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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…

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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: January 5, 2011 Introduced by: Issa, Darrell Republican · California See on congress.gov
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Jan 24, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
Jan 5, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 5, 2011
Introduced in House
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 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 (55,000) to certain employment-based aliens who obtain an advanced degree in the United States.

What's happening now January 24, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 43: 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.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-43/
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"H.R. 43: 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.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-43/.
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H.R. 43, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-43/.
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[H.R. 43: 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-43/)
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