A Bipartisan Tweak to Reduce the Immigration Reform Backlog - Page 2

And I absolutely agree with you. I have nothing against legal immigrants from China and India. The thing that frustrates me is that Democrats are going along with GOP piecemeal legisation intended to fix some aspects of the broken immigration system when they know that CIR is needed. Just like the GOP has stiffed Democrats on the DA for being a piecemeal solution, Democrats should do the same with this bill and push for CIR.

Moreover, note that piecemeal solutions just further limit or narrow the grounds for compromise on CIR, hurting its prospects for future passage. If this bill passes and the GOP manages to convince Democrats to secure the border first and pass E-verify, what will Democrats do to bring the GOP to the table to compromise over what to do with the undocumented immigrants who are already here?

I wonder if Democrats in the Senate will try something with the DA and this bill?

There was an article released earlier this year that Democrats in the Senate considered combining the DA with the McCain-Kyl border security bill. I don't know. There is just so much room for speculation.

But again, CIR is desperately needed.

Occupy Dreamers.....occupy Dreamers....occupy Dreamers.....spread The Word....occupy Dreamers!

Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is placing a hold on the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act (H.R. 3012) that overwhelmingly passed through the House Tuesday night 389-to-15.
However, Sen. Grassley, who serves as the Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is concerned that the bill could have an impact on future immigration numbers as well as the impact it could have for highly-skilled unemployed Americans currently looking for work.

The following is the statement Sen. Grassley is providing for the Congressional record:

"I rise to inform my colleagues that I am placing a hold on H.R. 3012, the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act. This bill would eliminate the per-country numerical limitations for employment and family-based immigrants. I have concerns about the impact of this bill on future immigration flows, and am concerned that it does nothing to better protect Americans at home who seek high-skilled jobs during this time of record high unemployment."

The bill's author, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), opposes the hold, stating, "While per-country limits make some limited sense in the area of family immigration, they make no sense in the context of employment-based immigration. American companies treat all highly skilled immigrants equally regardless of where they come from, and our immigration policy should do the same. The hold should be lifted and the Senate should swiftly pass this bipartisan legislation."

https://www.numbersusa.com/content/n...visa-bill.html

Grassley is such a dick, goes to show how these racist GOP members think

hahahahahha The GOP.

so what happened with this? Anything?