The Biden administration’s immigration reform bill will have a provision that seeks to replace the term “alien” with “noncitizen” in immigration law.

This new proposal to improve the way we refer to people who move to the U.S. from other countries is a welcome start and an important signal from the new administration. It is not the first time that a bill has proposed to make this change in terminology.

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The Immigration Compliance Group InFOCUS News and update is available for December 2011.  If you’re not signed up to receive our free news and information, we invite you to do so here.

In this issue we address the Outmoded H-1B Cap, H.R. 3012 that eliminates country limits for skilled worker green-cards that just passed the House, application processing times,  miscellaneous News Bytes, and other new in the immigration community.

Should you wish to contact our office to discuss business immigration or employment eligibility verification issues, we’d be glad to hear from you.

The January edition of our InFOCUS news and podcast is now available.  Hope you enjoy it!