Beware of Dirty Tricks
Dear Friends, It appears that Companies and Lawyers are up-to their old tricks again. They have introduced a bill to “recapture” those 80,000 Green Cards that were deliberately wasted by USCIS and are now attempting to pass the bill by Unanimous Consent - when they know very well that [...]
In Preparation for Upcoming H-1B Lottery, Immigration Voice Calls on Biden Administration to Stop Issuing New H-1B Visas for Indian Nationals Not Already in the United States Until the Elimination of Systematic Exploitation of Indian Immigrants Due to Discriminatory Per Country Limits on Green Cards
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE In preparation for the upcoming H-1B lottery, Immigration Voice calls on Biden Administration to stop issuing new H-1B Visas for Indian Nationals not already in the U.S.Amidst uncertainty as to whether the Biden Administration will act to remove the systematic discrimination and life-long indentured servitude of immigrants [...]
Durbin lies, Immigrants die
Dear Friends, In case you missed Senator Dick Durbin’s shenanigans today on the Senate floor, you can see them here. We hope you will now believe what we have been saying to you all along about Durbin. Some of the highlights of today's Unanimous Consent request drama are: Senator [...]
We shall PERSEVERE & OVERCOME
Dear Friends, It is likely that later this week, the current Administration will pass Executive Orders (EO) to suspend the issuance of almost all new work visas until the end of the year. It is also possible that the Administration might issue Interim Final Regulations (IFR) to suspend work-authorization [...]
No Respite from Tragedy
It is with a heavy heart that we write this post today. Even though our community of folks in the Green Card backlog recognizes the United States as our home and has come together in myriad ways to serve our fellow Americans during these difficult times, our efforts are [...]
How many Indian immigrants must die before Senator Durbin will acknowledge our humanity?
It is only human to feel pain when we witness the suffering of another human being. We write this message to plead to the humanity of Senator Durbin. A simple online search will show the following stories of US immigrants (all from India). These stories have three things in [...]
Beware: Senator Durbin is attempting to sabotage the passage of Fairness bill
Dear Friends, As you might have been anticipating, Senator Lee has been working hard to work with his colleagues to get the amended S.386 to a place where it can pass the Senate. To further that effort, he has been consulting with the Senate Offices that were not consulted [...]
Trick or Treat: Durbin’s parody bill
Senator Dick Durbin is trying to trick immigrants into believing that he is not anti-immigrant. However, now everyone knows that Senator Durbin is not at all sincere about the parody bill he is using to attack the Fairness Bill. You have likely seen the despicable act of Senator Durbin [...]
We will never forget!
As you are already aware, a lot has happened in the last week. We believe it is important for you to know what has transpired so you can judge the situation for yourself. We have been advised by our lobbyists not to speak-up because we will be attracting the [...]
Why Senator Rand Paul placed a block on the Fairness bill
Dear Friends, There seems to be a lack of awareness of what is going on with the international recruitment of foreign nurses and how these nurses are exploited at the expense of American nurses. The truth is the International recruitment of nurses is dominated by Nurse staffing companies. The [...]
Danger Ahead
Dear Friends, As we have just shared with you in our recent Facebook post, we are continuing the work on our bill – the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act. We got very close to getting it done in the last Congress, but for the Government [...]
H.R. 392 Sabotage: Their Lies & Our Facts
Dear Friends, We have been told by our members that malicious misinformation about the bill H.R.392 - The Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act is being deliberately spread around the community and more worryingly, in Congress. We believe this misinformation is being peddled by the same group of partisan religious [...]
A Very Important Message to our Members
Dear Friends, As many of you might know, a partisan organization is planning some events in the next few months. Many Immigration Voice members have seen material that is falsely suggesting that Immigration Voice is part of such events, and they have reached out to us asking for clarification [...]
What Lies Ahead
McClatchy has just come out with a story confirming that the Administration is considering rescinding the policy of H1 extensions after 6 years. As we shared with our members earlier, there are bigger changes coming to the H-1B visa system for those waiting in green card backlogs. As the [...]
Bigger changes coming to the H-1B visa system for those waiting in Green Card backlogs
Dear Friends, As you might be aware, we just finished a public call where we updated our members on the H4-EAD revocation by DHS and the latest status on H.R.392-The Fairness for High Skilled Immigrants Act of 2017. The highlights of the call and the specific action items were: [...]
Immigration Voice seeks to intervene in D.C. Circuit Lawsuit in Order to protect the rule granting employment authorization for spouses of certain H-1B visa holders
Amidst uncertainty as to whether the Department of Justice will defend the H-4 Employment Authorization Rule issued by DHS in 2015, Immigration Voice takes action to protect our members. On March 6, 2017, Immigration Voice announced that it filed a motion to intervene on behalf of thousands of its [...]
Caution, Sharp Turns Ahead!
