So. the House conferees felt they should have a sunset. I did not. They demanded that some of the 45.000 additional skilled visas would go instead to the more distant relatives of U.S. citizens. in fact. the most distant that can come in under our immigration laws. to brothers. sisters. brothersinlaw. sistersinlaw. nieces. and nephews. That is present law. So they insisted that some of these 45.000 additional visaswhere I came up from 630.000 to 675.000should go to nieces. nephews. sistersinlaw. brothersinlaw and sisters and brothers instead of having those precious numbers going to spouse and children. I do not understand that. I think precious numbers on precious visas should go to spouses and children and not more distant relatives. So I believe that I have bent more than perhaps I ever should have in the offer and still it was not accepted. It was my best effort. my best honest effort at a good faith attempt to get a bill. I could not accept their return offer either. which was to benefit these distant family immigrants and penalize the skilled immigrants. I found that unaccepable. I am willing to consider any additional offers that the House has to make on this issue. and I expect to hear more from them before this session of the Congress ends.
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