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H.R.5882: To recapture employment-based immigrant visas lost to bureaucratic delays and to prevent losses of family- and employment-based immigrant visas in the future.

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October 03, 2008 Lou Dobbs Opposes Legal Migration, Too

The bill (HR 5882) was recently introduced in the House by Representatives Zoe Lofgren and Jim Sensenbrenner and has received significant bi-partisan support. Even noted conservative Grover Norquist, of Americans for Tax Reform, ...

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September 30, 2008 HR 5882

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September 25, 2008 Y! Alert: Yahoo! Answers: Current Events

HR 5882 – "Recapturing Unused Employer-Sponsored Visas" This legislation is similar to the measure that Sen. Robert Menendez (DN.J.) is using to hijack debate on E-Verify reauthorization in the Senate. The bill's sponsor, Immigration ...

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September 24, 2008 26 new messages in 17 topics - digest

The bill is HR 5882, please contact your Representative to fight it. A > > vote is expected Wednesday. > > > Background info:http://www.numbersusa.com/content/news/september-8-2008/vote-expected... > > Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121

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September 23, 2008 26 new messages in 18 topics - digest

The bill is HR 5882, please contact your Representative to fight it. A > vote is expected Wednesday. > > Background info:http://www.numbersusa.com/content/news/september-8-2008/vote-expected... > Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121 ...

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September 23, 2008 Y! Alert: Yahoo! Answers: Current Events

HR 5882 – "Recapturing Unused Employer-Sponsored Visas" This legislation is similar to the measure that Sen. Robert Menendez (DN.J.) is using to hijack debate on E-Verify reauthorization in the Senate. The bill's sponsor, Immigration ...

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September 22, 2008 HR 5882

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September 22, 2008 Make Immigration Work for Working Immigrants

In addition to the reduced waiting times for green cards from HR 5882, Congress can take other steps. It can fix the labor certification process for skilled immigrants under which the US Department of Labor (DOL) requires companies to ...

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September 20, 2008 Kiss goodbye to bill HR 5882 for FY 2009

Kiss goodbye to bill HR 5882 for FY 2009 --> Last post added 32 minutes ago by DesiVidesi.

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September 19, 2008 Why Not Use Immigration to Ease the Financial Crisis?

On another front, the House Judiciary Committee held a rescheduled mark up two days ago on four immigration bills including, HR 5882, a green card recapture bill supported by the Compete America coalition. The recapture bill ought not ...

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September 18, 2008 BRING AMERICA DOWN TO THE THIRD WORLD LEVEL

While we suffer 14 million unemployed and 28 million Americans on food stamps, US House Representatives member, this week, Zoe Lofgren pushes HR 5882 to bring another 550000 H-1B visa green card foreigners into our country. ...

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September 18, 2008 Illfated Bills HR 5924 and HR 5882

It so happen that more delays and more filibustering among anti-immigration sponsored Congressmen are giving HR 5924 and HR 5882 a run on its last leg. The House will have their election recess on the 26th. Therefore, it is impossible ...

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September 18, 2008 HR 5882 - Time to begin making calls to Congress and ga...

HR 5882 - Time to begin making calls to Congress and gathering support !! --> Last post added 10 minutes ago by chatrapati.

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September 18, 2008 Deliberate Amendments Scr**** HR 5882

Deliberate Amendments Scr**** HR 5882 --> Last post added 14 minutes ago by immigqs.

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September 17, 2008 FAIR against legal immigration as well!

HR 5882 would reach back to 1992 and "recapture" employment-based and family-based visas, potentially adding over 550000 new green cards. HR 5924 would lift the cap on employment-based visas for nurses and physical therapists until 2011 ...

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September 17, 2008 ANTI-AMERICAN WORKER LEGISLATION PROPOSED IN CONGRESS AGAIN!

The first bill (HR 5882) is designed to create 550000 additional green cards for foreign nationals and the second bill (HR 5924) will make it easier for foreign nurses to come to the United States to compete with American citizens for ...