Dear Friends, Recent media reports seem to suggest that the incoming Administration may consider proposals to repeal President Obama’s regulatory changes on immigration. This could include repealing good regulations like H4-EAD, Spousal Work Authorization. A significant number of Immigration Voice members benefit from Spousal Work Authorization fix. We have [...]
The difference between “Pro-Immigrant” & “Pro-Immigration”
Each one of us has heard many say that “We are a nation of immigrants”. But no matter what our personal belief is, we all acknowledge that immigration is a complicated and difficult subject. Even though people tend to use these interchangeably, we believe that there is a very [...]
Do your share: Fundraiser alert!
Dear Friends, You may already be aware that DHS has released the much-awaited “EAD for I-140 regulation”. On November 20, 2014, President Obama’s Executive Action on Immigration announced this fix as “Portable Work Authorization”. But the name of this proposed regulation is now “Retention of EB-1, EB-2, and EB-3 [...]
Constituent Action: What can you do to help H.R.213 move?
We wanted to thank everyone that dialed into our call on Sunday. We think we covered a lot of areas in depth and tried to answer questions to the best of our ability. We look forward to having many more such events in the future. So stay tuned! One [...]
#FightbackVBGate
UPDATE on #CallCampaign to #FightbackVBGate When you call, if you are asked to send an email, please make sure that you use the template provided in the newsletter and also include this link to provide some background on the issue. Do NOT send emails without first talking to staffers. [...]
Media Advisory: October 2015 Visa Bulletin Fiasco
To bring attention to October Visa Bulletin Fiasco, skilled immigrants send flowers to DHS Secretary in Gandhian style. [Washington D.C.] To register a silent and peaceful protest with DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson over the October Visa Bulletin fiasco (1), in true Gandhian spirit, immigrants from across the country are [...]
About the Gandhian Flower Campaign
Dear Friends, To create awareness for the injustice of the October Visa Bulletin reversal and to express our best wishes to DHS Secretary, Jeh Johnson even in the face of not treating us fairly, here is the specific action item for the October 1st flower campaign mentioned in our [...]
Do your part: Immigration Advocacy Day Action Item
Dear Friends, You are probably aware that the most significant advocacy event is underway to ask Members of Congress to COSPONSOR #HR213 - Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2015, the bill to remove the per-country caps on employment-based green cards. During this event, we expect to have 350+ [...]
Should we sign petitions?
A member asked us, should we sign any petitions created online regarding the Modernization of High Skilled Immigration system? Our Response: This petition (and all such petitions) is not only a complete waste of time, but it severely hurts to make real progress. People tend to have a false [...]
The Common Denominator across new bills introduced in Congress
Dear Friends, Last week, the I-Squared Act and Startup Visa Act were introduced in the Senate. We expect more similar bills to be introduced in the House and Senate. Immigration Voice applauds Senator Hatch for introducing I-Squared Act. Under the leadership of Senator Hatch, we continue to petition other [...]
Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act is back: What you can do
Dear Friends, We are delighted to share with you that Representative Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) yesterday introduced the bill H.R.213, to eliminate the per-country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants. This bill has bipartisan support with Representative Zoe Lofgren and Representative Raúl Labrador as original co-sponsors. A lot of us have [...]
Calling more advocates to attend the advocacy event in Washington, D.C.
Dear Friends, As we all know that for many years there has been a logjam in Congress where the critical mass of members of Congress could not agree to consider piecemeal immigration bills. With the recent Executive Action on Immigration announced by the President in November, that logjam has [...]
Good news to report!
Dear Friends,We are pleased to announce that after almost 9 years of hard work on the issue of skilled immigration backlogs, we finally have good news to report. The Obama administration has issued an administrative order with reforms to both skilled immigration and other areas where reform was long overdue.Going [...]
We continue to push for quality of life fixes to the system
Dear Friends,As many of you may have heard, President Obama’s administration is planning to announce immigration relief in the form of administrative reform in the next few days. While the exact details are unknown at this time, there are some specific reforms that we have requested the White House and [...]
Immigration Voice supports Spousal Work Authorization Administrative fix
Dear Friends, As you may know, the comments period for the Spousal Work Authorization Administrative fix is over. Immigration Voice strongly supports this fix and we applaud DHS for the proposed regulation. On behalf of the organization we submitted our comments and recommendations to further improve the proposed regulation [...]
Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act (H.R.633) is back!
Dear Friends, As you may know, the Senate is currently drafting a major immigration reform bill right now and we are actively working on the provisions that would help us get our visa bulletin dates current by solving the backlogs and retrogression issues through the immigration bill. There is [...]
Don’t wait for Visa Bulletins. Change them! Join the Immigration Voice rally in San Jose, CA
Dear Friends, For too many years, we have seen visa bulletins month after month and year after year that do not move at all for 3 or 4 countries, mainly India, China, Mexico, and the Philippines. For too many years, we [...]
