Development of Immigration Legislation Proposals on the Senate Side

From attorney Mathew Oh's blog

• Thus far, it is the House that has been active in introducing immigration bills, particularly the employment-based immigration bills and the Senate has remained in low keys. However, according to the AILA, there was some movement on the Senate court as part of the Emergency War Supplement Bill. AILA reports that the following bills were introduced and added to the bill in the form of amendments to the Supplement Bill in the yesterday's mark-up session of the Senate Appropriation Committee:
  • AgJobs bill, introduced by Sen. Craig and Sen. Feinstein
  • H-2B bill on 3-year returning worker extension, introduced by Sen. Mikulski
  • Bill on recapture of unused EB immigrant visas, and early adjustment filing, introduced by Sen. Gregg and Sen. Murray
  • Bill to reauthorize the EB-5 Regional Center Investment Program
• The movement in the Senate side took a strategy of attaching the immigration bills to another bill unlike the House approach to legislate the immigration bills as independent bills.

[Update: This bill passed the senate on 5/23/08 without any of the immigration related amendments fearing a veto from the White House.]