About the bill
This bill would make sweeping changes to laws governing legal and illegal immigration. For legal immigration, it would end the diversity program and chain migration by eliminating the visa lottery green card program and green card programs for relatives other than spouses and minor children. And it would increase immigration levels for skilled workers and creates an agricultural guest worker program.
The bill also would authorize construction of a border wall, add 5,000 Border Patrol Agents and 5,000 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers, and allow the National ...
Sponsor and status
- Introduced:
Jan 10, 2018
115th Congress, 2017–2019- Status:
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Failed House on Jun 21, 2018
This bill failed in the House on June 21, 2018.
History
H.R. 4760 is a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
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