Obama Immigration Reform Bill Draft (Full Text)

Ianus · 02-19-2013, 06:47 PM

Over at immigration-law.com they have linked to the full text of the White House Draft.You can view it via Border Enforcement,Worksite Enforcement and Legalization of the Undocumented.Obviously,the more important aspect is what happens to Dreamers in particular which is under the Legalization aspect.

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(9) DACA RECIPIENTS.— In the case of applicants for Lawful Prospective

Immigrant status who have already been granted Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

(DACA) pursuant to the Secretary’s memorandum of June 15, 2012, the Secretary may adopt procedural efficiencies that avoid the need to re-adjudicate any eligibility requirements for Lawful Prospective Immigrant status that have already been determined to have been satisfied during the DACA adjudication and that the Secretary has found not to have been affected by intervening events.

(10) PRE-APPLICATION REGISTRATION.—
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(A) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary may, in his or her discretion, permit pre-application registration by prospective applicants for Lawful Prospective Immigrant status before the period during which applications may be accepted under this subsection in order to improve the efficient processing of applications during such period. If the Secretary elects to permit such pre-application registration, the Secretary shall also have the discretion to authorize, under such conditions as the Secretary in his or her discretion shall prescribe, the employment of the registrant starting at such time on or after such registration as the Secretary in his or her discretion shall specify.

(B) BACKGROUND CHECKS. – The Secretary may to the extent he or she deems appropriate perform the security and background checks described in paragraph (3)(B) on prospective applicants participating in pre-application registration.

(C) REGULATIONS.—The requirements of chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Administrative Procedure Act) or any other law relating to rulemaking, information collection or publication in the Federal Register, shall not apply to any action to implement pre-application registration.

(D) FEES.—The Secretary may collect a processing fee from an individual participating in the pre-application registration program. Such fee may be set at a level sufficient to recover all costs of the pre-application registration program, and shall be deposited and used as provided in section 286(m) and (n) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. § 1356(m) and (n)). The Secretary may reduce the amount of any processing fee otherwise payable for an application for Lawful Prospective Immigrant status filed by an individual who has paid any processing fee for the pre-application registration program by the amount of any reduction in the cost of application processing attributable to participation in the pre-application registration program.

(E) CONFIDENTIALITY.—The provisions of section 204 of this title shall apply to any information furnished to the Secretary for purposes of pre-application registration.

The next following text concerns the Permanent residency aspect specifically for Dreamers under the White House proposal.

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(3) SPECIAL RULE FOR CHILD ENTRANTS
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(A) Notwithstanding section 202(c)(2), the Secretary shall adjust the status of a Lawful Prospective Immigrant described in this paragraph (who had not yet reached the age of 35 on the date of the enactment of this Act) to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence if the Secretary determines that the alien:

(i) had not yet reached the age of 16 years at the time of initial entry;
(ii) at the time of application to LPI status had –

(I) been enrolled in or graduated from an institution ofhigher education in the United States, or
(II) had earned a high school diploma or obtained a general education development certificate in the United States; and

(iii) at the time of applying to adjust status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, had –

(I) acquired a degree from an institution of higher education in the United States or
completed at least 2 years, in good standing, in a program for a bachelor's degree or higher degree in the United States; or
(II) served in the uniformed services for at least 2 years and, if discharged, has received an honorable discharge.

(B) SPOUSES AND CHILDREN OF CHILD ENTRANTS. --
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall confer the status of lawful permanent resident on the spouse and minor child of an alien granted any adjustment of status under paragraphs (3) if such alien includes the spouse or minor child in an application for adjustment of status to that of a lawful permanent resident.

TexasDreamy · 02-19-2013, 06:59 PM

AWW YEAAAH

LPR for all of us?

Thanks, Obama!

DamLeon123 · 07:03 PM

In this proposal anyone UNDER 35 who entered before the age of 16 qualifies for a special pathway to citizenship, that is very good but I wonder how the republi-cant's will react to this.

And it always boggles my mind about this:
"(II) served in the uniformed services for at least 2 years and, if discharged, has received an honorable discharge."

So you can just waltz into a recruiting office and say that you want to join the military
without them checking for LPR or citizenship? Do this people even live in the real world.

Ianus · 02-19-2013, 07:18 PM

The biggest thing about this is that it seems one can go from DACA->LPI->LPR if you meet the current full requirements of the Dream act without issue as there are no border triggers with the Obama bill.

star293 · 02-19-2013, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by DamLeon123

In this proposal anyone UNDER 35 who entered before the age of 16 qualifies for a special pathway to citizenship, that is very good but I wonder how the republi-cant's will react to this.

And it always boggles my mind about this:
"(II) served in the uniformed services for at least 2 years and, if discharged, has received an honorable discharge."

So you can just waltz into a recruiting office and say that you want to join the military
without them checking for LPR or citizenship? Do this people even live in the real world.

the army will make a special case for us just like they did with the MAVNI applicants

AngelFace · 02-19-2013, 07:34 PM

Thank You JESUS!! I'm getting my PAPERS FOR Christmas!!!!!

Severity · 02-19-2013, 08:27 PM

Knew it

Cris_32 · 02-19-2013, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by star293

the army will make a special case for us just like they did with the MAVNI applicants

What do yu mean? I'm all confused lol
I want to join the military obviously we have to wait till it passes

Cali_Meheecan · 02-19-2013, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by yanglee

so DACA will not qualify for u.s. citizens ?....... idiot... i hope this bill fail

lmfao dude, so you want to be spoon fed too? Why do you feel like you deserve Citizenship right off the bat while everyone else doesn't. Just be grateful they're even considering this for us.

Cris_32 · 10:35 PM

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Ur an ignorant ! I remember ppl used too bee soo happy when DACA came out ! Even tho it didn't make yu legal it would prevent u from getting deported! Now ur saying PR isn't Enough !? Wtf !!??? Yu can become a USC 5 years after ! Don't get too cocky & nothing is gonna be like yu want ! I swear sorry to say this but if I knew yu I would problaby slap the sh** out of yu for saying that

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