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Posted on 12-17-05 11:55 AM     Reply [Subscribe]
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The House last night passed a major border enforcement and immigration security bill after approving amendments ending the diversity visa lottery program and requiring immigration authorities to complete background checks before granting an immigration benefit.
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On Thursday, the House passed a provision calling for nearly 700 miles of fence to be built on the U.S.-Mexico border. Then, yesterday, it passed an amendment ending the diversity visa lottery, a system that grants 50,000 green cards every year without tying it to family relationships or employment. It passed 273-148.
Rep. Robert W. Goodlatte, Virginia Republican, said the lottery makes no sense and pointed to examples of terrorists who have entered the country through the lottery.
"Don't gamble with national security," he said.
Some Democrats defended the program, with Rep. John Conyers Jr. of Michigan saying the rest of the immigration system is geared toward employment and family reunification, which benefits large or industrialized nations and countries that already have sent a lot of immigrants. The lottery, he said, is often the only way for those from other countries to enter.
"The diversity visa program is a chance for many people of color from around the world to immigrate," he said.
Congress also passed an amendment requiring that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services complete background checks before granting an immigration benefit such as a green card or citizenship.

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Posted on 12-17-05 12:24 PM     Reply [Subscribe]
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Hang on folks..the bill that was passed was done so in the House...which means it still needs to pass the Senate before it becomes law.

The deal with the Senate is that they are going to likely use this as a bargaining tool--they may allow the diversity lotto to die provided the Republicans give in to the long standing demand by Democrats to offer blanket amnesty to the illegal immigrants already in the U.S with a work history...this of course is speculation on my part...but, I doubt very much thata the Dems in the Senate are going to give in this easily.

Hopefully, this is NOT the end of Immigrant friendly immigration initiatives by the hawkish Right Wingers.
 
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NO problem, whatever happens.......
 
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"they may allow the diversity lotto to die provided the Republicans give in to the long standing demand by Democrats to offer blanket amnesty to the illegal immigrants already in the U.S with a work history"

Interesting thought but I doubt if the two issues even weigh equal to either side...
 
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Very informational indeed. but it can hardly be concluded that the immigration policy in question will affect the number of the DV entrants.
What is at question is the procedures to be followed before making an entry into the US soil.
 


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