H.R. 2504: 

L-1 Nonimmigrant Reform Act

Published: 

Sponsored by:  Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT3] in the 110th congress

NumbersUSA's Position:  

Support

The bill would cap annual issuance of L‐1 “intracompany transferee”/”specialized knowledge”
nonimmigrant visas at 35,000 (currently, no cap), but would clarify that this cap: (1) applies
only to principal aliens and not to their spouses or children; and (2) does not apply to an L‐
1 worker who is employed, or has received an offer of employment from, an institution of
higher education or a nonprofit research or governmental research organization;
• Would establish three years as the maximum period of authorized stay for an L‐1 worker;

H.R. 2538: 

Defend the American Dream Act of 2007

Published: 

Sponsored by:  Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ9] in the 110th congress

NumbersUSA's Position:  

Support

H.R. 2538, Defend the American Dream Act of 2007, would prohibit an employer that employs H1B workers from displacing a U.S. worker employed by the employer within the period beginning 180 days before and ending 180 days after the employer petitions to import an H1B and would mandate active recruitment of U.S. workers before importing an H1B worker.

H.R. 2442: 

Rural America Job Assistance and Creation Act

Published: 

Sponsored by:  Rep. John McHugh [R-NY23, 2003-2009] in the 110th congress

NumbersUSA's Position:  

Oppose

The bill would “expedite” the importation of H-1B high-skill nonimmigrant workers by requiring the employer to submit to the Department of Labor the requisite labor condition application at the same time as the employer submits to DHS the petition for nonimmigrant admission of the H-1B worker.

To provide job creation and assistance, and for other purposes.

H.R. 2310: 

E-2 Nonimmigrant Investor Adjustment Act of 2007

Published: 

Sponsored by:  Rep. Heather Wilson [R-NM1, 1997-2009] in the 110th congress

NumbersUSA's Position:  

Oppose

The bill would authorize adjustment to lawful permanent resident (LPR) status for aliens with E-2 “treaty investor” nonimmigrant visas only if certain capital investment levels are met and specified numbers of new jobs are created; would authorize 3,000 E-2 visas to be made available each fiscal year to principal aliens (i.e., no cap on spouses or children); and would grant LPR status to any E-2 nonimmigrant alien who has been present in the United States for at least five years, provided they meet the new criteria.

H.R. 1843: 

Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2007

Published: 

Sponsored by:  Rep. Bart Stupak [D-MI1, 1993-2010] in the 110th congress

NumbersUSA's Position:  

Oppose

H.R. 1843, the Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act, would exempt any alien who has been present in the United States as an H-2B nonimmigrant worker for any one of the previous three fiscal years and who is returning to work as an H-2B from counting against the 66,000-per-year cap on H-2B visas. This potentially triples the number of workers in a year and would make these provisions effective for five years.

H.R. 1758: 

H.R. 1758

Published: 

Sponsored by:  Rep. David Wu [D-OR1, 1999-2011] in the 110th congress

NumbersUSA's Position:  

Oppose

H.R. 1758 would authorize DHS to issue up to 65,000 additional H-1B “high skill worker” visas per year (exempt from the extant 65,000-per-year cap) – fiscal years 2008 through 2012 – to aliens who meet H-1B admission requirements and who possess post-graduate degrees; would require an employer petitioning for such an H-1B nonimmigrant worker to make “qualified scholarship payments” to a U.S.

H.R. 1792: 

Temporary Agricultural Labor Reform Act of 2007

Published: 

Sponsored by:  Rep. Bob Goodlatte [R-VA6] in the 110th congress

NumbersUSA's Position:  

Support

H.R. 1792, the Temporary Agricultural Labor Reform Act, would make reforms to the H-2A agricultural guest-worker program that would help protect U.S. agricultural workers from job displacement and wage depression currently caused by the H-2A temporary agricultural guest-worker program.

H.R. 1645: 

Security Through Regularized Immigration and a Vibrant Economy Act of 2007

Published: 

Sponsored by:  Rep. Luis Gutiérrez [D-IL4] in the 110th congress

NumbersUSA's Position:  

Oppose

H.R. 1645, the Security Through Regularized Immigration and a Vibrant Economy (STRIVE) Act, would grant amnesty to nearly all of the 12 million illegal aliens in the United States by one of several routes. It would also establish the H-2C guestworker program, through which 400,000 new workers (plus their spouses and minor children on an unlimited basis) may come to the United States annually. In addition, it would allow the annual cap on H-2C visas to be increased to as many as 600,000.

H.R. 1358: 

Nursing Relief Act of 2007

Published: 

Sponsored by:  Rep. John Shadegg [R-AZ3, 2003-2010] in the 110th congress

NumbersUSA's Position:  

Oppose

H.R. 1358 would create a new nonimmigrant visa category (i.e., the W visa) for aliens coming to the United States to work as professional nurses; would initially cap annual issuance of W visas to 50,000, but would provide that if that cap is reached in any year, the next year’s cap would be increased by 20 percent (no reduction if the cap is not reached – just a maintenance of the current cap); would exempt from the annual cap: (1) nonimmigrants working in geographic areas designated as “health professional shortage areas”; and (2) spouses and children of W nonimmigrants.

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