - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2012 (Provisions that would (1) make appropriations for FY2012 for: United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP), including for automation modernization, border security fencing, infrastructure, and technology, air and marine interdiction, operations, maintenance, and procurement, and construction and facilities management; United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), including for reimbursement of other agencies for costs associated with the repatriation of smuggled aliens unlawfully present in the United States, prioritizing the identification and removal of aliens convicted of a crime by the severity of that crime, and automation modernization. (2) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act: (1) in contravention of a provision of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 restricting any government entity or official from sending to, or receiving from, the responsible federal immigration agency information regarding the citizenship or immigration status of any individual; (2) to parole an alien into the United States, or to grant deferred action of a final order of removal, for any reason other than on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.) H.R.2164 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that would amend the current employment eligibility verification process all employers must use to ensure their workers are legal. (INA 274A; 8 U.S.C. 1324a) The bill maintains the existing framework for the employment eligibility verification process (including the I-9), but also makes important changes, such as mandating E-Verify and increasing penalties for employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens or fail to use E-Verify. H.R.2164 also preempts states from imposing civil or criminal penalties on employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens or fail to use E-Verify. The bill does permit states to exercise their licensing authority to penalize employers for failure to use E-Verify.) S.723 Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA) - Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011 (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to consider a person born in the United States "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States for citizenship at birth purposes only if the person is born in the United States of parents, one of whom is: (1) a U.S. citizen or national, (2) a lawful permanent resident alien whose residence is in the United States, or (3) an alien performing active service in the U.S. Armed Forces.) S.952 Sen. Durbin, Richard (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011 (DREAM ACT) (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence on a conditional basis, an alien who: (1) entered the United States on or before his or her 15th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment, (2) is a person of good moral character, (3) is not inadmissible under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act, (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) in the United States or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States, and (5) was age 32 or younger on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.1196 Sen. Grassley, Chuck (R-IA) - Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act (Provisions that would make E-Verify program permanent and amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRAIRA) of 1996 to change the programs name from a pilot program to E-Verify.)
Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2011
Client: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM · Firm: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
See Attached. H.R.704 Rep. Goodlatte, Bob (R-VA) - SAFE for America Act (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program.) H.R.800 Rep. Carter, John R. (R-TX) - Jobs Recovery by Ensuring a Legal American Workforce Act of 2011 (Provisions that would amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to make the E-Verify Program (Program) permanent and mandatory.) H.R.1473 Rep. Rogers, Harold (R-KY) - Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (Provisions that would: 1. decrease appropriations for United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS), including for processing applications for asylum and refugee status and for the E-Verify Program. 2. Increase appropriations to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for salaries and expenses, but decreases funding for automation modernization and eliminates appropriations for construction. 3. Decrease appropriations for the National Protection and Programs Directorate for management and administration, infrastructure protection and information security, and United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT). H.R. 1741 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Secure Visas Act (Provisions that would amend the Homeland Security Act to grant the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) (Secretary), except for the Secretary of State's authority with respect to diplomatic- and international organization-related visas, exclusive authority to issue regulations, establish policy, and administer and enforce the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and all other immigration or nationality laws relating to U.S. consular officer visa functions.) H.R.1822 Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana (R-CA) - No Health Care Subsidies for Illegal Aliens Act of 2011 (Provisions to amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for appropriate procedures under such title for verification of citizenship status.) H.R.1842 Rep. Berman Howard (D-CA) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011 (DREAM ACT) (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence on a conditional basis, an alien who: (1) entered the United States on or before his or her 15th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment, (2) is a person of good moral character, (3) is not inadmissible under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act, (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) in the United States or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States, and (5) was age 32 or younger on the date of this Act's enactment.) H.R.1932 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2011 (Provisions that amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain indefinitely, subject to six-month review, an alien under orders of removal who cannot be removed, if: (1) the alien will be removed in the reasonably foreseeable future; (2) the alien would have been removed but for the alien's refusal to cooperate with the Secretary's identification and removal efforts; (3) the alien has a highly contagious disease that poses a public safety threat; (4) release would have serious adverse foreign policy consequences; (5) release would threaten national security; (6) release would threaten the safety of the community or any person and the alien has been convicted of either one or more aggravated felonies or crimes of violence and, because of a mental or personality condition, is likely to engage in future acts of violence; or (7) release would threaten the safety of the community or any person and the alien has been convicted of one or more aggravated felonies.) H.R.1933 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the requirements for admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas. (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding the admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas to: (1) permit a one-time three-year extension of admission, and (2) reduce the maximum number of such visas per fiscal year to 300.) H.R.2017 Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. (R-AL) - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2012 (Provisions that would (1) make appropriations for FY2012 for: United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP), including for automation modernization, border security fencing, infrastructure, and technology, air and marine interdiction, operations, maintenance, and procurement, and construction and facilities management; United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), including for reimbursement of other agencies for costs associated with the repatriation of smuggled aliens unlawfully present in the United States, prioritizing the identification and removal of aliens convicted of a crime by the severity of that crime, and automation modernization. (2) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act: (1) in contravention of a provision of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 restricting any government entity or official from sending to, or receiving from, the responsible federal immigration agency information regarding the citizenship or immigration status of any individual; (2) to parole an alien into the United States, or to grant deferred action of a final order of removal, for any reason other than on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.) H.R.2164 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that would amend the current employment eligibility verification process all employers must use to ensure their workers are legal. (INA 274A; 8 U.S.C. 1324a) The bill maintains the existing framework for the employment eligibility verification process (including the I-9), but also makes important changes, such as mandating E-Verify and increasing penalties for employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens or fail to use E-Verify. H.R.2164 also preempts states from imposing civil or criminal penalties on employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens or fail to use E-Verify. The bill does permit states to exercise their licensing authority to penalize employers for failure to use E-Verify.) S.723 Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA) - Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011 (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to consider a person born in the United States "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States for citizenship at birth purposes only if the person is born in the United States of parents, one of whom is: (1) a U.S. citizen or national, (2) a lawful permanent resident alien whose residence is in the United States, or (3) an alien performing active service in the U.S. Armed Forces.) S.952 Sen. Durbin, Richard (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011 (DREAM ACT) (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence on a conditional basis, an alien who: (1) entered the United States on or before his or her 15th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment, (2) is a person of good moral character, (3) is not inadmissible under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act, (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) in the United States or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States, and (5) was age 32 or younger on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.1196 Sen. Grassley, Chuck (R-IA) - Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act (Provisions that would make E-Verify program permanent and amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRAIRA) of 1996 to change the programs name from a pilot program to E-Verify.)
Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2011
Client: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM · Firm: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
See attached. H.R.704 Rep. Goodlatte, Bob (R-VA) - SAFE for America Act (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program.) H.R.800 Rep. Carter, John R. (R-TX) - Jobs Recovery by Ensuring a Legal American Workforce Act of 2011 (Provisions that would amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to make the E-Verify Program (Program) permanent and mandatory.) H.R.1473 Rep. Rogers, Harold (R-KY) - Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (Provisions that would: 1. decrease appropriations for United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS), including for processing applications for asylum and refugee status and for the E-Verify Program. 2. Increase appropriations to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for salaries and expenses, but decreases funding for automation modernization and eliminates appropriations for construction. 3. Decrease appropriations for the National Protection and Programs Directorate for management and administration, infrastructure protection and information security, and United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT). H.R. 1505 Rep. Bishop, Rob (R-UT) National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act (Provisions that would prevent the Departments of Interior and Agriculture from impeding or restricting activities of the Border Patrol on federal lands undertaken to achieve operational control of the border.) H.R. 1741 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Secure Visas Act (Provisions that would amend the Homeland Security Act to grant the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) (Secretary), except for the Secretary of State's authority with respect to diplomatic- and international organization-related visas, exclusive authority to issue regulations, establish policy, and administer and enforce the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and all other immigration or nationality laws relating to U.S. consular officer visa functions.) H.R.1822 Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana (R-CA) - No Health Care Subsidies for Illegal Aliens Act of 2011 (Provisions to amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for appropriate procedures under such title for verification of citizenship status.) H.R.1842 Rep. Berman Howard (D-CA) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011 (DREAM ACT) (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence on a conditional basis, an alien who: (1) entered the United States on or before his or her 15th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment, (2) is a person of good moral character, (3) is not inadmissible under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act, (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) in the United States or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States, and (5) was age 32 or younger on the date of this Act's enactment.) H.R.1932 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2011 (Provisions that amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain indefinitely, subject to six-month review, an alien under orders of removal who cannot be removed, if: (1) the alien will be removed in the reasonably foreseeable future; (2) the alien would have been removed but for the alien's refusal to cooperate with the Secretary's identification and removal efforts; (3) the alien has a highly contagious disease that poses a public safety threat; (4) release would have serious adverse foreign policy consequences; (5) release would threaten national security; (6) release would threaten the safety of the community or any person and the alien has been convicted of either one or more aggravated felonies or crimes of violence and, because of a mental or personality condition, is likely to engage in future acts of violence; or (7) release would threaten the safety of the community or any person and the alien has been convicted of one or more aggravated felonies.) H.R.1933 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the requirements for admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas. (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding the admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas to: (1) permit a one-time three-year extension of admission, and (2) reduce the maximum number of such visas per fiscal year to 300.) H.R.2017 Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. (R-AL) - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2012 (Provisions that would (1) make appropriations for FY2012 for: United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP), including for automation modernization, border security fencing, infrastructure, and technology, air and marine interdiction, operations, maintenance, and procurement, and construction and facilities management; United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), including for reimbursement of other agencies for costs associated with the repatriation of smuggled aliens unlawfully present in the United States, prioritizing the identification and removal of aliens convicted of a crime by the severity of that crime, and automation modernization. (2) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act: (1) in contravention of a provision of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 restricting any government entity or official from sending to, or receiving from, the responsible federal immigration agency information regarding the citizenship or immigration status of any individual; (2) to parole an alien into the United States, or to grant deferred action of a final order of removal, for any reason other than on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.) H.R.2164 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that would amend the current employment eligibility verification process all employers must use to ensure their workers are legal. (INA 274A; 8 U.S.C. 1324a) The bill maintains the existing framework for the employment eligibility verification process (including the I-9), but also makes important changes, such as mandating E-Verify and increasing penalties for employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens or fail to use E-Verify. H.R.2164 also preempts states from imposing civil or criminal penalties on employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens or fail to use E-Verify. The bill does permit states to exercise their licensing authority to penalize employers for failure to use E-Verify.) H.R.2497 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - HALT Act, Hinder the Administrations Legalization Temptation Act (Provisions that would suspend the Obama Administrations ability to grant administrative amnesty to illegal aliens.) H.R.2847 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - American Specialty Agriculture Act (Provisions that creates a new guest worker program to import agricultural workers. The bill seeks to replace the existing H-2A visa program, an agricultural guest worker program created in 1986 as part of under the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA). H.R.2885 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish an employment eligibility verification system (EEVS), patterned after the E-Verify system. (Eliminates the current paper-based I-9 system.) H.R.2895 Rep. Lungren, Dan (R-CA) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that would create a large new agricultural guest worker program in addition to existing guest worker programs, also would create a new W visa program to admit foreign agricultural labor as an alternative to both the current H-2A guest worker program. ) S.723 Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA) - Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011 (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to consider a person born in the United States "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States for citizenship at birth purposes only if the person is born in the United States of parents, one of whom is: (1) a U.S. citizen or national, (2) a lawful permanent resident alien whose residence is in the United States, or (3) an alien performing active service in the U.S. Armed Forces.) S.952 Sen. Durbin, Richard (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011 (DREAM ACT) (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence on a conditional basis, an alien who: (1) entered the United States on or before his or her 15th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment, (2) is a person of good moral character, (3) is not inadmissible under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act, (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) in the United States or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States, and (5) was age 32 or younger on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.1196 Sen. Grassley, Chuck (R-IA) - Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act (Provisions that would make E-Verify program permanent and amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRAIRA) of 1996 to change the programs name from a pilot program to E-Verify.) S.1380 Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA) - HALT Act, Hinder the Administrations Legalization Temptation Act (Provisions that suspends until January 21, 2013, the Attorney Generals (DOJ) authority regarding: (1) waiver of inadmissibility of aliens unlawfully present in the United States; (2) cancellation of removal and adjustment of status for certain non-permanent residents; (3) parole authority, except for parole entries for humanitarian, law enforcement, or security purposes; and (4) designation of a country for temporary protected status.
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the requirements for admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas.
Client: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM · Firm: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
See attached. H.R.704 Rep. Goodlatte, Bob (R-VA) - SAFE for America Act (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program.) H.R.800 Rep. Carter, John R. (R-TX) - Jobs Recovery by Ensuring a Legal American Workforce Act of 2011 (Provisions that would amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to make the E-Verify Program (Program) permanent and mandatory.) H.R.1473 Rep. Rogers, Harold (R-KY) - Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (Provisions that would: 1. decrease appropriations for United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS), including for processing applications for asylum and refugee status and for the E-Verify Program. 2. Increase appropriations to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for salaries and expenses, but decreases funding for automation modernization and eliminates appropriations for construction. 3. Decrease appropriations for the National Protection and Programs Directorate for management and administration, infrastructure protection and information security, and United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT). H.R. 1505 Rep. Bishop, Rob (R-UT) National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act (Provisions that would prevent the Departments of Interior and Agriculture from impeding or restricting activities of the Border Patrol on federal lands undertaken to achieve operational control of the border.) H.R. 1741 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Secure Visas Act (Provisions that would amend the Homeland Security Act to grant the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) (Secretary), except for the Secretary of State's authority with respect to diplomatic- and international organization-related visas, exclusive authority to issue regulations, establish policy, and administer and enforce the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and all other immigration or nationality laws relating to U.S. consular officer visa functions.) H.R.1822 Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana (R-CA) - No Health Care Subsidies for Illegal Aliens Act of 2011 (Provisions to amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for appropriate procedures under such title for verification of citizenship status.) H.R.1842 Rep. Berman Howard (D-CA) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011 (DREAM ACT) (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence on a conditional basis, an alien who: (1) entered the United States on or before his or her 15th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment, (2) is a person of good moral character, (3) is not inadmissible under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act, (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) in the United States or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States, and (5) was age 32 or younger on the date of this Act's enactment.) H.R.1932 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2011 (Provisions that amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain indefinitely, subject to six-month review, an alien under orders of removal who cannot be removed, if: (1) the alien will be removed in the reasonably foreseeable future; (2) the alien would have been removed but for the alien's refusal to cooperate with the Secretary's identification and removal efforts; (3) the alien has a highly contagious disease that poses a public safety threat; (4) release would have serious adverse foreign policy consequences; (5) release would threaten national security; (6) release would threaten the safety of the community or any person and the alien has been convicted of either one or more aggravated felonies or crimes of violence and, because of a mental or personality condition, is likely to engage in future acts of violence; or (7) release would threaten the safety of the community or any person and the alien has been convicted of one or more aggravated felonies.) H.R.1933 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the requirements for admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas. (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding the admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas to: (1) permit a one-time three-year extension of admission, and (2) reduce the maximum number of such visas per fiscal year to 300.) H.R.2017 Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. (R-AL) - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2012 (Provisions that would (1) make appropriations for FY2012 for: United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP), including for automation modernization, border security fencing, infrastructure, and technology, air and marine interdiction, operations, maintenance, and procurement, and construction and facilities management; United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), including for reimbursement of other agencies for costs associated with the repatriation of smuggled aliens unlawfully present in the United States, prioritizing the identification and removal of aliens convicted of a crime by the severity of that crime, and automation modernization. (2) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act: (1) in contravention of a provision of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 restricting any government entity or official from sending to, or receiving from, the responsible federal immigration agency information regarding the citizenship or immigration status of any individual; (2) to parole an alien into the United States, or to grant deferred action of a final order of removal, for any reason other than on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.) H.R.2164 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that would amend the current employment eligibility verification process all employers must use to ensure their workers are legal. (INA 274A; 8 U.S.C. 1324a) The bill maintains the existing framework for the employment eligibility verification process (including the I-9), but also makes important changes, such as mandating E-Verify and increasing penalties for employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens or fail to use E-Verify. H.R.2164 also preempts states from imposing civil or criminal penalties on employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens or fail to use E-Verify. The bill does permit states to exercise their licensing authority to penalize employers for failure to use E-Verify.) H.R.2497 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - HALT Act, Hinder the Administrations Legalization Temptation Act (Provisions that would suspend the Obama Administrations ability to grant administrative amnesty to illegal aliens.) H.R.2847 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - American Specialty Agriculture Act (Provisions that creates a new guest worker program to import agricultural workers. The bill seeks to replace the existing H-2A visa program, an agricultural guest worker program created in 1986 as part of under the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA). H.R.2885 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish an employment eligibility verification system (EEVS), patterned after the E-Verify system. (Eliminates the current paper-based I-9 system.) H.R.2895 Rep. Lungren, Dan (R-CA) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that would create a large new agricultural guest worker program in addition to existing guest worker programs, also would create a new W visa program to admit foreign agricultural labor as an alternative to both the current H-2A guest worker program. ) S.723 Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA) - Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011 (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to consider a person born in the United States "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States for citizenship at birth purposes only if the person is born in the United States of parents, one of whom is: (1) a U.S. citizen or national, (2) a lawful permanent resident alien whose residence is in the United States, or (3) an alien performing active service in the U.S. Armed Forces.) S.952 Sen. Durbin, Richard (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011 (DREAM ACT) (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence on a conditional basis, an alien who: (1) entered the United States on or before his or her 15th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment, (2) is a person of good moral character, (3) is not inadmissible under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act, (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) in the United States or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States, and (5) was age 32 or younger on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.1196 Sen. Grassley, Chuck (R-IA) - Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act (Provisions that would make E-Verify program permanent and amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRAIRA) of 1996 to change the programs name from a pilot program to E-Verify.) S.1380 Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA) - HALT Act, Hinder the Administrations Legalization Temptation Act (Provisions that suspends until January 21, 2013, the Attorney Generals (DOJ) authority regarding: (1) waiver of inadmissibility of aliens unlawfully present in the United States; (2) cancellation of removal and adjustment of status for certain non-permanent residents; (3) parole authority, except for parole entries for humanitarian, law enforcement, or security purposes; and (4) designation of a country for temporary protected status.
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the requirements for admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas.
