IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT

Bills and resolutions

Armed Forces: provide flexibility in the naturalization process for aliens in active duty service abroad (see H.R. 4873), H6127 [20JY]

Children and youth: modify treatment of adopted children (see H.R. 4561), H3963 [14JN]

Courts: reform judicial review process of orders of removal (see S. 2443), S5799 [19MY]

———reform the judicial review process of orders of removal (see H.R. 4406), H3391 [19MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: make certain Caribbean nationals eligible for temporary protected status under the Immigration and Nationality Act (see H.R. 5316), H9048 [8OC] (see H. Res. 810), H7944 [30SE]

———make Haitian nationals eligible for temporary protected status under the Immigration and Nationality Act (see H.R. 3867), H707 [1MR] (see H. Res. 542), H700 [26FE]

Employment: amend relative to certain H-1B and L nonimmigrants (see H.R. 4166), H2153 [2AP]

———improve process for verifying an individual's eligibility for employment (see H.R. 4306), H2727 [6MY]

———provide greater protections to domestic and foreign workers under the H-1B nonimmigrant worker program (see H.R. 5413), H10079 [19NO]

Immigration: adjust status of certain foreign agricultural workers, reform H-2A worker program, provide a stable, legal agricultural workforce, and extend basic legal protections and better working conditions to more workers (see S. 2823), S9441 [21SE]

———eliminate the ``specialized knowledge'' basis for obtaining nonimmigrant status as an intracompany transferee, and impose an annual numerical limitation on nonimmigrant visas for such transferees (see H.R. 4415), H3437 (see H.R. 4415), H3537 [20MY]

———establish deportability and inadmissability of aliens who possess certain consular identification cards who are unlawfully present in the U.S. and use such a card for a Federal identification-related requirement (see H.R. 4440), H3438 (see H.R. 4440), H3538 [20MY]

———expand the definition of immediate relative to include the minor siblings of U.S. citizens (see S. 2071), S1285 [12FE]

———extend nonimmigrant status for spouses and children of permanent resident aliens awaiting the availability of an immigrant visa (see H.R. 3701), H35 [20JA]

———limit timing of issuance of H-2B visas during a fiscal year (see H.R. 5379), H9962 [17NO]

———permit alien children receiving medical treatment in the U.S. to be classified as immediate relatives to avoid extreme hardship to themselves or their immediate relative alien parents (see H.R. 5058), H6997 [9SE]

———permit foreign media representatives to gain admission as visitors coming temporarily to the U.S. for business (see H.R. 4823), H5654 [13JY]

———permit representatives of the foreign press to enter the U.S. under the visa waiver program (see H.R. 4832), H5793 [14JY]

———reunify families, permit earned access to permanent resident status, protect against unfair employment practices, reform the diversity visa program, and adjust status for Haitian and Liberian nationals (see H.R. 3918), H926 [9MR] (see H.R. 4885), H6556 [21JY]

———simplify the process for admitting temporary alien agricultural workers and increase access to such workers (see S. 2185), S2440 [9MR]

———strengthen national security and U.S. borders, reunify families, provide willing workers, and establish earned adjustment under immigration laws (see S. 2010), S108 [21JA]

———waiting periods for immigrant visas relative to reclassification of family preference because of naturalization of a parent or spouse (see H.R. 4018), H1369 [23MR]

———waive numerical limitation on certain nonimmigrants if a petitioning employer employed such a nonimmigrant during a certain period (see H.R. 4041), H1592 [25MR]

National security: restore civil liberties under the first amendment, the Immigration and Nationality Act, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, and other law enforcement and privacy laws (see S. 2528), S6881 [16JN] (see H.R. 4591), H4286 [16JN]

Poland: urge designation as a program country under the visa waiver program if certain requirements are satisfied (see S. 2844), S9611 [23SE] (see H.R. 3956), H1071 [11MR] (see H. Res. 525), H515 [11FE] (see H. Res. 601), H2265 [21AP]

Terrorism: modify designation of foreign terrorist organizations and include information on groups seeking weapons of mass destruction or designated as terrorist organizations in Dept. of State country reports (see H.R. 3978), H1116 [16MR]

Visa waiver program: secure (see H.R. 4550), H3963 [14JN]

Cost Estimates

Security and Fairness Enhancement (SAFE) for America Act (H.R. 775): CBO, E1970 [16NO]

Explanations

Urge Designation of Poland as a Program Country Under the Visa Waiver Program if Certain Requirements Are Satisfied (S. 2844), S11460 [18NO]

Letters

Agricultural Job Opportunity, Benefits, and Security Act: several organizations, S1273-S1275 [12FE]

Remarks in House

Children and youth: modify treatment of adopted children (H.R. 4561), E1105 [14JN]

Citizenship: prohibit funding to amend oath of allegiance, H4535 [18JN]

Colleges and universities: permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (H.R. 1684), E1663 [21SE]

———permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (S. 1545), E1663 [21SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: allow port directors along the Mexican border discretion in issuing 1-day visas of waivers to Mexican children for medical, cultural, or humanitarian purposes, H4542 [18JN]

———make certain Caribbean nationals eligible for temporary protected status under the Immigration and Nationality Act (H.R. 5316), E1937 [11OC]

———make Haitian nationals eligible for temporary protected status under the Immigration and Nationality Act (H. Res. 542), E260 [26FE]

Dept. of State: eliminate the diversity immigrant program (H.R. 775), H1746 [31MR], H2554 [5MY], H4730 [22JN], H5200 [7JY], E693 [28AP], E901 [18MY], E956, E958 [21MY], E1492 [22JY], E1970 [16NO]

Employment: improve process for verifying an individual's eligibility for employment (H.R. 4306), H8235-H8237 [6OC]

Immigration: adjust status of certain foreign agricultural workers, reform H-2A worker program, provide a stable, legal agricultural workforce, and extend basic legal protections and better working conditions to more workers (H.R. 3142), E1663 [21SE]

———bar admission and facilitate removal of alien terrorists and their supporters, drug traffickers, and other illegal or criminal aliens and reform the visa and legal immigration systems (H.R. 3522), H1746 [31MR], E794 [7MY]

———make exemptions to limits on H-1B visas for temporary skilled workers, H10196 [20NO]

———waiting periods for immigrant visas relative to reclassification of family preference because of naturalization of a parent or spouse (H.R. 4018), E433 [23MR]

National security: restore civil liberties under the first amendment, the Immigration and Nationality Act, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, and other law enforcement and privacy laws (H.R. 4591), E1144, E1145 [16JN]

Terrorism: modify designation of foreign terrorist organizations and include information on groups seeking weapons of mass destruction or designated as terrorist organizations in Dept. of State country reports, H4841, H4842 [23JN]

Visa waiver program: expansion, H9994 [18NO]

Remarks in Senate

Citizenship: codify oath of allegiance (S. 1628), S9049 [10SE]

———prohibit funding to amend oath of allegiance, S9008, S9009, S9013 [9SE], S9049 [10SE]

Colleges and universities: permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (S. 1545), S8670-S8671 [22JY], S9721 [27SE]

Courts: reform judicial review process of orders of removal (S. 2443), S5802 [19MY]

Employment: improve process for verifying an individual's eligibility for employment (H.R. 4306), S11271 [11OC]

Immigration: adjust status of certain foreign agricultural workers, reform H-2A worker program, provide a stable, legal agricultural workforce, and extend basic legal protections and better working conditions to more workers (S. 1645), S1272 [12FE]

———adjust status of certain foreign agricultural workers, reform H-2A worker program, provide a stable, legal agricultural workforce, and extend basic legal protections and better working conditions to more workers (S. 2823), S9429 [21SE], S9538 [22SE], S10788-S10790 [8OC]

———establish guest worker programs and adjust status of certain aliens unlawfully present in the U.S. to non-immigrant guest worker (S. 1387), S312 [28JA]

———expand the definition of immediate relative to include the minor siblings of U.S. citizens (S. 2071), S1289 [12FE]

———issuance of H-2B visas for temporary seasonal workers, S6257 [1JN]

———simplify the process for admitting temporary alien agricultural workers and increase access to such workers (S. 2185), S2446 [9MR]

National security: restore civil liberties under the first amendment, the Immigration and Nationality Act, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, and other law enforcement and privacy laws (S. 2528), S6889-S6891 [16JN]

Poland: urge designation as a program country under the visa waiver program if certain requirements are satisfied (S. 2844), S9643, S9656 [23SE], S9689 [24SE], S11459 [18NO]

———urge designation as a program country under the visa waiver program if certain requirements are satisfied (S. 2844), unanimous-consent request, S11460 [18NO]

Terrorism: ensure that non-immigrant visas are not issued to individuals with terrorist connections, S10225 [1OC], S10528 [6OC]

Reports filed

Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1545) (S. Rept. 108-224), S721 [9FE]

Improve Process for Verifying an Individual's Eligibility for Employment Under the Immigration and Nationality Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 4306) (H. Rept. 108-731), H8166 [5OC]

L-1 Visa (Intracompany Transferee) Reform Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1635), S10365 [4OC]

Security and Fairness Enhancement (SAFE) for America Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 775) (H. Rept. 108-747), H8407 [6OC]

Texts of

H.R. 4306, improve process for verifying an individual's eligibility for employment relative to immigration, H8235 [6OC]

S. 2010, Immigration Reform Act—Strengthening America's National Security, Economy, and Families, S109-S117 [21JA]

S. 2071, expand the definition of immediate relative to include the minor siblings of U.S. citizens, S1290 [12FE]

S. 2528, Civil Liberties Restoration Act, S6891-S6894 [16JN]