Petitions Of Brothers, Sisters and Adult Children to be Eliminated

[cardilene 26]

http://www.gurfinkel.com/imm_updates179.htm

I am hoping that this would not pass,...

[Darnell 8,478]

Apparently Gurfinkel has no influence with the legislative process.

That's a plus !

[kzielu 1,149]

Makes total sense to me.

[NCChina 21]

He's probably just trying to scare people into paying for his legal services, but I don't think this is such a bad thing. A line has to be drawn somewhere anyway, and putting less resources towards siblings and adult children theoretically should allow for more efficient processing for the applications of spouses, young children, and parents.

[Blue Bianchi 77]

I think this proposed law makes a whole lot of sense.

[mama&papa 2]

This is good... Will make processing of spouse and fiance visa faster.

[Boiler 45,466]

Another yes vote.

[actob99 156]

The problem is the additional manpower and resources most likely will not make the process faster for spouses and fiancees.. I'm sure their looking at the incredible huge issue they have here at home and all the manpower that is going to be needed to solve it..

[jhonster 23]

This is a bill that disguised as strong position against immigrants that may feed off the system. But is actually a bill written by big corporations & businesses via their bought & paid for politicians (mostly Republicans) that don't want to pay Americans a living wage and rather pay a foreigner less money & less benefits that most Americans wouldn't accept. It's basically the same 'race to the bottom' thats championed by big business that's destroying & eliminating the kinds of jobs that were the norm after WWII.

Here's some facts from the last decade.

Before George W. Bush got into office, there were basically about 50,000 H1 Visa's allowed per year (immigrant worker). When Bush got into office, this amount was upped to 150,000. BIG MISTAKE!! Why? There are roughly about 150,000 students graduating every year in the U.S. with higher degrees. If you allow 150,000 immigrants into the U.S. every year that will displace those AMERICANS from competing for those jobs...then its just simple math. For 8 years under Bush, this type of mentality prevailed because it was all about giving power to corporations and businesses rather than concentrating on creating jobs. Thus....George W. Bush had one of the most disastrous jobs creation records of the majority of Presidents. And thus...we are still feeling the pain of this last administration. Not that I'm a huge Obama supporter either...the last President I actually voted for was Ross Perot. If Ross would have become Pres instead of Clinton, we would have seen NAFTA & CAFTA stopped dead in its tracks. One of the worst legislations to come down the pike in many many years. It killed MILLIONS of manufacturing jobs & caused much of those jobs to move to Mexico, China, India & many other countries.

What makes me laugh though is. Drive by any working farm & see who makes up the majority of the workers. They are 99% migrant. And if you check and see what political side of the spectrum those farm owners are on, 99% of them are supposed 'conservatives' or Republicans. The very same people whom are so anti-immigrant. It's not something the main stream media focuses on....outing the very people whom are so anti-immigrant, but welcome those immigrants to pick their produce & work their farms.

[actob99 156]

Politics on the forum, Talaga? We were a rich strong country when the Republicans were in charge!!

[Tahoma 2,292]

This is...actually a bill written by big corporations & businesses via their bought & paid for politicians (mostly Republicans) that don't want to pay Americans a living wage and rather pay a foreigner less money & less benefits that most Americans wouldn't accept.

^^^ You got that right!

Here in Seattle, it's common knowledge that Microsoft has been lobbying hard for an increase in work visas...and we all know why.

...We were a rich strong country when the Republicans were in charge!!

^^^ Yup...George Bush was the best President since Herbert Hoover!

Oops, wait a minute...

[spn1025 38]

This is a bill that disguised as strong position against immigrants that may feed off the system. But is actually a bill written by big corporations & businesses via their bought & paid for politicians (mostly Republicans) that don't want to pay Americans a living wage and rather pay a foreigner less money & less benefits that most Americans wouldn't accept. It's basically the same 'race to the bottom' thats championed by big business that's destroying & eliminating the kinds of jobs that were the norm after WWII.

Here's some facts from the last decade.

Before George W. Bush got into office, there were basically about 50,000 H1 Visa's allowed per year (immigrant worker). When Bush got into office, this amount was upped to 150,000. BIG MISTAKE!! Why? There are roughly about 150,000 students graduating every year in the U.S. with higher degrees. If you allow 150,000 immigrants into the U.S. every year that will displace those AMERICANS from competing for those jobs...then its just simple math. For 8 years under Bush, this type of mentality prevailed because it was all about giving power to corporations and businesses rather than concentrating on creating jobs. Thus....George W. Bush had one of the most disastrous jobs creation records of the majority of Presidents. And thus...we are still feeling the pain of this last administration. Not that I'm a huge Obama supporter either...the last President I actually voted for was Ross Perot. If Ross would have become Pres instead of Clinton, we would have seen NAFTA & CAFTA stopped dead in its tracks. One of the worst legislations to come down the pike in many many years. It killed MILLIONS of manufacturing jobs & caused much of those jobs to move to Mexico, China, India & many other countries.

What makes me laugh though is. Drive by any working farm & see who makes up the majority of the workers. They are 99% migrant. And if you check and see what political side of the spectrum those farm owners are on, 99% of them are supposed 'conservatives' or Republicans. The very same people whom are so anti-immigrant. It's not something the main stream media focuses on....outing the very people whom are so anti-immigrant, but welcome those immigrants to pick their produce & work their farms.

Why the big hate on Republicans since it was a Democrat (Clinton) who signed the current China trade agreement which allowed a huge chunk of our manufacturing jobs to go to China? Thanks Bill.

[Tahoma 2,292]

Why the big hate on Republicans since it was a Democrat (Clinton) who signed the current China trade agreement which allowed a huge chunk of our manufacturing jobs to go to China? Thanks Bill.

^^^ You're confusing "facts" with "hate."

The "facts" about the China vote:

The House:

Yea: 164 Republicans / 73 Democrats

Nay: 57 Republicans / 138 Democrats

The Senate:

Yea: 46 Republicans / 37 Democrats

Nay: 8 Republicans / 7 Democrats

The "facts" about the NAFTA vote:

The House:

Aye: 132 Republicans / 102 Democrats

Nay: 43 Republicans / 156 Democrats

The Senate:

Aye: 34 Republicans / 27 Democrats

Nay: 10 Republicans / 28 Democrats

Don't you just hate those pesky facts...

[VanessaTony 3,567]

I think it's a great idea personally.

[spn1025 38]

^^^ You're confusing "facts" with "hate."

The "facts" about the China vote:

The House:

Yea: 164 Republicans / 73 Democrats

Nay: 57 Republicans / 138 Democrats

The Senate:

Yea: 46 Republicans / 37 Democrats

Nay: 8 Republicans / 7 Democrats

The "facts" about the NAFTA vote:

The House:

Aye: 132 Republicans / 102 Democrats

Nay: 43 Republicans / 156 Democrats

The Senate:

Aye: 34 Republicans / 27 Democrats

Nay: 10 Republicans / 28 Democrats

Don't you just hate those pesky facts...

The "fact" is that a president can veto it. He signed it, therefor he owns it.