Quijano good evening, im Elaine Quijano. In florida today, mourners walked hand in hand to pay their final respects. Three more victims of the Stoneman Douglas shooting were laid to rest. This as we learn the fbi wasnt the only agency to let alleged shooter nikolas cruz slip through the cracks. Heres manuel bojorquez. I just feel so heartbroken over what these poor parents have to go through its just so tragic. Reporter as people gathered outside Stoneman Douglas high school to leave flowers and pray, newlyobtained documents reveal even more potential red flags about accused gunman nikolas cruz. The Florida Department of and fd his home a year and half before the shooting, after cruz was on snapchat, cutting both of his arms. The investigator did not recommend further action, though she noted cruz suffered from depression and adhd and stated he wanted to go out and buy a gun. It is unknown what he is buying the gun for. The fbi announced this week it did not follow through on a tip las
Even though immigrants are disproportionately likely to start
businesses or be self‐employed,
2 DOL and USCIS
make it all but impossible for immigrant entrepreneurs to establish
companies that can sponsor the entrepreneurs for green cards or
other work visas, a prohibition that hampers job creation and
entrepreneurship. The law requires employers sponsoring most
foreign workers for green cards to first obtain a permanent
labor certification from DOL that finds no qualified U.S. workers
were available for the position.
3 But DOL can pre‐certify
certain jobs as Schedule A occupations if no harm to U.S.
workers would result from them being filled without a rigorous
Even though immigrants are disproportionately likely to start businesses or be self‐employed,
[ii] DOL and USCIS make it all but impossible for immigrant entrepreneurs to establish companies that can sponsor the entrepreneurs for green cards or other work visas, a prohibition that hampers job creation and entrepreneurship. The law requires employers sponsoring most foreign workers for green cards to first obtain a permanent labor certification from DOL that finds no qualified U.S. workers were available for the position.
[iii] But DOL can pre‐certify certain jobs as Schedule A occupations if no harm to U.S. workers would result from them being filled without a rigorous and time‐intensive labor market test.
Previously, H.R. 6 had only allowed someone who was “inadmissible or deportable” to qualify unless they were in Temporary Protected Status (TPS), a temporary status mostly for immigrants without any other legal status. But the new American Dream and Promise Act greatly reduces this unfair discrimination against
legal residents. The new language will allow anyone who “is the son or daughter of an alien admitted as a nonimmigrant” under the E-1, E-2, H-1B, and L-1 temporary work visa programs.
The H-1B program is for skilled employees of U.S. businesses working in specialty occupations. They must have college degrees. Their children are eligible to come with them and grow up in the United States in H-4 dependent status. Their employers can sponsor them for green cards. On their 21st birthday, however, they lose H-4 status and their place in the green card line and the have to self-deport or find another status such as a student visa.
Certainly, a successor could eventually reverse many of the actions that Biden takes, but as President Trump’s term in office showed, that is much easier said than done, and many are simply irreversible for the immigrants who already benefited from them. Certain immigration documents cannot simply be revoked by another administration on a whim. Even if they could be reversed, these actions would have great benefit in the meantime.
President Biden is uniquely positioned to improve the immigration system. While he should work on bipartisan legislation to update the laws and make them unambiguously open to immigration, he should not make the mistake that President Obama made by spending the majority of his term acting as if he is required to adopt the worst possible interpretations and worst applications of the current laws.