Client: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM · Firm: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
See Attached. H.R.704 Rep. Goodlatte, Bob (R-VA) - SAFE for America Act (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program.) H.R.800 Rep. Carter, John R. (R-TX) - Jobs Recovery by Ensuring a Legal American Workforce Act of 2011 (Provisions that would amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to make the E-Verify Program (Program) permanent and mandatory.) H.R.1473 Rep. Rogers, Harold (R-KY) - Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (Provisions that would: 1. decrease appropriations for United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS), including for processing applications for asylum and refugee status and for the E-Verify Program. 2. Increase appropriations to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for salaries and expenses, but decreases funding for automation modernization and eliminates appropriations for construction. 3. Decrease appropriations for the National Protection and Programs Directorate for management and administration, infrastructure protection and information security, and United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT). H.R. 1741 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Secure Visas Act (Provisions that would amend the Homeland Security Act to grant the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) (Secretary), except for the Secretary of State's authority with respect to diplomatic- and international organization-related visas, exclusive authority to issue regulations, establish policy, and administer and enforce the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and all other immigration or nationality laws relating to U.S. consular officer visa functions.) H.R.1822 Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana (R-CA) - No Health Care Subsidies for Illegal Aliens Act of 2011 (Provisions to amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for appropriate procedures under such title for verification of citizenship status.) H.R.1842 Rep. Berman Howard (D-CA) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011 (DREAM ACT) (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence on a conditional basis, an alien who: (1) entered the United States on or before his or her 15th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment, (2) is a person of good moral character, (3) is not inadmissible under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act, (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) in the United States or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States, and (5) was age 32 or younger on the date of this Act's enactment.) H.R.1932 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2011 (Provisions that amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain indefinitely, subject to six-month review, an alien under orders of removal who cannot be removed, if: (1) the alien will be removed in the reasonably foreseeable future; (2) the alien would have been removed but for the alien's refusal to cooperate with the Secretary's identification and removal efforts; (3) the alien has a highly contagious disease that poses a public safety threat; (4) release would have serious adverse foreign policy consequences; (5) release would threaten national security; (6) release would threaten the safety of the community or any person and the alien has been convicted of either one or more aggravated felonies or crimes of violence and, because of a mental or personality condition, is likely to engage in future acts of violence; or (7) release would threaten the safety of the community or any person and the alien has been convicted of one or more aggravated felonies.) H.R.1933 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the requirements for admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas. (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding the admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas to: (1) permit a one-time three-year extension of admission, and (2) reduce the maximum number of such visas per fiscal year to 300.) H.R.2017 Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. (R-AL) - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2012 (Provisions that would (1) make appropriations for FY2012 for: United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP), including for automation modernization, border security fencing, infrastructure, and technology, air and marine interdiction, operations, maintenance, and procurement, and construction and facilities management; United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), including for reimbursement of other agencies for costs associated with the repatriation of smuggled aliens unlawfully present in the United States, prioritizing the identification and removal of aliens convicted of a crime by the severity of that crime, and automation modernization. (2) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act: (1) in contravention of a provision of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 restricting any government entity or official from sending to, or receiving from, the responsible federal immigration agency information regarding the citizenship or immigration status of any individual; (2) to parole an alien into the United States, or to grant deferred action of a final order of removal, for any reason other than on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.) H.R.2164 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that would amend the current employment eligibility verification process all employers must use to ensure their workers are legal. (INA 274A; 8 U.S.C. 1324a) The bill maintains the existing framework for the employment eligibility verification process (including the I-9), but also makes important changes, such as mandating E-Verify and increasing penalties for employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens or fail to use E-Verify. H.R.2164 also preempts states from imposing civil or criminal penalties on employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens or fail to use E-Verify. The bill does permit states to exercise their licensing authority to penalize employers for failure to use E-Verify.) S.723 Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA) - Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011 (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to consider a person born in the United States "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States for citizenship at birth purposes only if the person is born in the United States of parents, one of whom is: (1) a U.S. citizen or national, (2) a lawful permanent resident alien whose residence is in the United States, or (3) an alien performing active service in the U.S. Armed Forces.) S.952 Sen. Durbin, Richard (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011 (DREAM ACT) (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence on a conditional basis, an alien who: (1) entered the United States on or before his or her 15th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment, (2) is a person of good moral character, (3) is not inadmissible under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act, (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) in the United States or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States, and (5) was age 32 or younger on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.1196 Sen. Grassley, Chuck (R-IA) - Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act (Provisions that would make E-Verify program permanent and amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRAIRA) of 1996 to change the programs name from a pilot program to E-Verify.)
Refundable Child Tax Credit Eligibility Verification Reform Act
Client: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM · Firm: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
See attached. H.R.398 Rep. Lofgren, Zoe (D-CA) - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to toll, during active-duty service abroad in the Armed Forces, the periods of time to file a petition and appear for an interview to remove the conditional basis for permanent resident status, and for other purposes. (Provisions that states that: (1) at the petitioners option the petition may be filed during such active-duty service at any time after commencement of the 90-day petition period and, (2) the tolling of the 90-day interview period shall not be construed to prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) from waiving the interview requirement.) H.R. 1505 Rep. Bishop, Rob (R-UT) National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act (Provisions that would prevent the Departments of Interior and Agriculture from impeding or restricting activities of the Border Patrol on federal lands undertaken to achieve operational control of the border.) H.R.1956 Rep. Johnson, Sam (R-TX) Refundable Child Tax Credit Eligibility Verification Reform Act (Provisions that would amend the Internal Revenue Code to require taxpayers to provide their social security number on their tax return in order to claim the refundable portion of the child tax credit.) H.R.2885 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish an employment eligibility verification system (EEVS), patterned after the E-Verify system. (Eliminates the current paper-based I-9 system.) H.R.3012 Rep. Chaffetz, Jason (R-UT) - Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2011 (Provisions that would not increase the over-all number of green cards issued, but rather reduce restrictions on per-country quotas in an attempt to reduce the backlog of applications from certain countries. Also, provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) eliminate the per country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants, and (2) increase the per country numerical limitation for family based immigrants from 7% to 15% of the total number of family-sponsored visas.) H.R.3444 Rep. Kingston, Jack (R-GA) Child Tax Credit Integrity Preservation Act of 2011. (Provisions that would amend the Internal Revenue Code to expand the identification requirements for the child tax credit to require taxpayers to provide valid identification on their tax returns in addition to the names and identification numbers of each qualifying child.) H.R.3630 Rep. Camp, David (R-MI) Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011. (Provisions that would fix a significant loophole in our nations tax laws by barring individuals without a valid SSN from being eligible to receive the credit thus stop the give-away of taxpayer dollars to illegal aliens.) S.1746 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. (D-NY) - Visa Improvements to Stimulate International Tourism to the United States of America Act (Provisions that would make it easier for foreign nationals to enter and stay in the United States, also proposed several changes to the B-visa (visitor visa) program as well as the (visa waiver program.) S.1856 Sen. DeMint, Jim (R-SC) - A bill to prohibit Federal funding for lawsuits seeking to invalidate specific State laws that support the enforcement of Federal immigration laws. (Provisions that would prohibit federal funds from being used by a federal agency or instrumentality to participate in a lawsuit to overturn, enjoin, or otherwise invalidate specified immigration-related laws in Oklahoma, Missouri, Arizona, Utah, Indiana, Alabama, South Carolina, or Georgia.) S.577 Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA) - Child Tax Credit Integrity Preservation Act of 2011. (Provisions that would amend the Internal Revenue Code to expand the identification requirements for the child tax credit to require taxpayers to provide valid identification on their tax returns in addition to the names and identification numbers of each qualifying child.)
Legal Workforce Act
Client: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM · Firm: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
See Attached. H.R.704 Rep. Goodlatte, Bob (R-VA) - SAFE for America Act (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program.) H.R.800 Rep. Carter, John R. (R-TX) - Jobs Recovery by Ensuring a Legal American Workforce Act of 2011 (Provisions that would amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to make the E-Verify Program (Program) permanent and mandatory.) H.R.1473 Rep. Rogers, Harold (R-KY) - Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (Provisions that would: 1. decrease appropriations for United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS), including for processing applications for asylum and refugee status and for the E-Verify Program. 2. Increase appropriations to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for salaries and expenses, but decreases funding for automation modernization and eliminates appropriations for construction. 3. Decrease appropriations for the National Protection and Programs Directorate for management and administration, infrastructure protection and information security, and United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT). H.R. 1741 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Secure Visas Act (Provisions that would amend the Homeland Security Act to grant the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) (Secretary), except for the Secretary of State's authority with respect to diplomatic- and international organization-related visas, exclusive authority to issue regulations, establish policy, and administer and enforce the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and all other immigration or nationality laws relating to U.S. consular officer visa functions.) H.R.1822 Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana (R-CA) - No Health Care Subsidies for Illegal Aliens Act of 2011 (Provisions to amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for appropriate procedures under such title for verification of citizenship status.) H.R.1842 Rep. Berman Howard (D-CA) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011 (DREAM ACT) (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence on a conditional basis, an alien who: (1) entered the United States on or before his or her 15th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment, (2) is a person of good moral character, (3) is not inadmissible under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act, (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) in the United States or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States, and (5) was age 32 or younger on the date of this Act's enactment.) H.R.1932 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2011 (Provisions that amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain indefinitely, subject to six-month review, an alien under orders of removal who cannot be removed, if: (1) the alien will be removed in the reasonably foreseeable future; (2) the alien would have been removed but for the alien's refusal to cooperate with the Secretary's identification and removal efforts; (3) the alien has a highly contagious disease that poses a public safety threat; (4) release would have serious adverse foreign policy consequences; (5) release would threaten national security; (6) release would threaten the safety of the community or any person and the alien has been convicted of either one or more aggravated felonies or crimes of violence and, because of a mental or personality condition, is likely to engage in future acts of violence; or (7) release would threaten the safety of the community or any person and the alien has been convicted of one or more aggravated felonies.) H.R.1933 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the requirements for admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas. (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding the admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas to: (1) permit a one-time three-year extension of admission, and (2) reduce the maximum number of such visas per fiscal year to 300.) H.R.2017 Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. (R-AL) - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2012 (Provisions that would (1) make appropriations for FY2012 for: United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP), including for automation modernization, border security fencing, infrastructure, and technology, air and marine interdiction, operations, maintenance, and procurement, and construction and facilities management; United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), including for reimbursement of other agencies for costs associated with the repatriation of smuggled aliens unlawfully present in the United States, prioritizing the identification and removal of aliens convicted of a crime by the severity of that crime, and automation modernization. (2) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act: (1) in contravention of a provision of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 restricting any government entity or official from sending to, or receiving from, the responsible federal immigration agency information regarding the citizenship or immigration status of any individual; (2) to parole an alien into the United States, or to grant deferred action of a final order of removal, for any reason other than on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.) H.R.2164 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that would amend the current employment eligibility verification process all employers must use to ensure their workers are legal. (INA 274A; 8 U.S.C. 1324a) The bill maintains the existing framework for the employment eligibility verification process (including the I-9), but also makes important changes, such as mandating E-Verify and increasing penalties for employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens or fail to use E-Verify. H.R.2164 also preempts states from imposing civil or criminal penalties on employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens or fail to use E-Verify. The bill does permit states to exercise their licensing authority to penalize employers for failure to use E-Verify.) S.723 Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA) - Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011 (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to consider a person born in the United States "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States for citizenship at birth purposes only if the person is born in the United States of parents, one of whom is: (1) a U.S. citizen or national, (2) a lawful permanent resident alien whose residence is in the United States, or (3) an alien performing active service in the U.S. Armed Forces.) S.952 Sen. Durbin, Richard (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011 (DREAM ACT) (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence on a conditional basis, an alien who: (1) entered the United States on or before his or her 15th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment, (2) is a person of good moral character, (3) is not inadmissible under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act, (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) in the United States or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States, and (5) was age 32 or younger on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.1196 Sen. Grassley, Chuck (R-IA) - Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act (Provisions that would make E-Verify program permanent and amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRAIRA) of 1996 to change the programs name from a pilot program to E-Verify.)
Legal Workforce Act
Client: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM · Firm: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
See attached. H.R.704 Rep. Goodlatte, Bob (R-VA) - SAFE for America Act (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program.) H.R.800 Rep. Carter, John R. (R-TX) - Jobs Recovery by Ensuring a Legal American Workforce Act of 2011 (Provisions that would amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to make the E-Verify Program (Program) permanent and mandatory.) H.R.1473 Rep. Rogers, Harold (R-KY) - Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (Provisions that would: 1. decrease appropriations for United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS), including for processing applications for asylum and refugee status and for the E-Verify Program. 2. Increase appropriations to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for salaries and expenses, but decreases funding for automation modernization and eliminates appropriations for construction. 3. Decrease appropriations for the National Protection and Programs Directorate for management and administration, infrastructure protection and information security, and United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT). H.R. 1505 Rep. Bishop, Rob (R-UT) National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act (Provisions that would prevent the Departments of Interior and Agriculture from impeding or restricting activities of the Border Patrol on federal lands undertaken to achieve operational control of the border.) H.R. 1741 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Secure Visas Act (Provisions that would amend the Homeland Security Act to grant the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) (Secretary), except for the Secretary of State's authority with respect to diplomatic- and international organization-related visas, exclusive authority to issue regulations, establish policy, and administer and enforce the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and all other immigration or nationality laws relating to U.S. consular officer visa functions.) H.R.1822 Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana (R-CA) - No Health Care Subsidies for Illegal Aliens Act of 2011 (Provisions to amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for appropriate procedures under such title for verification of citizenship status.) H.R.1842 Rep. Berman Howard (D-CA) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011 (DREAM ACT) (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence on a conditional basis, an alien who: (1) entered the United States on or before his or her 15th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment, (2) is a person of good moral character, (3) is not inadmissible under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act, (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) in the United States or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States, and (5) was age 32 or younger on the date of this Act's enactment.) H.R.1932 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2011 (Provisions that amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain indefinitely, subject to six-month review, an alien under orders of removal who cannot be removed, if: (1) the alien will be removed in the reasonably foreseeable future; (2) the alien would have been removed but for the alien's refusal to cooperate with the Secretary's identification and removal efforts; (3) the alien has a highly contagious disease that poses a public safety threat; (4) release would have serious adverse foreign policy consequences; (5) release would threaten national security; (6) release would threaten the safety of the community or any person and the alien has been convicted of either one or more aggravated felonies or crimes of violence and, because of a mental or personality condition, is likely to engage in future acts of violence; or (7) release would threaten the safety of the community or any person and the alien has been convicted of one or more aggravated felonies.) H.R.1933 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the requirements for admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas. (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding the admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas to: (1) permit a one-time three-year extension of admission, and (2) reduce the maximum number of such visas per fiscal year to 300.) H.R.2017 Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. (R-AL) - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2012 (Provisions that would (1) make appropriations for FY2012 for: United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP), including for automation modernization, border security fencing, infrastructure, and technology, air and marine interdiction, operations, maintenance, and procurement, and construction and facilities management; United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), including for reimbursement of other agencies for costs associated with the repatriation of smuggled aliens unlawfully present in the United States, prioritizing the identification and removal of aliens convicted of a crime by the severity of that crime, and automation modernization. (2) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act: (1) in contravention of a provision of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 restricting any government entity or official from sending to, or receiving from, the responsible federal immigration agency information regarding the citizenship or immigration status of any individual; (2) to parole an alien into the United States, or to grant deferred action of a final order of removal, for any reason other than on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.) H.R.2164 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that would amend the current employment eligibility verification process all employers must use to ensure their workers are legal. (INA 274A; 8 U.S.C. 1324a) The bill maintains the existing framework for the employment eligibility verification process (including the I-9), but also makes important changes, such as mandating E-Verify and increasing penalties for employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens or fail to use E-Verify. H.R.2164 also preempts states from imposing civil or criminal penalties on employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens or fail to use E-Verify. The bill does permit states to exercise their licensing authority to penalize employers for failure to use E-Verify.) H.R.2497 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - HALT Act, Hinder the Administrations Legalization Temptation Act (Provisions that would suspend the Obama Administrations ability to grant administrative amnesty to illegal aliens.) H.R.2847 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - American Specialty Agriculture Act (Provisions that creates a new guest worker program to import agricultural workers. The bill seeks to replace the existing H-2A visa program, an agricultural guest worker program created in 1986 as part of under the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA). H.R.2885 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish an employment eligibility verification system (EEVS), patterned after the E-Verify system. (Eliminates the current paper-based I-9 system.) H.R.2895 Rep. Lungren, Dan (R-CA) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that would create a large new agricultural guest worker program in addition to existing guest worker programs, also would create a new W visa program to admit foreign agricultural labor as an alternative to both the current H-2A guest worker program. ) S.723 Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA) - Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011 (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to consider a person born in the United States "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States for citizenship at birth purposes only if the person is born in the United States of parents, one of whom is: (1) a U.S. citizen or national, (2) a lawful permanent resident alien whose residence is in the United States, or (3) an alien performing active service in the U.S. Armed Forces.) S.952 Sen. Durbin, Richard (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011 (DREAM ACT) (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence on a conditional basis, an alien who: (1) entered the United States on or before his or her 15th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment, (2) is a person of good moral character, (3) is not inadmissible under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act, (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) in the United States or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States, and (5) was age 32 or younger on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.1196 Sen. Grassley, Chuck (R-IA) - Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act (Provisions that would make E-Verify program permanent and amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRAIRA) of 1996 to change the programs name from a pilot program to E-Verify.) S.1380 Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA) - HALT Act, Hinder the Administrations Legalization Temptation Act (Provisions that suspends until January 21, 2013, the Attorney Generals (DOJ) authority regarding: (1) waiver of inadmissibility of aliens unlawfully present in the United States; (2) cancellation of removal and adjustment of status for certain non-permanent residents; (3) parole authority, except for parole entries for humanitarian, law enforcement, or security purposes; and (4) designation of a country for temporary protected status.
