Thread: Immigration Reform Framework Released (Schumer)

Immigration Reform Framework ReleasedPosted by Jonathan Nurse on April 29, 2010 at 9:35 am
Despite the absence of any support from the minority party, which will be necessary to advance a bill, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and two of his colleagues — Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) — have released a rough framework for comprehensive immigration reform. The outline serves as a starting point for public discussions and negotiations on a comprehensive package, and should not viewed as actual legislation. Political observers remain skeptical of the prospects for immigration reforming passing in the partisan atmosphere that exists in advance of a mid-term election.

In its current form, the outline contains a number of provisions and addresses issues of interest to the academic and higher education communities, such as reform of the H-1B visa process that has come under fire for obstructing efforts to retain and attract highly skilled labor (i.e. research scientitst) from abroad.

http://www.washington.edu/externalaffai ... framework/

http://www.politico.com/static/PPM154_proposal.html
(26 page pdf with Shumer's proposals here)

unless i missed it in the first few pages there is no talk of continuing to build a border wall

They are out of their minds if they think they will pass this!!


Page 4

Because the federal government will have fulfilled its obligation to secure America’s borders, states and municipalities will be prohibited from enacting their own rules and penalties relating to immigration, which could undermine federal policies.

Page 8

There will also be penalties to ensure that unscrupulous employers are not permitted to exploit unauthorized labor. Victims of egregious labor violations will be provided with legal incentives to cooperate with law enforcement to report labor law violations committed by their employers. Egregious labor law violators will face civil sanctions and prison sentences.

Are they serious??? This would encourage more illegal aliens to come, take jobs from Americans, report their employers and get rewarded for it???

Page 9

biometric social security cards
Possession of a fraud-proof social security card will only serve as evidence of lawful work-authorization but will in no way be permitted to serve—or shall be required to be shown—as proof of citizenship or lawful immigration status. It will be unlawful for any person, corporation; organization local, state, or federal law enforcement officer; local or state government; or any other entity to require or even ask an individual cardholder to produce their social security card for any purpose other than electronic verification of employment eligibility and verification of identity for Social Security Administration purposes.

What's the point??

Page 11
(replace of E-Verify)

When the BELIEVE system is deployed nationwide current employment verification laws will sunset. This date is estimated to occur six (6) years after the date of enactment.

Unacceptable, we already have E-Verify. Use it!

I can't go on anymore, I see no benefits for the US, it is heavily biased for illegal aliens.

Of course AGJOBS and DREAM will reappear.

HELL NO!!!

Page 8 and 9,

Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this proposal, the Social Security Administration will begin issuing biometric social security cards. These cards will be fraud-resistant, tamper-resistant, wear resistant, and machine-readable social security cards containing
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a photograph and an electronically coded micro-processing chip which possesses a unique biometric identifier for the authorized card-bearer.

The biometric Id they have been trying to force on us as part of a "crisis" package for immigration reform?????