CLINIC joined with several organizations to ask Congress to advocate for extension of the Special Immigrant Non-Minister portion of the Religious Worker Visa Program for a period of three years.
A copy of the letter is below.
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September 2, 2009
The Honorable David Price, Chairman The Honorable Robert Byrd, Chairman
Committee on Appropriations Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee on Homeland Security Subcommittee on Homeland Security
U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Senate
Washington, D.C. 20515 Washington, D.C. 20510
Re: H.R. 2892 Homeland Security Appropriations for FY2010
Dear Conferees:
We, the undersigned organizations, write to express our support for Section 571 of the Senate-passed version of H.R. 2892, the Fiscal Year 2010 Homeland Security Appropriations Act. As you know, this section was added to H.R. 2892 on the Senate floor by Senators Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Bill Nelson (D-FL), John Cornyn (R-TX), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Robert Bennett (R-UT), Harry Reid (D-NV), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and was agreed to by unanimous consent. It would extend, without change, two expiring provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act and enact into law a mechanism for providing immigration relief for widows and orphans of U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents. We urge conferees deliberating on H.R. 2892 to include this important section in the final conference agreement.
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