That article summaries what Steve King is !Quote:
Originally Posted by rupen86
Steve King's comments or thoughts has no value in this CIR. He can think whatever he likes, no one is going to care. If they were to consider any of his comments in drafting the bill, CIR will be dead on arrival. The only thing CIR proponents need to watch out is the campaign by likes of NUSA.
Applying for GC was never an issue with small and medium consulting companies. Companies that didn't file GC was Indian firms like TCS, Infosys( They didn't want onsite employees to jump ship) and American consulting companies ( They generally are not immigration friendly).Quote:
Originally Posted by feedmyback
A tweet I just saw
"A House Judiciary aide says the committee will hold a hearing on the Senate immigration bill next week."
Link is here-http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/113th/hear_05222013_2.html
To gcq
I agree with you that people and firms are not potted plants and will adapt to new regulations and move on. The main concern is if the larger firms start changing their business model to decrease boots on the ground here or start hiring US citizens and GC holders and increase off-shoring. This might choke off the steady supply of ship-jumpers to the small/medium sized companies who lure them with the carrot of a Green Card.Also if wait/processing times improve as a result of this Bill then the endless hook of an EB-3 application may not work.It remains to be seen how much of the current restrictions remain in the final Bill and how the USCIS rule-making & implementation affects this
I wonder if with the current controversies surrounding the President (IRS targeting the Tea Party, the AP scandal, and the Benghazi scandal) the Republicans "smell blood" and will not pass CIR to prvenet Obama from gaining a political victory of any kind.
Still negotiating on the H-1B visas
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...ation/2162389/
The article seems to imply more of the "good faith" efforts and some technicalities of the hiring decisions.It does not appear like the out-placement provisions or the H1b dependent vs non-dependent issues are at discussion stage.It seems ironic that the larger US-based tech firms who are not h-1B dependent are being treated more favorably than the Indian IT firms.I believe this is mainly because the Indian firms lobbying efforts were not effective or timely
Positive sign IMO. If they can satisfy Hatch's concerns, they should get his vote I would think.Quote:
Originally Posted by gs1968
These legislation will help the interest of anti-immigrants, not the pro-union folks like Durbin/Democrat. Net result is even more outsourcing. IMO off shoring companies don't need that many H1s and L1s here. These H1s/L1s are here because they can bill clients at a higher rate when they are onsite. These companies will need only a few managers and team leads here who can be GC holders and citizens. From what I have seen citizens won't mind heading this companies as long as they get a decent paycheck. So more outsourcing, democrats and unions lose, anti-immigrants win.Quote:
Originally Posted by gs1968
Another point I see is Grassley and co can better target immigrants when they are fulltime employees of these large corporation. Remember the TARP restrictions on companies for H1s ? Consulting companies were able to bypass these restrictions as they were not funded by TARP but executing their projects.
Where are we with the standoff between Hatch and Durbin wrt tech visas? Were all issues resolved yesterday or are they working on it behind the scenes?
Rubio splits with gang on some amendments.
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/2...on-immigration
I think the way the battles are fought for this huge and complicated bill, its very unlikely that it gets to obama's desk this year, may be by next summer. the longer it drags on the smaller the chances are that it will ever becomes law.
almost everyone thinks that it can pass senate but passing in house with citizenship clause will be a "miracle".
overall chances this becoming law is less than 50%
The time has come-make or break tomorrow! Hopefully just posturing
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/0...ion-91422.html
So be it. IMHO- In fact this single step would reduce all future back logs and numbers will be back to normal without any other provisions at all
If comes back again, let them have a separate route.
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Originally Posted by gcq
Just to lighten things up-I enjoyed this
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics...house-hearing/
On a different note-is being a Yoda a promotion or demotion for me?
