Fairness for High-Skilled Americans Act of 2019
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportTo amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the Optional Practical Training Program, and for other purposes.
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the Optional Practical Training Program, and for other purposes.
To streamline the application process for H-2A employers and for other purposes.
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to continue to apply the rule entitled "Allowing Certain H-4 Dependent Spouses to Apply for Employment Authorization", and for other purposes.
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for terms and conditions for nonimmigrant workers performing agricultural labor or services, and for other purposes.
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for terms and conditions for nonimmigrant workers performing agricultural labor or services, and for other purposes.
To amend the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2005 to provide for the inclusion of certain workers in the exemption from numerical limitations on H-2B workers, and for other purposes.
To amend the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to provide for the expedited removal of unaccompanied alien children who are not victims of a severe form of trafficking in persons and who do not have a fear of returning to their country of nationality or last habitual residence, and for other purposes.
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit certain E-2 nonimmigrant investors to adjust status to lawful permanent resident status.
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide a special rule for the period of admission of H-2A nonimmigrants employed as dairy workers and sheepherders, and for other purposes.
To provide high-skilled visas for nationals of the Republic of Korea, and for other purposes.
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for an H-2C nonimmigrant classification, and for other purposes.
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to make the exception for returning workers permanent, and for other purposes.
To terminate the EB-5 program.
To clarify standards of family detention and the treatment of unaccompanied alien children, and for other purposes.
To include Portugal in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the United States as E1 and E2 nonimmigrants if United States nationals are treated similarly by the Government of Portugal.
A bill to provide high-skilled nonimmigrant visas for nationals of the Republic of Korea, and for other purposes.
A bill to prioritize the allocation of H-2B visas for States with low unemployment rates.
To reform the H-2A program for nonimmigrant agricultural workers, and for other purposes.
To include Portugal in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the United States as E-1 and E-2 nonimmigrants if United States nationals are treated similarly by the Government of Portugal.
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to promote family unity, and for other purposes.
To terminate the granting of temporary protected status to aliens, to provide for adjustment of status for former temporary protected status holders, and for other purposes.
A bill to jump-start economic recovery through the formation and growth of new businesses, and for other purposes.
A bill to strengthen border security, increase resources for enforcement of immigration laws, and for other purposes.
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reinstate the returning worker exemption for H-2B visas, and for other purposes.
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the admission of certain health care workers as immigrants, and for other purposes.
To include New Zealand in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the United States as E-1 and E-2 nonimmigrants if United States nationals are treated similarly by the Government of New Zealand.
To streamline the application process for H-2A employers and for other purposes.
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit certain E-2 nonimmigrant investors to adjust status to lawful permanent resident status.
To provide for the admission to the United States of certain Tibetans.
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize certain aliens who have earned a Ph.D. degree from a United States institution of higher education in a field of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics to be admitted for permanent residence and to be exempted from the numerical limitations on H-1B nonimmigrants.
To mandate the monthly formulation and publication of a consumer price index specifically for senior citizens for the purpose of establishing an accurate Social Security COLA for such citizens.
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to expand the H-2A worker program to include certain additional laborers, and for other purposes.
To modify the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act relating to nonimmigrant visas issued under section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of such Act, and for other purposes.
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to make the exception for returning workers permanent, and for other purposes.
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reinstate the returning worker exemption for H-2B visas, and for other purposes.
To amend the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to make 2,500 visas available for the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa program, and for other purposes.
To provide that section 9 of Executive Order 13768, relating to sanctuary jurisdictions, shall have no force or effect, to prohibit the use of funds for certain purposes, and for other purposes.
To provide that Executive Order 13768 (82 Fed. Reg. 8799; entitled "Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States"), shall have no force or effect, to prohibit the use of Federal funds to enforce the Executive Order, and for other purposes.
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reform the H-1B visa program, and for other purposes.
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to replace the diversity visa program with a new program under which an immigrant visa can be obtained by paying a fee of $1,000,000, and for other purposes.
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to improve immigration law enforcement within the interior of the United States, and for other purposes.
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to improve the H-1B visa program, to repeal the diversity visa lottery program, and for other purposes.
To terminate the EB-5 program.