Breaking News - House Schedules Hearing on STRIVE Act

Date: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 4:07 PM

<<<<< JOB DESTRUCTION NEWSLETTER No. 1750 -- 9/04/2007 >>>>>

Very bad news folks!

Congress is wasting no time to push through an H-1B increase. This Thursday
the House will have a hearing on the STRIVE Act. At the time of this
newsletter the House Judiciary Committee website hasn't listed the witnesses.
I am sure this short notice is to insure that only witnesses that favor the
STRIVE Act will be invited.

The STRIVE Act is a stinker of a bill. For more details go to the archive and
read the following:

2007-03-22 STRIVE Act
http://www.jobdestruction.com/NewsArchive/2007-03-22%20STRIVE%20Act.htm

2007-03-26 more details on STRIVE Act
http://www.jobdestruction.com/NewsArchive/2007-03-

26%20more%20details%20on%20STRIVE%20Act.htm

H-1B and Green Card increases are just a couple of reasons to oppose the
STRIVE Act. Also read this:

http://www.vdare.com/mann/070326_mexico.htm

I included a news update from the OH Immigration Lawyer site. Not surprisingly
they think the STRIVE bill is a good idea, but it's worth reading some of the
details. In addition to almost unlimited H-1B and green cards, it created an
H-2C visa that will allow illegal aliens to work until they get amnesty.

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http://judiciary.house.gov/oversight.aspx?ID=370

Thursday 09/06/2007 - 1:00 PM
2141 Rayburn House Office Building
Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and
International Law Hearing on H.R. 1645, the "Security Through Regularized
Immigration and a Vibrant Economy Act of 2007 (STRIVE Act)"

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http://www.immigration-law.com/Canada.html

09/04/2007: House Schedules a Hearing on "STRIVE ACT" [House Version CIR] on
Thursday, September 6, 2007

The Security Through Regularized Immigration and a Vibrant Economy Act of
2007 (STRIVE ACT of 2007), H.R. 1645, was introduced by Rep. Gutierrez from
Illinois before the Senate acted on its version of CIR. It is a bi-partisan
House version Comprehensive Immigration Reform legislation. The House
Judiciary Committee Immigration Subcommittee is taking up this bill and
scheduled to open a hearing on the bill at 1:00 p.m. of September 6, 2007,
Thursday. Mesdames Pelosi and Lofgren, the two powerful women leaders in the
House, are keeping their promise during the summer recess that the House would
pick up the CIR bill when the Congress returns to the Hill.
Please stay tuned to this website for the development of the House version CIR
legislative initiative.
The bill includes the following Titles:
Title I - Border Enforcement
Title II - Interior Enforcement

A - Reducing the Number of Illegal Aliens in the U.S.
B - Passport and Visa Security
C - Detention and Removal of Aliens Who Illegally Enter or Remain in the U.S.

Title III - Employment Verification
Title IV - New Worker Program [New H-2C Temporary Guest Worker Program] Title
V - Visa Reforms

A - Backlog Reduction
B - Preservation of Immigration Benefits for Victims of a Major Disaster or
Emergency

Title VI - Legalization of Undocumented Individuals

A - Conditional Nonimmigrants
B - DREAM Act of 2007
C - AgJOBS Act of 2007

Title VII = Miscellaneous

As for the Employment-Based Immigration Reform, it appears that the key
provisions include:
Total EB Annual Quota: 290,000
Recapture of Unused Number for the future years Groups Exempt from the
Numerical Limitation EB Spouses and Children whose visas are issued after
10/01/2004 upto the annual maximum of 800,000.
Certain Professionals including Extraordinary Ability in the Sciences, Arts,
Business, and Other Critical Fields Foreign Students with an Advanced Degree
in STEM from a U.S. Institutions or Foreign Institutions H-1B Exempt from the
Annual Caps Those with Advanced Degree in STEM from a U.S. Institutions or
Foreign Institutions H-1B Quota Increase: 115,000with a flexible market based
annual adjustment upto 180,000/year U.S. STEM Degree Holders: New visa
classification and Labor Certificatioin Waiver Immigration upon receiving a
job offer in the U.S.
New H-2C Unskilled Worker: Basically temporary guest workers with the
opportunity to apply for permanent resident status after five years of
employment in this visa status.

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