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Fact Sheet: Ending Chain Migration
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For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary June 1, 2007

Fact Sheet: Ending Chain Migration Bipartisan Immigration Bill Reforms
System To Focus Family Migration On Nuclear Family And Parents

˙˙White House News

˙˙˙˙˙ In Focus: Immigration

Three Key Points On The Bipartisan Immigration Reform Bill's Plan To End
Chain Migration

1. The Bipartisan Immigration Bill Reforms The Immigration System To Better
Balance The Importance Of Family Connections With U.S. Economic Needs.

2. The Bill Will End Chain Migration, Which Allows Legal Immigrants To
Bring Extended Family Members To The U.S., And Focus Future Family
Immigration On The Nuclear Family And Parents. There will still be more
family-based than merit-based visas, and the existing decades-long backlog
of family-based applications will be eliminated within eight years.

3. Green Cards For Extended Family Will Be Rebalanced To The New
Merit-Based System To Select Future Immigrants Based On The Skills And
Attributes They Will Bring To The United States.

The Bipartisan Immigration Reform Bill Will Focus Future Family Migration
On The Nuclear Family And Parents

In Place Of The Current System Where Nearly Two-Thirds Of Green Cards Are
Awarded To Relatives Of U.S. Citizens, The Bill Reforms Our Immigration
System To Better Balance The Importance Of Family Connections With The
Economic Needs Of Our Country.

  ū Green cards for parents of U.S. citizens are capped, while set-asides
    for the siblings of U.S. citizens and the adult children of U.S.
    citizens and green card holders are eliminated.

  ū A new Parents Visitor visa is created to ensure that parents are
    allowed to visit their adult citizen children in the United States
    regularly and for extended periods of time.

  ū The Diversity Lottery Program, which is susceptible to fraud and grants
    green cards through random chance, is ended.

The Bill Will Clear The Current Decades-Long Backlog Of Family-Based
Applications Within Eight Years And Continue To Uphold The Importance Of
Family Connections. During this time, the majority of green cards issued
will go to family members. Even after family backlogs are cleared and the
rebalancing of visas is complete, there will be more family-based green
cards issued than merit-based green cards.

After The Backlogs Are Cleared, Rebalanced Green Cards Will Be Applied To
The New Merit-Based System For Immigration. Once the backlogs of
employment-based and family-based applications are cleared, there will be
380,000 green cards available under the merit-based system - up from
140,000 employment-based green cards today.

Family Members Of Z Visa Holders And Temporary Workers Will Not Receive
Preference For Green Cards

Z Visa Workers May Not Petition To Bring Family Members To The U.S. Family
members of Z visa workers must compete for green cards under the
merit-based system, which awards points for attributes that further our
national interest, including: skills and work experience, with added points
for U.S. employment in a specialty or high-demand field; education, with
added points for training in science, math, and technology; employer
endorsement; ability to speak English; and family ties to the U.S.

Temporary Workers In The "Y" Program Face Strict Restrictions On Bringing
Immediate Family Members To The U.S. The new "Y" temporary workers are
eligible only for three, two-year terms in the U.S. and must spend at least
a year outside the country between each term. To prevent Y's from setting
down permanent roots in the U.S., the bill provides that these workers may
be accompanied by their families during only one of these terms - and then
only if they have the financial means to support them and if their family
members will have health insurance. In addition, any Y who brings his or
her family will be entitled to only two terms rather than the standard
three. Finally, the bill caps the overall number of family members that Y
visa workers may bring into the U.S.

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