| Urgent action needed: Asylum caps, H-1Bs, H-2Bs |
| published 22 September 2004 |
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Senate to Vote TODAY on Bill Eliminating Caps for Asylees and Parolees Senator Brownback (R-KS) is going to offer a floor amendment to the Foreign Operations bill (S. 2812) TODAY. Please contact your Senators immediately and urge them to support the Brownback amendment that will eliminate the numerical caps preventing asylees from becoming permanent residents and assimilating into the United States. The amendment would eliminate the following caps, neither of which serve a legitimate public purpose: 1) the annual cap on the number of asylees (10,000) authorized to adjust their status to permanent resident, resulting in 20-year backlogs; and 2) the annual cap on the number of individuals (1,000) eligible for asylum on the basis of Coercive Population Control, resulting in 27-year backlogs.
PLEASE CONTACT YOUR SENATORS NOW!! Call the Capitol
switchboard at 202-225-3121 and ask to be connected to
your Senator's office AND/OR click on the
following link and send a pre-drafted e-mail letter to
your Senators: Action Needed in Support of H-1Bs to Combat Attacks The AFL-CIO, Department of
Professional Employees, and IEEE (The Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.) have
announced their opposition to enhanced access to H-1B
visas. Click on the following link to view these
letters: Their opposition was generated by the news that Members of Congress are meeting to agree on a compromise that would include exempting from the cap foreign graduates from U.S. universities' Masters and PhD programs. Congress needs to hear from you and your clients because our opponents are flooding Congressional offices with letters and phone calls. Unless Congress acts, AILA
members and their clients will experience an H-1B visa
blackout for almost all of fiscal year 2005. AILA is
pushing for Congressional relief before the 108th
Congress adjourns. To send a letter, go to: You can also contact your Members of Congress by phone through the Congressional switchboard (202-224-3121). Action Needed to Broaden the H-2B Fix Without broader relief
from the H-2B 66,000 numerical cap, the FY2005 limit
probably will be reached by or before January 2005.
Hitting the cap so early in the fiscal year will
negatively impact all H-2B employers. To send a letter
urging your Senators and Representative to support
increased access to H-2B seasonal workers, go to: You also can contact your Senators and Representatives by phone through the Congressional switchboard (202-224-3121). |
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