Any hope remaining ?

[gcseeker2002]

Now that the May bulleting is close to being released I am wondering if there is any hope for people in EB3 with PDs in 2004 or 2003, is it going to be a never-ending wait and realising after 2 years that it was a futile wait and that the jobs back in India have dried up, or does anybody have any reason to have any hope for the hopeless situation that Eb3s find themselves in ?

[serg]

well, wait, who said "no hope"?? If bill will no pass, we'll stay where we are ... wazzup? 5-years undocumented, as I understand, will be able to fill status adj. 6 years later since now... Then "documented" will face a long line ... IMHO, of course...

[gcseeker2002]

Are you telling it is better to wait 6 years to get the ability to file 485? I dont think anybody in this forum have that patience even the core members.

[Raju]

Originally Posted by gcseeker2002

Are you telling it is better to wait 6 years to get the ability to file 485? I dont think anybody in this forum have that patience even the core members.

I think Serg is just joking. There is certainly hope. The bill is not dead yet and they will try to add more ammendments to it. The fact that some of the senators are considering the legal immigration seriously is a good thing. Also they are not going to leave 12 million undocumeneted people hainging there for too long. Its not good for national security. Well they also have to deal with the poruos border too. Whenever they try to resolve those issues, I am pretty sure legal immigration reform is one of the first things that should also be looked at. This is just my opinion. Have patience. Contribute and have your friends do the same. With more money and more registered people we can have more things done our way

[Berkeleybee]

See here http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/sh...94&postcount=3

[learning01]

Today: April 09, 2006 at 9:0:45 PDT

Specter Still Hopeful on Immigration Deal

ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON (AP) -

Despite the collapse of a bipartisan deal on immigration legislation, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee expressed optimism on Sunday that senators can pass a bill when they return from vacation.

"I think tempers will cool over a two-week period. And also, there are going to be some expressions by many people very unhappy with the Senate not passing a bill and very unhappy with the House bill" that would make being an illegal immigrant a felony, said Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa.

"And there's a real risk of significant political fallout here, and members of the Senate think about that, believe it or not," he said.

Specter pledged to have legislation ready for debate soon after lawmakers return from their two-week recess.

A bill hailed as a bipartisan breakthrough in an election year fell victim late last week to internal disputes in both parties as well as political maneuvering.

On the key vote, only 38 senators, all Democrats, lined up in support. That was 22 short of the 60 needed, and left the legislation in limbo.

President Bush, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist of Tennessee and other Republican leaders blamed Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada, the Democratic leader, of "putting a stranglehold" on the Senate by refusing to permit votes on more than three Republican amendments.

The bill would have provided for stronger border security, regulated the future entry of foreign workers and created a complex set of regulations for the estimated 11 million immigrants illegally in the United States.

"I think when we come back from recess, we'll get a bill," Specter told "Fox News Sunday."

Frist has stopped short of a commitment to bring another immigration bill to the floor by year's end, noting that it would depend on the schedule, already crowded with other legislation.

But Specter said Sunday, "Everyone agrees there's an enormous problem. There's general agreement that we have to craft a compromise."