2013-05-08T20:00:00Z opencongress.org tag:opencongress.org,2007:/issue_feed/8582 tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-08:/action/358428 2013-05-08T20:00:00Z A bill to impose sanctions on individuals who are complicit in human rights abuses committed against nationals of Vietnam or their family members, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-07:/action/358178 2013-05-07T20:00:00Z A bill to clarify State of residence requirements for aliens and nonimmigrant requirements for purposes of chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-07:/action/358208 2013-05-07T20:00:00Z A bill to increase the employment of Americans by requiring State workforce agencies to certify that employers are actively recruiting Americans and that Americans are not qualified or available to fill the positions that the employer wants to fill with H-2B nonimmigrants.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-05:/action/357707 2013-05-05T20:00:00Z A bill to foster stability in Syria, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-25:/action/357306 2013-04-25T20:00:00Z To mandate training of members of the Foreign Service to protect the rights of United States citizens in the custody of foreign governments, to deny entry into the United States of officials of any foreign government, including their immediate family members, who commit or who fail to rectify fundamental due process and human rights violations of United States citizens in the custody of a foreign government, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-25:/action/357088 2013-04-25T20:00:00Z To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to make mandatory and permanent requirements relating to use of an electronic employment eligibility verification system, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-25:/action/357146 2013-04-25T20:00:00Z To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for special immigrant status for certain spouses and children of employees of the United States Government abroad killed in the line of duty.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-25:/action/357183 2013-04-25T20:00:00Z To create a nonimmigrant H-2C work visa program for agricultural workers, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-25:/action/357281 2013-04-25T20:00:00Z To improve the enforcement of sanctions against the Government of North Korea, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-24:/action/357028 2013-04-24T20:00:00Z To establish an entrepreneur-based immigrant category for alien entrepreneurs who have completed or are in the process of completing a degree in Science, Engineering, Math or a technology-related field.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-23:/action/356467 2013-04-23T20:00:00Z To require the development of a comprehensive strategy to end serious human rights violations in Sudan, to create incentives for governments and persons to end support of and assistance to the Government of Sudan, to reinvigorate genuinely comprehensive peace efforts in Sudan, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-22:/action/356376 2013-04-22T20:00:00Z To provide for the imposition of sanctions with respect to foreign persons responsible for or complicit in ordering, controlling, or otherwise directing, the commission of serious human rights abuses against citizens of ALBA countries, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-16:/action/355712 2013-04-16T20:00:00Z To increase the employment of Americans by requiring State workforce agencies to certify that employers are actively recruiting Americans and that Americans are not qualified or available to fill the positions that the employer wants to fill with H-2B nonimmigrants.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-15:/action/355538 2013-04-15T20:00:00Z A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-14:/action/355531 2013-04-14T20:00:00Z To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to simplify the petitioning procedure for H-2A workers, to expand the scope of the H-2A program, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-11:/action/355245 2013-04-11T20:00:00Z To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to comprehensively reform immigration law, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-10:/action/355033 2013-04-10T20:00:00Z A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the eligibility of the Hong Kong Special Administration Region for designation for participation in the visa waiver program for certain visitors to the United States.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-08:/action/354707 2013-04-08T20:00:00Z To improve the H-2A agricultural worker program for use by dairy workers, sheepherders, and goat herders, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-20:/action/353845 2013-03-20T20:00:00Z To improve United States humanitarian and other assistance to the Syrian people, facilitate the transition of Syria to a democratic government, provide for United States support to the post-Assad government, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2013-03-20:/action/353798 2013-03-20T20:00:00Z To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to stimulate international tourism to the United States and for other purposes.<br /><br />