“IMMIGRATION LAW CONNECTION”

Amends INA §274A to expand use of E-Verify and make it mandatory for all employers over a period of five years.
Making Employment of Unauthorized Aliens Unlawful
· Prohibits employers from hiring, recruiting, or referring for a fee an alien known to be unauthorized for employment in the U.S.
· Prohibits employers from hiring, recruiting, or referring for [...]

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INITIAL ENTRY, ADJUSTMENT, AND CITIZENSHIP ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM.

Creates Initial Entry, Adjustment, and Citizenship Assistance grants to support the implementation of programs that provide direct immigration assistance to the following people:

· Individuals preparing applications for RPI status, including applying for waivers;

· Individuals adjusting status to RPI, blue card, or green [...]

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· Gives Immigration Judges and DHS officers discretion to terminate removal proceedings or waive inadmissibility with respect to a request for admission, respectively, in cases in which:
o Not doing so would be contrary to public interest;
o There would otherwise be hardship to the noncitizen’s U.S. citizen or LPR parent, spouse, or child; or
o The non-citizen [...]

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Expands eligibility for K-visas to fiancé(e)s and spouses of LPRs and protects against children of the beneficiary “aging out.”
· Permits LPRs to file fiancé(e), or immigrant visa petitions (as a K-1 or K-3).
· Provides that, for purposes of both the visa petition and the subsequent adjustment application, the age of the dependent child of the [...]

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· Unmarried sons or daughters of USCs or LPRs and married sons or daughters of USCs under the age of 31, if the alien is the beneficiary of an approved petition:

o Eligible for V Visa.

o Eligible for work authorization.

o Termination of authorized admission 30 days after denial of the [...]

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Immediate Relatives

· Reclassifies spouses and minor children of lawful permanent residents as immediate relatives. Extends to them the protections for immediate relatives in case of death of or abuse by a U.S. citizen or an LPR spouse or parent.

· Allows derivatives (spouse or child) for immediate relatives.

· Includes “child” [...]

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TRACK ONE
Creates a merit-based visa and points system and establishes eligibility criteria for merit-based immigrants.

Replaces provision for the Diversity visa with Merit-based system.
Clarifies that individuals admitted on the basis of a merit-based immigrant visa will have lawful permanent resident (LPR) status.
Awards points to applicants for factors such as education, length of employment, type [...]

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Amends INA §101(a)(15) to create new temporary visas for aliens coming to the U.S. to perform full-time agricultural work under a written contract (W-2) or for “at-will” agricultural workers who have an offer of full-time employment (W-3) in an agricultural occupation with a “designated agricultural employer” (DAE). Establishes an effective date of October 1, [...]

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Provides that the Secretary can grant “blue card” (BC) status to any non-citizen who:

Undergoes background checks;
Performed at least 575 hours or 100 work days during the two-year period ending on December 31, 2012, or is a qualifying noncitizen’s spouse or child;
Submits a completed application during the application period;
Is not ineligible under INA §245B(b)(3) or (4) [...]

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“Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2013.” allows for Adjustment of Status for Certain Aliens who entered the U.S. as children.  Applicant must demonstrate that he or she:

Has been an RPI for at least five years;
Entered initially the U.S. before the age of 16;
Has earned a H.S. diploma or GED in the [...]

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