It just means the force is strong within youQuote:
Originally Posted by gs1968
It is ridiculous that even though they agree on 95% of things, they are ready to let this go for 5%.Quote:
Originally Posted by gs1968
gs1968Quote:
Originally Posted by gs1968
I think this is done by number of postings on forums, You can see after 300 posts everyone is a Yoda. :-)
That is exactly the politics or Politricks is for.. Nothing is passed, but only debate spending the tax payers money. Wasted time.Quote:
Originally Posted by rupen86
To vizcard and immitime
Thanks for the kind words
To viz
Thankfully we live in the USA and not one of these places
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/...ligious-police
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middle...729865611.html
Also the Senate should move on the Bill fairly quickly according to Sen.Reid
http://washingtonexaminer.com/senate...stom_click=rss
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Originally Posted by gs1968
And they will... Sen. Leahy announced at close of today's meeting that next meeting is on Monday(instead of regular tuesday/thursdays) and they will work late evenings to finish all amedments so that the bill can be printed in memorial day weekend :)
Their sense of urgency is not shared by the House and it is not expected to just take up the Senate Bill and pass itQuote:
Originally Posted by idiotic
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/30...gration-reform
One step at a time. House is a different story altogether.Quote:
Originally Posted by gs1968
For now, the next task is to finish with the 220 remaining amendments and get it upto senate floor. Only 80 done so far.
Finally some agreement in the House
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/30...t-in-principle
Yes, I was going to post it. Seems there will be action in house also then.Quote:
Originally Posted by gs1968
http://m.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wo...-what-they-do/
Washington Post summary on adopted amendments.
To vizcard
Before you start following tomorrow's CIR proceedings on Twitter,please spend a few moments reading the following article
http://www.bizpacreview.com/2013/05/...-to-hell-70098
Saudi religious police chief Sheikh Abdul Latif Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh “said anyone using social media sites – and especially Twitter – ‘has lost this world and his afterlife’
PS-With the House also deciding to release their own CIR Bill-I see nothing new to discuss on the topic till the fall if and when both chambers go to conference.In the meantime we will keep ourselves occupied with stories like the above
While on the topic of immigration-I felt proud to read this article and this is exactly what the USA needs
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/201...orld-by-storm/
he'll have to get in a long time of ppl damning me to hell :)Quote:
Originally Posted by gs1968
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/t...w/20155126.cms
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SAN FRANCISCO: The technology industry got much of what it wanted in a bill that overhauls federal immigration law.
But in the give-and-take of political bargaining, the legislation emerged with some provisions the industry considers unappealing. Now its lobbyists are feverishly working to get rid of them.
Whether it gets its way could shape, in part, the fate of the overall package — and with it, the fate of millions of migrants to this country.
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The industry is unlikely to actively sabotage the bill if it does not get its way. It could, though, stop supporting the cause, as it has enthusiastically done this year. A well-financed group led by Facebook's chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, has backed television advertisements for Republicans who support the immigration overhaul. A "virtual march" is planned for Wednesday; the event is intended to mobilize tech employees to bombard Congress with automated messages in favor of the bill.
http://www.leahy.senate.gov/press/ju...ration-reform-
"I believe that given the extensive discussion and debate we have already engaged in during the last two weeks, we should be able to complete Committee consideration of this historic legislation on Wednesday. To do so, we will need to work extended hours today and tomorrow. If our work is not completed by Wednesday night, we will continue on Thursday and, if necessary, on Friday. "
http://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/...eID_1502=45925
Sen. Grassley has proved himself to be anti-H1-B program as whole:
“Over the last week we’ve had a productive conversation on getting immigration reform right for the long-term. From our national security to our economic well-being, there is a lot at stake. We can’t afford to make the same mistakes as we made in 1986. We have to do it the right way. Some amendments have been adopted that make the bill a little better. But despite the thoughtful debate we’ve had this week, many good amendments, even ones that the majority of members have agreed with, have been voted down. Unfortunately, e-verify won’t be mandatory for probably six years. And, we can’t assure high-skilled Americans that they won’t be shoved aside for a foreign worker on an H-1B visa with less or equal skills. Too often, we advocate for increased visa allocations without understanding the heart of the problem. We need to do a better job of ensuring that the companies who need the visas get them. We need to do a better job of oversight.
“Americans deserve a plan that secures the border, enforces the rule of law, and protects American workers, and we have a responsibility to deliver that as the committee moves forward next week.”
USCIS against Senate immigration bill.. Most of them as officers in USCIS are Majigas...aloha aloha.. hola hola. No wonder there is no administration fix...probably all these people got amnesty last time!