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September 17, 2008 CGFNS New India Pilot Project & Congressional Update

Also, several other measures will be marked up, including HR 5882, Congresswoman Lofgren’s recapture legislation, HR 6020 (military), and HR 5950, which will provide medical care for immigration detainees. ...

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September 16, 2008 HR 5882 Support Thread - CALL YOUR US REPRESENTATIVE !...

HR 5882 Support Thread - CALL YOUR US REPRESENTATIVE !! --> Last post added 11 minutes ago by DesiVidesi.

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September 15, 2008 Unused Immigrant Visas must be recaptured Now!

HR 5882 is a bipartisan bill co-sponsored by House Immigration Subcommittee Chair Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and James Sensenbrenner (R-WI). This modest piece of legislation would simply permit the “recapture” or use of visas that have gone ...

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September 14, 2008 Are Pelosi's allies chickening out on their 550000 job giveaway?

If it were to pass, HR 5882 would bring in 550000 permanent greencard holders, above the 1 million immigrants already planned! With US unemployment shooting up to a five-year high, this is the very worst time to add more competition to ...

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September 14, 2008 I-9 Since 1986 Have Fooled American!

HR 5882 would reach back to 1992 and “recapture” employment-based and family-based visas, potentially adding over 550000 new green cards. HR 5924 would lift the cap on employment-based visas for nurses and physical therapists until 2011 ...

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September 12, 2008 Tide turning in our favor in Judiciary Committee

If it were to pass, HR 5882 would bring in 550000 permanent greencard holders, above the 1 million immigrants already planned! With US unemployment shooting up to a five-year high, this is the very worst time to add more competition to ...

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September 12, 2008 Unused Immigrant Visas must be recaptured Now!

HR 5882 is a bipartisan bill co-sponsored by House Immigration Subcommittee Chair Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and James Sensenbrenner (R-WI). This modest piece of legislation would simply permit the “recapture” or use of visas that have gone ...

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September 11, 2008 Comment on US Doubles Down On Debt by The Original Bankster

First out of the blocks, the Democratic Leadership of the US House of Representatives is responding this week by trying to shove through a bill — HR 5882 — which would provide about 550000 permanent green cards to foreign workers next ...

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September 11, 2008 Call your Congressperson…Pelosi MUST be STOPPED!

If it were to pass, HR 5882 would bring in 550000 permanent greencard holders, above the 1 million immigrants already planned! With US unemployment shooting up to a five-year high, this is the very worst time to add more competition to ...

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September 11, 2008 Another Example of Dem Hypocrisy!

If it were to pass, HR 5882 would bring in 550000 permanent greencard holders, above the 1 million immigrants already planned! With US unemployment shooting up to a five-year high, this is the very worst time to add more competition to ...

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September 11, 2008 20000 EB Nurse Visas Per Year - HR 5924 Bill Status

Other bills pending for approvals -- HR 5882 (Reduces Green Card Waitimes by acquiring unused past visa numbers), HR 6020 (Immigration benefits for immigrant soldiers and their families), HR 5950 (Medical care for immigration detainees) ...

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September 11, 2008 US to free 5.5 lakh job-based green cards

Compete America, a coalition of corporations, educators, research institutions and trade associations, has written to Senators and Representatives asking them to support two legislation, HR 5882 (in the House of Representatives) and S ...

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September 10, 2008 Vote Set for Today on Devastating Foreign Worker Increases and a ...

Please contact your US Representative through the Capitol Switchboard (202-224-3121) and ask him/her to do everything possible to stop the passage of three bills in the House Judiciary Committee today: HR 5882, a bill that would add an ...

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September 10, 2008 Reckless congressional foreign-worker vote set for today

HR 5882 is similar to the measure that Sen. Robert Menendez (DN.J.) used before summer recess to hijack debate on E-Verify reauthorization. Lofgren claims it would “recapture unused employer-sponsored visas” from as far back as 1991 and ...

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