According to the New York Times [registration required] a cabinet-level panel has recommended that President Bush endorse a limited plan allowing some of the estimated three million Mexicans living in the United States illegally to apply for permanent legal status. This could potentially be the biggest news in immigration law since the amnesty of 1986. While the administration may be ready to support such a plan, it would have to be enacted by Congress. As Sen. Byrd Comments about an amnesty show there is strong opposition which will have to be overcome to make a new amnesty a reality.
Waiting for Godot: Immigration, Politics and the Risks of Delay
Gary Endelman writes that if the Republican share of the Hispanic vote does not significantly increase in the 2002 mid-term elections and if President Bush fails to break the 40% barrier in 2004, his embrace of immigration could quickly cool.
ILW.COM is featuring a 3-part seminar series on H-1Bs, the speakers are Angelo Paparelli and Stephen Yale-Loehr. A distinctive element of this series is the interactivity with the speakers. Apart from the Q & As during the phone seminar, participants can also pose questions to the speakers by email.
The following excerpt is part of the Q & A exchange in the seminar series
Question:
I am in H-1B visa status. I know the INS is planning to issue regulations describing how an H-1B worker who is terminated from employment may maintain status and remain in the United States while seeking a new job. But what happens if I am terminated from my job before the INS issues regulations or policy statements? How long can I stay in the US while I try to find another H-1B job? What can I do?
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