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013...igration-bill/
The text of the statement.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/inte...igration-bill/
It is interesting that the so called Immigration officers don't understand the law. They are not policy makers and they have no stake in this reform. They are just employees who are supposed to do their job as federal government instructs them. Fire them all and hire a more competent work force !Quote:
Originally Posted by immitime
gcqQuote:
Originally Posted by gcq
The proof is here.. the content in the RFE and the stupid questions as letters these people ask ( I wonder even if they speak English). Previously farm workers joined some community college after getting Amnesty and became USCIS Officers!.
http://news.yahoo.com/senators-requi...164720558.html
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At the same time, officials expressed optimism that agreement was in sight in complex private talks over proposed changes to a section of the legislation relating to H-1B high skilled visas. As drafted, the bill would raise the current cap from 65,000 annually to 110,000, with the possibility of a further rise to 180,000.
Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, whose state is home to a burgeoning high tech industry, sought changes to reduce the cost and other conditions on firms that rely on highly skilled foreign labor.
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Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, advanced the drunk-driving amendment, a proposal that stipulates at least one of three convictions must occur after enactment of the law. It cleared on a vote of 17-1.
It appeared unlikely the issue of the high tech visas would be settled formally until Tuesday.
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High-tech companies sought a change in the bill's requirement that they show they've tried to recruit U.S. workers before hiring anyone on an H-1B visa. Hatch's original proposal would make the regulation apply only on the firms most heavily dependent on H-1B visas, not on those where 85 percent of the jobs are filled by American citizens.
Finally an agreement reached on H1B visas
http://www.nationaljournal.com/congr...-bill-20130521
We will have to see if it passes with 10 votes.
Judiciary Committee has made it through 90% of the Gang of 8 bill amendments. Will regroup at 2:30 to finish of the last 10%.
Leahy says they started with 300 amendments, 28 amendments left for the rest of the bill.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-...1-1059902.aspx
Old news
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In a statement issued on Monday, IEEE-USA - the largest American body
of professional engineers asked the Senate Judiciary Committee to reject amendments to the comprehensive immigration bill that would increase H-1B temporary visa numbers, weaken safeguards for US and foreign workers and facilitate the outsourcing of American jobs.
"Outsourcing is damaging to US workers and the American economy. We need laws that promote US job growth, not encourage it to leave our shores," IEEE-USA president Marc Apter said.
"We encourage the Senate to maintain the high-tech provisions as written," said Apter.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/power-pl...122157872.html
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When it comes to immigration reform, perhaps no senator has been more vocal about their displeasure with the newest bill, drafted by the group of bipartisan senators known as the "Gang of Eight," than Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.)--the Republican many blame for the defeat of the last immigration reform bill in 2008.
“This bill, written by the 'Gang of Eight,' without public process, that stacked in the committee and determined to move it through with little or no changes, it,” Sessions said.
But many pro-immigration reform voices are suspicious that the 49 amendments Sessions has filed, second only to the whopping 77 amendments filed by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), are designed to kill the bill rather than change it. Sessions says that's not so.
From **:
On the green card side, here are the positive changes in the Hatch-Schumer amendment -
1.) Allow filing Adjustment of status when the visa number is not available per the visa bulletin meaning EB applicants can file I-485 concurrently with I-140, as soon as the labor certification is approved. 6 months after filing I-485, EB applicants can change jobs/employers.
2.) If you change the job on AC21, your petitioning employer cannot withdraw immigrant petition. People have to go through all sorts of head-ache and risk changing jobs on AC21 due to the fear of backlash of the employer.
These two changes are designed to allow people to change jobs/employers quickly.
Because employers cannot have more than 15% employees on H-1, employers will have an incentive to apply for green cards quickly, meaning getting labor certifications quickly, meaning having the ability to change jobs/employers quickly, without risking green card petition.
Hope this makes sense.
The real problem rather than 11 million illegal is same sex marriage amendment inclusion. The real hindrance is same sex marriage in the Senate.. Congress only GOD knows what all new things comes...
Each dog is seeing the fire hydrant and ready to lift the leg... many many many amendments to come.. Sen Cronnyn already said he don't want to vote in this present state.. In the floor he will try to improve with his own interests.. so around 70 Senators will do the same.