GOP Senators To Intro Bill That Could Curb Number Of Green Cards
Source: Talking Points Memo
By CAITLIN MACNEAL Published FEBRUARY 7, 2017, 8:37 AM EDT
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Sen. David Perdue (R-GA) will introduce a bill on Tuesday that would limit who could sponsor an immigrant to receive a green card, Politico reported Tuesday morning.
Currently, U.S. citizens and permanent residents can sponsor family members to obtain green cards, but this bill would only allow someone's spouse or child who is an unmarried minor to sponsor them for a green card, according to Politico. The bill would also allow for children to bring over elderly parents, per Politico.
The legislation would also limit the refugee program to 50,000 people per year and eliminate the diversity lottery, which sets aside 50,000 visas each year to citizens from countries from which few people immigrate to the U.S., per Politico.
Cotton's office told Politico that the bill would reduce legal immigration by about 40 percent in the first year of implementation and by 50 percent over ten years.
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atreides1
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(18,124 posts)cstanleytech
(26,080 posts)would love to legally hire more foreign workers that they can pay lower wages and work longer slave hours to than pay a few dollars more to an actual US citizen.
itcfish
(1,828 posts)the Indians and Pakistanis that are on H1b Visas working cheaply for a couple of years and they apply for their green card and bring their whole family. Banning Musims is crap.
cstanleytech
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NurseJackie
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(3,847 posts)in tech. Will Apple, et al. start a lobbying effort to stop these idoits.