{"id":31314,"date":"2018-10-27T13:05:43","date_gmt":"2018-10-27T07:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=31314"},"modified":"2018-10-27T13:05:43","modified_gmt":"2018-10-27T07:35:43","slug":"u-s-senate-begins-debate-on-immigration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/u-s-senate-begins-debate-on-immigration\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Senate begins debate on immigration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/international\/us-senate-begins-debate-on-immigration\/article22744459.ece\"><b>U.S. Senate begins debate on immigration<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Context:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The U.S. Senate has started an open-ended debate on immigration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>About the Debate:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Immigration in U.S has been a highly divisive topic that has eluded political consensus for years now<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The debate, which may last the entire week, is not on any specific Bill. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has picked up a random Bill into which amendments that get the support of 60 Senators could be inserted.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most urgent immigration question relates to \u2018Dreamers\u2019, those who came to the country illegally when they were children. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently the Trump administration has announced that it planned to scrap Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca), the program that gives temporary protection to undocumented migrants who arrived in the US as children.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He has also linked the offering of a path to citizenship for \u2018Dreamers\u2019 to a severe curtailment in the existing legal immigration regime. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>About the Secure and Succeed Act<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is closely aligned to Mr. Trump\u2019s views<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It proposes family-linked visas only for spouses and minor children, an elimination of the diversity visa lottery, and the construction of a border wall.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It does not mention anything about skilled workers\u2019 immigration. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>About Immigration Innovation Act <\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are several Bills that deal with the H-1B programme but one being pushed by Republican Orrin Hatch is in focus-the Immigration Innovation Act<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It proposes changes to the visa programme that will allow higher wages and an easier route to permanent residency for skilled workers.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Senate begins debate on immigration Context: The U.S. Senate has started an open-ended debate on immigration. About the Debate: Immigration in U.S has been a highly divisive topic that has eluded political consensus for years now The debate, which may last the entire week, is not on any specific Bill. 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