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decade in immigration policyâto achieve deeper, essential reforms that AC21 now makes all the more urgent. As this report illustrates, the fundamental and pervasive problems with the entire immigration system extend far beyond the need for temporary high-technology workers. By focusing narrowly on the H-1B issue and only tentatively dealing with other issues, this legislation neglects other fundamental problems."
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The H-1B Visa Reform Act of 2004 was the last major legislation surrounding the H-1B status. It did not renew the temporary increases in the size of the H-1B cap, but it did add 20,000 additional slots for applicants with master's degrees. In addition, it expanded the investigative authority of the
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Services and Infrastructure Improvements", provided guidelines on expected times for the INS to process applications (set as 180 days) and defined "backlog" as the number of applications that were waiting for more than that time. It also set requirements for
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Section 110 reallocated funds collected from the $ 500 fee enacted in the ACWIA to projects and programs aimed at improving higher technology skills in the US domestic workforce. Sections 111-113 provided more details on how these funds should be allocated. Also, the fee was increased to $ 1000 by
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Section 106 included special provisions in case of lengthy adjudications. In particular, it allowed extensions by one year at a time of the H-1B status for people with long-pending Form I-140 petitions (pending for at least 365 days). It also allowed people with Form I-485 petitions that had been
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Prior to AC21, if an individual filed a H-1B petition for a new job while already on a H-1B, the new petition was counted towards the annual cap. Now those who had already been counted towards a cap in the last six years were not counted towards the cap, and a person filing multiple petitions was
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This section introduced what has now become known as the "uncapped H-1B". Prior to AC21, all H-1B visas were counted towards the annual cap. Section 103 provided that employees of higher educational institutions, nonprofit research organizations, and government research organizations would not be
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They recognized the fact that the H-1B status was often used by workers eligible for an employment-based category but who had not yet received it either because their Form I-140 petition was stuck, or because they were waiting for their
Priority Date to become current, or because their Form I-485
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Immigration Family Equity Act was passed on December 21, 2000, shortly after the passage of AC21, by the same Congress. While AC21 focused on the problem of skilled workers (both non-immigrant workers in H-1B status and immigrant workers in the employment-based immigration categories,
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A person already working in the US on H-1B status would now be allowed to file a petition to work for a new employer and start working even before the petition is approved if the petition is filed before the end of the previous work authorization period. Work authorization ceases as soon as the
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Additionally, H-1B nonimmigrants reaching the six-year limit of stay and with pending or approved I-140s but waiting for their
Priority Date to become current, were allowed to extend their H-1B status in three-year increments until decisions were made on their adjustment of status applications.
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One effect of this was to reduce the pressure on the numerical cap, making it easier for those changing jobs but also reducing the competition for first-time cap-subject applicants. Another effect, particularly in future years when the cap would get filled in the first week of April (six months
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that had been passed in 1998. The focus of AC21 was to change rules related to portability and caps for the H-1B visa to increase the effective number of visas available and make it easier for workers on those visas to switch jobs. Although the language of the Act references the
Immigration and
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applications. The act sought to increase to 195,000 the caps for fiscal years 2001 to 2003 and retroactively raise the caps for 1999 (to include all cases approved after the cap was raised and before
October 1, 2000) and for 2000 (to include all cases filed after the cap was reached and before
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AC21 built upon ACWIA (passed in 1998) but their areas of focus were somewhat different. While the main purpose of ACWIA was to crack down on perceived fraud and misuse of the H-1B status, the main goal of AC21 was to make it easier to hire skilled workers in the United States.
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Section 108 provided that if a H-1B visa is revoked due to fraud or willful misrepresentation, the H-1B number for that petition will be added to the cap the following year. Previously, this had been done only if the petition was revoked in the same year that it was
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In summary, the provisions of AC21 did the following:
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Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles
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667:"USCIS Drafts Exceedingly Reasonable Memo On AC21"
641:United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
495:United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
361:United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
185:Section 102: Temporary increase in visa allotments
50:United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
846:"Still crazy after all these years: AC21 in 2003"
717:"USCIS TO IMPLEMENT H-1B VISA REFORM ACT OF 2004"
273:Section 105: Increased portability of H-1B status
2458:United States Border Patrol interior checkpoints
29:American Competitiveness in the 21st Century Act
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2397:List of people deported from the United States
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2694:California Coalition for Immigration Reform
1366:Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World
844:Schorr, Naomi; Yale-Loehr, Stephen (2003).
