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HR 6090 110th Congress House Immigration Alien labor Aliens Education Foreign students Higher education Immigrants Labor and Employment Skilled labor Visas

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program and to re-allocate those visas to certain employment-based immigrants who obtain an advanced degree in the United States.

Introduced: May 20, 2008 Introduced by: Issa, Darrell Republican · California See on congress.gov
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Jul 28, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
May 20, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
May 20, 2008
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program and provide an equal number of annual immigrant visas (55,0000) to certain employment-based aliens who obtain an advanced degree in the United States.

What's happening now July 28, 2008

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.

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