Thread: Visa Increases!!! To Defense Act HR 1585

These first three amendments were mentioned by Jerome Corsi in WND on Sept. 16th. See below for article



157. S.AMDT.2140 to H.R.1585 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Cornyn, John [TX] (introduced 7/12/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 7/12/2007 Senate amendment submitted
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158. S.AMDT.2141 to H.R.1585 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Cornyn, John [TX] (introduced 7/12/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 7/12/2007 Senate amendment submitted
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159. S.AMDT.2142 to H.R.1585 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Cornyn, John [TX] (introduced 7/12/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 7/12/2007 Senate amendment submitted
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160. S.AMDT.2143 to H.R.1585 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Cornyn, John [TX] (introduced 7/12/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 7/12/2007 Senate amendment submitted

This is another amendment by Cornyn, S2143, which was not mentioned in the artilce, and I haven't read it this morning.
SEC. __. EMPLOYMENT-BASED VISAS.
(a) Recapture of Unused Employment-Based Immigrant Visas.--Section 106(d) of the American Competitiveness in the Twenty-first Century Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-313; 8 U.S.C. 1153 note) is amended--

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INVASION USA
Amnesty for illegals back for another try
Amendments to defense funding bill subject of debate in Senate this week

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Posted: September 16, 2007
4:40 p.m. Eastern


By Jerome R. Corsi
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com

President Bush's comprehensive immigration reform, defeated in June, will make a second appearance this week when the Senate takes up various pro-amnesty amendments submitted to the Department of Defense funding bill, H.R. 1585, which is scheduled for debate.

While not "comprehensive" reform, the latest initiative attempts to pass key provisions of the earlier immigration measure piece by piece by attaching amendments to unrelated bills, a process critics characterize as "stealth."

...One set of amendments that won't be debated are three filed last spring by Sen. John Cornyn, R.-Texas. SA 2140, SA 2141, and 2142 would greatly expand H-1B visas, granting U.S. corporations an increased number of immigrants, largely from India, to compete on a low-cost basis with U.S. college-trained graduates with comparable technical skills.

Cornyn co-chairs the U.S.-India Caucus in the Senate along with Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y.

Sen. Cornyn's office assured WND yesterday the senator has no current intention of offering these amendments at this time to the DOD funding bill being debated this week.

"It's getting late and it's time to pass the Department of Defense funding bill," a spokesman for Cornyn's office told WND, "but we don't see the advantage of tacking on a lot of extraneous measures to the bill that have nothing to do with national defense."

Cornyn's H-1B amendments would have increased by several hundred thousand the number of technically-trained immigrants allowed to work in the U.S., despite evidence many H-1B visa workers remain in the U.S. after their visas have expired.

An article written by globalization-advocates Kenneth Scheve, a political science professor at Yale, and Matthew Slaughter, an economics professor at Dartmouth, in the July/August issue of the Council on Foreign Relations magazine, Foreign Affairs, worries that recently released data will cause a backlash against "free trade" measures, given the adverse impact on U.S. earnings since George W. Bush took office as president.

Scheve and Slaughter cite U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics studies demonstrating 96.6 percent of all U.S. workers – including college educated and technically trained-workers – have lost real wages since 2000.

The only wage earners who have gained real wages since 2000 are a "thriving elite" of CEOs who head multi-national corporations and the MBAs, Ph.D.s, and lawyers who advise these multi-nationals, according the Bureau data.

WND reported last week Cornyn's offer of a side-by-side amendment to defeat an amendment by Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., to remove funding from the Fiscal Year 2008 Department of Transportation appropriations bill for the department's trucking demonstration project to allow Mexican trucks on U.S. highways.

During the debate, Cornyn offered a mistaken argument from the Senate floor that the U.S. had a "treaty obligation" under the North American Free Trade Act to allow Mexican trucks into the U.S.

The Senate never passed NAFTA as a treaty. Lacking the two-thirds vote needed for passage of a treaty in the Senate, President Clinton submitted NAFTA to Congress as a law.

WND reported the Dorgan amendment passed by a bipartisan vote of 75-23. The vote originally was 74-24, but Sen. Elizabeth Dole, R-N.C., later changed her tally.

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SA 2140. Mr. CORNYN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 1585, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:


At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. PERIODS OF ADMISSION.

(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Secure Border Crossing Card Entry Act of 2007''.

(b) Periods of Admission.--Section 214(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``(C)(i) Except as provided under clauses (ii) and (iii), the initial period of admission to the United States of an alien who possesses a valid machine-readable biometric border crossing identification card issued by a consular officer, has successfully completed required background checks, and is admitted to the United States as a nonimmigrant under section 101(a)(15)(B) at a port of entry at which such card is processed through a machine reader, shall not be short than the initial period of admission granted to any other alien admitted to the United States under section 101(a)(15)(B).

