A closing window: Congress must pass immigration fix before next year

At 57 years old, the Immigration and Nationality Act, the framework that still governs the bulk of this country’s immigration processing system, is five years older than incoming House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. The H-1B visa system, which allows skilled foreign workers to live and work in the U.S., predates the end of the USSR by more than a year, and the DREAM Act, despite its public popularity, has been pending since three years before a certain Harvard student launched a website first known as “The Facebook.” Over decades of promising and then collapsing compromises and reforms, the hopes of millions of longtime undocumented residents, who want nothing but access to the same opportunities and legal protections as everyone else, have been dashed on the rocks. It’s clear that, in this political environment, the alternatives are imperfect or nothing, and so Congress should pass a version of the imperfect but worthwhile framework being put forward by the bipartisan duo of Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema and North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis. Open the Golden Door. Open the Golden Door. (Luiz C. Ribeiro/for New York Daily News) The plan would toss a staggering $25-$40 billion into the void of “border security,” which is not really the problem so much as a lack of processing capacity. Yet, it also would create more of that capacity, with investments in hiring of additional judges and processing centers to have a more orderly approach to fulfilling our humanitarian obligations. Crucially, it would provide a path to citizenship for 2 million Dreamers, young people brought illegally to the U.S. as children. PAID POST What's This? Jamie Croc Platform Boots Black A message from Princess Polly Free Express Delivery, Free Returns, 30 Day Money Back Guarantee (*T&C's apply) SEE MORE What should be a nonstarter is their desire to extend the misguided and illegal Title 42 expulsion policy. Instead, how about replacing that plank with a fix for H-1B workers, many of whom have been contributing to the U.S. economy for years or decades before now facing the prospect of having to leave the country after tech layoffs? From a purely economic perspective, it’s a no-brainer to maintain U.S. competitiveness and feed our need for high-tech workers. From a moral one, it’s the only choice. For more information, visit us at http://www.beverlyhillsimmigrationlaw.com/index.html.