HALT Act
Client: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM · Firm: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
See attached. H.R.704 Rep. Goodlatte, Bob (R-VA) - SAFE for America Act (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program.) H.R.800 Rep. Carter, John R. (R-TX) - Jobs Recovery by Ensuring a Legal American Workforce Act of 2011 (Provisions that would amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to make the E-Verify Program (Program) permanent and mandatory.) H.R.1473 Rep. Rogers, Harold (R-KY) - Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (Provisions that would: 1. decrease appropriations for United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS), including for processing applications for asylum and refugee status and for the E-Verify Program. 2. Increase appropriations to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for salaries and expenses, but decreases funding for automation modernization and eliminates appropriations for construction. 3. Decrease appropriations for the National Protection and Programs Directorate for management and administration, infrastructure protection and information security, and United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT). H.R. 1505 Rep. Bishop, Rob (R-UT) National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act (Provisions that would prevent the Departments of Interior and Agriculture from impeding or restricting activities of the Border Patrol on federal lands undertaken to achieve operational control of the border.) H.R. 1741 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Secure Visas Act (Provisions that would amend the Homeland Security Act to grant the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) (Secretary), except for the Secretary of State's authority with respect to diplomatic- and international organization-related visas, exclusive authority to issue regulations, establish policy, and administer and enforce the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and all other immigration or nationality laws relating to U.S. consular officer visa functions.) H.R.1822 Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana (R-CA) - No Health Care Subsidies for Illegal Aliens Act of 2011 (Provisions to amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for appropriate procedures under such title for verification of citizenship status.) H.R.1842 Rep. Berman Howard (D-CA) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011 (DREAM ACT) (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence on a conditional basis, an alien who: (1) entered the United States on or before his or her 15th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment, (2) is a person of good moral character, (3) is not inadmissible under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act, (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) in the United States or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States, and (5) was age 32 or younger on the date of this Act's enactment.) H.R.1932 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2011 (Provisions that amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain indefinitely, subject to six-month review, an alien under orders of removal who cannot be removed, if: (1) the alien will be removed in the reasonably foreseeable future; (2) the alien would have been removed but for the alien's refusal to cooperate with the Secretary's identification and removal efforts; (3) the alien has a highly contagious disease that poses a public safety threat; (4) release would have serious adverse foreign policy consequences; (5) release would threaten national security; (6) release would threaten the safety of the community or any person and the alien has been convicted of either one or more aggravated felonies or crimes of violence and, because of a mental or personality condition, is likely to engage in future acts of violence; or (7) release would threaten the safety of the community or any person and the alien has been convicted of one or more aggravated felonies.) H.R.1933 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the requirements for admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas. (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding the admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas to: (1) permit a one-time three-year extension of admission, and (2) reduce the maximum number of such visas per fiscal year to 300.) H.R.2017 Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. (R-AL) - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2012 (Provisions that would (1) make appropriations for FY2012 for: United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP), including for automation modernization, border security fencing, infrastructure, and technology, air and marine interdiction, operations, maintenance, and procurement, and construction and facilities management; United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), including for reimbursement of other agencies for costs associated with the repatriation of smuggled aliens unlawfully present in the United States, prioritizing the identification and removal of aliens convicted of a crime by the severity of that crime, and automation modernization. (2) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act: (1) in contravention of a provision of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 restricting any government entity or official from sending to, or receiving from, the responsible federal immigration agency information regarding the citizenship or immigration status of any individual; (2) to parole an alien into the United States, or to grant deferred action of a final order of removal, for any reason other than on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.) H.R.2164 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that would amend the current employment eligibility verification process all employers must use to ensure their workers are legal. (INA 274A; 8 U.S.C. 1324a) The bill maintains the existing framework for the employment eligibility verification process (including the I-9), but also makes important changes, such as mandating E-Verify and increasing penalties for employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens or fail to use E-Verify. H.R.2164 also preempts states from imposing civil or criminal penalties on employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens or fail to use E-Verify. The bill does permit states to exercise their licensing authority to penalize employers for failure to use E-Verify.) H.R.2497 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - HALT Act, Hinder the Administrations Legalization Temptation Act (Provisions that would suspend the Obama Administrations ability to grant administrative amnesty to illegal aliens.) H.R.2847 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - American Specialty Agriculture Act (Provisions that creates a new guest worker program to import agricultural workers. The bill seeks to replace the existing H-2A visa program, an agricultural guest worker program created in 1986 as part of under the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA). H.R.2885 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish an employment eligibility verification system (EEVS), patterned after the E-Verify system. (Eliminates the current paper-based I-9 system.) H.R.2895 Rep. Lungren, Dan (R-CA) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that would create a large new agricultural guest worker program in addition to existing guest worker programs, also would create a new W visa program to admit foreign agricultural labor as an alternative to both the current H-2A guest worker program. ) S.723 Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA) - Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011 (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to consider a person born in the United States "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States for citizenship at birth purposes only if the person is born in the United States of parents, one of whom is: (1) a U.S. citizen or national, (2) a lawful permanent resident alien whose residence is in the United States, or (3) an alien performing active service in the U.S. Armed Forces.) S.952 Sen. Durbin, Richard (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011 (DREAM ACT) (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence on a conditional basis, an alien who: (1) entered the United States on or before his or her 15th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment, (2) is a person of good moral character, (3) is not inadmissible under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act, (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) in the United States or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States, and (5) was age 32 or younger on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.1196 Sen. Grassley, Chuck (R-IA) - Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act (Provisions that would make E-Verify program permanent and amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRAIRA) of 1996 to change the programs name from a pilot program to E-Verify.) S.1380 Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA) - HALT Act, Hinder the Administrations Legalization Temptation Act (Provisions that suspends until January 21, 2013, the Attorney Generals (DOJ) authority regarding: (1) waiver of inadmissibility of aliens unlawfully present in the United States; (2) cancellation of removal and adjustment of status for certain non-permanent residents; (3) parole authority, except for parole entries for humanitarian, law enforcement, or security purposes; and (4) designation of a country for temporary protected status.
American Specialty Agriculture Act
Client: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM · Firm: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
See attached. H.R.704 Rep. Goodlatte, Bob (R-VA) - SAFE for America Act (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program.) H.R.800 Rep. Carter, John R. (R-TX) - Jobs Recovery by Ensuring a Legal American Workforce Act of 2011 (Provisions that would amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to make the E-Verify Program (Program) permanent and mandatory.) H.R.1473 Rep. Rogers, Harold (R-KY) - Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (Provisions that would: 1. decrease appropriations for United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS), including for processing applications for asylum and refugee status and for the E-Verify Program. 2. Increase appropriations to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for salaries and expenses, but decreases funding for automation modernization and eliminates appropriations for construction. 3. Decrease appropriations for the National Protection and Programs Directorate for management and administration, infrastructure protection and information security, and United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT). H.R. 1505 Rep. Bishop, Rob (R-UT) National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act (Provisions that would prevent the Departments of Interior and Agriculture from impeding or restricting activities of the Border Patrol on federal lands undertaken to achieve operational control of the border.) H.R. 1741 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Secure Visas Act (Provisions that would amend the Homeland Security Act to grant the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) (Secretary), except for the Secretary of State's authority with respect to diplomatic- and international organization-related visas, exclusive authority to issue regulations, establish policy, and administer and enforce the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and all other immigration or nationality laws relating to U.S. consular officer visa functions.) H.R.1822 Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana (R-CA) - No Health Care Subsidies for Illegal Aliens Act of 2011 (Provisions to amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for appropriate procedures under such title for verification of citizenship status.) H.R.1842 Rep. Berman Howard (D-CA) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011 (DREAM ACT) (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence on a conditional basis, an alien who: (1) entered the United States on or before his or her 15th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment, (2) is a person of good moral character, (3) is not inadmissible under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act, (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) in the United States or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States, and (5) was age 32 or younger on the date of this Act's enactment.) H.R.1932 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2011 (Provisions that amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain indefinitely, subject to six-month review, an alien under orders of removal who cannot be removed, if: (1) the alien will be removed in the reasonably foreseeable future; (2) the alien would have been removed but for the alien's refusal to cooperate with the Secretary's identification and removal efforts; (3) the alien has a highly contagious disease that poses a public safety threat; (4) release would have serious adverse foreign policy consequences; (5) release would threaten national security; (6) release would threaten the safety of the community or any person and the alien has been convicted of either one or more aggravated felonies or crimes of violence and, because of a mental or personality condition, is likely to engage in future acts of violence; or (7) release would threaten the safety of the community or any person and the alien has been convicted of one or more aggravated felonies.) H.R.1933 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the requirements for admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas. (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding the admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas to: (1) permit a one-time three-year extension of admission, and (2) reduce the maximum number of such visas per fiscal year to 300.) H.R.2017 Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. (R-AL) - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2012 (Provisions that would (1) make appropriations for FY2012 for: United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP), including for automation modernization, border security fencing, infrastructure, and technology, air and marine interdiction, operations, maintenance, and procurement, and construction and facilities management; United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), including for reimbursement of other agencies for costs associated with the repatriation of smuggled aliens unlawfully present in the United States, prioritizing the identification and removal of aliens convicted of a crime by the severity of that crime, and automation modernization. (2) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act: (1) in contravention of a provision of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 restricting any government entity or official from sending to, or receiving from, the responsible federal immigration agency information regarding the citizenship or immigration status of any individual; (2) to parole an alien into the United States, or to grant deferred action of a final order of removal, for any reason other than on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.) H.R.2164 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that would amend the current employment eligibility verification process all employers must use to ensure their workers are legal. (INA 274A; 8 U.S.C. 1324a) The bill maintains the existing framework for the employment eligibility verification process (including the I-9), but also makes important changes, such as mandating E-Verify and increasing penalties for employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens or fail to use E-Verify. H.R.2164 also preempts states from imposing civil or criminal penalties on employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens or fail to use E-Verify. The bill does permit states to exercise their licensing authority to penalize employers for failure to use E-Verify.) H.R.2497 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - HALT Act, Hinder the Administrations Legalization Temptation Act (Provisions that would suspend the Obama Administrations ability to grant administrative amnesty to illegal aliens.) H.R.2847 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - American Specialty Agriculture Act (Provisions that creates a new guest worker program to import agricultural workers. The bill seeks to replace the existing H-2A visa program, an agricultural guest worker program created in 1986 as part of under the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA). H.R.2885 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish an employment eligibility verification system (EEVS), patterned after the E-Verify system. (Eliminates the current paper-based I-9 system.) H.R.2895 Rep. Lungren, Dan (R-CA) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that would create a large new agricultural guest worker program in addition to existing guest worker programs, also would create a new W visa program to admit foreign agricultural labor as an alternative to both the current H-2A guest worker program. ) S.723 Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA) - Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011 (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to consider a person born in the United States "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States for citizenship at birth purposes only if the person is born in the United States of parents, one of whom is: (1) a U.S. citizen or national, (2) a lawful permanent resident alien whose residence is in the United States, or (3) an alien performing active service in the U.S. Armed Forces.) S.952 Sen. Durbin, Richard (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011 (DREAM ACT) (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence on a conditional basis, an alien who: (1) entered the United States on or before his or her 15th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment, (2) is a person of good moral character, (3) is not inadmissible under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act, (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) in the United States or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States, and (5) was age 32 or younger on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.1196 Sen. Grassley, Chuck (R-IA) - Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act (Provisions that would make E-Verify program permanent and amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRAIRA) of 1996 to change the programs name from a pilot program to E-Verify.) S.1380 Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA) - HALT Act, Hinder the Administrations Legalization Temptation Act (Provisions that suspends until January 21, 2013, the Attorney Generals (DOJ) authority regarding: (1) waiver of inadmissibility of aliens unlawfully present in the United States; (2) cancellation of removal and adjustment of status for certain non-permanent residents; (3) parole authority, except for parole entries for humanitarian, law enforcement, or security purposes; and (4) designation of a country for temporary protected status.
Legal Workforce Act
Client: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM · Firm: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
See attached. H.R.398 Rep. Lofgren, Zoe (D-CA) - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to toll, during active-duty service abroad in the Armed Forces, the periods of time to file a petition and appear for an interview to remove the conditional basis for permanent resident status, and for other purposes. (Provisions that states that: (1) at the petitioners option the petition may be filed during such active-duty service at any time after commencement of the 90-day petition period and, (2) the tolling of the 90-day interview period shall not be construed to prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) from waiving the interview requirement.) H.R. 1505 Rep. Bishop, Rob (R-UT) National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act (Provisions that would prevent the Departments of Interior and Agriculture from impeding or restricting activities of the Border Patrol on federal lands undertaken to achieve operational control of the border.) H.R.1956 Rep. Johnson, Sam (R-TX) Refundable Child Tax Credit Eligibility Verification Reform Act (Provisions that would amend the Internal Revenue Code to require taxpayers to provide their social security number on their tax return in order to claim the refundable portion of the child tax credit.) H.R.2885 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish an employment eligibility verification system (EEVS), patterned after the E-Verify system. (Eliminates the current paper-based I-9 system.) H.R.3012 Rep. Chaffetz, Jason (R-UT) - Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2011 (Provisions that would not increase the over-all number of green cards issued, but rather reduce restrictions on per-country quotas in an attempt to reduce the backlog of applications from certain countries. Also, provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) eliminate the per country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants, and (2) increase the per country numerical limitation for family based immigrants from 7% to 15% of the total number of family-sponsored visas.) H.R.3444 Rep. Kingston, Jack (R-GA) Child Tax Credit Integrity Preservation Act of 2011. (Provisions that would amend the Internal Revenue Code to expand the identification requirements for the child tax credit to require taxpayers to provide valid identification on their tax returns in addition to the names and identification numbers of each qualifying child.) H.R.3630 Rep. Camp, David (R-MI) Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011. (Provisions that would fix a significant loophole in our nations tax laws by barring individuals without a valid SSN from being eligible to receive the credit thus stop the give-away of taxpayer dollars to illegal aliens.) S.1746 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. (D-NY) - Visa Improvements to Stimulate International Tourism to the United States of America Act (Provisions that would make it easier for foreign nationals to enter and stay in the United States, also proposed several changes to the B-visa (visitor visa) program as well as the (visa waiver program.) S.1856 Sen. DeMint, Jim (R-SC) - A bill to prohibit Federal funding for lawsuits seeking to invalidate specific State laws that support the enforcement of Federal immigration laws. (Provisions that would prohibit federal funds from being used by a federal agency or instrumentality to participate in a lawsuit to overturn, enjoin, or otherwise invalidate specified immigration-related laws in Oklahoma, Missouri, Arizona, Utah, Indiana, Alabama, South Carolina, or Georgia.) S.577 Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA) - Child Tax Credit Integrity Preservation Act of 2011. (Provisions that would amend the Internal Revenue Code to expand the identification requirements for the child tax credit to require taxpayers to provide valid identification on their tax returns in addition to the names and identification numbers of each qualifying child.)
Legal Workforce Act
Client: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM · Firm: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
See attached. H.R.704 Rep. Goodlatte, Bob (R-VA) - SAFE for America Act (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program.) H.R.800 Rep. Carter, John R. (R-TX) - Jobs Recovery by Ensuring a Legal American Workforce Act of 2011 (Provisions that would amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to make the E-Verify Program (Program) permanent and mandatory.) H.R.1473 Rep. Rogers, Harold (R-KY) - Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (Provisions that would: 1. decrease appropriations for United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS), including for processing applications for asylum and refugee status and for the E-Verify Program. 2. Increase appropriations to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for salaries and expenses, but decreases funding for automation modernization and eliminates appropriations for construction. 3. Decrease appropriations for the National Protection and Programs Directorate for management and administration, infrastructure protection and information security, and United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT). H.R. 1505 Rep. Bishop, Rob (R-UT) National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act (Provisions that would prevent the Departments of Interior and Agriculture from impeding or restricting activities of the Border Patrol on federal lands undertaken to achieve operational control of the border.) H.R. 1741 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Secure Visas Act (Provisions that would amend the Homeland Security Act to grant the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) (Secretary), except for the Secretary of State's authority with respect to diplomatic- and international organization-related visas, exclusive authority to issue regulations, establish policy, and administer and enforce the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and all other immigration or nationality laws relating to U.S. consular officer visa functions.) H.R.1822 Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana (R-CA) - No Health Care Subsidies for Illegal Aliens Act of 2011 (Provisions to amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for appropriate procedures under such title for verification of citizenship status.) H.R.1842 Rep. Berman Howard (D-CA) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011 (DREAM ACT) (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence on a conditional basis, an alien who: (1) entered the United States on or before his or her 15th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment, (2) is a person of good moral character, (3) is not inadmissible under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act, (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) in the United States or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States, and (5) was age 32 or younger on the date of this Act's enactment.) H.R.1932 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2011 (Provisions that amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain indefinitely, subject to six-month review, an alien under orders of removal who cannot be removed, if: (1) the alien will be removed in the reasonably foreseeable future; (2) the alien would have been removed but for the alien's refusal to cooperate with the Secretary's identification and removal efforts; (3) the alien has a highly contagious disease that poses a public safety threat; (4) release would have serious adverse foreign policy consequences; (5) release would threaten national security; (6) release would threaten the safety of the community or any person and the alien has been convicted of either one or more aggravated felonies or crimes of violence and, because of a mental or personality condition, is likely to engage in future acts of violence; or (7) release would threaten the safety of the community or any person and the alien has been convicted of one or more aggravated felonies.) H.R.1933 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the requirements for admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas. (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding the admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas to: (1) permit a one-time three-year extension of admission, and (2) reduce the maximum number of such visas per fiscal year to 300.) H.R.2017 Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. (R-AL) - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2012 (Provisions that would (1) make appropriations for FY2012 for: United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP), including for automation modernization, border security fencing, infrastructure, and technology, air and marine interdiction, operations, maintenance, and procurement, and construction and facilities management; United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), including for reimbursement of other agencies for costs associated with the repatriation of smuggled aliens unlawfully present in the United States, prioritizing the identification and removal of aliens convicted of a crime by the severity of that crime, and automation modernization. (2) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act: (1) in contravention of a provision of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 restricting any government entity or official from sending to, or receiving from, the responsible federal immigration agency information regarding the citizenship or immigration status of any individual; (2) to parole an alien into the United States, or to grant deferred action of a final order of removal, for any reason other than on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.) H.R.2164 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that would amend the current employment eligibility verification process all employers must use to ensure their workers are legal. (INA 274A; 8 U.S.C. 1324a) The bill maintains the existing framework for the employment eligibility verification process (including the I-9), but also makes important changes, such as mandating E-Verify and increasing penalties for employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens or fail to use E-Verify. H.R.2164 also preempts states from imposing civil or criminal penalties on employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens or fail to use E-Verify. The bill does permit states to exercise their licensing authority to penalize employers for failure to use E-Verify.) H.R.2497 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - HALT Act, Hinder the Administrations Legalization Temptation Act (Provisions that would suspend the Obama Administrations ability to grant administrative amnesty to illegal aliens.) H.R.2847 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - American Specialty Agriculture Act (Provisions that creates a new guest worker program to import agricultural workers. The bill seeks to replace the existing H-2A visa program, an agricultural guest worker program created in 1986 as part of under the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA). H.R.2885 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish an employment eligibility verification system (EEVS), patterned after the E-Verify system. (Eliminates the current paper-based I-9 system.) H.R.2895 Rep. Lungren, Dan (R-CA) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that would create a large new agricultural guest worker program in addition to existing guest worker programs, also would create a new W visa program to admit foreign agricultural labor as an alternative to both the current H-2A guest worker program. ) S.723 Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA) - Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011 (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to consider a person born in the United States "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States for citizenship at birth purposes only if the person is born in the United States of parents, one of whom is: (1) a U.S. citizen or national, (2) a lawful permanent resident alien whose residence is in the United States, or (3) an alien performing active service in the U.S. Armed Forces.) S.952 Sen. Durbin, Richard (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011 (DREAM ACT) (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence on a conditional basis, an alien who: (1) entered the United States on or before his or her 15th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment, (2) is a person of good moral character, (3) is not inadmissible under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act, (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) in the United States or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States, and (5) was age 32 or younger on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.1196 Sen. Grassley, Chuck (R-IA) - Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act (Provisions that would make E-Verify program permanent and amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRAIRA) of 1996 to change the programs name from a pilot program to E-Verify.) S.1380 Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA) - HALT Act, Hinder the Administrations Legalization Temptation Act (Provisions that suspends until January 21, 2013, the Attorney Generals (DOJ) authority regarding: (1) waiver of inadmissibility of aliens unlawfully present in the United States; (2) cancellation of removal and adjustment of status for certain non-permanent residents; (3) parole authority, except for parole entries for humanitarian, law enforcement, or security purposes; and (4) designation of a country for temporary protected status.
