Bills, Rules & Politics

[gs1968]

Just heard Sen.McConnell's concluding remarks and the only vote for tomorrow is under executive session to consider the nomination of Justin Walker for judge from Kentucky. There are no other votes scheduled and this seems to coincide with the twitter feed of Senate cloakroom.Sen.Kevin Cramer was in the chair with a mischievous smile and for a moment I was hopeful but not to be at least today

[FarAwayfromGC]

Doesn't hurt to try at all - but their interests cut the interests of the backlogged folks. It is in Microsoft and Facebook's interest to have an immovable workforce. Ask most desi folks how much their salaries have increased post GC .... now the truth is most won't share ... but I will not be surprised to see 50-100 and even 300% hikes.

So that's what we are talking about. Somebody like Pichai will make a super show of empathy towards fellow desis. But the reality is he - just like all other succesful people - is a super focused person on his own career and well being. His interest is perfectly aligned with Google's interest.

So the question is how do you guys talk to Pichai and tell him how it is in google's interest that 1000s of their desi employees get out of the GC mess.

If you are realistic in what to expect from these people then it will help you better prepare for getting in front and making a case.

Q,

Thanks for your thoughts, I agree that we need a good answer to the question "how do you guys talk to Pichai and tell him how it is in google's interest that 1000s of their desi employees get out of the GC mess?". This is important and we need to make a good case with facts to show how clearing backlog would help all including their Flag ships - when we try we should do it right q

To start with , do you suggest we work with a media expert or do you think we can do it ourselves by collecting stories from backloggers and ?write a simple letter/twitter message or other social media message asking their opinion ?
mcmillers has a good point to write to his CEO and ask for opinion .

abcx13 and EagleNow please pitch in with your comments.

[singax]

Q,

Thanks for your thoughts, I agree that we need a good answer to the question "how do you guys talk to Pichai and tell him how it is in google's interest that 1000s of their desi employees get out of the GC mess?". This is important and we need to make a good case with facts to show how clearing backlog would help all including their Flag ships - when we try we should do it right q

To start with , do you suggest we work with a media expert or do you think we can do it ourselves by collecting stories from backloggers and ?write a simple letter/twitter message or other social media message asking their opinion ?
mcmillers has a good point to write to his CEO and ask for opinion .

abcx13 and EagleNow please pitch in with your comments.

My company organized Webinar with immigration attorney, they touched upon S386. As per attorney, bill had good chance to pass couple of weeks back but it's dead due to election cycle and "buy American and Hire American" sentiments, no politicians wants to back their constituency and ask for vote that we made immigration process earlier.

[iatiam]

Q,

Thanks for your thoughts, I agree that we need a good answer to the question "how do you guys talk to Pichai and tell him how it is in google's interest that 1000s of their desi employees get out of the GC mess?". This is important and we need to make a good case with facts to show how clearing backlog would help all including their Flag ships - when we try we should do it right q

To start with , do you suggest we work with a media expert or do you think we can do it ourselves by collecting stories from backloggers and ?write a simple letter/twitter message or other social media message asking their opinion ?
mcmillers has a good point to write to his CEO and ask for opinion .

abcx13 and EagleNow please pitch in with your comments.

What about the suing the federal government idea?

[GCdreamz]

What about the suing the federal government idea?

Good Idea.

Also, I am suspicious on how Demand drastically increased in last week of May 2019 which prevented spillover. If we research and find the companies which caused the Spike we might find them exploiting the system. The spike in ROW esp Philippines and S.Korea in recent years is cause of no spill Over.

[iatiam]

Good Idea.

Also, I am suspicious on how Demand drastically increased in last week of May 2019 which prevented spillover. If we research and find the companies which caused the Spike we might find them exploiting the system. The spike in ROW esp Philippines and S.Korea in recent years is cause of no spill Over.

I don't think there is any thing sinister in the demand increase. Economy is doing very well and more people are filing for GCs. Like permanent residency, spillover is not a right, it's a privilege.

[gs1968]

Copy of the letter sent by Judiciary Democrats

Dear Chairman Cornyn:

We respectfully request that the Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration hold a hearing on legislation to address green-card backlogs.

One of the most serious problems in our immigration system is that prospective immigrants are stuck in green-card backlogs for many years. These backlogs harm our economy and are a hardship on families who are caught in immigration limbo.

A hearing before the Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration to receive testimony from experts and impacted communities will help the Senate advance bipartisan legislation that meaningfully and thoughtfully addresses green-card backlogs. We therefore request that the Subcommittee hold a hearing on relevant pending legislation, including, S. 386, the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act; S. 2091, the Backlog Elimination, Legal Immigration, and Employment Visa Enhancement (BELIEVE) Act; and S. 2603, the Resolving Extended Limbo for Immigrant Employees and Families (RELIEF) Act.

