Speech #1100053879

Those are pretty good questions. If the trigger is never met. I can answer it for you: The Z visa probationary status never ends in the bill. It is explained on page 291. line 17: Probationary authorization document does not expire until "6 months after the date on which the Secretary begins to approve applications for Z visas." So if the trigger is never met. if the Department of Homeland Security never starts approving the applications and the 6month clock never starts ticking. therefore. the probationary authorization document never expires. My staff asked about this in one of the briefings by the group promoting the bill. The staffers asked: Does the Z visa probationary card ever expire? The answer was: Well. because the triggers are going to get met sometime. in fact. it is not going to expire. So. in addition. we need to remember that there is no guarantee that the additional enforcement itemsI talked about that earlierin title I and title II of this legislation that purport to be effective in enforcing the lawthere are dozens of things there that are not listed in the trigger.