Immigration Reform: What Needs To Happen

On March 15, 2022, Prof. Stephen H. Legomsky, The John S. Lehmann University Professor Emeritus, Washington University School of Law, testified before the United States Senate Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Safety, Committee on the Judiciary. The nutshell:

"Section I of this testimony examines ways to raise the worldwide caps on the admission of LPRs.

Section II recommends reclassifying the family-sponsored “2As” (spouses and unmarried children of LPRs) as cap-exempt immediate relatives.

Section III advocates raising the per-country limits.

Section IV prescribes early filing of adjustment of status applications for certain employment-based immigrants.

Section V calls for repealing the so-called “3/10” bars and lifelong bars that create inadmissibility based on past unlawful presence."