``(ii) The Secretary of Homeland Security may prescribe, by regulation, the length of the initial period of admission described in clause (i), which period shall be--

``(I) a minimum of 6 months; or

``(II) the length of time provided for under clause (iii)

``(iii) The Secretary may, on a case-by-case basis, provide for a period of admission that is shorter or longer than the initial period described in clause (ii)(I) if the Secretary finds good cause for such action.

``(iv) An alien who possesses a valid machine-readable biometric border crossing identification card may not be admitted to the United States for the period of admission specified under clause (i) or granted extensions of such period of admission if--

``(I) the alien previously violated the terms and conditions of the alien's nonimmigrant status;

``(II) the alien is inadmissible as a nonimmigrant; or

``(III) the alien's border crossing card has not been processed through a machine reader at the United States port of entry or land border at which the person seeks admission to the United States.''.

(c) Rulemaking.--

(1) IN GENERAL.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall promulgate regulations to carry out the amendment made by subsection (b).

(2) WAIVER OF APA.--In promulgating regulations under paragraph (1), the Secretary may waive any provision of chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the ``Administrative Procedure Act'') or any other law relating to rulemaking if the Secretary determines that compliance with such provision would impede the timely implementation of this Act.



SA 2141. Mr. CORNYN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 1585, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:


At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. INTERNATIONAL COMMUTERS.

(a) H-1A Temporary Workers.--Section 101(a)(15)(H) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)) is amended by striking ``(H) an alien (i) (b)'' and inserting the following:

[Page: S9161] GPO's PDF ``(H) an alien--

``(i)(a) who--

``(aa) continuously maintains a residence at which the alien is actually domiciled outside the United States, which the alien has no intention of abandoning;

``(bb) is coming temporarily to the United States to perform temporary work of a seasonal nature, not to exceed more than 10 months in any calendar year;

``(cc) commutes each business day, across the international border of the United States, to work in a full-time position with a qualified United States employer; and

``(dd) returns, across such border, to his or her foreign residence at the conclusion of each business day, or

``(b)''.

(b) Temporary Labor Certification.--Section 214(c)(1) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(c)(1)) is amended--

(1) by inserting ``(A)'' after ``(c)(1)'';

(2) by striking ``For purposes of this subsection'' and inserting the following:

``(B) For purposes of this subsection with respect to nonimmigrants described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(a) (referred to in this subparagraph as `H-1A temporary workers'), the term `appropriate agencies of the Government' means the Department of Labor. Before filing a petition with the Secretary of Homeland Security for an H-1A temporary worker, the employer shall apply for a temporary labor certification with the Secretary of Labor, which shall inform the Secretary of Homeland Security whether--

``(i) United States workers capable of performing the temporary services or labor are available; and

``(ii) the alien's employment would adversely affect the wages and working conditions of similarly employed United States workers.

``(C) For purposes of this subsection''.

(c) Numerical Limitations.--Section 214(g) of such Act is amended--

(1) in paragraph (1)--

(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively;

(B) by inserting before subparagraph (B), as redesignated, the following:

``(A) under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(a) may not exceed 90,000;''; and

(C) in subparagraph (B), as redesignated, by striking ``or'' and inserting ``and'';

(2) in paragraphs (5), (7), and (8), by striking ``paragraph (1)(A)'' each place it appears and inserting ``paragraph (1)(B)''; and

(3) in paragraphs (9) and (10), by striking ``paragraph (1)(B)'' each place it appears and inserting ``paragraph (1)(C)''.

(d) Period of Authorized Admission.--Section 214(g)(4) of such Act is amended to read as follows:

``(4)(A) The period of authorized admission for an alien who is provided nonimmigrant status under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(a) may not exceed 3 years.

``(B) The period of authorized admission for an alien who is provided nonimmigrant status under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) may not exceed 6 years.''.



SA 2142. Mr. CORNYN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 1585, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:


At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. LIMITATION ON LANDOWNER'S LIABILITY.

Section 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357) is amended by inserting after subsection (g) the following:

``(h) Indemnity for Actions of Law Enforcement Officers.--

``(1) IN GENERAL.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law and subject to appropriations, an owner of land located within 100 miles of the international land border of the United States may seek reimbursement from the Department of Homeland Security for any adverse final tort judgment for negligence (excluding attorneys' fees and costs) authorized under the Federal or State tort law, arising directly from such border security activity if--

``(A) such owner has been found negligent by a Federal or State court in any tort litigation;

``(B) such owner has not already been reimbursed for the final tort judgment, including outstanding attorney's fees and costs;

``(C) such owner did not have or does not have sufficient property insurance to cover the judgment and have had an insurance claim for such coverage denied; and

``(D) such tort action was brought as a direct result of activity of law enforcement officers of the Department of Homeland Security, acting in their official capacity, on the owner's land.

