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      "title": "Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 108th Congress",
      "summary": "The 108th Congress has considered and is considering legislation on a wide range of\nimmigration\nissues. Chief among these are the immigration-related recommendations of the National\nCommission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (also known as the 9/11 Commission),\nexpedited naturalization through military service, and foreign temporary workers and business\npersonnel.\n \n Several major bills that seek to implement recommendations of the 9/11 Commission propose\nsignificant revisions to U.S. immigration law:  H.R. 10 ,  S. 2845 ,\n S. 2774 / H.R. 5040 , and  H.R. 5024 . Of these bills, H.R.\n 10 proposes the most extensive revisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). \nThe major immigration areas under consideration in these comprehensive 9/11 Commission bills\ninclude: asylum, biometric tracking systems, border security, document security, exclusion, and visa\nissuances.\n \n The 108th Congress has enacted a measure on expedited naturalization through military service. \n P.L. 108-136 , the FY2004 Defense Department Authorization bill, amends military naturalization\nand posthumous citizenship statutes and provides immigration benefits for immediate relatives of\nU.S. citizen servicemembers who die as a result of actual combat service.\n \n In the area of foreign temporary workers and business personnel, the 108th Congress has enacted\nlegislation to implement the Chile ( P.L. 108-77 ) and Singapore ( P.L. 108-78 ) Free Trade\nAgreements. These agreements address several categories of temporary workers and business\npersonnel currently governed by the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), including professional\nworkers. Separate legislation on H-1B professional workers ( S. 1452 / H.R. 2849 ,  H.R. 2235 ,  H.R. 2688 ,  H.R. 3534 , and\n H.R. 4166 ) and L intracompany transfers ( S. 1452 / H.R. 2849 ,\n S. 1635 ,  H.R. 2154 ,  H.R. 2702 ,  H.R. 4415 , and\n H.R. 4166 ) has also been introduced. Also pending are proposals to reform existing\nguest worker visas ( S. 1645 / H.R. 3142 ,  S. 2010 ,\n S. 2185 ,  S. 2381 / H.R. 4262 ,  H.R. 3534 , and\n H.R. 3604 ) and establish new guest worker visas ( S. 1387 ,  S. 1461 / H.R. 2899 ,  S. 2010 ,  S. 2381 / H.R. 4262 ,\nand  H.R. 3651 ).\n \n Since the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( P.L. 107-296 ) created the Department of Homeland\nSecurity (DHS), Congress has considered legislation to clarify the allocation of immigration\nauthorities between the Secretary of DHS and the Attorney General.  P.L. 108-7  amended the INA\nin an apparent effort to clarify the authority that was to remain with the Attorney General. \n H.R. 1416 , as passed by the House and reported by the Senate Governmental Affairs\nCommittee, would further amend the INA to remove certain references to the Attorney General.\n \n Among other immigration-related legislation receiving action are adjustment of status of\nunauthorized alien students ( S. 1545 ), noncitizen eligibility for Medicaid ( P.L.\n108-173 ), consular identification cards ( H.R. 1950 ), elimination of the diversity visa\nlottery ( H.R. 775 ) and employment eligibility verification pilot programs ( P.L.\n108-156 ). This report will be updated as legislative developments occur.",
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