Obama's new immigration bill

From 20 13, an immigration draft was circulated in the White House, which involved illegal immigrants in the United States fighting for citizenship? The eight-year plan allows illegal immigrants to become permanent legal residents within eight years. However, this initiative was later rejected in Congress and frozen in the court. Let's take you back to Obama's new immigration bill.

Obama supports the new immigration bill.

President Barack? Obama proposes a bill to create? Legal and predictable immigration? Visa, is it possible to issue it? Turn positive? Illegal immigrants.

Applicants need to pass the criminal background investigation, submit biometric information and pay related fees. To obtain a visa, the applicant must not be sentenced to more than 1 year or have committed three illegal acts in the United States, and the cumulative imprisonment must not exceed 90 days. Similarly, he must not violate the laws of other countries that prohibit him from entering the country.

Those illegal immigrants facing deportation from the United States can also apply for new visas. American employers need to participate in and confirm the immigration status of new employees within 4 years.

Once they get a visa, these immigrants have eight years to apply for a green card, as long as they have knowledge of British and American history? Meet the standards? You can become an American citizen.

Last month, the Democratic Party, Democratic Party and Democratic senators announced that they had reached an agreement on the overall framework of immigration reform. Obama said that he expects lawmakers to act in time, otherwise he will give his own proposal and ask Congress to vote.

White House spokesman Clark? Stevens 20 13 February 16 said that Obama still supports the bipartisan push for a new immigration bill.

Obama pushes for new immigration policy in the United States

Us president Barack? On the evening of1October 20th, Obama delivered a national televised speech, 2065438+2004 165438, announcing the adjustment of some immigration policies by exercising the executive power of the president. Once the executive order is signed, nearly 5 million illegal immigrants will be temporarily prevented from being deported, which is also considered as an adventure for Obama to bypass Congress and challenge the limits of presidential power without party support.

In his speech, Obama pointed out that the immigration system in the United States has been fragmented and the problem has not been solved for a long time. He will exercise the legitimate power of the president to make the system run more perfect.

He said that while using administrative means to promote immigration reform, he will continue to cooperate with Congress. He hopes that the Democratic Party and the Republican Party will finally reach an understanding and pass a complete and comprehensive bill in Congress, thus eradicating the drawbacks of the American immigration system.

According to this plan, about 4 million illegal immigrants who have lived in the United States for at least five years will be exempted from deportation and will be granted temporary protection status, while those without criminal records can also get legal jobs in the United States. In addition, the plan will also provide temporary protection from repatriation for another 1 10,000 illegal immigrants through other measures, but these do not include illegal immigrants working on farms and parents who crossed the border to the United States when their children were children. However, these 5 million beneficiaries will not receive any government medical subsidies.

At the same time, the plan also includes strengthening the governance of border immigrants, providing identity support for high-tech workers, and expanding assistance to illegal immigrants brought to the United States as children.

Immigration reform has always been a hot topic in American society, and it is also one of the most striking administrative priorities of Obama's second term. Last June, the US Senate voted to pass the immigration reform bill pushed by Obama, but this bill stopped at the House of Representatives controlled by the party.

At present, there are about 1 1 million illegal immigrants in the United States, most of whom come from Latin American countries such as Mexico. With the continuous expansion of this group, Hispanic voters have more and more influence on the election, which makes the two major political parties have to attach great importance to immigration.

The Content and Influence of Obama Immigration Act

On 20 14 12 16, the office of the white house press secretary issued a press release, expounding the specific sub-items of Obama's immigration bill and its impact on Asian groups. The Senate bill focuses on the naturalization procedures of illegal immigrants, the backlog of visas for relatives of immigrants, increasing the opportunities for stem students to obtain green cards, improving entrepreneurs and h 1b programs. The bill affects a wide range of people, and international students, entrepreneurs, illegal immigrants and other people can benefit from it.

According to the news released by the White House, the specific contents of the Senate bill include:

China, India and South Korea are among the top ten countries that send immigrant entrepreneurs to the United States. The Senate bill will set up a new immigrant visa program for foreign entrepreneurs to help them set up and run businesses in the United States.

● New? Investment? Immigrant visa (investment in innovative enterprises, start-ups and technologies) allows entrepreneurs with a specified amount of financial support or income in the United States to set up and operate enterprises in the United States. If the company grows steadily and creates jobs for the American people, entrepreneurs will be able to stay in the United States forever.

● The Senate bill will also improve the EB5 investment immigration program, increasing the number of green cards from about 65,438+00,000 to about 65,438+04,000 per year.

● For H 1B visa, India (64%) and China (7.6%) are still the two countries with the largest number of applicants. The Senate bill will increase the quota from 65,000 to 65,438+065,438+05,000, so that more people can get H 1B visas.

● By improving the H 1B project, the spouses of future H 1B holders will be able to work legally in the United States. Moreover, in order to increase employee mobility, employees of H 1B will enjoy a 60-day transition period when they change jobs.

● In 2065438+03, nearly 102000 Asian foreigners applied for green cards through professional immigration. But for Indians, it may take 1 1 year to get some professional immigration green cards. As of 20 14, 165438+ 10, 1, there were more than 78,000 applicants waiting for the green card of Asian professional immigrants, with the largest number of countries including India, China and South Korea.

● The Senate bill will eliminate the existing backlog of green cards for professional immigrants, cancel the quota restrictions for certain types of professional immigrants, and cancel the national annual quota restrictions.

