Immigration Reform That Works For America's Future Act

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[size=5][color=#FF0000][i][b]Permit and encourage individuals who earn an advanced degree from one of our world-class universities to remain in the United States, rather than using that education to work for our international competitors; [/b][/i][/color][/size]
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[b]S.1 -- Immigration Reform that Works for America's Future Act (Introduced in Senate - IS)[/b]
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113th CONGRESS
1st Session
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To reform America's broken immigration system.[/size][/font][/color]
[b]IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES[/b]


January 22 (legislative day, January 3), 2013[color=#333333][font=verdana, helvetica, sans-serif][size=4]
Mr. REID (for himself, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. SCHUMER, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. BROWN, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. COONS, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. LEVIN, and Mr. HEINRICH) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary[/size][/font][/color]
[b]A BILL[/b][color=#333333][font=verdana, helvetica, sans-serif][size=4]
To reform America's broken immigration system.[/size][/font][/color]
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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[b] SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.[/b]

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This Act may be cited as the `Immigration Reform that Works for America's Future Act'.
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[b] SEC. 2. SENSE OF THE SENATE.[/b]

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It is the sense of the Senate that Congress should--
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(1) create a roadmap for immigrants who are here without legal status to earn citizenship, provided they pay taxes, complete a background check, learn English, and show a commitment to America;
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(2) allow students who came to America as children to earn citizenship by attending college or joining the Armed Forces;
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(3) protect the sustainability of the American agricultural industry, including the dairy industry, with a stable and legal agricultural workforce;
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(4) encourage those who seek to invest in the United States and create American jobs;
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(5) permit and encourage individuals who earn an advanced degree from one of our world-class universities to remain in the United States, rather than using that education to work for our international competitors;
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(6) fulfill and strengthen our Nation's commitments regarding security along our borders and at our ports of entry;
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(7) strengthen our Nation's historic humanitarian tradition of welcoming asylum seekers and refugees and improve existing policies that support immigrant victims of crime and domestic violence;
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(8) create an effective electronic verification system and strengthen enforcement to prevent employers from hiring people here illegally;
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(9) implement a rational legal immigration system that promotes job creation by converting the current flow of illegal immigrants into the United States into a more manageable, controlled, and legal process for admitting immigrants while, at the same time, safeguarding the jobs, rights, and wages of American workers; and
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(10) adopt practical and fair immigration reforms to help ensure that all families are able to be together.
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[rvikram278]

source please....

[vizzeboy]

edi MS-IS nad MBA vallaki kuda na bhayyalu..OR .only...STEM guys ka

or

Master chaysina valla annadarikina

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source?

[mettastar]

inko bill introduce chesthunnara?

[psycopk]

time waste.. Obama will use this bill as tissue paper...

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[color=#ff0000]January 22 (legislative day, January 3), 2013[/color]

[color=#000000]this bill is not helpful for current h1b issue scenario for this year...[/color]

[color=#000000]after this date there are so many discussions and reviews going on from sentors ...to frame the bill...[/color]

[color=#000000]this bill may not come into existence until next year...anyways lets see guys...[/color]

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[img]https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-itFYvf_QWPs/UV3ocJ93CJI/AAAAAAAAAZc/v9Dt85J95-Q/s128/Brahmi-81.gif[/img] gp approve avvali

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[quote name='psycopk' timestamp='1365622875' post='1303579170']
time waste.. Obama will use this bill as tissue paper...
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vadu kuda four way plan annadu kadha vayya.

