To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes.
A bill to expand the definition of immediate relative for purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
To provide support for small business concerns, and for other purposes.
To establish operational control over the international land and maritime borders of the United States, and for other purposes.
To provide discretionary authority to an immigration judge to determine that an alien parent of a United States citizen child should not be ordered removed from the United States.
The bill would reauthorize, for two years, the current J-1 visa waiver program under which participating states are allocated 30 J-1 visa waivers, which enables them to waive the two-year home residency requirement for medical students and physicians who serve in "medically underserved areas" upon completion of their J-1 program (the program was slated to expire June 1, 2006).
S. 2454, the Securing America’s Borders Act, would increase chain migration through a one-time increase of 105,660 visas for exempt families of "unused" employment-based visa holders, plus a one-time increase of 115,000visas for "unused" family-preference holders, plus a permanent increase of 254,000 per year in the family-preference categories. The bill would also increase worker visas by a one-time increase of 90,000 for "unused" employment-based visas, plus a permanent increase of 754,000 employment-based visas per year, plus a permanent 100,000 increase in H-1B visas.
The bill would authorize, on a permanent basis, the current J-1 visa waiver program under which participating states are allocated 30 J-1 visa waivers, which enables them to waive the two-year home residency requirement for medical students and physicians who serve in “medically underserved areas upon completion of their J-1 program (the program was slated to expire June 1, 2006).
A bill to apply amendments to the Immigration and Nationality Act related to providing medical services in underserved areas, and for other purposes.
A bill to establish the Return of Talent Program to allow aliens who are legally present in the United States to return temporarily to the country of citizenship of the alien if that country is engaged in post-conflict or natural disaster reconstruction, and for other purposes.
A bill to improve border security, to increase criminal penalties for certain crimes related to illegal aliens, and for other purposes.