Bennet introduces Visa reform bill for undocumented students

No, because they don't come here for freebies and incentives, they come here to work in a better paying job because there are more opportunities for them here - and that's not going to go away anytime soon. If you want to decrease the number of illegals we have, then make the work visa process easier (right now it's cumbersome, lengthy, and expensive, no wonder they bypass it and sneak in), so they are documented and then contribute their fair share to our economy in withholdings, etc.

The bill hasn't been uploaded yet so it's impossible to read firsthand what it exactly says, so I'm having to go on what Bennet's office has explained to reporters, rather than being able to analyze for myself what it says (and I hate relying on other peoples' interpretations, but have no choice here as of yet). Most of the stories I found are in agreement with the one cited below, explaining that the green cards are for foreign college and graduate students who are here on student visas and the undocumented students get student visas in order to attend college. There is no amnesty offered beyond that that I've read about except in one story (and it's the Huffington Post, which you guys usually dismiss as biased/wrong, so I'm sure <tongue-in-cheek> that you don't want to start believing them now! ) that claims that undocumented workers will be offered green cards also once graduating college so there is one discrepancy there that will be resolved once the actual bill is published for the rest of us to read for ourselves.

http://www.denverpost.com/politics/ci_19542420
Bennet bill seeks visas for illegal immigrants studying math, science
By Allison Sherry
Updated: 12/14/2011

In 2009, between half and two-thirds of all PhDs awarded by American universities in physics, economics, computer science and other technical fields were earned by international students. The problem is that the United States doles out a finite number of green cards or permanent visas to stay and work here. Companies have been complaining loudly to Congress for years that they can't get the help they need from the American pool. The number of EB-3 visas granted has slipped each year since 2005, from 129,070 to 39,762 in 2010, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

His proposal only provides a way for undocumented students to attend college as legal citizens on a student visa if they study science, math or technology.

Why do we want to encourage foreign students to stay?

The immigrant success stories are there already: More than 40 percent of the 2010 Fortune 500 companies, including Google and Yahoo, were founded by immigrants or their children and these companies employ more than 3.6 million people nationally.

Here is the bill number and title, with a link to where it will eventually be published below that.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D ... p/~bdGmu1: :
Bill Summary & Status
112th Congress (2011 - 2012)
S.1986

S.1986
Latest Title: A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to promote innovation, investment, and research in the United States, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Bennet, Michael F. [CO] (introduced 12/13/2011) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 12/13/2011 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c112:S.1986 :

The text of S.1986 has not yet been received from GPO
Bills are generally sent to the Library of Congress from the Government Printing Office a day or two after they are introduced on the floor of the House or Senate. Delays can occur when there are a large number of bills to prepare or when a very large bill has to be printed.