``(2) DEFINITIONS.--In this subsection--

``(A) the term `land' includes roads, water, watercourses, and private ways, and buildings, structures, machinery and equipment that is attached to real property; and

``(B) the term `owner' includes the possessor of a fee interest, a tenant, lessee, occupant, the possessor of any other interest in land, or any person having a right to grant permission to use the land.

``(3) EXCEPTIONS.--Nothing in this subsection may be construed to limit landowner liability which would otherwise exist for--

``(A) willful or malicious failure to guard or warn against a known dangerous condition, use, structure, or activity likely to cause harm;

``(B) maintaining an attractive nuisance;

``(C) gross negligence; or

``(D) direct interference with, or hindrance of, any agent or officer of the Federal Government who is authorized to enforce the immigration laws of the United States during--

``(i) a patrol of such landowner's land; or

``(ii) any action taken to apprehend or detain any alien attempting to enter the United States illegally or evade execution of an arrest warrant for a violation of any immigration law.

``(4) SAVINGS PROVISION.--Nothing in this subsection may be construed to affect any right or remedy available pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act.''.



SA 2143. Mr. CORNYN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 1585, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activiites of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:


At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. EMPLOYMENT-BASED VISAS.

(a) Recapture of Unused Employment-Based Immigrant Visas.--Section 106(d) of the American Competitiveness in the Twenty-first Century Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-313; 8 U.S.C. 1153 note) is amended--

(1) in paragraph (1)--

(A) by inserting ``1996, 1997,'' after ``available in fiscal year'';

(B) by striking ``be available'' and all that follows and inserting the following: ``be available only to--

``(A) employment-based immigrants under paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 203(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(b));

``(B) the family members accompanying or following to join such employment-based immigrants under section 203(d) of such Act; and

``(C) those immigrant workers who had petitions approved based on Schedule A under section 656.5 of title 20, Code of Federal Regulations, as promulgated by the Secretary of Labor.''; and

(2) in paragraph (2)--

(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``1996, 1997, and'' after ``available in fiscal years''; and

(B) in subparagraph (B), by amending clause (ii) to read as follows:

``(ii) DISTRIBUTION OF VISAS.--The total number of visas made available under paragraph (1) from unused visas from fiscal years 1996 and 1997 shall be distributed equally between--

``(I) immigrant workers with approved petitions based on Schedule A (as described in paragraph (1)(C)); and

``(II) employment-based immigrants under paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 203(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.''.

(b) H-1B Visa Availability.--Section 214(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(g)) is amended--

(1) in paragraph (1)(A)--

(A) in clause (vi), by striking ``and'' at the end;

(B) by redesignating clause (vii) as clause (ix); and

(C) by inserting after clause (vi) the following:

``(vii) 65,000 in each of fiscal years 2004 through 2006;

``(viii) 115,000 in fiscal year 2007; and''; and

(2) in paragraph (4)--

(A) by inserting ``(A)'' after ``(4)''; and

(B) by adding at the end the following:

``(B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to a nonimmigrant who has an approved petition for an immigrant visa under paragraph (1) or (2) of section 203(b) if at least 180 days have elapsed since the filing an application for adjustment of status under subsection (a), (k) or (i) of section 245 that has not been denied. The Secretary of Homeland may extend the stay of such an alien in 1-year increments until a final decision is made on the alien's application for adjustment of status.''.

(c) Immigrant Visa Backlog Reduction.--Section 201(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(d)) is amended to read as follows:

``(d) Worldwide Level of Employment-Based Immigrants.--The worldwide level of employment-based immigrants under this subsection for a fiscal year is equal to the sum of--

``(1) 290,000; and

``(2) the difference between--

``(A) the maximum number of visas authorized to be issued under this subsection during the previous fiscal year; and

``(B) the number of such visas issued during the previous fiscal year.''.

(d) Retaining Immigrants Who Have Been Educated in the United States.--Section 201(b)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(b)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``(F) Aliens who have earned a master's or higher degree from an accredited United States university.

``(G) Aliens who--

``(i) have earned a master's or higher degree in science, technology, engineering, or math; and

``(ii) have been working in the United States in a field related to such degree in a nonimmigrant status during the 3-year period preceding their application for an immigrant visa under paragraph (1) or (2) of section 203(b).

``(H) Aliens who--

``(i) are described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 203(b)(1); or

``(ii) have received a national interest waiver under section 203(b)(2)(B).''.

So he lied and they are there?

Over on IV they're saying:

Highlights:
a) Recapture of Unused Employment-Based Immigrant Visas

b)Worldwide Level of Employment-Based Immigrants.--The worldwide level of employment-based immigrants under this subsection for a fiscal year is equal to the sum of--

``(1) 290,000; and

c) Retaining Immigrants Who Have Been Educated in the United States