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NOTE; THIS LAW DID NOT PASS HOUSE-THIS IS KEPT AS A RECORD OF THE LEGISLATION LARGELY COMPREHENSIVE

ANNOUNCED IMMIGRATION FRAMEWORK - U.S. SENATE
From Senators Chuck Schumer, John McCain, Dick Durbin, Lindsey Graham, Robert Menendez, Marco Rubio, Michael Bennet, and Jeff Flake
Introduction:
Four Basic Legislative Pillars:
1. Create a tough but fair path to citizenship for unauthorized immigrants currently living in the United States that is contingent upon securing our borders and tracking whether legal immigrants have left the country when required;
2. Reform our legal immigration system to better recognize the importance of characteristics that will help build the American economy and strengthen American families;
3. Create an effective employment verification system that will prevent identity theft and end the hiring of future unauthorized workers; and,
4. Establish an improved process for admitting future workers to serve our nation's workforce needs, while simultaneously protecting all workers.

1. Creating a Path to Citizenship for Unauthorized Immigrants Already Here that is Contingent Upon Securing the Border and Combating Visa Overstays

Increased efforts of the Border Patrol increase the number of unmanned aerial vehicles and surveillance equipment- strengthen prohibitions against racial profiling 

Insure completion of an entry-exit system

A Commission comprised of governors, attorneys general, and community leaders living along the Southwest border make a recommendation regarding when the bill's security measures outlined in the legislation are completed.

While these security measures are being put into place, we will simultaneously require those who came or remained in the United States without our permission to register with the government, complete a background check and settling their debt to society by paying a fine and back taxes, live and work legally

-a serious criminal background or serious crimes face immediate deportation.
- our proposed enforcement measures must be complete before any immigrant on probationary status can earn a green card.
prevent non-immigrants from accessing federal public benefits will also apply to lawful probationary immigrants.
- Once the enforcement measures have been completed, individuals with probationary legal status will be required to go to the back of the line of prospective immigrants, pass an additional background check, pay taxes, learn English and civics, demonstrate a history of work in the United States, and current employment, among other requirements, in order to earn the opportunity to apply for lawful permanent residency. -

Individuals who are present without lawful status - not including people within the two categories identified below - will only receive a green card after every individual who is already waiting in line for a green card, at the time this legislation is enacted, has received their green card. No one who has violated America's immigration laws will receive preferential treatment - Our legislation also recognizes that the circumstances not the same, and cannot be addressed identically.
minor children will not face the same requirements as other individuals in order to earn a path to citizenship.
agricultural workers will be treated differently will earn a path to citizenship through a different process under our new agricultural worker program.

2. Improving our Legal Immigration System and Attracting the World's Best and Brightest

- Our new immigration system must be more focused on recognizing the important characteristics which will help build the American economy and strengthen American families. Additionally, we must reduce backlogs in the family and employment visa categories

Our immigration proposal will award a green card to immigrants who have received a PhD or Master's degree in science, technology, engineering, or math from an American university.

3. Strong Employment Verification
- We believe the federal government must provide U.S. employers with a fast and reliable method to confirm whether new hires are legally authorized to work in the United States, requiring prospective workers to demonstrate both legal status and identity, through non-forgeable electronic means prior to obtaining employment, is essential to an employee verification system; and, to protect American workers, prevent identity theft, and provide due process protections.

4. Admitting New Workers and Protecting Workers' Rights
 provide businesses with the ability to hire lower-skilled workers in a timely manner when Americans are unavailable or unwilling to fill those jobs. And they are unsuccessful in recruiting an American
meet the needs of America's agricultural industry, - Allow more lower-skilled immigrants to come here when our economy is creating jobs, and fewer when our economy is not creating jobs;
 strong labor protections; and,
- Permit workers who have succeeded in the workplace and contributed to their communities over many years to earn green cards.

