Speech #1050092456

Speaker. I rise today in strong opposition to the Rohrabacher motion to Instruct the conferees on the extension of section 245(i). Section 245(i) allows parents. students. doctors and teachers who have already received an INSapproved visa petition to renew or adjust their immigration status in the United States. The ways in which to receive an INSapproved visa petition is to either have an American family member or an employer such as Motorola or Texas Instruments. who both support this provision. sponsor the person. Section 245(i) would enable these American businesses to retain skilled and trained personnel in order to prosper. Under 245(i). eligible immigrants whom the INS has already determined should be allowed to become permanent residents would normally need to return to their home consulates to renew their immigration status. leaving behind their American spouses and children. By passing an extension of 245(i). these people would be allowed to renew their immigration status in the United States while remaining in the company of their American loved ones. In fact. the only thing that the extension of 245 would do is to change the location of where a persons immigrant visa is renewed. Section 245(0) does not give special benefits to illegal immigrants. This means that the person who illegally snuck across the border. who therefore does not have an INSapproved visa petition. does not qualify for 245(i). After being subjected to fingerprinting and rigorous background checks. immigrants who have never been convicted of a crime provide and fund our INS detention and deportation activities by paying a sum of $1.000 to have their status renewed. It raises $200 million to our U.S. Treasury.