NEW YORK, Aug. 27, 2019
/PRNewswire/ -- "Democrats have voted to
virtually end all future Hispanic employment immigration to
the United States," said
Immigration Attorney Andrew P.
Johnson.
House Democrats voted overwhelmingly to pass HR1044 in
July 2019. The Senate version of the
bill is S. 386, the so-called "Fairness Act."
"Silicon Valley clearly pushed this vote under the cover of
darkness since there were no hearings or debates on
the House Bill," he said. The Bill makes potential
immigrant Hispanic employees wait 7 to 10 years to enter the
US for an employment based green card. The current wait
time is a reasonable year and a half.
"Any US company or Hispanic owned US company will not wait for
an employee for 7 to 10 years, so these bills virtually block
any future legal employment based green cards for every
Spanish-speaking country in the world," he said.
There are 140,000 employment based green cards allowable
each year and each country is allowed a maximum of 7% quota
each year, he said.
Indians and Chinese have over-subscribe their quota and have a
backlog of over 1 million cases, he said. HR 1044 and S.386
eliminates the 7% per country quota system. "So for the next
seven years, virtually all employment-based immigration will be
Indian and Chinese cases. 74% of Silicon Valley employed
computer and mathematical workers ages 25-44 are foreign born 2016
Silicon Valley
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"No employer will realistically wait 7 to 10
years for an employee. Why would Democratic congressman
virtually end employment based Hispanic immigration? Silicon
Valley wants to help the backlog of Indian and Chinese employment
based cases," he said. "Ironically, this bill only slightly helps
the backlog of Indian and Chinese cases, but virtually eliminates
employment based green cards for talented Hispanic applicants
who want to enter the United
States in a legal manner. These Democratic House and
Senate members claim to be advocates to the Hispanic community, and
yet plan on passing a law that will virtually stop any US employer
from legally sponsoring a Hispanic person for an employment
immigrant visa. Interestingly, this bill did
not eliminate the per-country quota requirements for diversity
lottery or family immigration which would have helped Mexican and
Filipino backlogged cases because immigrants from these countries
are not highly represented in Silicon Valley."
"H.R. 1044 is bizarrely called the Fairness Act because it
eliminates per country quotas for employment
green cards However, we hope the news media will
ask "Is it fair to pass a bill that makes a Hispanic
applicants wait an additional 7 to 10 years to enter the country
through the legal immigrant employment-based process?
This new law supported by Democrats is taking away a
legal option for hard-working Hispanics to legally enter the
country and leaving them with only a dangerous option of entering
the country illegally. It is a shame that both
Congressional and Senate Democrats have chosen Silicon Valley
donations over the Hispanic community, says Immigration Lawyer
Carlos Castaneda.
Johnson asked, "How does an immigration bill in this politically
charged atmosphere get passed by the House with no hearings and no
debates and almost no one is talking about the Bill? This
Bill is clearly being pushed by big-money interests who want this
past as quickly and quietly as possible. In July, Senator
Mike Lee also tried to
bring S.386 directly to the Senate floor without hearings
and Senator Rand Paul blocked it and offered an
Amendment. The 34 Senate co-sponsors of this bill seem to
have no interest in explaining that they
are virtually ending Hispanic
employment-based immigration."
About Andrew P.
Johnson
Immigration lawyer Andrew P Johnson is a prominent advocate
within the immigration community and is regularly interviewed by
major press organizations and invited to speak at diplomatic events
regarding immigration law. The Law Offices of Andrew P Johnson
represents corporations, diplomats, nonprofits, entrepreneurs,
families, and individuals. Our immigration lawyers in New York City have represented and litigated
thousands of cases throughout the country.
He was a government prosecutor until he started the immigration
law firm in 1999. He has authored numerous articles on immigration
and international matters which have been published by the American
Bar Association and the American Immigration Lawyers Association.
In 2013, he was invited to speak to over 30 United Nation
Ambassadors regarding the EB-5 visa investor program. In 2015, Mr.
Johnson was invited to Washington
DC to speak to over 40 United States Ambassador about the
EB-5 investment program. Immigration lawyer. He has been
featured in the New York Times,
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Indian Post, Associated Press, Radio Free America, Boston Globe,
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