Key parts of the immigration reform bill
By John Seiler
You’re probably not going to read all 844 pages of the new immigration bill being drafted by the Gang of 8 in Congress. Neither will your congressman or senator read all of it before voting on it.
It’s officially called the “Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act.” Here’s the .pdf.
So I’ve located the key parts for you to understand what would happen if the bill is enacted. These are actual parts of the bill:
Page 65:
17 (ii) EXCEPTIONS.—The discretionary
18 authority under clause (i) may not be used
19 to waive—
20 ‘‘(I) subparagraph (B), (C),
21 (D)(ii), (E), (G), (H), or (I) of section
22 212(a)(2);
23 ‘‘(II) section 212(a)(3);
24 ‘‘(III) subparagraph (A), (C),
25 (D), or (E) of section 212(a)(10); or 66
Page 134:
(ii) EXCEPTIONS.—The discretionary
18 authority under clause (i) may not be used
19 to waive—
20 ‘‘(I) subparagraph (B), (C),
21 (D)(ii), (E), (G), (H), or (I) of section
22 212(a)(2);
23 ‘‘(II) section 212(a)(3);
24 ‘‘(III) subparagraph (A), (C),
25 (D), or (E) of section 212(a)(10); or 66
Page 186:
22 Section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nation-
23 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)) is amended—
24 (1) in subparagraph (U), by striking ‘‘or’’ at
25 the end; 187
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1 (2) in subparagraph (V), by striking the period
2 at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’;
Page 274:
11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title II (8 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.)
12 is amended—
13 (1) in section 201 (8 U.S.C. 1151)—
14 (A) in subsection (a)—
15 (i) in paragraph (1), by adding ‘‘and’’
16 at the end;
17 (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘;
18 and’’ at the end and inserting a period;
19 and
20 (iii) by striking paragraph (3); and
21 (B) by striking subsection (e);
22 (2) in section 203 (8 U.S.C. 1153)—
23 (A) by striking subsection (c);
24 (B) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘(a), (b),
25 or (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) or (b) 275
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1 (C) in subsection (e)—
2 (i) by striking paragraph (2); and
3 (ii) by redesignating paragraph (3) as
4 paragraph (2);
5 (D) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘(a), (b),
6 or (c) of this section’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) or
7 (b)’’; and
8 (E) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘(a), (b),
9 and (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) and (b)’’; and
10 (3) in section 204 (8 U.S.C. 1154)—
11 (A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking sub-
12 paragraph (I); and
13 (B) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘(a), (b),
14 or (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) or (b)’’.
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