Bipartisan House Group May Roll Out Immigration Reform Plan [Next] Week

Ianus · 03-04-2013, 03:32 PM

The general legalization plan in the House bill seems so far to be a permanent non-immigrant visa with access to the current immigration channels including the new ones created by their variation of CIR.The more specialized legalized plans concerning those under Dream act and Agjobs apparently lead to a path to citizenship but doesn't describe how.

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A bipartisan group of congressmen in the House, many of whom have been working on immigration reform for four years, are planning to roll out a plan as early as this week that will include an "indirect" path to citizenship from guest worker status.

"Our bill does not grant any fast track to citizenship for anyone who has broken the law," said Rep. John Carter (R-Texas), who told The Christian Post that although he cannot disclose any of the details, he would confirm that E-Verify would be a big part of their plan.

Carter said Friday the group is "very, very close to having a finished product next week."

The House reform plan will include "built in consequences for breaking the law, and an indirect path to citizenship," said Carter, who re-emphasized that the group is not orchestrating any new path to citizenship for those who are already in the United States.

The group is also likely to propose criminal background checks, fines, paying back taxes, access to citizenship for children of undocumented workers, and increased temporary visa enforcement.

Members of the House group, which includes two Democrats and one Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, is comprised of eight members: Democrats John Yarmuth (Ky.), Luis Gutierrez (Ill.), Xavier Bacerra and Zoe Lofgren, both of California, and Republicans John Carter and Sam Johnson, both from Texas, Mario Diaz-Balart (Fla.) and Raul Labrador (Idaho).

Reps. Bacerra, Lofgren, Carter, Johnson and Diaz-Balart are among the members who started meeting privately to discuss immigration reform four years ago, a House Democratic aide said.

"We set out to be law enforcers, but we are also trying to come up with a compassionate [plan] dealing with the human beings that are involved," said Carter, who emphasized that the House members' goal is to deal with past problems as well as set a course for the future direction of immigration policy in the U.S.

Carter added that the members haven't yet figured out how they will release their immigration reform plan, but according to a Democratic aide, they could take the bill to the Judiciary Committee, the House floor, or go see if they can get sponsors.

Border security is also a concern, and according to sources familiar with the group's plan. Members of both parties want to ensure that border security is part of any immigration reform bill.

Carter confirmed this when he told The Christian Post that: "Nothing will happen until we are confident that the border is secure."

Likewise, although there is no confirmed agreement, it is possible that the group's plan will include an increase in the number of green cards available to immigrants, according to House sources.

Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, voiced his concerns about current immigration laws that are ineffective and counterintuitive, during last month's hearing on immigration reform: "The United States has the most generous legal immigration system in the world – providing permanent residence to over a million immigrants a year."

"And yet, all is not well," said Goodlatte, who added that prospective immigrant workers with approved petitions often have to wait years for green cards to become available; as do their employers.

He added that current U.S. laws erect unnecessary hurdles for immigrant farmers and that the agriculture guest worker program is "unworkable and needs to be reformed."

"At the same time, we allocate many thousands of green cards on the basis of pure luck through the diversity lottery," Goodlatte said. "And we allocate many thousands of green cards to non-nuclear family members. Some characterize this as 'chain migration,' which former Florida Governor Jeb Bush has recently written 'does not promote the nation's economic interests.'"

Carter said he's hopeful that when the bill is made public, people will say that the House group did the right thing.

"We are not rewarding people for breaking the law, but we took into consideration that this is dealing with people, not numbers, and families, not categories."

Lost Generation · 03-04-2013, 04:02 PM

Let's get it rolling

DA User · 03-04-2013, 05:37 PM

Great news.

Severity · 03-04-2013, 07:26 PM

ok... so it's a written bill? It better be... 4 years for a plan seems extremely lazy.

j83 · 03-04-2013, 08:21 PM

With all these frustrations goin on be not surprised when twenty years from now, a handful of dreamers who benefited from 2013 CIR makes it to the senate or the house as legislator.

VeryNicePerson1 · 03-04-2013, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by j83

With all these frustrations goin on be not surprised when twenty years from now, a handful of dreamers who benefited from 2013 CIR makes it to the senate or the house as legislator.

I wouldn't be surprised.

Members here on DAP alone are very educated and are very interested in Politics. Also the humbling life of being undocumented is like no other and IMO builds a strong moral core. The trials and tribulations of life can be strong factors in gaining respect and following from the populace.

I'm not even highly politically educated (at the moment

) and I would be confident of running for office in the future, probably a bold statement on my part...but nevertheless one I think could be possible. Although, seeing some of the people that are elected makes me question the requirement of being educated, lol

Severity · 03-04-2013, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by VeryNicePerson1

I wouldn't be surprised.
Although, seeing some of the people that are elected makes me question the requirement of being educated, lol

Preach

dreamerperson · 03-04-2013, 11:05 PM

Hm. There's a part about "children of undocumented workers", but that could mean anything...Weren't there whispers of introducing the DREAM Act separately?

Pianoswithoutfaith · 03-04-2013, 11:25 PM

I dont hope this turn into weeks then months.....otherwise DA User is out of a gimmick

DA User · 03-05-2013, 01:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Pianoswithoutfaith

I dont hope this turn into weeks then months.....otherwise DA User is out of a gimmick

I predict CIR/DA will pass this month.

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