Thank you for your time and consideration. We look forward to your response.

Sincerely,

cc: The Honorable Lindsey Graham, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee

[mcmilers]

I honestly dont know but it sounds like good news. Immigration backlog is getting noticed and gaining some traction to get to a amicable solution.

[bloddy1]

Just a quick Senate Floor Update for people who missed it

The Relief ACT now has 5 co-sponsors all Democrat. Hopefully a compromise will come soon

The discussion in Congress is definitely long time overdue because the process is not just broken but unfavorable to US itself. However, the Relief ACT is bogus and pretty much a poison pill because of TWO things;

1. The political atmosphere is vicious enough that forget about passage, it will not be even introduced because you are proposing doubling the number of GCs
2. Secondly, doubling GC numbers if applied across EB/FB all over world with the same quota system results in what - EB2/3-I moving at the clip of 2-3 days per month instead of 1-day? You can may be count spill over and all that squat helping to large extent but this is all fake news/drama.

Sen.386 is your best and final chance because White House will shoot down anything that increase the legal flow and rightfully so. https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics...gration-senate

While we all admire congress bringing front and center the issue itself, its smoke and mirror show that a magician puts to awe the audience to make it seem like its raining money but each of us know the end result is just a sleight of hand for the magician to sell the show not make it rain for our benefit.

[mcmilers]

https://twitter.com/immivoice/status...201459201?s=21

[Raj0687]

The discussion in Congress is definitely long time overdue because the process is not just broken but unfavorable to US itself. However, the Relief ACT is bogus and pretty much a poison pill because of TWO things;

1. The political atmosphere is vicious enough that forget about passage, it will not be even introduced because you are proposing doubling the number of GCs
2. Secondly, doubling GC numbers if applied across EB/FB all over world with the same quota system results in what - EB2/3-I moving at the clip of 2-3 days per month instead of 1-day? You can may be count spill over and all that squat helping to large extent but this is all fake news/drama.

Sen.386 is your best and final chance because White House will shoot down anything that increase the legal flow and rightfully so. https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics...gration-senate

While we all admire congress bringing front and center the issue itself, its smoke and mirror show that a magician puts to awe the audience to make it seem like its raining money but each of us know the end result is just a sleight of hand for the magician to sell the show not make it rain for our benefit.

Relief Act, 1. bumping up the over all green cards per year 2. lifting the country quota.

like everybody said, this bill has no chance of becoming law.

[FarAwayfromGC]

Relief Act, 1. bumping up the over all green cards per year 2. lifting the country quota.

like everybody said, this bill has no chance of becoming law.

If you are optimistic , you will say by increasing the number GC's and keeping the same % allocation doesn't make significant change in backlogs but, over a period of time it will certainly ease the pressure. We should hope the senators will combine S386 and Relief Act to make a compromise that will please at least 60 of their partners in crime.

But, personally I have very little trust on Dick the Drama master - In my opinion , he is just trying to gain mileage out of misery.

[GCdreamz]

I don't think there is any thing sinister in the demand increase. Economy is doing very well and more people are filing for GCs. Like permanent residency, spillover is not a right, it's a privilege.

Dear iatiam,

Yes, Economy is doing very well and leading to more hiring. However, looking at below links, I am surprised and would like to know which category GCs or PERMs are issued for Jobs with Avg Salary of $20K. Maybe we can highlight this in Social media.

https://www.myvisajobs.com/South-Korea-PERM17CT.htm
https://www.myvisajobs.com/Vietnam-PERM17CT.htm

Also, in the 2nd link, sister companies with name "MUY" applied for most GCs this is for YUM brands....

Can anyone help in identifying GC Category the South Korean applicants with Salary ~ $20K used??

[amarrecherla]

Dear iatiam,

Yes, Economy is doing very well and leading to more hiring. However, looking at below links, I am surprised and would like to know which category GCs or PERMs are issued for Jobs with Avg Salary of $20K. Maybe we can highlight this in Social media.

https://www.myvisajobs.com/South-Korea-PERM17CT.htm
https://www.myvisajobs.com/Vietnam-PERM17CT.htm

Also, in the 2nd link, sister companies with name "MUY" applied for most GCs this is for YUM brands....

Can anyone help in identifying GC Category the South Korean applicants with Salary ~ $20K used??

