WE ARE SENSING AN IMMINENT FREAK OUT AMONG INTERNATIONAL WORKERS OUT THERE!
Do Not Freak Out. There is NO LAW Yet . . . THIS is WHY WE HAVE a United States Senate . . . to put the brakes on crazy populist ideas (or narrowly beneficial ideas favoring Silicon Valley instead of medicine, for example).
The law that failed, discussed below in the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Newsletter, wants to clear the Green Card BACKLOGS for India and China FIRST, without increasing the limited pool of green cards overall (there's an annual quota). The failed proposal would have then made everyone else, that is not Indian or Chinese, wait years and years more -- some estimates I have seen say that the rest of the World would have increased waits for green cards between 2.9 and 13.5 years more.
DO YOU THINK SENATORS ARE GOING TO DO SOMETHING SO DRASTIC, SO LOPSIDED? THERE ARE A ZILLION OTHER WAYS TO FIX THE PROBLEMS WITH THIS PROPOSED LAW, and THAT is why the thing failed last week. This dopey, half-baked law has been sitting around since July . . . Do not hold your breath for any Congressional Agreement. I will believe it when I see it.
AILA8 DAILY NEWSLETTER [Excerpt]
"Perspectives on the Bills Impacting the Per-Country Numerical Limitation
Despite the failed attempt to pass S. 386 in the Senate last week, members of the Senate and House of Representatives continue to make changes to the legislation and are seeking a vehicle for its passage. To learn about the differing perspectives of AILA members on the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act . . ."
DO NOTHING!
DO NOT GOOGLE "Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act"
DO NOT GOOGLE "S. 386" . . . do nothing.
DON'T SCARE THE HELL OUT OF YOURSELF