Summary of 2006 Year-End Immigration Laws :
What's in Store for 2007?
Posted Dec 22, 2006
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Congress has adjourned for the holiday season and will not reconvene until early 2007. At that time, the newly-elected members of Congress will assume their roles as representatives and senators.
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This year, the 109th Congress did pass positive immigration legislation in the form of extending the J-1 Conrad waivers and H1Cs, altering the rules for athletes entering on Ps, and H2Bs. They neither passed any comprehensive immigration reform legislation, however, nor provided relief needed for the H1B cap or the green card backlogs.
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It is not clear what Congress's goals will be for next year. We at the Murthy Law Firm continue to encourage employers and individuals to contact members of Congress to let them know how immigration problems affect their daily lives. We will continue to monitor Congressional activity and partner with American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and other pro-immigration advocacy efforts to push for fair and comprehensive immigration reform in 2007.
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Let us work together to achieve what is good and right, both for U.S. businesses and the employees that they need, to make America a better nation. Only when these needs are met is the U.S. at its strongest economically and competitively, which benefits everyone living in this country.