The below is a link to the American Immigration Lawyers Association website. It includes proposed legislation regarding immigration reform. My initial reaction is that a number of people in the United States who are out of lawful status will be forced to wait aconsiderable amount of time before they are able to adjut to "Registered Provisional Immigrant Status." The other consideration is the deadline. The application period will be for one year after the requirements for securing the border are met. It appears, however, that the proposed legislation does attempt to deal with the huge number of people who have been her many tears and have no criminal bars to their adjustment:
This below section comes into play after the border securitization are in place:
Legalization
and Legal Immigration
I. Adjustment
of Status to Registered
Provisional Immigrant Status
·
Individuals in unlawful status may apply to adjust their status to the legal status of Registered Provisional Immigrant Status.
·
Eligibility Criteria:
·
Residence in the United States prior to December 31, 2011 and maintenance of continuous
physical presence since then.
·
Paid a $500 penalty fee (except for DREAM Act eligible students), and assessed taxes,
per
adult applicant in addition to all applicable fees required to pay for the cost of processing the application.
·
Ineligible if:
o
Convicted
of an aggravated felony;
o
Convicted
of a felony;
o
Convicted
of 3 or more misdemeanors;
o
Convicted
of an offense under foreign law;
o
Unlawfully Voted;
and
o
Inadmissible
for Criminal, National Security, Public
Health, or other morality grounds.
·
Spouses and children of people in RPI status
can be petitioned
for as derivatives of the principal
applicant (but must be in the
United States at the time).
·
Immigrants in
RPI
status can work for any employer
and travel outside of the United States
·
Individuals outside of the United States who were previously here before December 31, 2011 and were deported for non-criminal reasons can apply to re-enter the United States in RPI
status if they are the spouse, of or parent of a child who is, United
States citizen or lawful permanent
resident;
or are a childhood
arrival who is eligible for the DREAM Act.
·
The Application period will be
for 1 year
with the possibility of extension by the Secretary
for an
additional 1 year.
·
Individuals with removal orders
will be permitted to apply as will aliens currently in removal
proceedings.
·
RPI status shall last for a 6-year term that
is renewable if the immigrant does not commit
any
acts that would render
the
alien deportable. Another $500
penalty fee is applicable at
this time.
·
The Secretary may collect
a processing fee from
individuals who register for RPI status in an amount that is sufficient
to recover all of the costs of implementing the registration
program.
·
An individual who has been granted RPI status is not eligible for any Federal means-tested
public benefit (as such term is defined in section 403 of the Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1613)).
·
A noncitizen granted registered provisional immigrant status under this section
shall be considered lawfully present in the United States for all purposes, while such noncitizen remains
in such status, except
that the noncitizen
o
is not entitled to the premium assistance tax credit authorized under section 36B
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;
and
o
shall be subject to the rules applicable to individuals not lawfully present that are set forth in section 1402(e) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42
U.S.C. 18071).
·
After 10 years, aliens in RPI status may adjust to Lawful Permanent Resident Status through the same Merit Based System everyone else must use to earn a green card (described below)
if the following things have occurred:
o The alien maintained continuous
physical
presence
o
They paid
all taxes owed during the period that they are in status
as an
RPI
o
They worked
in the United States regularly;
o
And demonstrated knowledge of Civics
and English
o
All people currently waiting for
family and
employment green
cards
as of
the date of enactment
have
had their priority date become current.
o
A $1,000 penalty fee is rendered
·
People in DREAM
Act Status
and the Agricultural Program can get
their green
cards
in 5 years and DREAM Act
kids will be eligible for citizenship
immediately after they get
their green cards.
The full text of the summary:
http://www.aila.org/content/default.aspx?docid=44052&utm_source=AILA+Mailing&utm_campaign=156b68f884-AILA8_4_16_13&utm_medium=email
