2005: S. Judic Comm vote on Sessions substitute amdt of House bill to increase L-1 visa fees by $1,500

Voted in committe in favor of amendment to strip proposal to import additional foreign workers from budget reconcilation plan in 2005
Sen. ZZlastnameZZ voted as part of the Senate Judiciary Committee in favor of the Sessions Amendment to the Specter Budget Reconciliation Plan that was attached to the Deficit Reduction Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 2005, S. 1932. The Specter plan (as amendment and passed by the Senate Judiciary Commtitee) would increase permanent, employment-based immigration by nearly tripling the number of foreign workers who can enter the U.S. each year. As well, it exempts workers’ families from the 140,000-visa cap on employment-based immigration. It also raises the cap on employment-based permanent immigration by adding each year the lesser of 90,000 visas or any “unused” employment-based visas from any prior year. Altogether, these provisions could generate a net increase in permanent immigrati