Immigration Bills

H.R. 2092, the Save America Comprehensive Immigration Act, would double to 960,000 the number of visas available to family-based immigrants and it would grant nonimmigrant status to any would-be family-based immigrant for whom a visa is not immediately available. It would also grant amnesty to illegal aliens who have been in the United States for the past five years, who are able to marry a U.S. citizen or permanent resident or find an employer willing to sponsor them, who are Haitian or Liberian, or who have been granted Temporary Protected Status.

S. 656, the Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act, would reward certain illegal aliens from Liberia with amnesty.

S. 359, the Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits, and Security (AgJOBS) Act, would encourage more illegal immigration by rewarding certain illegal aliens who work in agriculture with amnesty and protect illegal aliens granted temporary resident status from prosecution for Social Security fraud.

H.R. 251, the Preserving Educational Opportunities for Immigrant Children Act, would reward certain illegal aliens under the age of 18 with amnesty -- an estimated 500,000 to 600,000 illegal aliens would qualify for this amnesty. It would also reward certain illegal aliens under the age of 18 with in-state tuition rates for their postsecondary education.

H.R. 4885, the Comprehensive Immigration Fairness Act, would create an amnesty for illegal aliens who have been physically present in the U.S. for five years and have never been convicted of a criminal offense. In addition to this general amnesty, it would include special amnesties for Haitians and Liberians. The bill would also increase annual admissions of refugee and aslyees by allowing refugee/asylee status for certain adult unmarried children of refugees and asylees and would establish gender based persecution as grounds for refugee status.