Thread: House hearing on 9/6 to increase H-1B (STRIVE Act)

They're at it again. Time to start calling!

From Rob Sanchez' Job Destruction newsletter.

<<<<< 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
2007-03-26 more details on STRIVE Act

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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This is a duplicate post.

I'm not sure where it is but BetsyRoss posted it.

Thanks,
Dixie