How does the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill of 2009 impact my ability to become a United States citizen?
This bill could bring sweeping change to immigration. Intended to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act, the bill is designed to— • Enhance border security and achieve effective immigration enforcement • Improve detention conditions • Increase protection during enforcement activities, for instance, providing temporary visas and work authorization for detained workers when they have been targeted by their employers for asserting their rights if they agree to pursue labor claims against those employers • Reduce long backlogs in family and employment immigrant and non-immigrant visa processing • Promote family unity in a variety of ways, including reclassifying spouses and children of lawful permanent residents as immediate relatives • Create the Prevent Unauthorized Migration Visa • Create a legalization program for qualified undocumented immigrants, their spouses, and their children • Allow qualified conditional non-immigrants and their spouses and children to apply for lawful perma