Never thought this is even possible.
This is even more interesting: https://www.myvisajobs.com/Visa-Spon...ica/115954.htm

[abcx13]

Never thought this is even possible.
This is even more interesting: https://www.myvisajobs.com/Visa-Spon...ica/115954.htm

It's even worse. Look at Vietnam and South Korea statistics:

https://www.myvisajobs.com/Vietnam-PERM19CT.htm
https://www.myvisajobs.com/South-Korea-PERM19CT.htm

Mostly low wage farm workers.

And here are all 2019 GC certifications sorted in ascending order by salary with a cumulative total.

[NJMavarick]

Got this message forwarded to me..
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If you have an H4 Kid aging or aged out, please join the lawsuit as a plaintiff. Follow the link for more information. It’s initiated by the goodwill of Mr. Brent Renison. (Twitter handle: *@BrentRenison*). Pass the message around and don’t hold it for yourself.

www.entrylaw.com/backlogcspalawsuit

Well, time will tell if this is going to be similar to the one that Greg Siskind had filed during the visagate! I know Q has been suggesting a lawsuit..maybe this is it!

[GCdreamz]

It's even worse. Look at Vietnam and South Korea statistics:

https://www.myvisajobs.com/Vietnam-PERM19CT.htm
https://www.myvisajobs.com/South-Korea-PERM19CT.htm

Mostly low wage farm workers.

And here are all 2019 GC certifications sorted in ascending order by salary with a cumulative total.

We should bring this to notice of immigration hardliners...

[srimurthy]

We should bring this to notice of immigration hardliners...

Also included in the Agenda:
I-485 application: USCIS intends to eliminate"concurrent filing" of immigrant petition and I-485application

[iatiam]

Also included in the Agenda:
I-485 application: USCIS intends to eliminate"concurrent filing" of immigrant petition and I-485application

Does it have to go through rule making or is it one of those memos they send out and it becomes rule.

Iatiam

[srimurthy]

Does it have to go through rule making or is it one of those memos they send out and it becomes rule.

Iatiam

My understanding is this is a proposed rule. It was also in the agenda in Fall 2006 and Spring 2008 and may be other times too and may not have moved forward.
If I read the rule, it says, restrict concurrent filing and your I-140 needs to be approved and then dates are current to file for Adjustment of Status. So if approved will have little impact for any backlogged countries, but others we may see added timelines.

[Raj0687]

Until 2017/18 concurrent filing in EB1-C is the best card, used to get saved from the L1-A denials. Back then(even now) I-140, I-485 approval used to be easier than getting L1 extension.

Now that the EB1-I is retrogressed and it can never be current again, So this rule is mere waste under the current circumstance.

But who know USCIS can proceed with the rule making process for fun ( this can be a good fun academic project). This another "EAD for approved I-140 rule".

[iatiam]

Until 2017/18 concurrent filing in EB1-C is the best card, used to get saved from the L1-A denials. Back then(even now) I-140, I-485 approval used to be easier than getting L1 extension.

Now that the EB1-I is retrogressed and it can never be current again, So this rule is mere waste under the current circumstance.

But who know USCIS can proceed with the rule making process for fun ( this can be a good fun academic project). This another "EAD for approved I-140 rule".

Unless of course this restricts demand and thus increases SO. May be this is wishful thinking.

Iatiam

[idliman]

Unless of course this restricts demand and thus increases SO. May be this is wishful thinking.
Iatiam

I don't think anything is happening in the VB movements anytime soon or in the legislation phase. So, OK. Friday afternoon rant. If supreme court disallows DACA (i.e, the Supreme Court concludes that courts may not review the Trump administration’s decision to terminate DACA), what's going to happen for the election results?

1. Are the democrats going to be more energized and turn out the vote from a lot of Hispanics or
2. the core republican voters will be more energized and turn up for DT?

My feeling is that this was a Deferred Action taken via an administrative action and any admin has the power to take another administrative action. I don't know if I will feel the same if I was directly affected. I pray for those DACA kids though for going through this for no fault of their own.

On the legislative front: I am assuming that as immigration is a no-win for both R's and D's, they will just posture and nothing will happen till the next admin (R's or D's) takes charge in 2020.

This is like predicting the stock market. No one can accurately predict it. Anyway put your rants here.

[idliman]

Also NILC is predicting that the judgement will come out as late as June 2020. If that is the case DACA / immigration will become an election issue. On the other hand if DACA ruling come out in Jan2020, then this issue will disappear from limelight for elections.

[mcmilers]

Basically EAD for all. you can change Jobs but has to be in the same field (like AC21).
Not exactly like a green card, does our time on this "temp status" counts towards getting a citizenship?
just some additional protections.

I take it back... I think the first point removes per country limits? except 5.75% reservation for ROW? Am I reading it right?