A bipartisan effort in the U.S. Senate to address immigration issues, including some significant employment-related changes, fizzled last week while attached to a military assistance spending bill for Ukraine and Israel. Although the Senate’s failure to approve the immigration changes stifled any chances for meaningful reform this year, the willingness of a group of Senators from both sides of the aisle to negotiate this package indicates a potential change on the horizon. The employment provisions would have increased the number of employment-related immigrant visas and would have facilitated greater access to employment authorization for specified nonimmigrants.
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