House Bill 2235 Does Away With K-1 Visas And Others
Aug 9th 2003, 4:39 am
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Re: House Bill 2235 Does Away With K-1 Visas And Others
Is this for real? Did this pass yet? Does it concern all AOS cases? Please
elaborate anybody verse in law.
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> THE BILL CAN BE SEEN HERE
> http://www.theorator.com/bills108/hr2235.html
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elaborate anybody verse in law.
"seadave" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> THE BILL CAN BE SEEN HERE
> http://www.theorator.com/bills108/hr2235.html
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Aug 9th 2003, 5:25 am
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Re: House Bill 2235 Does Away With K-1 Visas And Others
"blank" wrote:
> Is this for real? Did this pass yet? Does it concern
> all AOS cases? Please elaborate anybody verse in law.
A bill (House Resolution 2235) has been introduced by two members
of Congress, which basically proposes to shut down immigration.
This bill has been referred to a subcommittee of the House
Judiciary Committee. In theory, it will be considered sometime,
and it might be sent back to the Judiciary Committee, which might
in turn decide to give it back to the full House, which might end
up voting for it. If that happens, it will go to the Senate for
similar treatment, and it might end up being passed by the Senate
and sent to President Bush, who might sign it into law.
In all likelihood, though, this bill -- like the great majority
of bills introduced in Congress -- will just sit forever in that
House subcommittee, and when the 108th Congress adjourns in late
2004, H.R. 2235 will simply cease to exist.
H.R. 2235 is sort of like a "private member's bill" (to borrow a
term from the British parliamentary tradition). As far as I'm
aware, it is =not= something the Bush administration is pushing,
and there's not much reason to assume it will end up becoming
law simply because it was introduced as a bill.
If one is worried about H.R. 2235, it would certainly not be
inappropriate to write one's Congressperson and/or Senators and
express opposition to it. I would not, however, recommend that
anyone panic over this bill, since the chances of its actually
becoming law are really very slim (probably nonexistent).
Rich Wales [email protected] http://www.richw.org/dualcit/
*DISCLAIMER: I am not a lawyer, professional immigration consultant,
or consular officer. My comments are for discussion purposes only and
are not intended to be relied upon as legal or professional advice.
> Is this for real? Did this pass yet? Does it concern
> all AOS cases? Please elaborate anybody verse in law.
A bill (House Resolution 2235) has been introduced by two members
of Congress, which basically proposes to shut down immigration.
This bill has been referred to a subcommittee of the House
Judiciary Committee. In theory, it will be considered sometime,
and it might be sent back to the Judiciary Committee, which might
in turn decide to give it back to the full House, which might end
up voting for it. If that happens, it will go to the Senate for
similar treatment, and it might end up being passed by the Senate
and sent to President Bush, who might sign it into law.
In all likelihood, though, this bill -- like the great majority
of bills introduced in Congress -- will just sit forever in that
House subcommittee, and when the 108th Congress adjourns in late
2004, H.R. 2235 will simply cease to exist.
H.R. 2235 is sort of like a "private member's bill" (to borrow a
term from the British parliamentary tradition). As far as I'm
aware, it is =not= something the Bush administration is pushing,
and there's not much reason to assume it will end up becoming
law simply because it was introduced as a bill.
If one is worried about H.R. 2235, it would certainly not be
inappropriate to write one's Congressperson and/or Senators and
express opposition to it. I would not, however, recommend that
anyone panic over this bill, since the chances of its actually
becoming law are really very slim (probably nonexistent).
Rich Wales [email protected] http://www.richw.org/dualcit/
*DISCLAIMER: I am not a lawyer, professional immigration consultant,
or consular officer. My comments are for discussion purposes only and
are not intended to be relied upon as legal or professional advice.
Aug 11th 2003, 10:40 pm
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Re: House Bill 2235 Does Away With K-1 Visas And Others
"blank" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Is this for real? Did this pass yet? Does it concern all AOS cases? Please
> elaborate anybody verse in law.
> "seadave" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >
> > THE BILL CAN BE SEEN HERE
> > http://www.theorator.com/bills108/hr2235.html
It certainly *does* concern all AOS cases. No I-485 could be approved, and
no I-485 could even be filed.
What the bill does is to suspend most immigration benefits, including the
visa waiver program, all nonimigrant visas, all family-based immigrant visas
except for immediate relatives and the Family 2A category, and all
diversity-based visas. The employment-based categories appear not to be
affected.
Then, when a whole series of conditions are met, the suspensions will stop.
These conditions include such gems as:
"The integrated entry and exit data system required by the Immigration and
Naturalization Service Data Management Improvement Act of 2000 ... ,
including the requirements added by section 302(a) of the Enhanced Border
Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002 ... , is fully operational at all
ports of entry."
"The Department of Homeland Security has the operational capability to take
into custody and remove from the United States any alien described in
section 237(a) ... [all deportable aliens] who has been brought to the
attention of the Service by a State or local law enforcement agency."
" ... no educational institution certified to receive nonimmigrant students
under subparagraph (F), (M), or (J) of section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)) registers or admits aliens
present in the United States in violation of law." (There does not seem to
be any provision for unintentional error.)
"The number of aliens removed from the United States, during each of 4
months preceding the month in which the certification under this section is
executed, was at least 25 percent higher than in the comparable months of
the previous year." (No gradual progress allowed!!)
"The elimination of the backlog of immigration benefit applications required
by section 458 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ... has been completed."
(I seem to recall that this means all I-485s being approved within 6 months.
Uh -- how do you approved an I-485 when processing of I-485s has been
suspended?)
In other words, when hell freezes over.
news:___Ya.19113$tf.5641@lakeread03...
> Is this for real? Did this pass yet? Does it concern all AOS cases? Please
> elaborate anybody verse in law.
> "seadave" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >
> > THE BILL CAN BE SEEN HERE
> > http://www.theorator.com/bills108/hr2235.html
It certainly *does* concern all AOS cases. No I-485 could be approved, and
no I-485 could even be filed.
What the bill does is to suspend most immigration benefits, including the
visa waiver program, all nonimigrant visas, all family-based immigrant visas
except for immediate relatives and the Family 2A category, and all
diversity-based visas. The employment-based categories appear not to be
affected.
Then, when a whole series of conditions are met, the suspensions will stop.
These conditions include such gems as:
"The integrated entry and exit data system required by the Immigration and
Naturalization Service Data Management Improvement Act of 2000 ... ,
including the requirements added by section 302(a) of the Enhanced Border
Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002 ... , is fully operational at all
ports of entry."
"The Department of Homeland Security has the operational capability to take
into custody and remove from the United States any alien described in
section 237(a) ... [all deportable aliens] who has been brought to the
attention of the Service by a State or local law enforcement agency."
" ... no educational institution certified to receive nonimmigrant students
under subparagraph (F), (M), or (J) of section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)) registers or admits aliens
present in the United States in violation of law." (There does not seem to
be any provision for unintentional error.)
"The number of aliens removed from the United States, during each of 4
months preceding the month in which the certification under this section is
executed, was at least 25 percent higher than in the comparable months of
the previous year." (No gradual progress allowed!!)
"The elimination of the backlog of immigration benefit applications required
by section 458 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ... has been completed."
(I seem to recall that this means all I-485s being approved within 6 months.
Uh -- how do you approved an I-485 when processing of I-485s has been
suspended?)
In other words, when hell freezes over.
