3.0.0 2326 2023-01-13T04:49:03Z 2023-01-13T04:49:03Z Senate S S 2006-02-17 109 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-02-17T17:54:20Z 2006-02-17 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1465-1471) IntroReferral 2006-02-17 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1464-1465) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-02-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000407 Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] PETE DOMENICI R NM VICHI N Immigration Administrative fees Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Admission of nonimmigrants Agricultural labor Agriculture and Food Alien labor Aliens Border patrols Boundaries Business records Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Civil actions and liability Commerce Computer matching Congress Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal aliens Criminal justice information Data banks Department of Homeland Security Deportation Dismissal of employees Drug abuse Drug law enforcement Drug traffic Economics and Public Finance Education Electronic data interchange Electronic government information Employee rights Employee selection Employers' liability Engineers Evidence (Law) Ex-offenders Families Federal employees Federal law enforcement officers Fines (Penalties) Forced labor Foreign students Fraud Gangs Genocide Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Governmental investigations Grants-in-aid Health Higher education Human rights Identification devices Identification of criminals Illegal aliens Immigrants International Affairs International cooperation Judicial review Labor and Employment Latin America Law Legal aid Legal services Legislation Married people Mathematics Mexico Minimum wages Nonprofit organizations Passports Personnel records Physical examinations Political persecution Prostitution Recruiting of employees Refugees Repatriation Residence requirements Right of privacy Right to travel Science, Technology, Communications Scientists Skilled labor Slavery Small business Smuggling Social Welfare Social security numbers Student employment Subversive activities Tax returns Taxation Terrorism Treaties Vaccination Violence Visas Wages Whistle blowing Immigration 00 2006-02-17 Introduced in Senate 2006-03-30T20:59:17Z Welcoming Immigrants to a Secure Homeland Act of 2006 or WISH Act of 2006 - Provides for increased: (1) worksite enforcement and fraud detection agents; and (2) foreign student, vocational student, and exchange visitor visa processing personnel.

Provides penalties for: (1) unauthorized employment and false citizenship claims; and (2) social security number misuse.

Sets forth a mandatory electronic employment verification system.

Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a nonimmigrant guest worker program of up to 500,000 fiscal year entrants. Sets forth program provisions, including: (1) a three-year initial admittance (with two additional three-year periods available), and a requirement to return to the alien's home country for at least three years before being eligible to return as a guest worker or to receive other immigration benefits; (2) family member admissions eligibility; (3) security and other checks; and (4) eligibility to adjust to immigrant status after six years of U.S. employment.

Prohibits such status for citizens or nationals of Mexico until a bilateral U.S.-Mexico agreement is entered into covering repatriation, data sharing, border, and illegal immigration issues.

Directs the Secretary to grant nonimmigrant guest worker status to qualifying aliens illegally in the United States under specified circumstances. Provides for nonimmigrant status adjustment after an alien has resided under such lawful status in the United States for five years and after returning to the alien's home country.

Directs the Secretary to establish an employment management system.

Authorizes grants for public education and training respecting the changes made by this Act.

Removes numerical limitations for nonimmigrant aliens with advanced degrees.

Exempts from direct numerical limitations: (1) aliens with an advanced degree in science, technology, engineering, or math who have been working in a related field in the United States during the three-year period preceding their application for an employment-based immigrant visa; (2) certain aliens who are priority workers or who have received a national interest waiver; and (3) immediate relatives of an employment-based immigrant.

Authorizes full-time foreign students to work part-time off campus. Requires employer wages, hours, and U.S. citizen recruitment attestation.

Provides temporary visas for certain alien honors graduates waiting for issuance of an employment based nonimmgrant visa.

Authorizes foreign student, vocational student, and exchange visitor travel outside the United States under specified circumstances.

States that the Secretary: (1) may not prohibit a nonimmigrant temporary visitor from traveling up to 100 miles from a U.S. international border; and (2) may permit such a nonimmigrant to travel further from such a border.

Expresses the sense of the Senate that any comprehensive immigration reform during the 109th Congress should include agricultural worker reforms.

]]> Welcoming Immigrants to a Secure Homeland Act of 2006 Display Title Welcoming Immigrants to a Secure Homeland Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for immigration reform, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Welcoming Immigrants to a Secure Homeland Act of 2006 Short Titles as Introduced WISH Act of 2006 Introduced in Senate 2006-02-17T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s2326is/xml/BILLS-109s2326is.xml 2006-02-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1465-1471) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.