Legal Agricultural Workforce Act
Client: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM · Firm: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
See attached. H.R.704 Rep. Goodlatte, Bob (R-VA) - SAFE for America Act (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program.) H.R.800 Rep. Carter, John R. (R-TX) - Jobs Recovery by Ensuring a Legal American Workforce Act of 2011 (Provisions that would amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to make the E-Verify Program (Program) permanent and mandatory.) H.R.1473 Rep. Rogers, Harold (R-KY) - Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (Provisions that would: 1. decrease appropriations for United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS), including for processing applications for asylum and refugee status and for the E-Verify Program. 2. Increase appropriations to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for salaries and expenses, but decreases funding for automation modernization and eliminates appropriations for construction. 3. Decrease appropriations for the National Protection and Programs Directorate for management and administration, infrastructure protection and information security, and United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT). H.R. 1505 Rep. Bishop, Rob (R-UT) National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act (Provisions that would prevent the Departments of Interior and Agriculture from impeding or restricting activities of the Border Patrol on federal lands undertaken to achieve operational control of the border.) H.R. 1741 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Secure Visas Act (Provisions that would amend the Homeland Security Act to grant the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) (Secretary), except for the Secretary of State's authority with respect to diplomatic- and international organization-related visas, exclusive authority to issue regulations, establish policy, and administer and enforce the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and all other immigration or nationality laws relating to U.S. consular officer visa functions.) H.R.1822 Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana (R-CA) - No Health Care Subsidies for Illegal Aliens Act of 2011 (Provisions to amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for appropriate procedures under such title for verification of citizenship status.) H.R.1842 Rep. Berman Howard (D-CA) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011 (DREAM ACT) (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence on a conditional basis, an alien who: (1) entered the United States on or before his or her 15th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment, (2) is a person of good moral character, (3) is not inadmissible under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act, (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) in the United States or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States, and (5) was age 32 or younger on the date of this Act's enactment.) H.R.1932 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2011 (Provisions that amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain indefinitely, subject to six-month review, an alien under orders of removal who cannot be removed, if: (1) the alien will be removed in the reasonably foreseeable future; (2) the alien would have been removed but for the alien's refusal to cooperate with the Secretary's identification and removal efforts; (3) the alien has a highly contagious disease that poses a public safety threat; (4) release would have serious adverse foreign policy consequences; (5) release would threaten national security; (6) release would threaten the safety of the community or any person and the alien has been convicted of either one or more aggravated felonies or crimes of violence and, because of a mental or personality condition, is likely to engage in future acts of violence; or (7) release would threaten the safety of the community or any person and the alien has been convicted of one or more aggravated felonies.) H.R.1933 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the requirements for admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas. (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding the admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas to: (1) permit a one-time three-year extension of admission, and (2) reduce the maximum number of such visas per fiscal year to 300.) H.R.2017 Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. (R-AL) - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2012 (Provisions that would (1) make appropriations for FY2012 for: United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP), including for automation modernization, border security fencing, infrastructure, and technology, air and marine interdiction, operations, maintenance, and procurement, and construction and facilities management; United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), including for reimbursement of other agencies for costs associated with the repatriation of smuggled aliens unlawfully present in the United States, prioritizing the identification and removal of aliens convicted of a crime by the severity of that crime, and automation modernization. (2) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act: (1) in contravention of a provision of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 restricting any government entity or official from sending to, or receiving from, the responsible federal immigration agency information regarding the citizenship or immigration status of any individual; (2) to parole an alien into the United States, or to grant deferred action of a final order of removal, for any reason other than on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.) H.R.2164 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that would amend the current employment eligibility verification process all employers must use to ensure their workers are legal. (INA 274A; 8 U.S.C. 1324a) The bill maintains the existing framework for the employment eligibility verification process (including the I-9), but also makes important changes, such as mandating E-Verify and increasing penalties for employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens or fail to use E-Verify. H.R.2164 also preempts states from imposing civil or criminal penalties on employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens or fail to use E-Verify. The bill does permit states to exercise their licensing authority to penalize employers for failure to use E-Verify.) H.R.2497 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - HALT Act, Hinder the Administrations Legalization Temptation Act (Provisions that would suspend the Obama Administrations ability to grant administrative amnesty to illegal aliens.) H.R.2847 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - American Specialty Agriculture Act (Provisions that creates a new guest worker program to import agricultural workers. The bill seeks to replace the existing H-2A visa program, an agricultural guest worker program created in 1986 as part of under the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA). H.R.2885 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish an employment eligibility verification system (EEVS), patterned after the E-Verify system. (Eliminates the current paper-based I-9 system.) H.R.2895 Rep. Lungren, Dan (R-CA) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that would create a large new agricultural guest worker program in addition to existing guest worker programs, also would create a new W visa program to admit foreign agricultural labor as an alternative to both the current H-2A guest worker program. ) S.723 Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA) - Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011 (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to consider a person born in the United States "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States for citizenship at birth purposes only if the person is born in the United States of parents, one of whom is: (1) a U.S. citizen or national, (2) a lawful permanent resident alien whose residence is in the United States, or (3) an alien performing active service in the U.S. Armed Forces.) S.952 Sen. Durbin, Richard (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011 (DREAM ACT) (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence on a conditional basis, an alien who: (1) entered the United States on or before his or her 15th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment, (2) is a person of good moral character, (3) is not inadmissible under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act, (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) in the United States or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States, and (5) was age 32 or younger on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.1196 Sen. Grassley, Chuck (R-IA) - Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act (Provisions that would make E-Verify program permanent and amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRAIRA) of 1996 to change the programs name from a pilot program to E-Verify.) S.1380 Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA) - HALT Act, Hinder the Administrations Legalization Temptation Act (Provisions that suspends until January 21, 2013, the Attorney Generals (DOJ) authority regarding: (1) waiver of inadmissibility of aliens unlawfully present in the United States; (2) cancellation of removal and adjustment of status for certain non-permanent residents; (3) parole authority, except for parole entries for humanitarian, law enforcement, or security purposes; and (4) designation of a country for temporary protected status.
Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2011
Client: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM · Firm: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
See attached. H.R.398 Rep. Lofgren, Zoe (D-CA) - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to toll, during active-duty service abroad in the Armed Forces, the periods of time to file a petition and appear for an interview to remove the conditional basis for permanent resident status, and for other purposes. (Provisions that states that: (1) at the petitioners option the petition may be filed during such active-duty service at any time after commencement of the 90-day petition period and, (2) the tolling of the 90-day interview period shall not be construed to prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) from waiving the interview requirement.) H.R. 1505 Rep. Bishop, Rob (R-UT) National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act (Provisions that would prevent the Departments of Interior and Agriculture from impeding or restricting activities of the Border Patrol on federal lands undertaken to achieve operational control of the border.) H.R.1956 Rep. Johnson, Sam (R-TX) Refundable Child Tax Credit Eligibility Verification Reform Act (Provisions that would amend the Internal Revenue Code to require taxpayers to provide their social security number on their tax return in order to claim the refundable portion of the child tax credit.) H.R.2885 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish an employment eligibility verification system (EEVS), patterned after the E-Verify system. (Eliminates the current paper-based I-9 system.) H.R.3012 Rep. Chaffetz, Jason (R-UT) - Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2011 (Provisions that would not increase the over-all number of green cards issued, but rather reduce restrictions on per-country quotas in an attempt to reduce the backlog of applications from certain countries. Also, provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) eliminate the per country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants, and (2) increase the per country numerical limitation for family based immigrants from 7% to 15% of the total number of family-sponsored visas.) H.R.3444 Rep. Kingston, Jack (R-GA) Child Tax Credit Integrity Preservation Act of 2011. (Provisions that would amend the Internal Revenue Code to expand the identification requirements for the child tax credit to require taxpayers to provide valid identification on their tax returns in addition to the names and identification numbers of each qualifying child.) H.R.3630 Rep. Camp, David (R-MI) Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011. (Provisions that would fix a significant loophole in our nations tax laws by barring individuals without a valid SSN from being eligible to receive the credit thus stop the give-away of taxpayer dollars to illegal aliens.) S.1746 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. (D-NY) - Visa Improvements to Stimulate International Tourism to the United States of America Act (Provisions that would make it easier for foreign nationals to enter and stay in the United States, also proposed several changes to the B-visa (visitor visa) program as well as the (visa waiver program.) S.1856 Sen. DeMint, Jim (R-SC) - A bill to prohibit Federal funding for lawsuits seeking to invalidate specific State laws that support the enforcement of Federal immigration laws. (Provisions that would prohibit federal funds from being used by a federal agency or instrumentality to participate in a lawsuit to overturn, enjoin, or otherwise invalidate specified immigration-related laws in Oklahoma, Missouri, Arizona, Utah, Indiana, Alabama, South Carolina, or Georgia.) S.577 Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA) - Child Tax Credit Integrity Preservation Act of 2011. (Provisions that would amend the Internal Revenue Code to expand the identification requirements for the child tax credit to require taxpayers to provide valid identification on their tax returns in addition to the names and identification numbers of each qualifying child.)
Child Tax Credit Integrity Preservation Act of 2011
Client: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM · Firm: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
See attached. H.R.398 Rep. Lofgren, Zoe (D-CA) - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to toll, during active-duty service abroad in the Armed Forces, the periods of time to file a petition and appear for an interview to remove the conditional basis for permanent resident status, and for other purposes. (Provisions that states that: (1) at the petitioners option the petition may be filed during such active-duty service at any time after commencement of the 90-day petition period and, (2) the tolling of the 90-day interview period shall not be construed to prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) from waiving the interview requirement.) H.R. 1505 Rep. Bishop, Rob (R-UT) National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act (Provisions that would prevent the Departments of Interior and Agriculture from impeding or restricting activities of the Border Patrol on federal lands undertaken to achieve operational control of the border.) H.R.1956 Rep. Johnson, Sam (R-TX) Refundable Child Tax Credit Eligibility Verification Reform Act (Provisions that would amend the Internal Revenue Code to require taxpayers to provide their social security number on their tax return in order to claim the refundable portion of the child tax credit.) H.R.2885 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish an employment eligibility verification system (EEVS), patterned after the E-Verify system. (Eliminates the current paper-based I-9 system.) H.R.3012 Rep. Chaffetz, Jason (R-UT) - Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2011 (Provisions that would not increase the over-all number of green cards issued, but rather reduce restrictions on per-country quotas in an attempt to reduce the backlog of applications from certain countries. Also, provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) eliminate the per country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants, and (2) increase the per country numerical limitation for family based immigrants from 7% to 15% of the total number of family-sponsored visas.) H.R.3444 Rep. Kingston, Jack (R-GA) Child Tax Credit Integrity Preservation Act of 2011. (Provisions that would amend the Internal Revenue Code to expand the identification requirements for the child tax credit to require taxpayers to provide valid identification on their tax returns in addition to the names and identification numbers of each qualifying child.) H.R.3630 Rep. Camp, David (R-MI) Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011. (Provisions that would fix a significant loophole in our nations tax laws by barring individuals without a valid SSN from being eligible to receive the credit thus stop the give-away of taxpayer dollars to illegal aliens.) S.1746 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. (D-NY) - Visa Improvements to Stimulate International Tourism to the United States of America Act (Provisions that would make it easier for foreign nationals to enter and stay in the United States, also proposed several changes to the B-visa (visitor visa) program as well as the (visa waiver program.) S.1856 Sen. DeMint, Jim (R-SC) - A bill to prohibit Federal funding for lawsuits seeking to invalidate specific State laws that support the enforcement of Federal immigration laws. (Provisions that would prohibit federal funds from being used by a federal agency or instrumentality to participate in a lawsuit to overturn, enjoin, or otherwise invalidate specified immigration-related laws in Oklahoma, Missouri, Arizona, Utah, Indiana, Alabama, South Carolina, or Georgia.) S.577 Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA) - Child Tax Credit Integrity Preservation Act of 2011. (Provisions that would amend the Internal Revenue Code to expand the identification requirements for the child tax credit to require taxpayers to provide valid identification on their tax returns in addition to the names and identification numbers of each qualifying child.)
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to toll, during active-duty service abroad in the Armed Forces, the periods of time to file a petition and appear for an interview to remove the conditional basis for permanent resident status, and for other purposes.
Client: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM · Firm: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
See attached. H.R.398 Rep. Lofgren, Zoe (D-CA) - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to toll, during active-duty service abroad in the Armed Forces, the periods of time to file a petition and appear for an interview to remove the conditional basis for permanent resident status, and for other purposes. (Provisions that states that: (1) at the petitioners option the petition may be filed during such active-duty service at any time after commencement of the 90-day petition period and, (2) the tolling of the 90-day interview period shall not be construed to prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) from waiving the interview requirement.) H.R. 1505 Rep. Bishop, Rob (R-UT) National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act (Provisions that would prevent the Departments of Interior and Agriculture from impeding or restricting activities of the Border Patrol on federal lands undertaken to achieve operational control of the border.) H.R.1956 Rep. Johnson, Sam (R-TX) Refundable Child Tax Credit Eligibility Verification Reform Act (Provisions that would amend the Internal Revenue Code to require taxpayers to provide their social security number on their tax return in order to claim the refundable portion of the child tax credit.) H.R.2885 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish an employment eligibility verification system (EEVS), patterned after the E-Verify system. (Eliminates the current paper-based I-9 system.) H.R.3012 Rep. Chaffetz, Jason (R-UT) - Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2011 (Provisions that would not increase the over-all number of green cards issued, but rather reduce restrictions on per-country quotas in an attempt to reduce the backlog of applications from certain countries. Also, provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) eliminate the per country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants, and (2) increase the per country numerical limitation for family based immigrants from 7% to 15% of the total number of family-sponsored visas.) H.R.3444 Rep. Kingston, Jack (R-GA) Child Tax Credit Integrity Preservation Act of 2011. (Provisions that would amend the Internal Revenue Code to expand the identification requirements for the child tax credit to require taxpayers to provide valid identification on their tax returns in addition to the names and identification numbers of each qualifying child.) H.R.3630 Rep. Camp, David (R-MI) Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011. (Provisions that would fix a significant loophole in our nations tax laws by barring individuals without a valid SSN from being eligible to receive the credit thus stop the give-away of taxpayer dollars to illegal aliens.) S.1746 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. (D-NY) - Visa Improvements to Stimulate International Tourism to the United States of America Act (Provisions that would make it easier for foreign nationals to enter and stay in the United States, also proposed several changes to the B-visa (visitor visa) program as well as the (visa waiver program.) S.1856 Sen. DeMint, Jim (R-SC) - A bill to prohibit Federal funding for lawsuits seeking to invalidate specific State laws that support the enforcement of Federal immigration laws. (Provisions that would prohibit federal funds from being used by a federal agency or instrumentality to participate in a lawsuit to overturn, enjoin, or otherwise invalidate specified immigration-related laws in Oklahoma, Missouri, Arizona, Utah, Indiana, Alabama, South Carolina, or Georgia.) S.577 Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA) - Child Tax Credit Integrity Preservation Act of 2011. (Provisions that would amend the Internal Revenue Code to expand the identification requirements for the child tax credit to require taxpayers to provide valid identification on their tax returns in addition to the names and identification numbers of each qualifying child.)
