http://www.numbersusa.com/content/news/september-30-2010/sen-menendez-offers-mass-amnesty-bill-senate.html?jid=716956&lid=9&rid=8321&tid=538663Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) has introduced a mass amnesty bill in the Senate just before the chamber adjourns for its pre-election recess. The Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2010 (S.3932) contains just one original cosponsor, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.).
The bill text has yet to be released, but when it is, NumbersUSA will provide a full analysis, including how many illegal aliens could qualify for amnesty and how many new foreign work visas could be issued.
The bill includes both the DREAM Act, which would offer amnesty to illegal aliens who graduated from high school or earned a GED in the United States and promise to attend college or serve in the military for at least two years, and the AgJOBS Amnesty, which would provide amnesty to illegal alien migrant farm workers who have worked a specified number of hours in the past and are willing to continue working farm jobs for at least three years.
In addition to providing an amnesty for most of the nation's 11-18 million illegal aliens, the bill would also expand chain migration visas for foreign workers and create a new temporary worker visa class, the H-2C, which would allow foreign workers to come to the United States to work in any industry experiencing a worker shortage, but allows them to take another job and apply for citizenship after four years.
In the coming days, NumbersUSA will provide specific highlights of the bill, and we'll have lengthy analysis next week.
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