Support Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act

Request to support H.R. 3012 - Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act

The proposed bill H.R. 3012 removes per-country limits in employment based green card category. If enacted, this bill will drastically reduce the wait times of everyone in the current backlogs

To Support:

1. Send an email to the Law Maker
Please visit the below link and enter your zip code to select the elected representatives from your state and go to 'ACTION ALERT BOX' click on
Click here hyper link in the box then enter your details to send an email.
http://immigrationvoice.capwiz.com/immigrationvoice/home/

2. Make PHONE CALLs TO HOUSE JUDICIARY committee MEMBERS
Please visit the link below and go to action item #4 for the phone number
http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/forum85-action-items-for-everyone/2484855-h-r-3012-urgent-action-items-letters-phone-calls-and-fundraising.html

Summary: We are excited and pleased to announce that after 6 years of our hard work, your hard work, we finally have a bill that has a very good chance of actually passing in the Congress in next 6-8 weeks. 

For over 6 months, members of Immigration Voice have been working behind the scenes to bridge the gap between various sides, coordinating between different groups, our employers and petitioning the Members of Congress. On the 4th anniversary of Immigration Voice rally, members from across the country organized over 160 meetings with the key decision makers in the Congress. To prevent any unnecessary attention we coordinated and organized these meetings with energetic and highly motivated group of Immigration Voice members and leaders.

On 22nd September, Congressman Chaffetz and Smith sponsored H.R. 3012 in the US House of Representatives. We applaud Congressman Chaffetz and Judiciary committee Chairman Lamar Smith for leading the effort for removing per country limits.

Here is the press release from Congressman Chaffetz website. 
ttp://chaffetz.house.gov/press-releases/2011/09/chaffetz-introduces-immigration-bills.html

H.R. 3012 is scheduled for mark-up in the House Judiciary Committee for this Thursday and Friday. See details here on Judiciary committee website.
http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/calendar.html

Here is the bill summary. http://immigrationvoice.org/media/HR3012_Bill_Summary.pdf

This is a big deal given the fact that not one bill for high skills immigration has passed Congress since AC21 Act in Oct 2000. This will be the first one in 11 years.

The most important thing now is to give this effort a final and consequential push. Although this bill has wide support, it is not a done deal yet. We all need to actively get involved in making phone calls and sending emails/faxes to the Congress in order to give this bill a grassroots voice and also to out-number, outlast and out-weigh any push from either people opposed to immigration in general or opposed to removal of per-country limits.

Thanks, Immigration Voice