SAFE for America Act
Client: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM · Firm: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
See attached. H.R.704 Rep. Goodlatte, Bob (R-VA) - SAFE for America Act (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program.) H.R.800 Rep. Carter, John R. (R-TX) - Jobs Recovery by Ensuring a Legal American Workforce Act of 2011 (Provisions that would amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to make the E-Verify Program (Program) permanent and mandatory.) H.R.1473 Rep. Rogers, Harold (R-KY) - Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (Provisions that would: 1. decrease appropriations for United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS), including for processing applications for asylum and refugee status and for the E-Verify Program. 2. Increase appropriations to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for salaries and expenses, but decreases funding for automation modernization and eliminates appropriations for construction. 3. Decrease appropriations for the National Protection and Programs Directorate for management and administration, infrastructure protection and information security, and United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT). H.R. 1505 Rep. Bishop, Rob (R-UT) National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act (Provisions that would prevent the Departments of Interior and Agriculture from impeding or restricting activities of the Border Patrol on federal lands undertaken to achieve operational control of the border.) H.R. 1741 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Secure Visas Act (Provisions that would amend the Homeland Security Act to grant the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) (Secretary), except for the Secretary of State's authority with respect to diplomatic- and international organization-related visas, exclusive authority to issue regulations, establish policy, and administer and enforce the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and all other immigration or nationality laws relating to U.S. consular officer visa functions.) H.R.1822 Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana (R-CA) - No Health Care Subsidies for Illegal Aliens Act of 2011 (Provisions to amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for appropriate procedures under such title for verification of citizenship status.) H.R.1842 Rep. Berman Howard (D-CA) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011 (DREAM ACT) (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence on a conditional basis, an alien who: (1) entered the United States on or before his or her 15th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment, (2) is a person of good moral character, (3) is not inadmissible under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act, (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) in the United States or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States, and (5) was age 32 or younger on the date of this Act's enactment.) H.R.1932 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2011 (Provisions that amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain indefinitely, subject to six-month review, an alien under orders of removal who cannot be removed, if: (1) the alien will be removed in the reasonably foreseeable future; (2) the alien would have been removed but for the alien's refusal to cooperate with the Secretary's identification and removal efforts; (3) the alien has a highly contagious disease that poses a public safety threat; (4) release would have serious adverse foreign policy consequences; (5) release would threaten national security; (6) release would threaten the safety of the community or any person and the alien has been convicted of either one or more aggravated felonies or crimes of violence and, because of a mental or personality condition, is likely to engage in future acts of violence; or (7) release would threaten the safety of the community or any person and the alien has been convicted of one or more aggravated felonies.) H.R.1933 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the requirements for admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas. (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding the admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas to: (1) permit a one-time three-year extension of admission, and (2) reduce the maximum number of such visas per fiscal year to 300.) H.R.2017 Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. (R-AL) - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2012 (Provisions that would (1) make appropriations for FY2012 for: United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP), including for automation modernization, border security fencing, infrastructure, and technology, air and marine interdiction, operations, maintenance, and procurement, and construction and facilities management; United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), including for reimbursement of other agencies for costs associated with the repatriation of smuggled aliens unlawfully present in the United States, prioritizing the identification and removal of aliens convicted of a crime by the severity of that crime, and automation modernization. (2) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act: (1) in contravention of a provision of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 restricting any government entity or official from sending to, or receiving from, the responsible federal immigration agency information regarding the citizenship or immigration status of any individual; (2) to parole an alien into the United States, or to grant deferred action of a final order of removal, for any reason other than on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.) H.R.2164 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that would amend the current employment eligibility verification process all employers must use to ensure their workers are legal. (INA 274A; 8 U.S.C. 1324a) The bill maintains the existing framework for the employment eligibility verification process (including the I-9), but also makes important changes, such as mandating E-Verify and increasing penalties for employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens or fail to use E-Verify. H.R.2164 also preempts states from imposing civil or criminal penalties on employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens or fail to use E-Verify. The bill does permit states to exercise their licensing authority to penalize employers for failure to use E-Verify.) H.R.2497 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - HALT Act, Hinder the Administrations Legalization Temptation Act (Provisions that would suspend the Obama Administrations ability to grant administrative amnesty to illegal aliens.) H.R.2847 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - American Specialty Agriculture Act (Provisions that creates a new guest worker program to import agricultural workers. The bill seeks to replace the existing H-2A visa program, an agricultural guest worker program created in 1986 as part of under the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA). H.R.2885 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish an employment eligibility verification system (EEVS), patterned after the E-Verify system. (Eliminates the current paper-based I-9 system.) H.R.2895 Rep. Lungren, Dan (R-CA) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that would create a large new agricultural guest worker program in addition to existing guest worker programs, also would create a new W visa program to admit foreign agricultural labor as an alternative to both the current H-2A guest worker program. ) S.723 Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA) - Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011 (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to consider a person born in the United States "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States for citizenship at birth purposes only if the person is born in the United States of parents, one of whom is: (1) a U.S. citizen or national, (2) a lawful permanent resident alien whose residence is in the United States, or (3) an alien performing active service in the U.S. Armed Forces.) S.952 Sen. Durbin, Richard (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011 (DREAM ACT) (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence on a conditional basis, an alien who: (1) entered the United States on or before his or her 15th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment, (2) is a person of good moral character, (3) is not inadmissible under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act, (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) in the United States or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States, and (5) was age 32 or younger on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.1196 Sen. Grassley, Chuck (R-IA) - Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act (Provisions that would make E-Verify program permanent and amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRAIRA) of 1996 to change the programs name from a pilot program to E-Verify.) S.1380 Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA) - HALT Act, Hinder the Administrations Legalization Temptation Act (Provisions that suspends until January 21, 2013, the Attorney Generals (DOJ) authority regarding: (1) waiver of inadmissibility of aliens unlawfully present in the United States; (2) cancellation of removal and adjustment of status for certain non-permanent residents; (3) parole authority, except for parole entries for humanitarian, law enforcement, or security purposes; and (4) designation of a country for temporary protected status.
SAFE for America Act
Client: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM · Firm: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
See Attached. H.R.704 Rep. Goodlatte, Bob (R-VA) - SAFE for America Act (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program.) H.R.800 Rep. Carter, John R. (R-TX) - Jobs Recovery by Ensuring a Legal American Workforce Act of 2011 (Provisions that would amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to make the E-Verify Program (Program) permanent and mandatory.) H.R.1473 Rep. Rogers, Harold (R-KY) - Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (Provisions that would: 1. decrease appropriations for United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS), including for processing applications for asylum and refugee status and for the E-Verify Program. 2. Increase appropriations to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for salaries and expenses, but decreases funding for automation modernization and eliminates appropriations for construction. 3. Decrease appropriations for the National Protection and Programs Directorate for management and administration, infrastructure protection and information security, and United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT). H.R. 1741 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Secure Visas Act (Provisions that would amend the Homeland Security Act to grant the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) (Secretary), except for the Secretary of State's authority with respect to diplomatic- and international organization-related visas, exclusive authority to issue regulations, establish policy, and administer and enforce the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and all other immigration or nationality laws relating to U.S. consular officer visa functions.) H.R.1822 Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana (R-CA) - No Health Care Subsidies for Illegal Aliens Act of 2011 (Provisions to amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for appropriate procedures under such title for verification of citizenship status.) H.R.1842 Rep. Berman Howard (D-CA) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011 (DREAM ACT) (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence on a conditional basis, an alien who: (1) entered the United States on or before his or her 15th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment, (2) is a person of good moral character, (3) is not inadmissible under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act, (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) in the United States or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States, and (5) was age 32 or younger on the date of this Act's enactment.) H.R.1932 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2011 (Provisions that amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain indefinitely, subject to six-month review, an alien under orders of removal who cannot be removed, if: (1) the alien will be removed in the reasonably foreseeable future; (2) the alien would have been removed but for the alien's refusal to cooperate with the Secretary's identification and removal efforts; (3) the alien has a highly contagious disease that poses a public safety threat; (4) release would have serious adverse foreign policy consequences; (5) release would threaten national security; (6) release would threaten the safety of the community or any person and the alien has been convicted of either one or more aggravated felonies or crimes of violence and, because of a mental or personality condition, is likely to engage in future acts of violence; or (7) release would threaten the safety of the community or any person and the alien has been convicted of one or more aggravated felonies.) H.R.1933 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the requirements for admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas. (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding the admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas to: (1) permit a one-time three-year extension of admission, and (2) reduce the maximum number of such visas per fiscal year to 300.) H.R.2017 Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. (R-AL) - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2012 (Provisions that would (1) make appropriations for FY2012 for: United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP), including for automation modernization, border security fencing, infrastructure, and technology, air and marine interdiction, operations, maintenance, and procurement, and construction and facilities management; United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), including for reimbursement of other agencies for costs associated with the repatriation of smuggled aliens unlawfully present in the United States, prioritizing the identification and removal of aliens convicted of a crime by the severity of that crime, and automation modernization. (2) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act: (1) in contravention of a provision of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 restricting any government entity or official from sending to, or receiving from, the responsible federal immigration agency information regarding the citizenship or immigration status of any individual; (2) to parole an alien into the United States, or to grant deferred action of a final order of removal, for any reason other than on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.) H.R.2164 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that would amend the current employment eligibility verification process all employers must use to ensure their workers are legal. (INA 274A; 8 U.S.C. 1324a) The bill maintains the existing framework for the employment eligibility verification process (including the I-9), but also makes important changes, such as mandating E-Verify and increasing penalties for employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens or fail to use E-Verify. H.R.2164 also preempts states from imposing civil or criminal penalties on employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens or fail to use E-Verify. The bill does permit states to exercise their licensing authority to penalize employers for failure to use E-Verify.) S.723 Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA) - Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011 (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to consider a person born in the United States "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States for citizenship at birth purposes only if the person is born in the United States of parents, one of whom is: (1) a U.S. citizen or national, (2) a lawful permanent resident alien whose residence is in the United States, or (3) an alien performing active service in the U.S. Armed Forces.) S.952 Sen. Durbin, Richard (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011 (DREAM ACT) (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence on a conditional basis, an alien who: (1) entered the United States on or before his or her 15th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment, (2) is a person of good moral character, (3) is not inadmissible under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act, (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) in the United States or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States, and (5) was age 32 or younger on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.1196 Sen. Grassley, Chuck (R-IA) - Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act (Provisions that would make E-Verify program permanent and amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRAIRA) of 1996 to change the programs name from a pilot program to E-Verify.)
Jobs Recovery by Ensuring a Legal American Workforce Act of 2011
Client: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM · Firm: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
See attached. H.R.704 Rep. Goodlatte, Bob (R-VA) - SAFE for America Act (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program.) H.R.800 Rep. Carter, John R. (R-TX) - Jobs Recovery by Ensuring a Legal American Workforce Act of 2011 (Provisions that would amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to make the E-Verify Program (Program) permanent and mandatory.) H.R.1473 Rep. Rogers, Harold (R-KY) - Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (Provisions that would: 1. decrease appropriations for United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS), including for processing applications for asylum and refugee status and for the E-Verify Program. 2. Increase appropriations to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for salaries and expenses, but decreases funding for automation modernization and eliminates appropriations for construction. 3. Decrease appropriations for the National Protection and Programs Directorate for management and administration, infrastructure protection and information security, and United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT). H.R. 1505 Rep. Bishop, Rob (R-UT) National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act (Provisions that would prevent the Departments of Interior and Agriculture from impeding or restricting activities of the Border Patrol on federal lands undertaken to achieve operational control of the border.) H.R. 1741 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Secure Visas Act (Provisions that would amend the Homeland Security Act to grant the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) (Secretary), except for the Secretary of State's authority with respect to diplomatic- and international organization-related visas, exclusive authority to issue regulations, establish policy, and administer and enforce the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and all other immigration or nationality laws relating to U.S. consular officer visa functions.) H.R.1822 Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana (R-CA) - No Health Care Subsidies for Illegal Aliens Act of 2011 (Provisions to amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for appropriate procedures under such title for verification of citizenship status.) H.R.1842 Rep. Berman Howard (D-CA) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011 (DREAM ACT) (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence on a conditional basis, an alien who: (1) entered the United States on or before his or her 15th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment, (2) is a person of good moral character, (3) is not inadmissible under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act, (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) in the United States or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States, and (5) was age 32 or younger on the date of this Act's enactment.) H.R.1932 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2011 (Provisions that amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain indefinitely, subject to six-month review, an alien under orders of removal who cannot be removed, if: (1) the alien will be removed in the reasonably foreseeable future; (2) the alien would have been removed but for the alien's refusal to cooperate with the Secretary's identification and removal efforts; (3) the alien has a highly contagious disease that poses a public safety threat; (4) release would have serious adverse foreign policy consequences; (5) release would threaten national security; (6) release would threaten the safety of the community or any person and the alien has been convicted of either one or more aggravated felonies or crimes of violence and, because of a mental or personality condition, is likely to engage in future acts of violence; or (7) release would threaten the safety of the community or any person and the alien has been convicted of one or more aggravated felonies.) H.R.1933 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the requirements for admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas. (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding the admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas to: (1) permit a one-time three-year extension of admission, and (2) reduce the maximum number of such visas per fiscal year to 300.) H.R.2017 Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. (R-AL) - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2012 (Provisions that would (1) make appropriations for FY2012 for: United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP), including for automation modernization, border security fencing, infrastructure, and technology, air and marine interdiction, operations, maintenance, and procurement, and construction and facilities management; United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), including for reimbursement of other agencies for costs associated with the repatriation of smuggled aliens unlawfully present in the United States, prioritizing the identification and removal of aliens convicted of a crime by the severity of that crime, and automation modernization. (2) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act: (1) in contravention of a provision of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 restricting any government entity or official from sending to, or receiving from, the responsible federal immigration agency information regarding the citizenship or immigration status of any individual; (2) to parole an alien into the United States, or to grant deferred action of a final order of removal, for any reason other than on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.) H.R.2164 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that would amend the current employment eligibility verification process all employers must use to ensure their workers are legal. (INA 274A; 8 U.S.C. 1324a) The bill maintains the existing framework for the employment eligibility verification process (including the I-9), but also makes important changes, such as mandating E-Verify and increasing penalties for employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens or fail to use E-Verify. H.R.2164 also preempts states from imposing civil or criminal penalties on employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens or fail to use E-Verify. The bill does permit states to exercise their licensing authority to penalize employers for failure to use E-Verify.) H.R.2497 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - HALT Act, Hinder the Administrations Legalization Temptation Act (Provisions that would suspend the Obama Administrations ability to grant administrative amnesty to illegal aliens.) H.R.2847 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - American Specialty Agriculture Act (Provisions that creates a new guest worker program to import agricultural workers. The bill seeks to replace the existing H-2A visa program, an agricultural guest worker program created in 1986 as part of under the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA). H.R.2885 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish an employment eligibility verification system (EEVS), patterned after the E-Verify system. (Eliminates the current paper-based I-9 system.) H.R.2895 Rep. Lungren, Dan (R-CA) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that would create a large new agricultural guest worker program in addition to existing guest worker programs, also would create a new W visa program to admit foreign agricultural labor as an alternative to both the current H-2A guest worker program. ) S.723 Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA) - Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011 (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to consider a person born in the United States "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States for citizenship at birth purposes only if the person is born in the United States of parents, one of whom is: (1) a U.S. citizen or national, (2) a lawful permanent resident alien whose residence is in the United States, or (3) an alien performing active service in the U.S. Armed Forces.) S.952 Sen. Durbin, Richard (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011 (DREAM ACT) (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence on a conditional basis, an alien who: (1) entered the United States on or before his or her 15th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment, (2) is a person of good moral character, (3) is not inadmissible under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act, (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) in the United States or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States, and (5) was age 32 or younger on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.1196 Sen. Grassley, Chuck (R-IA) - Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act (Provisions that would make E-Verify program permanent and amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRAIRA) of 1996 to change the programs name from a pilot program to E-Verify.) S.1380 Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA) - HALT Act, Hinder the Administrations Legalization Temptation Act (Provisions that suspends until January 21, 2013, the Attorney Generals (DOJ) authority regarding: (1) waiver of inadmissibility of aliens unlawfully present in the United States; (2) cancellation of removal and adjustment of status for certain non-permanent residents; (3) parole authority, except for parole entries for humanitarian, law enforcement, or security purposes; and (4) designation of a country for temporary protected status.
Jobs Recovery by Ensuring a Legal American Workforce Act of 2011
Client: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM · Firm: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
See attached. H.R.1 Rep. Rogers, Harold (R-KY) Full Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (Provisions that would have (1) prohibited the U.S. Department of Justice from using any funds to sue Arizona in an effort to strike down its new immigration enforcement law, SB 1070 (2) would have prohibited government funds from being used to carry out the Visa Lottery (INA 201(e)), essentially abolishing the program (3) would have limited Department of Homeland Security to a maximum of 33,400 detention beds (as introduced, H.R. 1 set the minimum number of detention beds at 33,400). By limiting the number of detention beds, the amendment would have prevented Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from expanding its enforcement efforts against illegal aliens because it would have had nowhere to detain the illegal aliens while in the process of removing them from the U.S. (4) would have denied all funding for the implementation of REAL ID.) H.R.140 Rep. King, Steve (R-IA) - Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011 (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to consider a person born in the United States "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States for citizenship at birth purposes if the person is born in the United States of parents, one of whom is: (1) a U.S. citizen or national; (2) a lawful permanent resident alien whose residence is in the United States; or (3) an alien performing active service in the U.S. Armed Forces.) H.R.152 Rep. Poe, Ted (R-TX) - National Guard Border Enforcement Act (Provisions that directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) (Secretary) to deploy at least an additional 10,000 members of the National Guard for border control activities along the U.S.-Mexico border until the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) certifies that the federal government has achieved operational control of the border.) H.R.800 Rep. Carter, John R. (R-TX) - Jobs Recovery by Ensuring a Legal American Workforce Act of 2011 (Provisions that would apply to both prospective and current employees, guaranteeing a legal workforce and cutting off the jobs magnet, the bill also prohibits employers from deducting wages paid to or on behalf illegal aliens, requires notification of social security number mismatches and multiple uses, and enhances information sharing between federal agencies.) H.R.1091 Rep. Hunter, Duncan (R-CA) - Unlawful Border Entry Prevention Act of 2011 (Provisions that would (1) grant the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) authority to construct reinforced fencing along not less than 350 miles of the southwest border. (2) bill would also require Homeland Security to submit to Congress a plan to gain operational control of a specific sector of the southwest border if the Department determines that there has been a 40 percent increase in apprehensions of illegal aliens crossing the border in that sector.) H.R.1134 Rep. Hunter, Duncan (R-CA) - Enforce the Law for Sanctuary Cities Act (Provisions that would amend Section 241(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to prohibit state and local governments with sanctuary city policies in place from receiving federal reimbursements for incarcerating illegal aliens. (2) Under the bill, state and local governments would also be ineligible for SCAAP funds if they prohibit law enforcement officials from gathering information regarding the citizenship or immigration status of any individual.) S.J.RES.2 Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA) - A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to United States citizenship. (Provisions relating to a person born in the United States shall not be a U.S. citizen unless: (1) one parent of the person is a U.S. citizen; (2) one parent of the person is an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States who resides in the United States; (3) one parent of the person is an alien performing active service in the U.S. Armed Forces; or (4) the person is naturalized in accordance with the laws of the United States.)
