Washington is embroiled in a contentious and critical debate over
immigration reform.
While much of the debate is focused on the estimated 12 million
undocumented foreign nationals in the U.S. at this time, there are
proposed provisions that could affect many foreign nationals and
U.S. entities.
Some of the more interesting proposed provisions include:
(1) Criminalizing being in the United States without status, including
those who may inadvertantly fall out of status due to technical
infractions;
(2) Criminalizing those who support and give aid to foreign nationals in
the U.S. who do have status, including churches, hospitals, non-
profit agencies, individuals etc.
(3) Limits/Restricts Administratibe and Judicial Review of some matters
(4) Calls for the allowance of indefinite detention of some foreign
nationals in proceedings;
(5) Allows state and local police to start enforcing immigration laws;
(6) Raises the H-1B cap to potentially 115,000 or 200,000.
These provisions would certainly extend beyond illegal and undocumented
workers in the western United States.
Regards,
Andrew M. Wilson, Esq.
Serotte Reich Wilson, Esq.
awilson@srwlawyers.com
www.srwlawyers.com
Immigration Law
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