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Legislative Update

FOR THE WEEK OF September 12, 2011

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Chairman Smith Introduces New Guest Worker Program

email imageLast Wednesday, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Lamar Smith (R-TX) introduced legislation that creates a new guest worker program to import agricultural workers. The bill, H.R. 2847, seeks to replace the existing H-2A visa program, an agricultural guest worker program created in 1986 as part of under the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA).

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Homeland Security Committee Renews Call for 9/11 Immigration Programs

email imageThe House Homeland Security Committee held a hearing Wednesday to assess progress made in our national security since the September 11 terrorist attacks. The hearing addressed several unfulfilled recommendations by the 9/11 Commission and the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), including the need for the biometric exit system portion of the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT) and implementation of the REAL ID Act.

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Obama's Uncle Released from Jail

email imagePresident Obama's uncle Onyango Obama was quietly released from jail last week after being arrested on drunk driving charges last month. (Boston Globe, Sept. 9, 2011) U.S. immigration officials detained Onyango after the arrest due to an outstanding warrant, issued after Onyango failed to leave the country despite deportation orders issued in 1992. (See FAIR Legislative Update, Sept. 6, 2011)

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