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Included in the bill are the following provisions, according to a summary memo provided to NBC News:
Allow undocumented immigrants who have lived in the United States continually since before December 31, 2011 to apply for “Registered Provisional Immigrant Status” if they pay back taxes and $500 in fines, and if they have not been convicted of a felony or 3 or more misdemeanors or voted illegally. Individuals with this status can work for any employer and travel outside the country but are not eligible to receive means-tested federal public benefits.
After 10 years in Registered Provisional Immigrant Status, individuals will be eligible – pending border security measures and a clearing of existing backlogs for legal immigrants – to earn a merit-based green card if they have worked in the United States, demonstrated knowledge of the English language and paid an additional fine of $1000.
Allow eligible DREAM act applicants and certain agricultural workers to apply for green cards within five years
Regarding border security, the bill would set a goal of “90% effectiveness” – meaning the rate of apprehensions and turnbacks of potential entrants – per fiscal year in the most high-risk areas of the southern border. If that goal is not met within five years, a bipartisan “Border Commission” made up of border state governors and experts will be formed to issue new recommendations on how to achieve it.
Allocate $3 billion for increased surveillance and manpower along the country’s southern border and an additional $1.5 billion for fencing.
Include a border security “trigger” requiring that no undocumented immigrant can achieve legal “Registered Provisional Immigrant” status until strategies for border security have been submitted by the Department of Homeland Security to Congress.
Require an additional “trigger” that prevents those with “Registered Provisional Immigrant” status from becoming eligible to apply for Lawful Permanent Resident status until the Department of Homeland Security and the Comptroller General certify that border security strategies are operational and a mandatory employment verification system has been implemented.
Create a new “W” visa program to allow non-agricultural temporary workers to come to the United States to work for registered employers.
Eliminate family-based visas for siblings of United States citizens as well as the Diversity Visa program while eliminating caps on visas for certain employment-based categories.
Use a point system for a new “merit based” visa, of which 120,000 would initially be awarded per year, with a maximum cap of 250,000 annually. Points will be awarded based on criteria including education, employment and length of residence in the U.S.
Require an “enhanced E-Verify” system to prevent ineligible workers from taking jobs in the United States. Employers with more than 5,000 employees will be phased in within two years; employers with more than 500 employees will be phased in within three years.
Raise the annual cap on H1-B visas for high-skilled workers from 65,000 to 110,000, with provisions to prevent such workers from undercutting American wages. Set a maximum cap at 180,000 such visas.
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Immigration activists gather on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol for an All In for Citizenship rally April 10, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
Immigration activists gather on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol for an All In for Citizenship rally April 10, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
10 things you need to know about the Senate immigration bill
by Raul A. Reyes
1:00 am on 04/16/2013
The path to comprehensive immigration reform has never been smooth. Coming the day before the Senate’s “Gang of 8” were to present their immigration proposal, the tragic events in Boston may have delayed its official announcement. It is a long-awaited proposal that Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) called “a starting point” on Sunday’s Meet The Press. In anticipation of its imminent unveiling, here are the major takeaways of the Senate plan.
Illegal Immigration
1. The Senate plan includes a pathway to citizenship for the undocumented that will take 13 years. Undocumented immigrants who can prove continuous presence in the country before December 31, 2011 will be eligible to adjust their status. They must have clean records and pay taxes and a $500 fine, in addition to any fees. Then they can apply for “Registered Provision Immigrant” status.
2. People with Registered Provision Immigrant status can live and work legally in the U.S., and travel outside the country. Another $500 fine will kick in after six years as a Registered Provision Immigrant. After 10 years, a Registered Provision Immigrant may apply for a green card if they know English, pay taxes, and pay a $1,000 fine. It will take an additional three years for a green card to be converted into citizenship. However, these provisions are all dependent upon the Department of Homeland Security meeting their border security goals.
3. DREAMers and agricultural workers will have a shorter path to citizenship. People who were brought illegally to the U.S as children and would otherwise qualify for the DREAM Act can obtain green cards in five years (and are exempted from the $500 fine). They will then be eligible for citizenship immediately. The Senate plan also includes the AgJobs Act, which will allow current agricultural workers to obtain legal status through the Agricultural Card Program.
4. Some deportees will be allowed to legally re-enter the U.S. Undocumented immigrants who were here before December 31, 2011 and were deported for non-criminal reasons can apply to re-enter the country if they are the spouse or a parent of a citizen or lawful permanent resident. This is good news for many of the nearly 250,000 deportees with citizen children; they will have a chance to reunite with their families.
