more about retrogression

Hello everyone, i heard the retrogression might end in August. Let us continue to pray for the best.

I'm afraid this might not be entirely true. Congress will recess in August. Just like last year, the Senate passed the CIR before the August break; however, the Lower house did not take it and instead passed a "Border" bill.

Some predictions would be that Senate will pass the "new compromise" bill before the August break. The Lower house will start to debate in July and hopefully, to pass a bill before the break as well (This we cannot be sure), Then comes the AUGUST BREAK!

Both Houses need to meet and agree on the final bill. We are lucky if they'll be able to do this before August, else it will be done in September....

The big question actually is: Will the Lower House agree to the "Z" Visa, which they say is an "amnesty" to those who broke the law?

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The good thing is that for those with pending/approved i-140, the old system will apply, not the merit-based point system.

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This is democracy at work! Messy but all sides have to be heard! The proposed CIR or initial versions are out on the Web. My Atty. did not want to show me or give me a copy bec. all these are the 'proposed' CIR. Anyone have a link or copy?

Let's just hope for the best...if nothing happened this fiscal year, atleast they must give us something like the re-capture of unused visas...this will help us to get us moving...

All we can do is hope and pray....

That's true. Why should unused visa only be assigned to Nurses? They already got 50,000 unbelievable number last time. Many people are waiting waiting waiting under other categories.

Sorry, but they are not required to give out anything. And there is nothing that states that recaptured visas will be used for just nurses. Right now, they are being used for all under EB-3. And that is alot of people that are under that. And they have been waiting and waiting, as well.

One more thing you can do is to have Your Freinds and Relatives in the U.S. who beleive in 'your cause' call their respective Senators and Congressmen as well as call the Whitehouse to complete the CIR which is on the agenda for today! It is never too late! And this is also an important lesson for us on how Democracy in the US works (or vice versa? depending on where you sit?)

Let us hope and pray for all people in the world who would like to immigrate into the United States...they are waiting and waiting as well...some even broke the law by over-staying their visas or entering illegally, they are waiting for this law to pass as well...I am in total support of the "Z" visa which will penalize them but will help them surface out of the shadows....

The US will build more "fence" along the borders to secure the territory from illegal immigrants. However, there are some who can manage to enter using valid visas, find decent work, and over-stay their visas.

I am against those who work illegally without valid licence and visa. However, deporting more than 1 million illegal immigrant is not practical. For this reason, I am for the "Z" visa, which will penalize them ($5000) but will surface them out of the shadows...atleast the good ones will surface....except those with criminal cases, they won't ofcourse....

Now, since this is a nursing forum, let's talk something about the nurses....

I, as a nurse who is taking the legal path, hope and pray that something be given to us this year to get us moving...I am not compelling the law makers...I am praying and hoping...