Dems Introduce Immigration Fairness Bill
From a press release of the National Network for Immigrants and Refugees Rights (NIRR)
Representatives Luis Gutierrez (IL-D), Bob Menendez (NJ-D) and Senator Kennedy (MA-D) today introduced the Democrats’ immigration reform proposal, “Safe, Orderly, Legal Visas and Enforcment Act of 2004” or “SOLVE.” Unlike the immigration proposal outlined by President Bush in January, this proposal came in the form of a substantive legislative bill that addresses legalization, family reunification and an immigrant worker program with access to permanent residency.
The new bill proposes access to legal status through “earned” legalization for undocumented immigrant workers currently in the U.S. It also specifies immigration law changes to address the backlog of potential immigrants seeking visas and would remove the barriers to visa applications, such as the “3 and 10 year re-entry bars” that have been added during the last decade.
Here are more specifics:
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