Legal Immigration
5. More visas will be allocated on a merit-based system. Our current system allows roughly two-thirds of legal immigration on the basis of family unification, and 14 percent based on employment. Now the allotment for employment visas for skilled workers and professionals will gradually rise.
6. The number of H1B visas will be increased. H1B visas are for workers with college degrees or in skilled occupations. They are capped at 65,000 per year, with an additional exemption of 20,000 for people with advanced degrees. This has often proved inadequate for the number of applicants; the 2014 cap was reached in only 5 days. The Senate plan raises the yearly cap to 110,000, and the advanced degree exemption to 25,000. To prevent employers from seeking to undercut American workers, employers will be required to pay H1B workers higher wages. Employers will face additional scrutiny from the government in order to prevent abuse of the H1B program.
7. Family-sponsored immigration will be somewhat curtailed. Within eighteen months of the bill’s enactment, citizens may no longer petition for visas for their siblings. Still, clearing the existing backlog of family-based visa petitions is a key goal of this proposal. And the existing V-visa program will expand to cover sponsorship of single adult children and married adult children under age 31.
8. Lower-skilled immigrant workers will be eligible for the new W-Visa. The W- Visa will cover people working in the service sectors as well as agriculture. Employers can petition the government to allow 20,000 such workers beginning in 2015, with this number rising as high as 75,000 within four years (The construction industry is limited to 15,000 workers a year). Immigrants on W-visas can move to other employers if they choose, and will be eligible for residency and citizenship. W-Visa immigrants may not be hired to replace striking American workers. Once the W-Visa program is operational, the much-maligned H2A visa program for seasonal agricultural workers will end.
9. No more Diversity Visas. The Senate proposal will end the “Diversity Lottery,” which allots 55,000 random visas to countries that are underrepresented in our immigration system. But people who were selected for the 2013 or 2014 Diversity Visas will still be eligible to receive them.
10. No immigration equality for same-sex couples. To the almost certain disappointment of the LGBT community and their allies, the Senate plan contains no provisions for immigration equality for same-sex couples.
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| Вт, Апр 16, 2013 10:38am Дед Пихто - 4036 d back | ↑↓ |
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Legal Immigration - good news. Illegal immigration - bad news.
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what is good?
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А как насчет тех кто попал сюда легально, но наврал что он/ она беженец? Это тоже хорошо?
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| Вт, Апр 16, 2013 05:39pm Психопат - 4036 d back | ↑↓ |
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Нет, конечно!
It's actually a crime too.
А хто сомневался-то?
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Ура, больше не будет несчастных в нашей стране, рада за всех!
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| Вт, Апр 16, 2013 05:51pm [Аноним] - 4036 d back | ↑↓ |
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tak skajet kto nibud chto za novost'?
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| Ср, Апр 17, 2013 12:41pm Психопат - 4035 d back | ↑↓ |
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Ура, больше не будет несчастных в нашей стране, рада за всех!
Whatever the heck are you talkin' about?
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| Ср, Апр 17, 2013 03:11pm Дед Пихто - 4035 d back | ↑↓ |
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Ура, больше не будет несчастных в нашей стране (ц)
иногда завидую нарикам, им так мало нужно для щастья. Однажды видал чела каторый 4 часа пялился на свои собственные шнурки и ТОРЧАЛ от удовольствия.
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Wed, Apr 17 03:11pm Дед Пихто
Вот это интересно уже.. Дед видел как 4 часа кто то пялился.. но Дед не врач и нарколог, так как он мог все это видеть 4 часа кряду? Он пялился вместе с тем некто и радовался за компанию? Это еще один прайслесс перл Деда
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Клиент, а где ты видел врача, который 4 часа кряду будет пялиться вместе с пациентом?
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Он пялился вместе с тем некто и радовался за компанию? (ц)
Других вариантафф в голове троля возникнуть и НЕ могло. Што и требавалась даказть 
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| Ср, Апр 17, 2013 07:14pm Klient - 4035 d back | ↑↓ |
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Не звезди Дед Молчун, так как ты сам написал о том как видел 4 часа некто етц.. торчащего. Что бы видеть и лицезреть 4 часа, надо все 4 часа провести там с кем то и наблюдать пристально.. что ты и делал и поведал нам о своем опыте.
Я думаю, что у тебя весенняя нехватка витаминов или банальный сперматоксикоз, и именно поэтому ты на всех так дико кидаешься. Сочуствую.. Циркачу Деду.
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| Ср, Апр 17, 2013 07:23pm Дед Пихто - 4035 d back | ↑↓ |
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весенняя нехватка витаминов или банальный сперматоксикоз (ц)
коминг фром персон каторый последний женшину имел НИКОГДА
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