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ErraBook_monagadu

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Compromise bill to be part of Trump big bill on tax cuts, immigration etc in March.

1. Extend daca+ path to citizenship 

2. H1b 2 years. one extension 2 years for few extraordinary people

3. H1B allocation based on auction 

4. No I140 based extensions

5. 75K hard limit total h1+h1cap exempt+l1

6. Remove h4 ead

7. Opt 1 year. Remove stem extension 

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Jathakam manam rayakudadu, vunnadi chadukovali.

Same immigration laws kuda, desis ki nachindi pettaru, vallu pettindi follow avvali

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  On 2/1/2025 at 9:07 PM, ErraBook_monagadu said:

Jathakam manam rayakudadu, vunnadi chadukovali.

Same immigration laws kuda, desis ki nachindi pettaru, vallu pettindi follow avvali

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This was being promoted for a while in conservative circles as a compromise between MAGA and Tech Conservatives. The minimum wage restriction is missing in your list. Any link?

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First, the concept of dual intent should not apply to student visa applicants; instead, each applicant should be required to demonstrate an intent and likelihood to return to their home country after their studies.
 
Second, the Optional Practical Training (OPT) and Curricular Practical Training (CPT) programs, which were never authorized by Congress, and which have spawned an industry of diploma mills and fake schools give cover for bogus training programs and illegal employment, should be eliminated, or much, much more closely regulated. Currently OPT and CPT are the largest guest worker programs we have, with an estimated 540,000 former students employed here, without accountability, oversight, labor condition safeguards. In addition, Congress must impose stricter standards for credentialing schools before they are allowed to issue I-20 forms to visa applicants. Schools with high rates of overstays should lose their eligibility to issue I-20s. 
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The United States does not have a shortage of labor, either in skilled or low-wage occupations. In fact, there are millions of Americans of working age who have dropped out of the labor market. Even in the STEM sector, there are more than two million U.S. STEM degree-holders who are unemployed or not working in STEM, which is about one-sixth of the total. Besides directing more agency action, Congress should overhaul these visa programs to increase opportunities for American workers. First, no staffing companies should be permitted to sponsor foreign visa workers. These companies operate on a business model designed to replace U.S. workers with workers from abroad who will work for lower wages, and have been associated with illegal hiring practices, such as charging workers illegal recruitment fees and exploiting workers – in both skilled and low-wage occupations. All employers should be held accountable for high overstay rates for sponsored workers. Visas for workers specialty occupations (H-1B) should be limited to a period of two years with a possible extension to four years, and there should be no automatic extension based on a green card petition. The total number should be limited to 75,000 or less, including the non-profit and research sector, which is currently unlimited. If the category is oversubscribed, then the visas should be awarded to the highestpaying employers, as a ***** for the highest skilled workers. Federal government agencies should be permitted to seek approval for visa workers only in very limited circumstances. 

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To correct this problem, Congress should direct and fund DHS, in conjunction with USCIS, the State Department, the Labor Department, and ICE, to conduct rigorous fraud assessments for each and every temporary and permanent visa program and for certain other long-term benefit programs, including OPT and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. 

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In general, Congress should require that no immigrant visas, non-immigrant visas, adjustment of status, or parole applications may be issued, nor marriage-based petitions approved, without an in-person interview of the applicant/s. Employment petitions should not be approved without a site visit. 

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Congress should amend the INA to provide for the suspension of acceptance of immigrant visa petitions when the category of admission is oversubscribed and the priority dates for adjudication are more than five years earlier than the start of the fiscal year (meaning there is no chance of receiving a visa for more than five years). The will help avoid applicant frustration with long waiting times that can lead to the temptation to immigrate illegally. 

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Certain green card programs are reasonable in concept but require more stringent rules and oversight to eliminate fraud and abuse. Others, such as the visa lottery, OPT, and EB-5, should be eliminated entirely because they serve no legitimate national interest purpose in their current form and invite fraud.         

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  On 2/1/2025 at 9:53 PM, JohnyGalt said:

This was being promoted for a while in conservative circles as a compromise between MAGA and Tech Conservatives. The minimum wage restriction is missing in your list. Any link?

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Auctioning off H1b visas, the cutoff will be higher than 300K easily because companies increase base pay and reduce RSU/options etc

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