Sen. Lindsey Graham: Green Cards

Comprehensive Immigration Bill Dept: Green cards are permanent resident visas and allow holders to eventually become U.S. citizens, according to Calgary Herald. Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Republican who is part of a bipartisan Senate group negotiating the bill, said the aim is to remake the immigration system so it has a much clearer economic focus and WASHINGTON - Senators writing a comprehensive immigration bill may dramatically limit green cards for extended families of U.S. citizens, reserving them for immediate family members instead, a key lawmaker said Thursday. The move would be a significant change to U.S. immigration policy that's long favoured family ties over economic or job criteria. And it's already sparking opposition from groups trying to protect family-based immigration. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.