Citizen recommendations should be made to our congressional lawmakers and SB744 (previous 2013 Senate passed) can help focus recommendations.
Immigration was a major issue in the mid-terms.  With the House change, officials can lay groundwork for the upcoming session and newer members can hear your voice in the initial "fog of change".  SB744 remains that last best compromise on comprehensive action and is a huge source for common sense policy and can help guide priorities in your comments.  Specifically also refer to Family Reunification ("Chain Migration" in the derogatory).   Read it in references below  and on Internationalfortwayne.org website

Asylum change proposals will alter Presidential power in Asylum matters. There is now time for comments on proposed regulations by the public.  Information for submitting your input directly to rulemakers is included on the Internationalfortwayne.org website ( http://internationalfortwayne.org/ ) under "resist" and "New Law" pages.  Asylum rules offer a comment period beginning 11-9-2018 and ending 1-8-2019

"Public Charge" rules changing the impact on immigrants who receive public benefits can have significant impacts on family reunification and admission of relatives to current citizen sponsors.  Refugees and Asylees will see little impact but family members joining them are placed in a cloud of doubt.  News releases designed to scare immigrants have caused significant fears in the community and public information is a critically needed.  Administration news releases and media have emphasized the fear factor and this confounds public opinion and input.  Info below and on Internationalfortwayne.org website explains the proposal and also includes analysis from core agencies serving immigrants.  Refugee children who recieve benefits prior to age 18 can be charged with public charge penalties after they turn age 18 under current proposal.  Comment period ends 12-10-2018

NOTE SPONSOR SUPPORT DOCUMENT BELOW:

Suggestions for input for lawmakers:
Read and refer to SB744 as the last comprehensive bipartisan Immigration Proposal in 2013 (bill died as it was never called by House)SB744 - Passed U.S. Senate summary on website:   http://internationalfortwayne.org/immigration_law_2013

Other summaries http://www.fairus.org/DocServer/amnesty_2013_debate/FAIR_summary_Gang-of-8_Immigration-bill_4-24-13.pdf

NILC (National Immigration Law Center) summary/analysis of SB 744 as passed by U.S. Senate https://www.nilc.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/imm-reform-senate-bill-integration-2013-07-17.pdf

Asylum Executive Order    11-9-2018 in Federal Register https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/11/09/2018-24594/aliens-subject-to-a-bar-on-entry-under-certain-presidential-proclamations-procedures-for-protection
 

In the words of the agency:  "To provide the most assistance to the Departments, comments should reference a specific portion of the rule; explain the reason for any recommended change; and include data, information, or authority that supports the recommended change.  All comments submitted for this rulemaking should include the agency name and EOIR Docket No. 18-0501."

Public Charge Proposal - public assistance barrs to residency/admissionHistory:  In 1999, to "clear things up", immigration officers adopted the guiding principle that a public charge is a foreign national with “the likelihood of . . . becoming primarily dependent on the government for subsistence,”  The current proposal further defines this definition.

Official Public Charge document   https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/10/10/2018-21106/inadmissibility-on-public-charge-grounds
To ensure proper handling, please reference DHS Docket No. USCIS-2010-0012 in your correspondence. 

Survey references of immigrant eligibility for federal programs. “Emergency” medical pays hospitals only for life threatening treatment and pregnancy only…no doctors, no meds.

Current General Summary of eligibility for public assistance   ---     https://www.nilc.org/issues/economic-support/  Table of Eligibility...updates in "notes" ---   https://www.nilc.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/tbl1_ovrvw-fed-pgms.pdf California

Health Care Foundation- comments on public charge effectshttps://www.chcf.org/blog/immigrants-new-proposed-public-charge-rule/

Immigrant Legal Resource Center  https://www.ilrc.org/public-charge

Forbes- How Will The Public Charge Rule Impact Employers And Immigrants?https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2018/10/01/how-will-the-public-charge-rule-harm-employers-and-immigrants/#238b212f4995

Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc.General Summary - https://cliniclegal.org/public-charge
Legal Analysis - Legal Clinic.orghttps://cliniclegal.org/resources/uscis-proposes-vast-changes-public-charge-definition

Form I-864, Sponsor Support Affidavit -  This document affirms SPONSOR committment to support immigrants:  https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/form/i-864.pdf