The vast majority of students coming to the United States come from Asia, with the largest number coming from China, Indian, Korean, Japanese, Taiwan Province and Vietnamese. About 79% of Indians with F or M visas are studying for STEM degrees, which is 37% of China students.

● The Senate bill will exempt the doctoral and master graduates of STEM from the annual 140000 professional immigration quota. Does this rule mean that American college students majoring in STEM will get their diplomas when they graduate? Free? Green card.

● There are about 1.3 million Asian illegal immigrants in the United States, and 16% in the future? Dream catcher? Belongs to the Asian Group.

● The Senate bill will allow illegal immigrants to apply? Register as a temporary immigrant? Identity, illegal immigrants who meet the identity must enter the United States before 2011231,and strictly meet the following conditions: legal registration; Pay money, fines and taxes; Learning English; Through extensive background investigation. Registered temporary immigrants will be able to work legally, travel abroad and apply for temporary immigration status for their spouses and children in the United States.

● Will the bill be? Dream catcher? Provide a five-year naturalization procedure faster than before. Dream catchers are eligible to apply for naturalization immediately after applying for a green card as long as they meet the following conditions: they have been registered as temporary immigrants for five years or more; It was below 16 when you first entered the United States; Graduated from high school in the United States, or obtained the equivalent general education certificate in the United States, and completed two or more university courses, or obtained a bachelor's degree, or retired with honor after joining the army for at least four years.

Family migration is the most common way for Asian groups to enter the United States. In 20 13, nearly 22 1000 Asian immigrants applied for immigration as citizens or permanent residents through their relatives to obtain green cards.

● As of 20 14, 165438+ 10, 1, there are about 1.8 million Asian relatives immigrant applicants still waiting to be reunited with their families. Due to different visa types, some immigrant visa applicants born in Chinese mainland and India have to wait as long as 12 years to get a green card. Similarly, immigrant visa applicants born in the Philippines even have to wait for 23 years. In 20 12, 54% of Asian respondents said that the backlog of visas had brought serious troubles to their families.

● The Senate bill will solve the visa backlog problem, including exempting the spouses and unmarried children of registered temporary immigrants from the annual quota and treating them equally with the spouses and children of citizens.

● By reducing the visa backlog and increasing the annual immigration quota of each country, the Senate bill will eliminate the visa backlog of all relatives within seven years and reduce the waiting time for future immigration applications in countries with the highest immigration rate.

The content of immigration reform released this time has a great influence on Asian groups, especially Chinese groups. And the meaning behind it can not be ignored. A few days before the Senate bill was issued, the House of Representatives. Technical visa act? Officially entering the congressional process, the Senate and the House of Representatives simultaneously issued reform measures for American immigrants and non-immigrants, which directly shows that this group has been closely watched by the US government.

What is worth noting in the bill released by the White House this time is that the bill has been proposed? Register as a temporary immigrant? Identity, allowing illegal immigrants who entered 2011231to obtain legal work and temporary status for entry and exit. This will make 1.3 million Asian illegal immigrants in the United States? Naturalization? This road has become more convenient and fast.

On the other hand, the reform measures introduced by the two houses have many similarities. Although there are some differences in some details, such as the increase in the number of places in H 1B, we can still see that these reform measures are imperative. Specifically, measures such as increasing the quota of H 1B, allowing STEM master's and doctoral graduates to apply for green cards directly, establishing new immigrant visa types for entrepreneurs, and canceling the scheduling of occupational and relative immigrants all appeared in the proposals of the two houses. Once implemented, these measures will benefit the Chinese community in all aspects. Therefore, although there is no news to show when the final bill and release time will be determined, it can be optimistically predicted that some or even most of the reform measures will be on the right track in the future.

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The US House of Representatives passed a bill to veto Obama's new immigration policy.

On February 4th, 20 14 local time, the US House of Representatives passed a bill, which completely vetoed an executive order signed by President Obama not long ago. This is the first time that the House of Representatives has taken legal action against the immigration reform announced by Obama last month, and it is also another confrontation between the two after Speaker Boehner formally sued Obama on the health care reform bill. In this regard, Obama retorted that it is meaningless to drive talents out of the United States.

On the same day, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill aimed at preventing the implementation of Obama's immigration reform executive order with the voting results of 2 19 and 197. This move will abolish the executive order that President Obama just signed half a month ago to suspend the expulsion of more than 4 million illegal immigrants.

Speaker of the House of Representatives and Republican Boehner spoke to the media after the House bill was passed.

? The president expressed his contempt for the American people through executive orders. The House of Representatives clearly told him today that we reject his unilateral actions. ?

Bona said that the opposition to President Obama's executive orders will be strengthened after the new Congress with a majority of political parties takes office next month, and pointed out that with the support of the Senate with a majority of political parties, there is a great chance of success.

Obama was held at the White House that day? University education? The summit condemned the bill passed by the House of Representatives.

? It is really meaningless to push talents out instead of staying in the United States to contribute to American society. ?

The White House also stressed that the president's actions are legal; When the House bill is delivered, the President will veto it.

Public opinion believes that the bill passed by the House of Representatives cannot be passed by the Senate. However, House Speaker Boehner won the support of the House of Representatives and the party through this move, and may not be forced to close again when discussing the government spending bill next week. After all, the * * * and the Party received more condemnation than the Democratic Party in the 20 13 government shutdown scandal. The US government's fiscal expenditure will expire on 65438+February 1 1. If Congress fails to pass the government's fiscal expenditure bill, the US government may shut down again.