H.R. 3687 — To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program and to re-allocate those visas to certain employment-based immigrants who obtain an advanced degree in the United States.

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Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program and provide an equal number of annual immigrant visas (55,000) to certain employment-based aliens who obtain an advanced degree in the United States.

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2009-10-01
Introduced in House
2009-10-01
Introduced in House
2009-10-01
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2009-10-19
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program and to re-allocate those visas to certain employment-based immigrants who obtain an advanced degree in the United States.

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