Jobs Recovery by Ensuring a Legal American Workforce Act of 2011
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See Attached. H.R.704 Rep. Goodlatte, Bob (R-VA) - SAFE for America Act (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program.) H.R.800 Rep. Carter, John R. (R-TX) - Jobs Recovery by Ensuring a Legal American Workforce Act of 2011 (Provisions that would amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to make the E-Verify Program (Program) permanent and mandatory.) H.R.1473 Rep. Rogers, Harold (R-KY) - Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (Provisions that would: 1. decrease appropriations for United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS), including for processing applications for asylum and refugee status and for the E-Verify Program. 2. Increase appropriations to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for salaries and expenses, but decreases funding for automation modernization and eliminates appropriations for construction. 3. Decrease appropriations for the National Protection and Programs Directorate for management and administration, infrastructure protection and information security, and United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT). H.R. 1741 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Secure Visas Act (Provisions that would amend the Homeland Security Act to grant the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) (Secretary), except for the Secretary of State's authority with respect to diplomatic- and international organization-related visas, exclusive authority to issue regulations, establish policy, and administer and enforce the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and all other immigration or nationality laws relating to U.S. consular officer visa functions.) H.R.1822 Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana (R-CA) - No Health Care Subsidies for Illegal Aliens Act of 2011 (Provisions to amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for appropriate procedures under such title for verification of citizenship status.) H.R.1842 Rep. Berman Howard (D-CA) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011 (DREAM ACT) (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence on a conditional basis, an alien who: (1) entered the United States on or before his or her 15th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment, (2) is a person of good moral character, (3) is not inadmissible under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act, (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) in the United States or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States, and (5) was age 32 or younger on the date of this Act's enactment.) H.R.1932 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2011 (Provisions that amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain indefinitely, subject to six-month review, an alien under orders of removal who cannot be removed, if: (1) the alien will be removed in the reasonably foreseeable future; (2) the alien would have been removed but for the alien's refusal to cooperate with the Secretary's identification and removal efforts; (3) the alien has a highly contagious disease that poses a public safety threat; (4) release would have serious adverse foreign policy consequences; (5) release would threaten national security; (6) release would threaten the safety of the community or any person and the alien has been convicted of either one or more aggravated felonies or crimes of violence and, because of a mental or personality condition, is likely to engage in future acts of violence; or (7) release would threaten the safety of the community or any person and the alien has been convicted of one or more aggravated felonies.) H.R.1933 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the requirements for admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas. (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding the admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas to: (1) permit a one-time three-year extension of admission, and (2) reduce the maximum number of such visas per fiscal year to 300.) H.R.2017 Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. (R-AL) - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2012 (Provisions that would (1) make appropriations for FY2012 for: United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP), including for automation modernization, border security fencing, infrastructure, and technology, air and marine interdiction, operations, maintenance, and procurement, and construction and facilities management; United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), including for reimbursement of other agencies for costs associated with the repatriation of smuggled aliens unlawfully present in the United States, prioritizing the identification and removal of aliens convicted of a crime by the severity of that crime, and automation modernization. (2) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act: (1) in contravention of a provision of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 restricting any government entity or official from sending to, or receiving from, the responsible federal immigration agency information regarding the citizenship or immigration status of any individual; (2) to parole an alien into the United States, or to grant deferred action of a final order of removal, for any reason other than on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.) H.R.2164 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that would amend the current employment eligibility verification process all employers must use to ensure their workers are legal. (INA 274A; 8 U.S.C. 1324a) The bill maintains the existing framework for the employment eligibility verification process (including the I-9), but also makes important changes, such as mandating E-Verify and increasing penalties for employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens or fail to use E-Verify. H.R.2164 also preempts states from imposing civil or criminal penalties on employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens or fail to use E-Verify. The bill does permit states to exercise their licensing authority to penalize employers for failure to use E-Verify.) S.723 Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA) - Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011 (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to consider a person born in the United States "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States for citizenship at birth purposes only if the person is born in the United States of parents, one of whom is: (1) a U.S. citizen or national, (2) a lawful permanent resident alien whose residence is in the United States, or (3) an alien performing active service in the U.S. Armed Forces.) S.952 Sen. Durbin, Richard (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011 (DREAM ACT) (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence on a conditional basis, an alien who: (1) entered the United States on or before his or her 15th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment, (2) is a person of good moral character, (3) is not inadmissible under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act, (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) in the United States or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States, and (5) was age 32 or younger on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.1196 Sen. Grassley, Chuck (R-IA) - Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act (Provisions that would make E-Verify program permanent and amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRAIRA) of 1996 to change the programs name from a pilot program to E-Verify.)
Removal Clarification Act of 2010
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See attached. H.R.1751 Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) American Dream Act, To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes. (Provisions that would: (1) grant amnesty to illegal aliens who entered the country as children and have met minimal educational requirements; and (2) reverse current law to allow states to provide taxpayer subsidized in-state tuition to illegal aliens) H.R.5281 Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) Development Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act (Provisions relating to (Sec. 6) Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional nonimmigrant status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding enactment of this Act; (2) has been a person of good moral character since entering the United States; (3) is not inadmissible for reasons of health, criminality, security, public charge, smuggling, student visa abuse, citizenship ineligibility, polygamy, international child abduction, or unlawful voting; (4) is not deportable for reasons of smuggling, marriage fraud, criminality, security, public charge, or unlawful voting; (5) has not participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion; (6) has not been convicted of certain offenses under federal or state law; (7) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States; (8) has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal unless the alien has remained in the United States under color of law after such order's issuance, or received the order before attaining the age of 16; and (9) was under age 30 on the date of enactment of this Act.) H.R.5283 Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) - Help HAITI Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to adjust to permanent resident status an alien who: (1) was granted parole admission into the United States pursuant to the humanitarian parole policy for certain Haitian orphans announced on January 18, 2010, and suspended as to new applications on April 15, 2010; (2) is physically present in the United States; (3) is admissible as an immigrant; and (4) files an application for adjustment not later than three years after enactment of this Act.) H.R.6253 Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX) - National Guard Border Enforcement Act (Provisions that directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) (Secretary) to deploy at least an additional 10,000 members of the National Guard for border control activities along the U.S.-Mexico border until the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) certifies that the federal Government has achieved operational control of the border.) H.R.6327 Rep. Djou, Charles (R-HI) Citizenship and Service Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States prior to his or her sixteenth birthday, and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding enactment of this Act; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; and (4) at the time of application, has been admitted to an institution of higher education, or has earned a high school or general education diploma in the United States.) H.R.6497 Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional nonimmigrant status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has not participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion; (5) has not been convicted of certain offenses under federal or state law; (6) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States; (7) has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal unless the alien has remained in the United States under color of law after such order's issuance, or received the order before attaining the age of 16; and (8) was under age 30 on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.729 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes. (Provisions that would: (1) grant amnesty to illegal aliens who entered the country as children and have met minimal educational requirements; and (2) reverse current law to allow states to provide taxpayer subsidized in-state tuition to illegal aliens) S.3827 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to repeal the provision making unlawful aliens ineligible for higher education benefits based on state residence unless a U.S. citizen or national is eligible for such benefits without regard to state residence. Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school or equivalent diploma; (5) from the age of 16 and older, has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal; and (6) was under age 35 on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.3901 Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) Strengthening Our Commitment to Legal Immigration and Americas Security Act (Provisions that amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit an alien to be paroled into the United States or granted deferred action of a final order of removal only on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.) S.3962 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; Requires aliens to apply for such adjustment of status within one year of being admitted to an IHE or earning a high school or equivalent diploma. (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school or equivalent diploma; (5) from the age of 16 and older, has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal; and (6) was under age 35 on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.3963 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school or equivalent diploma; (5) from the age of 16 and older, has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal; and (6) was under age 30 on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.3992 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional nonimmigrant status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has not participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion; (5) has not been convicted of certain offenses under federal or state law; (6) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States; (7) has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal unless the alien has remained in the United States under color of law after such order's issuance, or received the order before attaining the age of 16; and (8) was under age 30 on the date of this Act's enactment.)
Help HAITI Act of 2010
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See attached. H.R.1751 Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) American Dream Act, To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes. (Provisions that would: (1) grant amnesty to illegal aliens who entered the country as children and have met minimal educational requirements; and (2) reverse current law to allow states to provide taxpayer subsidized in-state tuition to illegal aliens) H.R.5281 Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) Development Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act (Provisions relating to (Sec. 6) Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional nonimmigrant status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding enactment of this Act; (2) has been a person of good moral character since entering the United States; (3) is not inadmissible for reasons of health, criminality, security, public charge, smuggling, student visa abuse, citizenship ineligibility, polygamy, international child abduction, or unlawful voting; (4) is not deportable for reasons of smuggling, marriage fraud, criminality, security, public charge, or unlawful voting; (5) has not participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion; (6) has not been convicted of certain offenses under federal or state law; (7) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States; (8) has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal unless the alien has remained in the United States under color of law after such order's issuance, or received the order before attaining the age of 16; and (9) was under age 30 on the date of enactment of this Act.) H.R.5283 Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) - Help HAITI Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to adjust to permanent resident status an alien who: (1) was granted parole admission into the United States pursuant to the humanitarian parole policy for certain Haitian orphans announced on January 18, 2010, and suspended as to new applications on April 15, 2010; (2) is physically present in the United States; (3) is admissible as an immigrant; and (4) files an application for adjustment not later than three years after enactment of this Act.) H.R.6253 Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX) - National Guard Border Enforcement Act (Provisions that directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) (Secretary) to deploy at least an additional 10,000 members of the National Guard for border control activities along the U.S.-Mexico border until the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) certifies that the federal Government has achieved operational control of the border.) H.R.6327 Rep. Djou, Charles (R-HI) Citizenship and Service Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States prior to his or her sixteenth birthday, and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding enactment of this Act; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; and (4) at the time of application, has been admitted to an institution of higher education, or has earned a high school or general education diploma in the United States.) H.R.6497 Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional nonimmigrant status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has not participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion; (5) has not been convicted of certain offenses under federal or state law; (6) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States; (7) has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal unless the alien has remained in the United States under color of law after such order's issuance, or received the order before attaining the age of 16; and (8) was under age 30 on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.729 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes. (Provisions that would: (1) grant amnesty to illegal aliens who entered the country as children and have met minimal educational requirements; and (2) reverse current law to allow states to provide taxpayer subsidized in-state tuition to illegal aliens) S.3827 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to repeal the provision making unlawful aliens ineligible for higher education benefits based on state residence unless a U.S. citizen or national is eligible for such benefits without regard to state residence. Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school or equivalent diploma; (5) from the age of 16 and older, has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal; and (6) was under age 35 on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.3901 Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) Strengthening Our Commitment to Legal Immigration and Americas Security Act (Provisions that amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit an alien to be paroled into the United States or granted deferred action of a final order of removal only on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.) S.3962 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; Requires aliens to apply for such adjustment of status within one year of being admitted to an IHE or earning a high school or equivalent diploma. (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school or equivalent diploma; (5) from the age of 16 and older, has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal; and (6) was under age 35 on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.3963 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school or equivalent diploma; (5) from the age of 16 and older, has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal; and (6) was under age 30 on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.3992 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional nonimmigrant status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has not participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion; (5) has not been convicted of certain offenses under federal or state law; (6) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States; (7) has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal unless the alien has remained in the United States under color of law after such order's issuance, or received the order before attaining the age of 16; and (8) was under age 30 on the date of this Act's enactment.)
National Guard Border Enforcement Act
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See attached. H.R.1751 Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) American Dream Act, To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes. (Provisions that would: (1) grant amnesty to illegal aliens who entered the country as children and have met minimal educational requirements; and (2) reverse current law to allow states to provide taxpayer subsidized in-state tuition to illegal aliens) H.R.5281 Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) Development Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act (Provisions relating to (Sec. 6) Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional nonimmigrant status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding enactment of this Act; (2) has been a person of good moral character since entering the United States; (3) is not inadmissible for reasons of health, criminality, security, public charge, smuggling, student visa abuse, citizenship ineligibility, polygamy, international child abduction, or unlawful voting; (4) is not deportable for reasons of smuggling, marriage fraud, criminality, security, public charge, or unlawful voting; (5) has not participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion; (6) has not been convicted of certain offenses under federal or state law; (7) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States; (8) has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal unless the alien has remained in the United States under color of law after such order's issuance, or received the order before attaining the age of 16; and (9) was under age 30 on the date of enactment of this Act.) H.R.5283 Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) - Help HAITI Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to adjust to permanent resident status an alien who: (1) was granted parole admission into the United States pursuant to the humanitarian parole policy for certain Haitian orphans announced on January 18, 2010, and suspended as to new applications on April 15, 2010; (2) is physically present in the United States; (3) is admissible as an immigrant; and (4) files an application for adjustment not later than three years after enactment of this Act.) H.R.6253 Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX) - National Guard Border Enforcement Act (Provisions that directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) (Secretary) to deploy at least an additional 10,000 members of the National Guard for border control activities along the U.S.-Mexico border until the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) certifies that the federal Government has achieved operational control of the border.) H.R.6327 Rep. Djou, Charles (R-HI) Citizenship and Service Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States prior to his or her sixteenth birthday, and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding enactment of this Act; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; and (4) at the time of application, has been admitted to an institution of higher education, or has earned a high school or general education diploma in the United States.) H.R.6497 Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional nonimmigrant status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has not participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion; (5) has not been convicted of certain offenses under federal or state law; (6) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States; (7) has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal unless the alien has remained in the United States under color of law after such order's issuance, or received the order before attaining the age of 16; and (8) was under age 30 on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.729 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes. (Provisions that would: (1) grant amnesty to illegal aliens who entered the country as children and have met minimal educational requirements; and (2) reverse current law to allow states to provide taxpayer subsidized in-state tuition to illegal aliens) S.3827 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to repeal the provision making unlawful aliens ineligible for higher education benefits based on state residence unless a U.S. citizen or national is eligible for such benefits without regard to state residence. Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school or equivalent diploma; (5) from the age of 16 and older, has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal; and (6) was under age 35 on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.3901 Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) Strengthening Our Commitment to Legal Immigration and Americas Security Act (Provisions that amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit an alien to be paroled into the United States or granted deferred action of a final order of removal only on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.) S.3962 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; Requires aliens to apply for such adjustment of status within one year of being admitted to an IHE or earning a high school or equivalent diploma. (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school or equivalent diploma; (5) from the age of 16 and older, has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal; and (6) was under age 35 on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.3963 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school or equivalent diploma; (5) from the age of 16 and older, has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal; and (6) was under age 30 on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.3992 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional nonimmigrant status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has not participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion; (5) has not been convicted of certain offenses under federal or state law; (6) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States; (7) has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal unless the alien has remained in the United States under color of law after such order's issuance, or received the order before attaining the age of 16; and (8) was under age 30 on the date of this Act's enactment.)
Citizenship and Service Act of 2010
Client: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM · Firm: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
See attached. H.R.1751 Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) American Dream Act, To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes. (Provisions that would: (1) grant amnesty to illegal aliens who entered the country as children and have met minimal educational requirements; and (2) reverse current law to allow states to provide taxpayer subsidized in-state tuition to illegal aliens) H.R.5281 Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) Development Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act (Provisions relating to (Sec. 6) Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional nonimmigrant status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding enactment of this Act; (2) has been a person of good moral character since entering the United States; (3) is not inadmissible for reasons of health, criminality, security, public charge, smuggling, student visa abuse, citizenship ineligibility, polygamy, international child abduction, or unlawful voting; (4) is not deportable for reasons of smuggling, marriage fraud, criminality, security, public charge, or unlawful voting; (5) has not participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion; (6) has not been convicted of certain offenses under federal or state law; (7) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States; (8) has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal unless the alien has remained in the United States under color of law after such order's issuance, or received the order before attaining the age of 16; and (9) was under age 30 on the date of enactment of this Act.) H.R.5283 Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) - Help HAITI Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to adjust to permanent resident status an alien who: (1) was granted parole admission into the United States pursuant to the humanitarian parole policy for certain Haitian orphans announced on January 18, 2010, and suspended as to new applications on April 15, 2010; (2) is physically present in the United States; (3) is admissible as an immigrant; and (4) files an application for adjustment not later than three years after enactment of this Act.) H.R.6253 Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX) - National Guard Border Enforcement Act (Provisions that directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) (Secretary) to deploy at least an additional 10,000 members of the National Guard for border control activities along the U.S.-Mexico border until the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) certifies that the federal Government has achieved operational control of the border.) H.R.6327 Rep. Djou, Charles (R-HI) Citizenship and Service Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States prior to his or her sixteenth birthday, and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding enactment of this Act; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; and (4) at the time of application, has been admitted to an institution of higher education, or has earned a high school or general education diploma in the United States.) H.R.6497 Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional nonimmigrant status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has not participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion; (5) has not been convicted of certain offenses under federal or state law; (6) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States; (7) has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal unless the alien has remained in the United States under color of law after such order's issuance, or received the order before attaining the age of 16; and (8) was under age 30 on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.729 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes. (Provisions that would: (1) grant amnesty to illegal aliens who entered the country as children and have met minimal educational requirements; and (2) reverse current law to allow states to provide taxpayer subsidized in-state tuition to illegal aliens) S.3827 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to repeal the provision making unlawful aliens ineligible for higher education benefits based on state residence unless a U.S. citizen or national is eligible for such benefits without regard to state residence. Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school or equivalent diploma; (5) from the age of 16 and older, has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal; and (6) was under age 35 on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.3901 Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) Strengthening Our Commitment to Legal Immigration and Americas Security Act (Provisions that amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit an alien to be paroled into the United States or granted deferred action of a final order of removal only on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.) S.3962 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; Requires aliens to apply for such adjustment of status within one year of being admitted to an IHE or earning a high school or equivalent diploma. (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school or equivalent diploma; (5) from the age of 16 and older, has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal; and (6) was under age 35 on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.3963 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school or equivalent diploma; (5) from the age of 16 and older, has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal; and (6) was under age 30 on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.3992 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional nonimmigrant status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has not participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion; (5) has not been convicted of certain offenses under federal or state law; (6) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States; (7) has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal unless the alien has remained in the United States under color of law after such order's issuance, or received the order before attaining the age of 16; and (8) was under age 30 on the date of this Act's enactment.)
