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Immigration Reform News 2017: Senators reinstate bill for H-1B US visa policy revamp

Shiena Bernardino January 23, 2017 05:28 AM EST

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President Donald Trump is officially sworn into office, which means that his fight to get rid of the undocumented immigrants from the United States would soon take flight.

As Trump's administration threatens to eradicate former President Barack Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that protects 750,000 undocumented immigrants who entered the country as minors, a lot of young people will be possibly deported and lose their chance to get the work permits that they need when looking for a job.

To lessen the effects of Trump's plans, Senators Chuck Grassley and Dick Durbin both plan to reinstate their 2007 bill which aims to revamp the H-1B visa program for foreign students who entered the United States to get their education.

According to CNN, the proposed bill plans to eradicate the current system in which immigrants will get their visa through lottery. Grassley and Durbin's bill will make a "preference system" that will prioritize those have advanced degree holders to get a U.S. visa. It will also give more advantage to those who have high-paying jobs and those who are considered to have valuable skills.

Grassley and Durbin's bill will possibly preempt any actions that Trump would implement to curb down the number of illegal immigrants in the country.

Aside from Grassley and Durbin's bill, California Republican Representative Darrell Issa also introduced a bill that proposes a more expensive and complicated way to apply for H-1B visas. On the other hand, Democrat Zoe Lofgren also proposes to introduce a better and more comprehensive bill that would let companies apply for their employees' visa based on their high salaries.

Trump has yet to announce his concrete plans against the country's undocumented immigrants. Some of his proposals include the building of a wall across the Mexican border to prevent the illegal entry from that part of the country. The wall could possibly cost as much as $38 billion to be completed.

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