About the bill
Sponsors want to give the red light to those green cards.
Context
More than 1 million immigrants have entered the U.S. legally through the Diversity Visa Lottery Program.
Here’s the idea behind it. Most types of immigration visas aren’t random at all. Some give preference based on family connections to existing U.S. citizens or green card holders. Others, such as H-2B visas, are given for foreign nationals to work at a specific job with an American employer. (Perhaps the most prominent example of the latter is when a professional sports team signs or drafts a foreign player.)
But the visa lottery gives green cards randomly to 50,000 foreigners per year. Created in its current form in 1995, the program selects participants randomly with the intention of — …
Sponsor and status
117th Congress (2021–2023)
Introduced on Mar 18, 2021
This bill is in the first stage of the legislative process. It was introduced into Congress on March 18, 2021. It will typically be considered by committee next before it is possibly sent on to the House or Senate as a whole.
Other activity may have occurred on another bill with identical or similar provisions.
Position statements
History
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Nov 6, 2017
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May 23, 2019
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Mar 18, 2021
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S. 859 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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