390:of 1998, and AC21. Lin's work was cited in
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2489:Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act 2006
2432:Unaccompanied minors from Central America
2189:U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
1959:Immigration Reform and Control Act (1986)
1525:The American Presidency with Bill Clinton
335:to conduct a study on the digital divide.
129:Learn how and when to remove this message
2838:Acts of the 106th United States Congress
2709:Center for Migration Studies of New York
1852:Immigration Act 1917 (Asian Barred Zone)
1721:Nationality law in the American Colonies
241:necessary for cap-subject applications.
2643:"Faithful Patriot" (2018–present)
2199:Executive Office for Immigration Review
747:"H-1B Temporary Skilled Worker Program"
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1398:Citizen: My Life After the White House
1071:Chairman, National Constitution Center
1907:Alien Fiancées and Fiancés Act (1946)
228:Section 103 continued: counting rules
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2628:"Return to Sender" (2006–2007)
1933:Immigration and Nationality Act 1952
333:United States Department of Commerce
2314:Department of State v. Muñoz (2024)
2284:DHS v. Regents of the Univ. of Cal.
2169:Immigration and Customs Enforcement
1771:Act to Encourage Immigration (1864)
1008:42nd President of the United States
430:Legal Immigration Family Equity Act
424:Legal Immigration Family Equity Act
233:counted towards the cap only once.
2402:MexicoâUnited States border crisis
2184:U.S. Customs and Border Protection
1016:40th and 42nd Governor of Arkansas
745:Batalova, Jeanne (April 7, 2010).
68:at the time, on October 17, 2000.
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2623:"Streamline" (2005–present)
2345:Central American migrant caravans
1892:Bracero Program (1942–1964)
1517:Impeachment: American Crime Story
523:. 17 October 2000. Archived from
300:United States Department of Labor
2407:MexicoâUnited States border wall
1882:Filipino Repatriation Act (1935)
1693:Immigration to the United States
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796:Endelman, Gary (June 12, 2001).
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2164:Department of Homeland Security
371:An article by Naomi Schorr and
39:in October 2000, pertaining to
37:government of the United States
2704:Center for Immigration Studies
2633:"Jump Start" (2006–2008)
2618:"Front Line" (2004–2005)
2268:Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting
2209:Office of Refugee Resettlement
1964:American Homecoming Act (1989)
665:Eiss, James; Rizzo, Danielle.
321:within 18 months of enactment.
66:President of the United States
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2754:Minuteman Civil Defense Corps
2598:"Peter Pan" (1960–1962)
2360:Eugenics in the United States
1091:Sexual misconduct allegations
210:counted toward the H-1B cap.
43:. It was a complement to the
2422:Illegal immigrant population
2204:Board of Immigration Appeals
2040:Executive Order 13780 (2017)
2035:Executive Order 13769 (2017)
1928:UN Refugee Convention (1951)
1842:Gentlemen's Agreement (1907)
1557:William Jefferson Blythe Jr.
1485:The Hunting of the President
1140:State of the Union addresses
851:. Bryan Cave. Archived from
457:H-1B Visa Reform Act of 2004
451:H-1B Visa Reform Act of 2004
296:Labor Condition Applications
222:H-1B Visa Reform Act of 2004
199:H-1B Visa Reform Act of 2004
2638:"Phalanx" (2010–2016)
2613:"Endgame" (2003–2012)
2484:McCain–Kennedy (2005)
2474:DREAM Act (2001–2010)
2453:CanadaâUnited States border
2448:MexicoâUnited States border
2015:H-1B Visa Reform Act (2004)
1877:TydingsâMcDuffie Act (1934)
315:National Science Foundation
282:Other provisions in Title I
109:the claims made and adding
35:) was an act passed by the
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2774:Negative Population Growth
2764:National Immigration Forum
2749:Migration Policy Institute
2524:US Citizenship Act of 2021
2080:Temporary protected status
1862:Emergency Quota Act (1921)
751:Migration Policy Institute
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2107:Security Advisory Opinion
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1527:(2022 documentary series)
1128:Joint session of Congress
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325:the time AC21 became law.