DREAM Act of 2010
Client: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM · Firm: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
See attached. H.R.1751 Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) American Dream Act, To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes. (Provisions that would: (1) grant amnesty to illegal aliens who entered the country as children and have met minimal educational requirements; and (2) reverse current law to allow states to provide taxpayer subsidized in-state tuition to illegal aliens) H.R.5281 Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) Development Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act (Provisions relating to (Sec. 6) Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional nonimmigrant status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding enactment of this Act; (2) has been a person of good moral character since entering the United States; (3) is not inadmissible for reasons of health, criminality, security, public charge, smuggling, student visa abuse, citizenship ineligibility, polygamy, international child abduction, or unlawful voting; (4) is not deportable for reasons of smuggling, marriage fraud, criminality, security, public charge, or unlawful voting; (5) has not participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion; (6) has not been convicted of certain offenses under federal or state law; (7) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States; (8) has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal unless the alien has remained in the United States under color of law after such order's issuance, or received the order before attaining the age of 16; and (9) was under age 30 on the date of enactment of this Act.) H.R.5283 Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) - Help HAITI Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to adjust to permanent resident status an alien who: (1) was granted parole admission into the United States pursuant to the humanitarian parole policy for certain Haitian orphans announced on January 18, 2010, and suspended as to new applications on April 15, 2010; (2) is physically present in the United States; (3) is admissible as an immigrant; and (4) files an application for adjustment not later than three years after enactment of this Act.) H.R.6253 Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX) - National Guard Border Enforcement Act (Provisions that directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) (Secretary) to deploy at least an additional 10,000 members of the National Guard for border control activities along the U.S.-Mexico border until the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) certifies that the federal Government has achieved operational control of the border.) H.R.6327 Rep. Djou, Charles (R-HI) Citizenship and Service Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States prior to his or her sixteenth birthday, and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding enactment of this Act; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; and (4) at the time of application, has been admitted to an institution of higher education, or has earned a high school or general education diploma in the United States.) H.R.6497 Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional nonimmigrant status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has not participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion; (5) has not been convicted of certain offenses under federal or state law; (6) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States; (7) has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal unless the alien has remained in the United States under color of law after such order's issuance, or received the order before attaining the age of 16; and (8) was under age 30 on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.729 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes. (Provisions that would: (1) grant amnesty to illegal aliens who entered the country as children and have met minimal educational requirements; and (2) reverse current law to allow states to provide taxpayer subsidized in-state tuition to illegal aliens) S.3827 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to repeal the provision making unlawful aliens ineligible for higher education benefits based on state residence unless a U.S. citizen or national is eligible for such benefits without regard to state residence. Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school or equivalent diploma; (5) from the age of 16 and older, has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal; and (6) was under age 35 on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.3901 Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) Strengthening Our Commitment to Legal Immigration and Americas Security Act (Provisions that amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit an alien to be paroled into the United States or granted deferred action of a final order of removal only on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.) S.3962 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; Requires aliens to apply for such adjustment of status within one year of being admitted to an IHE or earning a high school or equivalent diploma. (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school or equivalent diploma; (5) from the age of 16 and older, has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal; and (6) was under age 35 on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.3963 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school or equivalent diploma; (5) from the age of 16 and older, has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal; and (6) was under age 30 on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.3992 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional nonimmigrant status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has not participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion; (5) has not been convicted of certain offenses under federal or state law; (6) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States; (7) has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal unless the alien has remained in the United States under color of law after such order's issuance, or received the order before attaining the age of 16; and (8) was under age 30 on the date of this Act's enactment.)
DREAM Act of 2010
Client: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM · Firm: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
See attached. H.R.1751 Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) American Dream Act, To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes. (Provisions that would: (1) grant amnesty to illegal aliens who entered the country as children and have met minimal educational requirements; and (2) reverse current law to allow states to provide taxpayer subsidized in-state tuition to illegal aliens) H.R.5281 Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) Development Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act (Provisions relating to (Sec. 6) Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional nonimmigrant status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding enactment of this Act; (2) has been a person of good moral character since entering the United States; (3) is not inadmissible for reasons of health, criminality, security, public charge, smuggling, student visa abuse, citizenship ineligibility, polygamy, international child abduction, or unlawful voting; (4) is not deportable for reasons of smuggling, marriage fraud, criminality, security, public charge, or unlawful voting; (5) has not participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion; (6) has not been convicted of certain offenses under federal or state law; (7) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States; (8) has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal unless the alien has remained in the United States under color of law after such order's issuance, or received the order before attaining the age of 16; and (9) was under age 30 on the date of enactment of this Act.) H.R.5283 Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) - Help HAITI Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to adjust to permanent resident status an alien who: (1) was granted parole admission into the United States pursuant to the humanitarian parole policy for certain Haitian orphans announced on January 18, 2010, and suspended as to new applications on April 15, 2010; (2) is physically present in the United States; (3) is admissible as an immigrant; and (4) files an application for adjustment not later than three years after enactment of this Act.) H.R.6253 Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX) - National Guard Border Enforcement Act (Provisions that directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) (Secretary) to deploy at least an additional 10,000 members of the National Guard for border control activities along the U.S.-Mexico border until the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) certifies that the federal Government has achieved operational control of the border.) H.R.6327 Rep. Djou, Charles (R-HI) Citizenship and Service Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States prior to his or her sixteenth birthday, and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding enactment of this Act; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; and (4) at the time of application, has been admitted to an institution of higher education, or has earned a high school or general education diploma in the United States.) H.R.6497 Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional nonimmigrant status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has not participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion; (5) has not been convicted of certain offenses under federal or state law; (6) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States; (7) has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal unless the alien has remained in the United States under color of law after such order's issuance, or received the order before attaining the age of 16; and (8) was under age 30 on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.729 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes. (Provisions that would: (1) grant amnesty to illegal aliens who entered the country as children and have met minimal educational requirements; and (2) reverse current law to allow states to provide taxpayer subsidized in-state tuition to illegal aliens) S.3827 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to repeal the provision making unlawful aliens ineligible for higher education benefits based on state residence unless a U.S. citizen or national is eligible for such benefits without regard to state residence. Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school or equivalent diploma; (5) from the age of 16 and older, has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal; and (6) was under age 35 on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.3901 Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) Strengthening Our Commitment to Legal Immigration and Americas Security Act (Provisions that amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit an alien to be paroled into the United States or granted deferred action of a final order of removal only on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.) S.3962 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; Requires aliens to apply for such adjustment of status within one year of being admitted to an IHE or earning a high school or equivalent diploma. (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school or equivalent diploma; (5) from the age of 16 and older, has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal; and (6) was under age 35 on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.3963 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school or equivalent diploma; (5) from the age of 16 and older, has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal; and (6) was under age 30 on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.3992 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional nonimmigrant status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has not participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion; (5) has not been convicted of certain offenses under federal or state law; (6) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States; (7) has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal unless the alien has remained in the United States under color of law after such order's issuance, or received the order before attaining the age of 16; and (8) was under age 30 on the date of this Act's enactment.)
Strengthening Our Commitment to Legal Immigration and America's Security Act
Client: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM · Firm: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
See attached. H.R.1751 Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) American Dream Act, To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes. (Provisions that would: (1) grant amnesty to illegal aliens who entered the country as children and have met minimal educational requirements; and (2) reverse current law to allow states to provide taxpayer subsidized in-state tuition to illegal aliens) H.R.5281 Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) Development Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act (Provisions relating to (Sec. 6) Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional nonimmigrant status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding enactment of this Act; (2) has been a person of good moral character since entering the United States; (3) is not inadmissible for reasons of health, criminality, security, public charge, smuggling, student visa abuse, citizenship ineligibility, polygamy, international child abduction, or unlawful voting; (4) is not deportable for reasons of smuggling, marriage fraud, criminality, security, public charge, or unlawful voting; (5) has not participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion; (6) has not been convicted of certain offenses under federal or state law; (7) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States; (8) has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal unless the alien has remained in the United States under color of law after such order's issuance, or received the order before attaining the age of 16; and (9) was under age 30 on the date of enactment of this Act.) H.R.5283 Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) - Help HAITI Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to adjust to permanent resident status an alien who: (1) was granted parole admission into the United States pursuant to the humanitarian parole policy for certain Haitian orphans announced on January 18, 2010, and suspended as to new applications on April 15, 2010; (2) is physically present in the United States; (3) is admissible as an immigrant; and (4) files an application for adjustment not later than three years after enactment of this Act.) H.R.6253 Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX) - National Guard Border Enforcement Act (Provisions that directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) (Secretary) to deploy at least an additional 10,000 members of the National Guard for border control activities along the U.S.-Mexico border until the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) certifies that the federal Government has achieved operational control of the border.) H.R.6327 Rep. Djou, Charles (R-HI) Citizenship and Service Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States prior to his or her sixteenth birthday, and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding enactment of this Act; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; and (4) at the time of application, has been admitted to an institution of higher education, or has earned a high school or general education diploma in the United States.) H.R.6497 Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional nonimmigrant status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has not participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion; (5) has not been convicted of certain offenses under federal or state law; (6) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States; (7) has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal unless the alien has remained in the United States under color of law after such order's issuance, or received the order before attaining the age of 16; and (8) was under age 30 on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.729 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes. (Provisions that would: (1) grant amnesty to illegal aliens who entered the country as children and have met minimal educational requirements; and (2) reverse current law to allow states to provide taxpayer subsidized in-state tuition to illegal aliens) S.3827 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to repeal the provision making unlawful aliens ineligible for higher education benefits based on state residence unless a U.S. citizen or national is eligible for such benefits without regard to state residence. Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school or equivalent diploma; (5) from the age of 16 and older, has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal; and (6) was under age 35 on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.3901 Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) Strengthening Our Commitment to Legal Immigration and Americas Security Act (Provisions that amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit an alien to be paroled into the United States or granted deferred action of a final order of removal only on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.) S.3962 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; Requires aliens to apply for such adjustment of status within one year of being admitted to an IHE or earning a high school or equivalent diploma. (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school or equivalent diploma; (5) from the age of 16 and older, has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal; and (6) was under age 35 on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.3963 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school or equivalent diploma; (5) from the age of 16 and older, has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal; and (6) was under age 30 on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.3992 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional nonimmigrant status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has not participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion; (5) has not been convicted of certain offenses under federal or state law; (6) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States; (7) has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal unless the alien has remained in the United States under color of law after such order's issuance, or received the order before attaining the age of 16; and (8) was under age 30 on the date of this Act's enactment.)
DREAM Act of 2010
Client: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM · Firm: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
See attached. H.R.1751 Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) American Dream Act, To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes. (Provisions that would: (1) grant amnesty to illegal aliens who entered the country as children and have met minimal educational requirements; and (2) reverse current law to allow states to provide taxpayer subsidized in-state tuition to illegal aliens) H.R.5281 Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) Development Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act (Provisions relating to (Sec. 6) Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional nonimmigrant status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding enactment of this Act; (2) has been a person of good moral character since entering the United States; (3) is not inadmissible for reasons of health, criminality, security, public charge, smuggling, student visa abuse, citizenship ineligibility, polygamy, international child abduction, or unlawful voting; (4) is not deportable for reasons of smuggling, marriage fraud, criminality, security, public charge, or unlawful voting; (5) has not participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion; (6) has not been convicted of certain offenses under federal or state law; (7) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States; (8) has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal unless the alien has remained in the United States under color of law after such order's issuance, or received the order before attaining the age of 16; and (9) was under age 30 on the date of enactment of this Act.) H.R.5283 Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) - Help HAITI Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to adjust to permanent resident status an alien who: (1) was granted parole admission into the United States pursuant to the humanitarian parole policy for certain Haitian orphans announced on January 18, 2010, and suspended as to new applications on April 15, 2010; (2) is physically present in the United States; (3) is admissible as an immigrant; and (4) files an application for adjustment not later than three years after enactment of this Act.) H.R.6253 Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX) - National Guard Border Enforcement Act (Provisions that directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) (Secretary) to deploy at least an additional 10,000 members of the National Guard for border control activities along the U.S.-Mexico border until the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) certifies that the federal Government has achieved operational control of the border.) H.R.6327 Rep. Djou, Charles (R-HI) Citizenship and Service Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States prior to his or her sixteenth birthday, and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding enactment of this Act; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; and (4) at the time of application, has been admitted to an institution of higher education, or has earned a high school or general education diploma in the United States.) H.R.6497 Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional nonimmigrant status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has not participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion; (5) has not been convicted of certain offenses under federal or state law; (6) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States; (7) has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal unless the alien has remained in the United States under color of law after such order's issuance, or received the order before attaining the age of 16; and (8) was under age 30 on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.729 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes. (Provisions that would: (1) grant amnesty to illegal aliens who entered the country as children and have met minimal educational requirements; and (2) reverse current law to allow states to provide taxpayer subsidized in-state tuition to illegal aliens) S.3827 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to repeal the provision making unlawful aliens ineligible for higher education benefits based on state residence unless a U.S. citizen or national is eligible for such benefits without regard to state residence. Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school or equivalent diploma; (5) from the age of 16 and older, has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal; and (6) was under age 35 on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.3901 Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) Strengthening Our Commitment to Legal Immigration and Americas Security Act (Provisions that amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit an alien to be paroled into the United States or granted deferred action of a final order of removal only on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.) S.3962 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; Requires aliens to apply for such adjustment of status within one year of being admitted to an IHE or earning a high school or equivalent diploma. (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school or equivalent diploma; (5) from the age of 16 and older, has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal; and (6) was under age 35 on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.3963 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school or equivalent diploma; (5) from the age of 16 and older, has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal; and (6) was under age 30 on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.3992 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional nonimmigrant status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has not participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion; (5) has not been convicted of certain offenses under federal or state law; (6) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States; (7) has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal unless the alien has remained in the United States under color of law after such order's issuance, or received the order before attaining the age of 16; and (8) was under age 30 on the date of this Act's enactment.)
DREAM Act of 2010
Client: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM · Firm: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
See attached. H.R.1751 Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) American Dream Act, To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes. (Provisions that would: (1) grant amnesty to illegal aliens who entered the country as children and have met minimal educational requirements; and (2) reverse current law to allow states to provide taxpayer subsidized in-state tuition to illegal aliens) H.R.5281 Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) Development Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act (Provisions relating to (Sec. 6) Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional nonimmigrant status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding enactment of this Act; (2) has been a person of good moral character since entering the United States; (3) is not inadmissible for reasons of health, criminality, security, public charge, smuggling, student visa abuse, citizenship ineligibility, polygamy, international child abduction, or unlawful voting; (4) is not deportable for reasons of smuggling, marriage fraud, criminality, security, public charge, or unlawful voting; (5) has not participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion; (6) has not been convicted of certain offenses under federal or state law; (7) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States; (8) has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal unless the alien has remained in the United States under color of law after such order's issuance, or received the order before attaining the age of 16; and (9) was under age 30 on the date of enactment of this Act.) H.R.5283 Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) - Help HAITI Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to adjust to permanent resident status an alien who: (1) was granted parole admission into the United States pursuant to the humanitarian parole policy for certain Haitian orphans announced on January 18, 2010, and suspended as to new applications on April 15, 2010; (2) is physically present in the United States; (3) is admissible as an immigrant; and (4) files an application for adjustment not later than three years after enactment of this Act.) H.R.6253 Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX) - National Guard Border Enforcement Act (Provisions that directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) (Secretary) to deploy at least an additional 10,000 members of the National Guard for border control activities along the U.S.-Mexico border until the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) certifies that the federal Government has achieved operational control of the border.) H.R.6327 Rep. Djou, Charles (R-HI) Citizenship and Service Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States prior to his or her sixteenth birthday, and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding enactment of this Act; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; and (4) at the time of application, has been admitted to an institution of higher education, or has earned a high school or general education diploma in the United States.) H.R.6497 Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional nonimmigrant status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has not participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion; (5) has not been convicted of certain offenses under federal or state law; (6) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States; (7) has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal unless the alien has remained in the United States under color of law after such order's issuance, or received the order before attaining the age of 16; and (8) was under age 30 on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.729 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes. (Provisions that would: (1) grant amnesty to illegal aliens who entered the country as children and have met minimal educational requirements; and (2) reverse current law to allow states to provide taxpayer subsidized in-state tuition to illegal aliens) S.3827 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to repeal the provision making unlawful aliens ineligible for higher education benefits based on state residence unless a U.S. citizen or national is eligible for such benefits without regard to state residence. Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school or equivalent diploma; (5) from the age of 16 and older, has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal; and (6) was under age 35 on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.3901 Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) Strengthening Our Commitment to Legal Immigration and Americas Security Act (Provisions that amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit an alien to be paroled into the United States or granted deferred action of a final order of removal only on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.) S.3962 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; Requires aliens to apply for such adjustment of status within one year of being admitted to an IHE or earning a high school or equivalent diploma. (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school or equivalent diploma; (5) from the age of 16 and older, has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal; and (6) was under age 35 on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.3963 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school or equivalent diploma; (5) from the age of 16 and older, has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal; and (6) was under age 30 on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.3992 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional nonimmigrant status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has not participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion; (5) has not been convicted of certain offenses under federal or state law; (6) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States; (7) has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal unless the alien has remained in the United States under color of law after such order's issuance, or received the order before attaining the age of 16; and (8) was under age 30 on the date of this Act's enactment.)
DREAM Act of 2010
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See attached. H.R.1751 Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) American Dream Act, To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes. (Provisions that would: (1) grant amnesty to illegal aliens who entered the country as children and have met minimal educational requirements; and (2) reverse current law to allow states to provide taxpayer subsidized in-state tuition to illegal aliens) H.R.5281 Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) Development Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act (Provisions relating to (Sec. 6) Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional nonimmigrant status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding enactment of this Act; (2) has been a person of good moral character since entering the United States; (3) is not inadmissible for reasons of health, criminality, security, public charge, smuggling, student visa abuse, citizenship ineligibility, polygamy, international child abduction, or unlawful voting; (4) is not deportable for reasons of smuggling, marriage fraud, criminality, security, public charge, or unlawful voting; (5) has not participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion; (6) has not been convicted of certain offenses under federal or state law; (7) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States; (8) has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal unless the alien has remained in the United States under color of law after such order's issuance, or received the order before attaining the age of 16; and (9) was under age 30 on the date of enactment of this Act.) H.R.5283 Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) - Help HAITI Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to adjust to permanent resident status an alien who: (1) was granted parole admission into the United States pursuant to the humanitarian parole policy for certain Haitian orphans announced on January 18, 2010, and suspended as to new applications on April 15, 2010; (2) is physically present in the United States; (3) is admissible as an immigrant; and (4) files an application for adjustment not later than three years after enactment of this Act.) H.R.6253 Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX) - National Guard Border Enforcement Act (Provisions that directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) (Secretary) to deploy at least an additional 10,000 members of the National Guard for border control activities along the U.S.-Mexico border until the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) certifies that the federal Government has achieved operational control of the border.) H.R.6327 Rep. Djou, Charles (R-HI) Citizenship and Service Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States prior to his or her sixteenth birthday, and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding enactment of this Act; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; and (4) at the time of application, has been admitted to an institution of higher education, or has earned a high school or general education diploma in the United States.) H.R.6497 Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional nonimmigrant status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has not participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion; (5) has not been convicted of certain offenses under federal or state law; (6) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States; (7) has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal unless the alien has remained in the United States under color of law after such order's issuance, or received the order before attaining the age of 16; and (8) was under age 30 on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.729 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes. (Provisions that would: (1) grant amnesty to illegal aliens who entered the country as children and have met minimal educational requirements; and (2) reverse current law to allow states to provide taxpayer subsidized in-state tuition to illegal aliens) S.3827 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to repeal the provision making unlawful aliens ineligible for higher education benefits based on state residence unless a U.S. citizen or national is eligible for such benefits without regard to state residence. Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school or equivalent diploma; (5) from the age of 16 and older, has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal; and (6) was under age 35 on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.3901 Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) Strengthening Our Commitment to Legal Immigration and Americas Security Act (Provisions that amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit an alien to be paroled into the United States or granted deferred action of a final order of removal only on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.) S.3962 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; Requires aliens to apply for such adjustment of status within one year of being admitted to an IHE or earning a high school or equivalent diploma. (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school or equivalent diploma; (5) from the age of 16 and older, has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal; and (6) was under age 35 on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.3963 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school or equivalent diploma; (5) from the age of 16 and older, has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal; and (6) was under age 30 on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.3992 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional nonimmigrant status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has not participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion; (5) has not been convicted of certain offenses under federal or state law; (6) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States; (7) has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal unless the alien has remained in the United States under color of law after such order's issuance, or received the order before attaining the age of 16; and (8) was under age 30 on the date of this Act's enactment.)
