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Legislative Update The Associated Press reported last week that the Tennessee legislature has passed a bill barring undocumented immigrants and foreign visitors on temporary visas from acquiring standard driver’s licenses. The alternate licenses available to such classes of aliens will be marked as “NOT VALID FOR I.D” and will have a significantly different design than the standard licenses have. State officials say that non-citizens have come to Tennessee for driver’s licenses because of its relaxed requirements and cite the bill as an anti-terrorism measure. Gov. Bredesen is expected to sign the bill into law. ***** H.R.4373 : To preserve the preeminence of the United States in scientific research by improving the Visas Mantis security check program through a reduction of processing times and improvement in efficiency under such program. Latest Major Action: 5/17/2004 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. H.R.4406 : To reform the judicial review process of orders of removal for purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. H.R.4408 : -- Private Bill; For the relief of Jen-Hui Tsai. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. H.R.4415 : To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the "specialized knowledge" basis for obtaining nonimmigrant status as an intracompany transferee, to impose an annual numerical limitation on nonimmigrant visas for such transferees, and for other purposes. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. H.R.4417 : To modify certain deadlines pertaining to machine-readable, tamper-resistant entry and exit documents. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. H.R.4418 : To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2005 and 2006 for the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection and the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement of the Department of Homeland Security, for the Office of the United States Trade Representative, for the United States International Trade Commission, and for other purposes. Status: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
H.R.4440 : To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to render proof of possession by an alien of a consular identification card issued by a foreign mission prima facie evidence that the alien is deportable, to render inadmissible for 10 years any alien who is unlawfully present in the United States and presents such a card to satisfy a Federal identification-related requirement, and for other purposes. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. H.R.4469 : To authorize appropriations to the Secretary of the Interior for the restoration of the Angel Island Immigration Station in the State of California. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Resources. S.2443 : A bill to reform the judicial review process of orders of removal for purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. For a review of all the immigration bills that have been recently introduced, visit our legislative chart at www.visalaw.com/advocacy.html.
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