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Fact Sheet: The STEM Jobs Act (H.R. 6429)
Background: Graduates of American universities in science, technology, engineering, and math –
or “STEM” fields– are behind many of the innovations and new businesses that are part of our
present and future economic growth. Talented students from around the world contribute to the
graduate STEM programs of our universities. Foreign students receive nearly four out of every 10
master’s degrees awarded in STEM fields and about the same percentage of all doctorates.
But our immigration system does not always put American interests first. We have the most generous
level of legal immigration in the world but we select only 5% of our immigrants based on the skills and
education they bring to America. Although these foreign graduates of U.S. universities in STEM fields
are in great demand by American employers, many of them end up on years-long green card waiting
lists. And as a result, many of them give up and go to work for one of our global competitors.
In an ever-competitive global economy, we must keep our country as the world’s greatest source of
innovation and creativity. The STEM Jobs Act helps employers to more easily fill their talent needs
with foreign graduates of U.S. universities so that they can continue creating jobs and growing our
economy.
Summary of the STEM Jobs Act (H.R. 6429): The STEM Jobs Act eliminates the diversity
lottery green card program and reallocates up to 55,000 green cards a year to new green card
programs for foreign graduates of U.S. universities with advanced STEM degrees. These green cards
are first made available to foreign graduates with doctorates and any remaining green cards are then
made available for foreign graduates with master’s degrees.
Which Students Qualify?
PhDs: The bill creates a new green card category for aliens who have received STEM doctorates from
U.S. universities. Foreign students will be eligible for STEM green cards if they –
• Have received a doctorate from an eligible U.S. university in computer science, engineering,
mathematics, or the physical sciences (other than biological sciences);
• Agree to work for at leastfive years for the petitioning employer or in the U.S. in a STEM field;
• Have taken all their course work (including internet courses) while physically present in the
United States; and
• Are petitioned for by an employer who has gone through labor certification to show that there
are not sufficient American workers able, willing, qualified and available for the job.
Master’s Degrees: The bill creates a new green card category for aliens who have received STEM
master’s degrees from U.S. universities. If any green cards are not used by aliens with doctorates,
they will then be made available to foreign graduates with master’s degrees. To be eligible, an alien
must –
• Have received a two year master’s degree from an eligible U.S. university in computer science,
engineering, mathematics, or the physical sciences (other than biological sciences);
• Have majored in college in a STEM field;
• Agree to work for at least five years for the petitioning employer or in the U.S. in a STEM field;2
• Have taken all their course work (including internet courses) while physically present in the
United States; and
• Be petitioned for by an employer who has gone through labor certification.
Which Universities Qualify? The STEM JobsAct narrowly defines what constitutes a research
university to ensure the STEM green card system is not just a golden ticket for those wanting to come
to the U.S. To qualify for the STEM green card program, a school must –
• Be eligible for federal student financial aid programs;
• Be accredited;
• Be classified by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as a doctorategranting university with very high or high level of research activity, or be classified by the
National Science Foundation after the date of enactment, pursuant to an application by the
university, as having equivalent research activity to such schools;
• Be at least 10 years old; and
• Not provide incentive payments to persons based on securing foreign students for the
university.
The STEM Jobs Act Protects Americans Students and Workers. In order to protect
American students and workers in STEM fields, the bill requires as part of the labor certification
process that an employer submit a job order to the appropriate state workforce agency. In addition,
the bill requires that the state workforce agency post the job order on its official agency website to
make it more accessible to American workers seeking employment.
The bill also requires that the Department of Homeland Security post on its official website
information about the employers who sponsor STEM graduates for green cards, the number of STEM
graduates they sponsor, and the occupations of the STEM graduates they sponsor.
In addition, because of the often difficult career prospects for American students graduating with
PhDs in biological and biomedical fields, foreign students with degrees in these fields will not be
eligible for STEM green cards.
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[url="http://judiciary.house.gov/issues/STEM/Fact%20Sheet%20STEM%20Bill.pdf"]http://judiciary.hou...t STEM Bill.pdf[/url]

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source?
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[url="http://judiciary.house.gov/issues/STEM/Fact%20Sheet%20STEM%20Bill.pdf"]http://judiciary.house.gov/issues/STEM/Fact%20Sheet%20STEM%20Bill.pdf[/url]


Thursday senate discussion undi vayya...
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[url="http://judiciary.house.gov/issues/STEM/Fact%20Sheet%20STEM%20Bill.pdf"]http://judiciary.hou...t STEM Bill.pdf[/url]


Thursday senate discussion undi vayya...
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yeah thursday undi ani telusu

[ThaatiMatta]

last year eligible ayyi.. apply chesukoni vallu entha mandhi?