Expect to see change in United States immigration policy during this congressional session.
Three types of legislation are being considered in Congress-an agriculture jobs bill, new guest-worker legislation and the Dream Act, which would help non-citizen students fund a college education.
The Ag Jobs Act would provide short-term relief for undocumented agricultural workers, granting them legal status when there is a shortage of legal, documented workers. The act also would provide long-term relief through a change in visa status.
New guest-worker legislation would change the rules by which non-citizens are allowed to work legally in the United States.
The Dream Act would adjust the legal status of previously undocumented students who graduate from high school in the United States. This would enable them to attend a state university without paying out-of-country tuition.
Associated Baptist Press