Comment: 30 Ideas For President Biden
David J Bier of Cato Institute has compiled the most comprehensive set of initiatives that the Biden administration can unilaterally take to reverse actions of the Trump administration and to make major strides in fixing our broken employment immigration system without any legislative action needed. Many of the marquee thinkers in immigration law field have contributed to this list. See the categorized list of 30 initiatives below:
Green Cards- Stop Counting Dependents against Immigrant Visa Limits - Ira Kurzban
- Recapture Unused Green Cards - Amy M. Nice
- Don't Limit Green Card Filings When the Cap Is Unfilled - Cyrus D. Mehta
- Parole for the Immigrant Visa Backlog - Cyrus D. Mehta
- Stop Aging Out of Older Children by Using the Filing Dat - Cyrus D. Mehta
- Parole the Children of H-1B Workers Who Age Out - William A. Stock
- Expand USCIS Interview Waivers - David Kubat
- Deem a Grant of Temporary Protected Status an Admission - Ally Bolour
- Eliminate Bars to Entrepreneurial Self-?Sponsorship - Angelo Paparelli
- Grant Special Handling for STEM Grad Labor Certifications - Amy M. Nice
- Expand Schedule A for STEM graduates - Amy M. Nice
- Update Schedule A with New Data - Lindsay Milliken
- Recapture Unused H-1B Visas - Amy M. Nice
- Let the Family Members of All Guest Workers Work - David J. Bier
- Allow Visa Reissuance in the United States - Stephen Yale-?Loehr
- Grant Duration of Status to Nonimmigrant Derivatives - Adam Greenberg
- Let L-2 and E Spouses Work without an Employment Authorization Document - Angelo Paparelli
- Automatically Approve H-2 Unnamed Petitions - David J. Bier
- Certify H-2 Jobs for up to Three Years - David J. Bier
- Extend OPT for Health Science Professionals - Greg Siskind
- Extend OPT for Foreign Graduates Sponsored for Green Cards - David J. Bier
- Allow Q Visa Holders to Interact with the Public Virtually - Ally Bolour & Scott Emerick
- Index Refugee Caps to World Refugee Numbers - David J. Bier
- Grant Refugee Status to Family-?Sponsored Immigrants Who Are Refugees - David J. Bier
- Create a Private Refugee Sponsorship Program - David J. Bier
- Permit Legal Counsel during Inspections and Visa Interviews - Kate Voigt
- Digitize USCIS Immigration Forms - Greg Siskind
- Enforce USCIS Policy against Broad Brush RFEs - Angelo Paparelli
- Prohibit Regulatory Actions on USCIS Forms - Angelo Paparelli
- Require Agencies to Apply the Rule of Lenity to All Actions - David J. Bier & Angelo Paparelli
Nonimmigrant Visas
Refugees
Broadly Applicable Reforms
David Bier concludes: "The Biden administration will have to work around the clock to reverse the hundreds of regulations and executive actions that restricted the freedom of legal immigrants and Americans. But while it is reversing these negative actions, the administration should also "build back better," consistent with the president's campaign promises. While the president should push Congress to improve the underlying immigration law, the president already has the authority to substantially improve the functioning of the current immigration system. These 30 deregulatory actions would lessen the costs of America's outdated immigration laws. The results would be greater freedom and prosperity for both immigrants and Americans who rely on them."
We urge all immigration advocates and folks in the Biden administration to read this article and git 'er done.
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