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Senate bill may limit family visas

Would refocus on job criteria

WASHINGTON — Senators writing a comprehensive immigration bill may dramatically limit green cards for extended families of US citizens, reserving them for immediate family members instead, a key lawmaker said Thursday.

It would be a significant change to US immigration policy that has long favored family ties over economic or job criteria. And it is already sparking opposition from groups trying to protect family-based immigration.

Comments

We should kick out all the ILLEGALS, and then let in more legal immigrants if they offer something to the country (educated - preferrably in STEM fields).

 

We don't need any more of the type of illegals you find loitering in the Home Depot parking lot...