News Update - May 17, 2007
By Alan Lee, Esq.†‡
Senate Negotiators Set To Make Announcement on Agreement for Comprehensive
Immigration Reform
Newspapers are reporting that Senate leaders and the White House
are poised to make an announcement that an agreement has been reached
in the Senate negotiations on a comprehensive immigration reform
legislation package. The American Immigration Lawyers Association
reports today that elements of the bargain will include elimination
of many of the family based relative categories including F-1 (single
adult sons and daughters of U.S. citizens), F-2B (single adult sons
and daughters of permanent residents), F-3 (married sons and daughters
of U.S. citizens), and F-4 (brothers and sisters of U.S. citizens);
that the employment based system is to be replaced by a merit based
point system; that there will be no extra green card numbers; and
that there will be no path to permanent residence for many new guest
workers under a new "Y" guest worker program. The Senate
is to begin debate on comprehensive immigration reform on Monday.
Stay tuned.
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