Conference Call Briefing
on Senate Bill Provisions
Listen to a recording of a briefing by National Immigration Law Center staff about how provisions in the Senate bill could affect low-income immigrants.
In the days and weeks after the bill’s introduction, check back here regularly for summaries and analysis of provisions in the bill that will impact people of low income, and for the latest developments related to the bill.
SUMMARY & ANALYSIS
NILC welcomes the introduction of this bill as a positive first step in moving toward a commonsense immigration system that meets the needs of all aspiring citizens. Significantly, the bill would provide a road to citizenship for approximately 11 million unauthorized immigrants and overhaul the family immigration system. The bill also would create stringent border enforcement and deportation measures, and ramp up workplace enforcement by mandating that employers use an electronic employment eligibility verification system (E-Verify). As we assess the impact of this proposed legislation, NILC will continue to advocate for a new immigration process that is fair and accessible for low-income immigrants.
- (Overview) Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013
- Analysis of Senate Immigration Reform Bill: Border Security (Title I) (PDF)
Provisions related to border security goal and plan, border security triggers, border funding and resources, monitoring and accountability - Analysis of Senate Immigration Reform Bill: Immigrant Visas (Title II) (PDF)
Provisions related to a new registered provisional immigrant (RPI) status, adjustment to lawful permanent resident (LPR) status, farm worker program, DREAM, future immigration, family visas, access to public benefits and to health care under the Affordable Care Act - Analysis of Senate Immigration Reform Bill: Interior Enforcement (Title III) (PDF)
Provisions related to electronic employment eligibility verification, increased penalties, increased worker protections, other enforcement issues
This FAQ addresses commonly asked questions about who would be eligible for affordable health care and federal public benefits if the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013 (S. 744) were to become law. What affordable health care coverage or federal public benefits would people granted one of the new statuses created by the bill be eligible for? Or how long would they have to wait to be eligible for such care or benefits?
This bill introduction is merely the first act of what will undoubtedly be a long political play. NILC looks forward to working with members of this committee to finally bring our immigration laws in line with our values for fairness, equality, and justice. Current and aspiring citizens deserve nothing less, and our country can and must do better than the status quo.
THE BILL
The bill introduced by Sen. SCHUMER (for himself, Sen. MCCAIN, Sen. DURBIN, Sen. GRAHAM, Sen. MENENDEZ, Sen. RUBIO, Sen. BENNET, and Sen. FLAKE) on Apr. 17, 2013.
On January 28, 2013, a bipartisan group of U.S. senators unveiled a framework for a future bill that, if enacted, would modernize our current immigration system as well as create a process for those living in the U.S. without authorization to apply to become U.S. citizens. The framework contains four basic pillars, which would put in place a new system for future immigration while addressing the needs of immigrants currently within the country.
