"REPAIR" CIR, DREAM ACT to be intro this THURS - Page 2

Okay. What is this? (Legalization) file tax returns and pay back taxes, then after 8 years as an LPI, apply for Green Card. Spouses and minor children of LPI’s living abroad will also be eligible for legalization.

So now people out of the country will be brought here. Yup this has no chance of passing? Also, after 8 years, then what are the priveleges as an LPI?


Technology Green Cards: To attract the best and brightest from around the world, Green Cards will be immediately available to foreign students with advanced degrees from U.S. universities in the fields of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics, with a job offer from a U.S. employer in the field related to their degree. The best and the brightest are already here if they just pass DREAM. I have a BS in Psychology and I don't have legal status of any kind, not a permit or anything, so don't qualify for that.

Atleast for those of you who atleast have PR family members will benefit because there will no longer be a difference between a USC or a Resident when sponsoring but comeone imagine the backlog for this. Sadly, I don't have immediate family here it is just me.

^^ It only means that the DA will have another shot. As long as there are senators who are willing to put it up for debate there will be hope for it to be a stand alone

I don't really like the language they used in the article. Conservative Americans don't want amnesty. Plus the Technology Green Cards are very risky. I can get a degree in Mexico for $500 pesos. They should put some kind of exam with this to prove they indeed studied in their country.

For those of you who are skeptical about this, I talked to an immigration lawyer two months ago. I asked him about the Dream Act and the chances it had in congress. He told me exactly what happened two weeks ago. He did told me that an immigration reform had more chance of passing. Immigration Reform And Control Act of 1986 was enacted right after elections (November 6). So we might have history repeating itself in these upcoming months.

If it is quota free then no but if it has a quota it will be as useless as it is now for recent college grads. H1B are reserved by most companies to find skilled professionals with at least 5-10 years of experience.

Lou

If a dreamy receives their master's in a STEM field, would they qualify for the technology green card? Or is it only available to people applying from abroad?

Erik, the technology green card is only available for whoever get a degree from U.S. university.

So this applies to DREAMers if they already have a Bachelor of Science degree from a U.S institution?

Not a bachelor degree, but a master degree.

This provision is also known as STEM

It has advanced degrees of Science, etc.

So a BS degree is good for Dream Act I guess, once DA passes, the candidate just waits 6 years and becomes a US Citizen?

You cannot get a degree for $500 pesos. Certainly not one with any value to it, and you are not going to get an job offer with a degree from a Mexican degree mill. No job offer, no green card.

That being said, there are legitimate universities in Mexico (off the top of my head, two of my engineering profs here in Texas have been educated at UNAM and Monterrey TEC, respectively).

At any rate, even if the education cost is low, the time and effort invested in a legitimate degree is the same as at any bona fide university.