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7/21/2006 IMMIGRATION ALERT:
RETROGRESSION LOBBYING AND ADVOCACY TELECONFERENCE
Free Teleconference -
Thursday July 27 - 3 pm ET / 12 noon PT
As we mentioned in our last Healthcare Immigration Alert (http://www.hammondlawfirm.com/alerts/07.18.2006_alert.htm),
the allotment of 50,000 EX Schedule A immigrant visas will be exhausted in
the 4th quarter of 2006. The Department of State will likely retrogress the
numbers in October 2006 in order to ensure that cases with older priority
dates are not prejudiced.
This phenomenon last happened at the end of 2004. At that time HLG, along
with twenty immigration law firms, led the fight in Congress to approve the
special 50,000 immigrant visa allotment. We raised almost $100,000 and were
able to keep the retrogression short: it lasted from January 2005 - May
2005. HLG is again committed to leading the fight to eliminate
retrogression. The strategy this time is to permanently exempt Schedule A
occupations -- Physical Therapists and Registered Nurses -- from the
immigrant visa quota.
This year's fight will be no different. There are two key components to
this:
1. Fundraising. Simply, if we do not raise enough money to hire a skilled
lobbyist, we will not be successful. Our expected budget is $100,000. If you
contributed last time, please consider donating again. If you didn't last
time, please remember that without fundraising, the retrogression will not
be cured and foreign recruiting of healthcare professionals will not happen.
2. Grassroots advocacy. It is critical that we learn of any special
relationships that any HLG clients have with Representatives and Senators.
We will need to leverage these relationships in order to have our bill
passed.
If you want to participate in this free teleconference, please send an
email to
mmc@hammondlawfirm.com by TUESDAY July 25.
In your email you should include: name, title, company, telephone, and email.
In the meantime, please keep up with the latest news on the retrogression
legislation on our Healthcare Immigration Advocacy Blog.
www.hammondlawgroup.blogspot.com
Keep up with the latest Immigration News by signing up
for all of Hammond Law Group LLC's free publications:
Immigration Alerts, Medical Monthly Monitor and Business Immigration
Quarterly.
http://www.hammondlawfirm.com/mailing_list.htm
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