Immigration reform: have we stalled already?
If I understand correctly the import of this, we will not see immigration reform this year:
The panel’s bill would allow an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants to apply for a work visa after paying back taxes and a penalty. The first three-year visa could be renewed for three more years. After four years, visa holders could apply for green cards and begin moving toward citizenship. An additional 400,000 such visas would be offered each year to workers seeking to enter the country.
Senators also accepted a proposal by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) that would offer 1.5 million illegal farmworkers a “blue card” visa that would legalize their status.
Assuming the full Senate accepts the work of its Judiciary Committee, we’ll be at an impasse, for the House will not accept it.
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