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See attached. H.R.704 Rep. Goodlatte, Bob (R-VA) - SAFE for America Act (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program.) H.R.800 Rep. Carter, John R. (R-TX) - Jobs Recovery by Ensuring a Legal American Workforce Act of 2011 (Provisions that would amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to make the E-Verify Program (Program) permanent and mandatory.) H.R.1473 Rep. Rogers, Harold (R-KY) - Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (Provisions that would: 1. decrease appropriations for United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS), including for processing applications for asylum and refugee status and for the E-Verify Program. 2. Increase appropriations to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for salaries and expenses, but decreases funding for automation modernization and eliminates appropriations for construction. 3. Decrease appropriations for the National Protection and Programs Directorate for management and administration, infrastructure protection and information security, and United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT). H.R. 1505 Rep. Bishop, Rob (R-UT) National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act (Provisions that would prevent the Departments of Interior and Agriculture from impeding or restricting activities of the Border Patrol on federal lands undertaken to achieve operational control of the border.) H.R. 1741 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Secure Visas Act (Provisions that would amend the Homeland Security Act to grant the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) (Secretary), except for the Secretary of State's authority with respect to diplomatic- and international organization-related visas, exclusive authority to issue regulations, establish policy, and administer and enforce the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and all other immigration or nationality laws relating to U.S. consular officer visa functions.) H.R.1822 Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana (R-CA) - No Health Care Subsidies for Illegal Aliens Act of 2011 (Provisions to amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for appropriate procedures under such title for verification of citizenship status.) H.R.1842 Rep. Berman Howard (D-CA) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011 (DREAM ACT) (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence on a conditional basis, an alien who: (1) entered the United States on or before his or her 15th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment, (2) is a person of good moral character, (3) is not inadmissible under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act, (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) in the United States or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States, and (5) was age 32 or younger on the date of this Act's enactment.) H.R.1932 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2011 (Provisions that amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain indefinitely, subject to six-month review, an alien under orders of removal who cannot be removed, if: (1) the alien will be removed in the reasonably foreseeable future; (2) the alien would have been removed but for the alien's refusal to cooperate with the Secretary's identification and removal efforts; (3) the alien has a highly contagious disease that poses a public safety threat; (4) release would have serious adverse foreign policy consequences; (5) release would threaten national security; (6) release would threaten the safety of the community or any person and the alien has been convicted of either one or more aggravated felonies or crimes of violence and, because of a mental or personality condition, is likely to engage in future acts of violence; or (7) release would threaten the safety of the community or any person and the alien has been convicted of one or more aggravated felonies.) H.R.1933 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the requirements for admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas. (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding the admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas to: (1) permit a one-time three-year extension of admission, and (2) reduce the maximum number of such visas per fiscal year to 300.) H.R.2017 Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. (R-AL) - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2012 (Provisions that would (1) make appropriations for FY2012 for: United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP), including for automation modernization, border security fencing, infrastructure, and technology, air and marine interdiction, operations, maintenance, and procurement, and construction and facilities management; United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), including for reimbursement of other agencies for costs associated with the repatriation of smuggled aliens unlawfully present in the United States, prioritizing the identification and removal of aliens convicted of a crime by the severity of that crime, and automation modernization. (2) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act: (1) in contravention of a provision of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 restricting any government entity or official from sending to, or receiving from, the responsible federal immigration agency information regarding the citizenship or immigration status of any individual; (2) to parole an alien into the United States, or to grant deferred action of a final order of removal, for any reason other than on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.) H.R.2164 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that would amend the current employment eligibility verification process all employers must use to ensure their workers are legal. (INA 274A; 8 U.S.C. 1324a) The bill maintains the existing framework for the employment eligibility verification process (including the I-9), but also makes important changes, such as mandating E-Verify and increasing penalties for employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens or fail to use E-Verify. H.R.2164 also preempts states from imposing civil or criminal penalties on employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens or fail to use E-Verify. The bill does permit states to exercise their licensing authority to penalize employers for failure to use E-Verify.) H.R.2497 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - HALT Act, Hinder the Administrations Legalization Temptation Act (Provisions that would suspend the Obama Administrations ability to grant administrative amnesty to illegal aliens.) H.R.2847 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - American Specialty Agriculture Act (Provisions that creates a new guest worker program to import agricultural workers. The bill seeks to replace the existing H-2A visa program, an agricultural guest worker program created in 1986 as part of under the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA). H.R.2885 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish an employment eligibility verification system (EEVS), patterned after the E-Verify system. (Eliminates the current paper-based I-9 system.) H.R.2895 Rep. Lungren, Dan (R-CA) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that would create a large new agricultural guest worker program in addition to existing guest worker programs, also would create a new W visa program to admit foreign agricultural labor as an alternative to both the current H-2A guest worker program. ) S.723 Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA) - Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011 (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to consider a person born in the United States "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States for citizenship at birth purposes only if the person is born in the United States of parents, one of whom is: (1) a U.S. citizen or national, (2) a lawful permanent resident alien whose residence is in the United States, or (3) an alien performing active service in the U.S. Armed Forces.) S.952 Sen. Durbin, Richard (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011 (DREAM ACT) (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence on a conditional basis, an alien who: (1) entered the United States on or before his or her 15th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment, (2) is a person of good moral character, (3) is not inadmissible under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act, (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) in the United States or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States, and (5) was age 32 or younger on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.1196 Sen. Grassley, Chuck (R-IA) - Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act (Provisions that would make E-Verify program permanent and amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRAIRA) of 1996 to change the programs name from a pilot program to E-Verify.) S.1380 Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA) - HALT Act, Hinder the Administrations Legalization Temptation Act (Provisions that suspends until January 21, 2013, the Attorney Generals (DOJ) authority regarding: (1) waiver of inadmissibility of aliens unlawfully present in the United States; (2) cancellation of removal and adjustment of status for certain non-permanent residents; (3) parole authority, except for parole entries for humanitarian, law enforcement, or security purposes; and (4) designation of a country for temporary protected status.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office
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2011 · second_quarter · Q2
See Attached. H.R.704 Rep. Goodlatte, Bob (R-VA) - SAFE for America Act (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program.) H.R.800 Rep. Carter, John R. (R-TX) - Jobs Recovery by Ensuring a Legal American Workforce Act of 2011 (Provisions that would amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to make the E-Verify Program (Program) permanent and mandatory.) H.R.1473 Rep. Rogers, Harold (R-KY) - Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (Provisions that would: 1. decrease appropriations for United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS), including for processing applications for asylum and refugee status and for the E-Verify Program. 2. Increase appropriations to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for salaries and expenses, but decreases funding for automation modernization and eliminates appropriations for construction. 3. Decrease appropriations for the National Protection and Programs Directorate for management and administration, infrastructure protection and information security, and United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT). H.R. 1741 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Secure Visas Act (Provisions that would amend the Homeland Security Act to grant the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) (Secretary), except for the Secretary of State's authority with respect to diplomatic- and international organization-related visas, exclusive authority to issue regulations, establish policy, and administer and enforce the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and all other immigration or nationality laws relating to U.S. consular officer visa functions.) H.R.1822 Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana (R-CA) - No Health Care Subsidies for Illegal Aliens Act of 2011 (Provisions to amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for appropriate procedures under such title for verification of citizenship status.) H.R.1842 Rep. Berman Howard (D-CA) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011 (DREAM ACT) (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence on a conditional basis, an alien who: (1) entered the United States on or before his or her 15th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment, (2) is a person of good moral character, (3) is not inadmissible under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act, (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) in the United States or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States, and (5) was age 32 or younger on the date of this Act's enactment.) H.R.1932 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2011 (Provisions that amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain indefinitely, subject to six-month review, an alien under orders of removal who cannot be removed, if: (1) the alien will be removed in the reasonably foreseeable future; (2) the alien would have been removed but for the alien's refusal to cooperate with the Secretary's identification and removal efforts; (3) the alien has a highly contagious disease that poses a public safety threat; (4) release would have serious adverse foreign policy consequences; (5) release would threaten national security; (6) release would threaten the safety of the community or any person and the alien has been convicted of either one or more aggravated felonies or crimes of violence and, because of a mental or personality condition, is likely to engage in future acts of violence; or (7) release would threaten the safety of the community or any person and the alien has been convicted of one or more aggravated felonies.) H.R.1933 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the requirements for admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas. (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding the admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas to: (1) permit a one-time three-year extension of admission, and (2) reduce the maximum number of such visas per fiscal year to 300.) H.R.2017 Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. (R-AL) - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2012 (Provisions that would (1) make appropriations for FY2012 for: United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP), including for automation modernization, border security fencing, infrastructure, and technology, air and marine interdiction, operations, maintenance, and procurement, and construction and facilities management; United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), including for reimbursement of other agencies for costs associated with the repatriation of smuggled aliens unlawfully present in the United States, prioritizing the identification and removal of aliens convicted of a crime by the severity of that crime, and automation modernization. (2) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act: (1) in contravention of a provision of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 restricting any government entity or official from sending to, or receiving from, the responsible federal immigration agency information regarding the citizenship or immigration status of any individual; (2) to parole an alien into the United States, or to grant deferred action of a final order of removal, for any reason other than on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.) H.R.2164 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - Legal Workforce Act (Provisions that would amend the current employment eligibility verification process all employers must use to ensure their workers are legal. (INA 274A; 8 U.S.C. 1324a) The bill maintains the existing framework for the employment eligibility verification process (including the I-9), but also makes important changes, such as mandating E-Verify and increasing penalties for employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens or fail to use E-Verify. H.R.2164 also preempts states from imposing civil or criminal penalties on employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens or fail to use E-Verify. The bill does permit states to exercise their licensing authority to penalize employers for failure to use E-Verify.) S.723 Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA) - Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011 (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to consider a person born in the United States "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States for citizenship at birth purposes only if the person is born in the United States of parents, one of whom is: (1) a U.S. citizen or national, (2) a lawful permanent resident alien whose residence is in the United States, or (3) an alien performing active service in the U.S. Armed Forces.) S.952 Sen. Durbin, Richard (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011 (DREAM ACT) (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence on a conditional basis, an alien who: (1) entered the United States on or before his or her 15th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment, (2) is a person of good moral character, (3) is not inadmissible under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act, (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) in the United States or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States, and (5) was age 32 or younger on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.1196 Sen. Grassley, Chuck (R-IA) - Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act (Provisions that would make E-Verify program permanent and amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRAIRA) of 1996 to change the programs name from a pilot program to E-Verify.)
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM via FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
2011 · first_quarter · Q1
See attached. H.R.1 Rep. Rogers, Harold (R-KY) Full Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (Provisions that would have (1) prohibited the U.S. Department of Justice from using any funds to sue Arizona in an effort to strike down its new immigration enforcement law, SB 1070 (2) would have prohibited government funds from being used to carry out the Visa Lottery (INA 201(e)), essentially abolishing the program (3) would have limited Department of Homeland Security to a maximum of 33,400 detention beds (as introduced, H.R. 1 set the minimum number of detention beds at 33,400). By limiting the number of detention beds, the amendment would have prevented Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from expanding its enforcement efforts against illegal aliens because it would have had nowhere to detain the illegal aliens while in the process of removing them from the U.S. (4) would have denied all funding for the implementation of REAL ID.) H.R.140 Rep. King, Steve (R-IA) - Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011 (Provisions that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to consider a person born in the United States "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States for citizenship at birth purposes if the person is born in the United States of parents, one of whom is: (1) a U.S. citizen or national; (2) a lawful permanent resident alien whose residence is in the United States; or (3) an alien performing active service in the U.S. Armed Forces.) H.R.152 Rep. Poe, Ted (R-TX) - National Guard Border Enforcement Act (Provisions that directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) (Secretary) to deploy at least an additional 10,000 members of the National Guard for border control activities along the U.S.-Mexico border until the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) certifies that the federal government has achieved operational control of the border.) H.R.800 Rep. Carter, John R. (R-TX) - Jobs Recovery by Ensuring a Legal American Workforce Act of 2011 (Provisions that would apply to both prospective and current employees, guaranteeing a legal workforce and cutting off the jobs magnet, the bill also prohibits employers from deducting wages paid to or on behalf illegal aliens, requires notification of social security number mismatches and multiple uses, and enhances information sharing between federal agencies.) H.R.1091 Rep. Hunter, Duncan (R-CA) - Unlawful Border Entry Prevention Act of 2011 (Provisions that would (1) grant the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) authority to construct reinforced fencing along not less than 350 miles of the southwest border. (2) bill would also require Homeland Security to submit to Congress a plan to gain operational control of a specific sector of the southwest border if the Department determines that there has been a 40 percent increase in apprehensions of illegal aliens crossing the border in that sector.) H.R.1134 Rep. Hunter, Duncan (R-CA) - Enforce the Law for Sanctuary Cities Act (Provisions that would amend Section 241(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to prohibit state and local governments with sanctuary city policies in place from receiving federal reimbursements for incarcerating illegal aliens. (2) Under the bill, state and local governments would also be ineligible for SCAAP funds if they prohibit law enforcement officials from gathering information regarding the citizenship or immigration status of any individual.) S.J.RES.2 Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA) - A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to United States citizenship. (Provisions relating to a person born in the United States shall not be a U.S. citizen unless: (1) one parent of the person is a U.S. citizen; (2) one parent of the person is an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States who resides in the United States; (3) one parent of the person is an alien performing active service in the U.S. Armed Forces; or (4) the person is naturalized in accordance with the laws of the United States.)
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM via FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
2010 · fourth_quarter · Q4
See attached. H.R.1751 Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) American Dream Act, To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes. (Provisions that would: (1) grant amnesty to illegal aliens who entered the country as children and have met minimal educational requirements; and (2) reverse current law to allow states to provide taxpayer subsidized in-state tuition to illegal aliens) H.R.5281 Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) Development Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act (Provisions relating to (Sec. 6) Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional nonimmigrant status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding enactment of this Act; (2) has been a person of good moral character since entering the United States; (3) is not inadmissible for reasons of health, criminality, security, public charge, smuggling, student visa abuse, citizenship ineligibility, polygamy, international child abduction, or unlawful voting; (4) is not deportable for reasons of smuggling, marriage fraud, criminality, security, public charge, or unlawful voting; (5) has not participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion; (6) has not been convicted of certain offenses under federal or state law; (7) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States; (8) has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal unless the alien has remained in the United States under color of law after such order's issuance, or received the order before attaining the age of 16; and (9) was under age 30 on the date of enactment of this Act.) H.R.5283 Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) - Help HAITI Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to adjust to permanent resident status an alien who: (1) was granted parole admission into the United States pursuant to the humanitarian parole policy for certain Haitian orphans announced on January 18, 2010, and suspended as to new applications on April 15, 2010; (2) is physically present in the United States; (3) is admissible as an immigrant; and (4) files an application for adjustment not later than three years after enactment of this Act.) H.R.6253 Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX) - National Guard Border Enforcement Act (Provisions that directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) (Secretary) to deploy at least an additional 10,000 members of the National Guard for border control activities along the U.S.-Mexico border until the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) certifies that the federal Government has achieved operational control of the border.) H.R.6327 Rep. Djou, Charles (R-HI) Citizenship and Service Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States prior to his or her sixteenth birthday, and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding enactment of this Act; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; and (4) at the time of application, has been admitted to an institution of higher education, or has earned a high school or general education diploma in the United States.) H.R.6497 Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional nonimmigrant status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has not participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion; (5) has not been convicted of certain offenses under federal or state law; (6) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States; (7) has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal unless the alien has remained in the United States under color of law after such order's issuance, or received the order before attaining the age of 16; and (8) was under age 30 on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.729 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes. (Provisions that would: (1) grant amnesty to illegal aliens who entered the country as children and have met minimal educational requirements; and (2) reverse current law to allow states to provide taxpayer subsidized in-state tuition to illegal aliens) S.3827 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to repeal the provision making unlawful aliens ineligible for higher education benefits based on state residence unless a U.S. citizen or national is eligible for such benefits without regard to state residence. Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school or equivalent diploma; (5) from the age of 16 and older, has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal; and (6) was under age 35 on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.3901 Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) Strengthening Our Commitment to Legal Immigration and Americas Security Act (Provisions that amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit an alien to be paroled into the United States or granted deferred action of a final order of removal only on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.) S.3962 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; Requires aliens to apply for such adjustment of status within one year of being admitted to an IHE or earning a high school or equivalent diploma. (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school or equivalent diploma; (5) from the age of 16 and older, has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal; and (6) was under age 35 on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.3963 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school or equivalent diploma; (5) from the age of 16 and older, has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal; and (6) was under age 30 on the date of this Act's enactment.) S.3992 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 (Provisions that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional nonimmigrant status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has not participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion; (5) has not been convicted of certain offenses under federal or state law; (6) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States; (7) has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal unless the alien has remained in the United States under color of law after such order's issuance, or received the order before attaining the age of 16; and (8) was under age 30 on the date of this Act's enactment.)
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office