拜登政府2021年公民法案进展 [更新至2/24]

https://www.heritage.org/immigration/report/us-citizenship-act-2021

移民相关的要点：

Increasing All Types of Legal Immigration

• The USCA would raise the annual per-country limit on family-based immigration and eliminate the country cap for employment visas.
• The increase in family-based immigration would increase chain migration, which provides green cards based on family relations rather than merit and skills an immigrant brings to the U.S. economy. With the erroneous application of the Fourteenth Amendment to birthright citizenship, it would also allow the children born to those present in the country without citizenship to become U.S. citizens upon birth.
• The per-country cap has existed to treat all countries equitably. Removing it would greatly benefit China and India while disadvantaging allies like the United Kingdom, Israel, and South Korea.
• The bill would exempt spouses and children of green card holders from employment-based immigration quotas, thereby expanding the number of green cards available to employment-based immigrants.
• The definition of “immediate relative” would be expanded to include spouses and minor children of lawful permanent residents, including children born abroad.
• This would accelerate chain migration.
• Diversity visas would be increased from 55,000 to 80,000 annually.
• This program should be repealed, not expanded.
• Winners of these visas are selected by lottery. A sovereign nation should select immigrants based on skill and merits, not luck.
• Terrorists have exploited this program to enter the United States.
• The USCA would create a Regional Economic Development Visa Pilot Program with 10,000 new visas for immigrants whose employment is “essential” for economic development in cities or counties.
• Hiring Americans should be the priority, especially in a COVID-wracked economy.
• In the alternative, refugees should be resettled in such geographical areas.
• Refugee Processing Centers would be established in at least El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras to process refugees and relocation to the U.S.
• The Central American Minors Program (CAM) would be re-established for any child of a “noncitizen” to receive special immigrant status.
• This would make the U.S. government an active facilitator in illegal immigration.
• Applicants who previously filed for the CAM program before its 2017 termination also would qualify for special status.
• The bill does not specify whether they would still need to be minors.
• The bill would create a Central American Family Reunification Parole Program that would allow for family sponsorships.
• A hotline would be established to provide updates on pending immigration cases.
  

加州议员于18日在众议院介绍该法案，反映的是拜登政府的移民新政。其中取消国家配额2020年12月两院都曾通过（HR1044），但川普未签署生效。已有97民主党联名支持。

Tracker:
This bill has the status IntroducedHere are the steps for Status of Legislation:

• Introduced （2/18）
• Passed House
• Passed Senate
• To President
• Became Law
  

Wikihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Citizenship_Act_of_2021。
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