One year after an internal assessment showed extensive fraud and abuse in the H-1B visa program, Senator Chuck Grassley is asking U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to hold employers accountable by requesting evidence from petitioners that H-1B visa holders actually have a job waiting for them in the United States.

She did not say when a bill would ultimately be considered. At present, Congress and the White House are consumed with health care reform. So, she said, changes to the national immigration policy are probably down the road -- though she has had met with Schumer on the issue.

“There is a bipartisan recognition that the current law is outdated and needs to be brought up to date with our current needs,” she said.

On July 23, 2009, Congressman Heath Shuler (D-N.C.) introduced the SAVE Act which is a comprehensive immigration enforcement bill that would strengthen border security, interior enforcement and workplace enforcement.

On July 23, 2009, Senator Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) introduced the SAVE Act which is a comprehensive immigration enforcement bill that would strengthen border security, interior enforcement and workplace enforcement.