313:Section 109 required the
2816:Missing in Brooks County
2744:Mexicans Without Borders
2244:US v. Bhagat Singh Thind
2117:National Origins Formula
1801:Chinese Exclusion (1882)
1776:Civil Rights Act of 1866
1493:The Special Relationship
1447:parodies of Bill Clinton
1426:Clinton National Airport
1390:The President's Daughter
1382:The President Is Missing
1350:Between Hope and History
1265:Make America Great Again
877:Lin, Carl (2011-06-12).
634:"Interoffice Memorandum"
464:U.S. Department of Labor
404:Relation with other laws
298:) as well as additional
263:country of chargeability
2095:Central American Minors
2025:Secure Fence Act (2006)
1887:Nationality Act of 1940
1837:Naturalization Act 1906
1811:Immigration Act of 1891
1796:Immigration Act of 1882
1786:Naturalization Act 1870
1766:Naturalization Law 1802
1742:Naturalization Act 1790
1563:Virginia Clinton Kelley
1461:The Silence of the Hams
1066:Clinton Bush Haiti Fund
435:corresponding to USCIS
384:Immigration Act of 1990
2810:Borderland (TV series)
2664:Arizona SB 1070 (2010)
2137:Unaccompanied children
1912:LuceâCeller Act (1946)
1702:Relevant colonial era,
1545:Hillary Rodham Clinton
1421:Bill Clinton Boulevard
1276:running mate selection
1096:Whitewater controversy
1018:(1979â1981, 1983â1992)
319:United States Congress
2387:Immigration reduction
2298:Niz-Chavez v. Garland
1902:War Brides Act (1945)
1781:14th Amendment (1868)
1041:Early life and career
455:Further information:
428:Further information:
413:Further information:
331:Section 115 required
2689:Arizona Border Recon
2669:Alabama HB 56 (2011)
2533:Immigration stations
2467:Proposed legislation
2365:Guest worker program
2340:Brooks County, Texas
2252:US v. Brignoni-Ponce
1969:Immigration Act 1990
1872:Immigration Act 1924
1857:Immigration Act 1918
1847:Immigration Act 1907
1832:Immigration Act 1903
1046:Presidential Library
194:September 1, 2000).
175:Adjustment of Status
2608:"Gatekeeper" (1994)
2535:and points of entry
2427:Reverse immigration
2306:Sanchez v. Mayorkas
2219:Supreme Court cases
2075:Visa Waiver Program
2070:Permanent residence
1897:Magnuson Act (1943)
1726:Plantation Act 1740
1631:â George H. W. Bush
1583:(second stepfather)
1509:Hillary and Clinton
1445:Saturday Night Live
800:. Immigration Daily
643:. December 27, 2005
165:, acquired through
2392:Immigration reform
2228:US v. Wong Kim Ark
2174:U.S. Border Patrol
2090:Green Card Lottery
2058:Visas and policies
2020:Real ID Act (2005)
1954:Refugee Act (1980)
1706:international laws
1695:and related topics
1571:(first stepfather)
1455:(1993 documentary)
1056:Clinton Foundation
901:. October 28, 2012
726:. December 9, 2004
614:. February 9, 2000
585:. February 9, 2000
556:. January 24, 2000
396:by Charles Kenny.
373:Stephen Yale-Loehr
94:possibly contains
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2759:Minuteman Project
2734:Improve The Dream
2652:State legislation
2603:"Babylift" (1975)
2577:Washington Avenue
2572:Sullivan's Island
2494:STRIVE Act (2007)
2417:March for America
2370:Human trafficking
2260:Zadvydas v. Davis
2122:Expedited removal
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1704:United States and
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1575:Roger Clinton Jr.
1569:Roger Clinton Sr.
1519:(2021 miniseries)
1479:(2000 short film)
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2699:CASA of Maryland
2679:Non-governmental
2593:"Wetback" (1954)
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2479:H.R. 4437 (2005)
1867:Cable Act (1922)
1816:Geary Act (1892)
1806:Scott Act (1888)
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