• Home
  • Today
  • Advocacy
  • Forum
Donate
  • login
  • register
Home

They need you!

Forum links

  • Recent changes
  • Member list
  • Search
  • Register
Search Forums
 
Advanced Search
Go to Page...

Resources

  • Do I qualify?
  • In-state tuition
  • FAQ
  • Ways to legalize
  • Feedback
  • Contact us

Join our list

National calendar of events

«  

March

  »
S M T W T F S
1
 
2
 
3
 
4
 
5
 
6
 
7
 
8
 
9
 
10
 
11
 
12
 
13
 
14
 
15
 
16
 
17
 
18
 
19
 
20
 
21
 
22
 
23
 
24
 
25
 
26
 
27
 
28
 
29
 
30
 
31
 
 
 
 
 
Sync with this calendar
DAP Forums > DREAM Act > The News Room

Congressmen Who Oppose Immigration Reform Use Loophole To Keep Select Few In U.S.

  • View
  • Post new reply
  • Thread tools
#1
05-30-2013, 11:02 AM
Member
Joined in Apr 2013
76 posts
esther
0 AP
By Josh Israel on May 30, 2013 at 10:30 am
Some members of Congress are taking advantage of a loophole that allows them to keep a select few in the US, even as they oppose broader efforts to reform immiration.

Here’s how it works: Any U.S. Senator or Representative may file a “private bill,” proposing relief for a person who has been denied asylum, but still wants to live in the United States. The bill gets referred to the Judiciary Committee, which generally does not act on private bills. Because the bill is pending, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) allows the individual to stay in the country under “deferred action.” At the start of the next Congress, the bill’s sponsor simply re-files the bill, restarting the process.

In the 112th Congress, dozens of such bills were filed by members of both parties. While the individual stories are often compelling, this little-noticed loophole allows those who can attract the support of a Member of Congress a great advantage over those will equally compelling stories but no such access.

More curious, though, is that some of the lawmakers who have offered private immigration bills in the past two Congresses have been otherwise staunch opponents of reforms that would provide the same chance for others — even opponents of President Obama’s “deferred action” order for young immigrants brought to the U.S. as small children.

Read more here: http://thinkprogress.org/immigration...-hunter-visas/

Update: Sorry guys, I'm not on my game today. I didn't realize that the title cuts off after a certain amount of characters!
Last edited by freshh.; 05-31-2013 at 03:26 PM.. Reason: Fixed Title
  • Reply With Quote
Post your reply or quote more messages.
esther
View Public Profile
Send a private message to esther
Find all posts by esther
#2
05-31-2013, 03:59 AM
Senior Member
Joined in Sep 2012
1,365 posts
zone2oo0's Avatar
zone2oo0
0 AP
its ok, you tried. you're forgiven.
__________________
USCIS SEAL OF APPROVAL.
  • Reply With Quote
Post your reply or quote more messages.
zone2oo0
View Public Profile
Send a private message to zone2oo0
Find all posts by zone2oo0
#3
05-31-2013, 05:23 PM
Moderator
From Atlanta, GA
Joined in Aug 2008
2,822 posts
freshh.'s Avatar
freshh.
250 AP
Fixed the title for you, Esther.
__________________
Self-Prepared, Jamaican, Visa Overstay ; Expiration: 10.18.18
Renewal #3 Sent: 01.21.18 (Chicago, IL)| Arrived: 01.23.2018
G-1145:01.26.18|Biometrics Received: 01.30.18 (02.16.18 ) | Biometrics Completed : 02.16.18
  • Reply With Quote
Post your reply or quote more messages.
freshh.
View Public Profile
Send a private message to freshh.
Find all posts by freshh.
#4
06-01-2013, 02:23 PM
Senior Member
Joined in Nov 2010
1,675 posts
TexasDreamy
0 AP
Yeaaah.. I think something like 1 bill a decade gets approved. BFD.
__________________
Renewal 3: Card: Jun/19
Awaiting GC/USC...
  • Reply With Quote
Post your reply or quote more messages.
TexasDreamy
View Public Profile
Send a private message to TexasDreamy
Find all posts by TexasDreamy


« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Show Printable Version
Email this Page Email this Page

Contact Us - DREAM Act Portal - Archive - Top
Powered by vBulletin®
Copyright ©2000 - 2026, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.