the immigration reform
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Understanding the immigration reform
A quick introduction to grasp what you never asked
Immigration Reform?
The
S.744 bill 01/28/2013
• Charles Schumer of New York
• Dick Durbin of Illinois
• Bob Menendez of New Jersey
• Michael Bennet of Colorado
• John McCain of Arizona
• Lindsey Graham of South Carolina
• Marco Rubio of Florida
• Jeff Flake of Arizona
D
R
Comprehensive Immigration Reform
.
The Executive Action can’t be “comprehensive”
(but we’ll get back to that)
S.744
Border Security Immigrant Visas
Interior Enforcement
Non-Immigrant Visa Reform Jobs for Youth
S.744
Border Security
S.744
Border Security Immigrant Visas
Interior Enforcement
Non-Immigrant Visa Reform Jobs for Youth
S.744
Jobs for Youth
S.744
Border Security Immigrant Visas
Interior Enforcement
Non-Immigrant Visa Reform Jobs for Youth
S.744
Interior Enforcement
S.744
Border Security Immigrant Visas
Interior Enforcement
Non-Immigrant Visa Reform Jobs for Youth
S.744
Immigrant Visas“Earned legalization”
S.744
Immigrant Visas
• 120,000 to 250,000 per year • 2 tiers given each 50%
S.744
Immigrant Visas
• “Track-two” • Eliminating backlog within 7 years • Still “merit-based”
S.744
Immigrant Visas
• Easier for immediate relatives • Harder for non-immediate relatives • Eliminating backlog + making room
for merit-based visas
S.744
Immigrant Visas
• No cap for STEM fields! • No labor certification either! • No country cap (backlog-killer)
S.744
Immigrant Visas
+ Integration of new immigrants !+ Less-skilled W visa agricultural worker program + Some other visa changes
S.744
Border Security Immigrant Visas
Interior Enforcement
Non-Immigrant Visa Reform Jobs for Youth
S.744
Non-Immigrant Visa Reform
• H1B cap raised to 115k-180k! \o/ • Higher wage calculation • Good-faith recruitment of US workers • 50% non-immigrant visas maximum • Easier to change job for H1Bs;
“harder” for L1s
S.744
Non-Immigrant Visa Reform
• Investor’s visa (X visa) for entrepreneurs • $100k investment • or 3 jobs /2yrs, and $250k revenue /yr
• Investor’s immigrant visa (EB-6) • significant ownership + role • 5 jobs + $500k investment • or 5 jobs + $750k revenue /yr for 2 yrs
S.744
Non-Immigrant Visa Reform
• Unilateral approach to W less-skilled visa • Dual-intent for F-1 students • Non-immigrant retiree visa (> 55yrs with $500,000) • …
S.744
Border Security Immigrant Visas
Interior Enforcement
Non-Immigrant Visa Reform Jobs for Youth
What then?
What is an Executive Action?
Federal government
Legislative branch
Executive branch
Judicial branch
?
SpecsDetails
+ execution Screw-ups
!
A comprehensive
reform !!!!!!
Executive Action
Abuse of power?Gang of Eight’s S.744 bill.
Comprehensive is possible. Obama says: “I won’t, would be abuse of power”
Congress blocks reform.Obama says: “let’s wait for mid-terms”
Obama says: “Oh well, I’ll do it”
Mid-terms: Reps everywhere
Congress:
Federal government
Legislative branch
Executive branch
Judicial branch
Specs + budget
Details + execution Screw-ups
What’s in this Executive Action?
This Executive Action
Border Security / Interior Enforcement
Immigration:clarifications & optimizations
Promoting Naturalization
Deferred Actions / Provisional Waiver
This Executive Action
Deferred Actions / Provisional Waiver
First: • What is Deferred Action? • What is Provisional Waiver? • Also, what is Parole?
Parole-in-place?
This Executive Action
Deferred Actions / Provisional Waiver
• Illegal immigrants who were here as children, and have been here a long enough time.
• Illegal immigrants who are parents of legal residents.
• But, MUST register.
This Executive Action
Border Security / Interior Enforcement
Immigration:clarifications & optimizations
Promoting Naturalization
Deferred Actions / Provisional Waiver
This Executive Action
Border Security / Interior Enforcement
• More focus on actual felons, rather than families (tiers).
• “Secure Communities” (police cooperation program) discontinued —> “Priority Enforcement Program”
• HR reform for Custom Enforcement officers.
This Executive Action
Border Security / Interior Enforcement
Immigration:clarifications & optimizations
Promoting Naturalization
Deferred Actions / Provisional Waiver
This Executive Action
Promoting Naturalization
This Executive Action
Border Security / Interior Enforcement
Immigration:clarifications & optimizations
Promoting Naturalization
Deferred Actions / Provisional Waiver
This Executive Action
Immigration:clarifications & optimizations
• Optional Pratical Training for F-1’s (12 months on US job, 29 if STEM)
This Executive Action
Immigration:clarifications & optimizations
• Deferred action and parole for families of citizens or lawful residents seeking to serve in the US military.
• Reuse of the notion of “significant public benefit”.
This Executive Action
Immigration:clarifications & optimizations
• Work auth for H-1B spouses with pending sponsored GC.
• Optimizing unused quotas. • Better communication about when to
apply for current quotas.
This Executive Action
Immigration:clarifications & optimizations
• L-1B: clarification over “specialized knowledge”. • Easier job movement when in GC process.
This Executive Action
Immigration:clarifications & optimizations
• Reuse of the “national-interest waiver” Green Card for economical interests (clearly for start-ups). To be clarified.
• Reuse of the “significant public benefit”, giving parole to well-funded R&D entrepreneurs by US investors.
This Executive Action
Border Security / Interior Enforcement
Immigration:clarifications & optimizations
Promoting Naturalization
Deferred Actions / Provisional Waiver
What’s next?
• Feb 18th: new DACA submissions (and more new application dates within 2015)
• Budget to be voted by Feb 27th: government shutdown?
• House of Representatives’ vote on immigration reform: maybe, someday…
Questions?
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