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H.R. 4760: Securing America’s Future Act of 2018

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About the bill

Source: Republican Policy Committee

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

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Bob Goodlatte

Sponsor. Representative for Virginia's 6th congressional district. Republican.

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Last Updated: Jan 10, 2018
Length: 414 pages
Introduced:

Jan 10, 2018
115th Congress, 2017–2019

Status:

Failed House on Jun 21, 2018

This bill failed in the House on June 21, 2018.

History

Jan 10, 2018
 
Introduced

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Jun 21, 2018
 
Failed House

A vote on the bill failed in the House. The bill is now dead.

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H.R. 4760 is a bill in the United States Congress.

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