1st MILLERLAND CONGRESS

S.12069
Title of Bill:
Foreign Immigration Reform Act
Principal Author(s):
Chuck Wong
Sponsored by:
Hillary Clinton, Jill Ueng

BE IT ENACTED BY THE MILLERLAND CONGRESS

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SECTION 1: FINDINGS
Congress makes the following findings:
1) More and more Immigrants and migrating into America, and are becoming a
growing population in America. This passage of this Act recognizes that increased legal
immigration will help to strengthen the American economy and its growth.
2) Immigrants bring along new ideas and cultures that can diversify America and add
to its mixed and land of the free origins. Immigration is the largest factor contributing to
population growth in the U.S. Immigration contributes over 2.25 million people to the U.S.
population annually.
3) The purchasing power of Latinos and Asians in Nevada is increasing, as the 2012
purchasing power of Nevadas Latinos totaled $16.3 billionan increase of 1,126% since
1990; and the Asian buying power totaled $9.4 billionan increase of 1,606% since 1990.
Having more immigrants integrated into America will strengthen Americas economy.
4) We have a right to let people gain easy access to citizenship. As a nation founded,
built and sustained by immigrants we have the responsibility to further support the basis of
our nations diversity. Through easier access to American citizenship, illegal immigration
will drop heavily and legal immigration will rise.
5) All parts of this Act are premised on the right and need of the United States to
achieve these goals, and strengthen its diversity and freedom.
SECTION 2: PURPOSE
This bill provides that a fair and equal chance of citizenship for immigrants should be
made as they contribute to American Society. Immigrants make up a big population of the
United States, and they add to the diversity of our Country. The current Immigration System
that the United States uses is outdated and needs revision, as it is hindering Americas
growth.
SECTION 3: GENERAL PROVISIONS

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The requirements to become a citizen will be lowered, as follows:

Increase the quantity of Visas and Green Cards produced.
-Allow for lower level of workers to apply for employment-based immigration.
-Allow more immigrants to apply for Green Cards and Visas.
-Reduce immigration backlogs by cutting the required waiting time for family based visas
to a week to, at most, a month.
Create a comprehensive Immigration Integration System to help immigrants understand and
knowledgeable of American culture and values.
-Provide facilities to teach newly foreign naturalized citizens about America, so they are
better integrated into society.
The funding for all the provisions above will come from all the wasted money spent on
ineffective immigration policies that the United States has already enacted.
SECTION 4: DEFINITIONS
1. Visa: an endorsement on a passport indicating that the holder is allowed to enter,
leave, or stay for a specified period of time in a country.
2. Green Card: a permit that allows a foreign national to live and work permanently in
the US.
3. Illegal Immigrants: A person who enters and remains in a country with out a valid
visa or permit from that country, or who has overstayed the duration of a visa that
has been granted, or whose visa has been canceled.
4. Employment-based immigration: People who wish to come to the United States on
an employmentbased visa must have a job offer in the United States and an
employer willing to sponsor him or her; a process that can be very expensive and
time consuming. Most of the qualifying professions are high skilled and require
high levels of education.
5. Naturalization: legal act or process by which a non-citizen in a country may acquire
citizenship or nationality of that country
6. Backlogs: an accumulation of uncompleted work or matters needing to be dealt with,
in this case, getting to naturalize citizens with green cards or visas.
7. Comprehensive: including or dealing with all or nearly all elements of aspects of
something.
8. Immigration Integration System: A clear system to supply newly naturalized
immigrants with the resources to understand and be integrated into American
society, such as providing English schools or
9. Wasted money: The U.S. has spent billions of dollars into Immigration reform that
have turned out very ineffective.

Citations:
(1) http://www.susps.org/overview/immigration.html
(2) http://americasvoice.org/blog/as-nv-ag-laxalt-refuses-to-drop-anti-immigrantlawsuit-nv-senate-calls-for-immigration-reform/
(3) http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/just-facts/immigration-executive-action-impactstates-nevada
(4) http://immigrationpolicy.org/sites/default/files/docs/Problem_Paper_FINAL_102109
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