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Senate Immigration Bill Is Withdrawn on 6/7 The recently-proposed Senate comprehensive immigration bill was stalled on June 7, Thursday. The Senate bipartisan immigration reform group has worked hard in the past several weeks to promote a comprehensive immigration bill. The new bill brought up propositions to secure the American border, strengthen immigration enforcement, legalize undocumented immigrants, lift employment-based immigration visas, stop chain immigration and so on. As of 4:30 EST on June 7, 2007, there had been 327 amendments submitted for consideration of the new immigration bill. A vote to limit debate on the bill was conducted on June 7, 2007. However, the vote failed with a 45-50 result, 15 shy of the 60 that bill's supporters needed to pass. Most republicans voted against limiting debate on the bill. The result halts Democrats' efforts to bring the bill to a final vote at the end of this week as expected early by Democrats. Therefore, the Senate majority Leader, Harry Reid, decided to withdraw the comprehensive immigration bill. The bill won't be voted in the Senate in the near future. However, the bill's supporters promised to keep working toward eventual passage of a comprehensive immigration bill to solve immigration issues raised in the debate. Note: In the past several years, the immigration reform has been a hot legislative issue. Now, it comes to a critical crossroad. Many aliens in the U.S. have been adversely affected by the visa bulletin retrogression, H-1B cap crisis, and other immigration legal problems. Although politicians are debating on all of these immigration issues in Congress, significant progress cannot be achieved without involvement from the numerous immigrants in the U.S. , including many of our readers. So, we encourage you let your voice heard by the legislators by contacting Congressman. We have established an online system to help you contact Congress. Please click on the following link to see more immigration reform updates and contact Congressman through our online advocacy system. http://www.hooyou.com/advocacy/index.html In addition, the immigration reform bill must be approved by the House and Senate, and then signed by the President to become a law. The full implementation of the new immigration law needs at least one year, as border security must be enforced at first. There is still uncertainty about the passage and implementation of the new immigration bill. So, we suggest you submit your immigration petition now by whatever venue available to you at the current situation. The earlier, the better, that's the thumb up rule in immigration applications. (06/08/2007)
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