Under the leadership of Rep. Lofgren, Immigration Voice successfully advocates for the introduction of 3 bills in the House: H.R.5882, H.R.5921, H.R.6039. These bills included the elimination of per-country limits, a fair concept for which no other organization or business interest has heretofore advocated. This is a historic moment!
A brief summary of these 3 bills:
H.R.5882: To recapture employment-based immigration visas lost to bureaucratic delays and to prevent losses of family and employment-based immigrant visas in the future. Sponsor: Rep Lofgren, Zoe [CA-16], Introduced 4/23/2008, 31 Cosponsors
H.R.5921: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the per-country level for employment-based immigrants and to end the spill-over of unused immigrant visa numbers between employment-based and family-sponsored categories. Sponsor: Rep Lofgren, Zoe [CA-16], Introduced 4/29/2008, 24 Cosponsors
H.R.6039: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize certain aliens who have earned a master’s or higher degree from a United States institution of higher education in a field of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics to be admitted for permanent residence. Sponsor: Rep Lofgren, Zoe [CA-16], Introduced 5/13/2008, 34 Cosponsors
Immigration Voice successfully advocated for these bills by helping bring co-sponsors and generating support among other interest groups.
