The Briefing Room
General Category => Immigration/Border => Topic started by: rangerrebew on July 09, 2019, 10:41:42 am
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House to Vote on Misnamed "Fairness for High Skilled Immigrants Act" (H.R. 1044)
A better solution would be to end the dishonest policy of "dual intent"
By John Miano on July 8, 2019
Prior to 1990, there was a much clearer distinction between immigrant and non-immigrants under the law. However, when Congress enacted the Immigration Act of 1990, it made a total mess of the system. One path to chaos was to allow H-1B and L non-immigrants to apply for permanent residency.
This was rationalized with the Orwellian concept of "dual intent", wherein a foreigner applying for a non-immigrant (i.e. temporary) visa could be considered to simultaneously intend to return home and intend to remain the U.S.
This change had a number of entirely predictable effects. First, it transformed green cards into a publicly provided fringe benefit for employers to induce aliens to become guestworkers.
https://cis.org/Miano/House-Vote-Misnamed-Fairness-High-Skilled-Immigrants-Act-HR-1044