United States · Bill · S
S. 1857 (112th)
Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act
Introduced
10 November 2011
Last action
10 November 2011 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Sponsors
Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Subjects
Immigration
Source updated
10 August 2026
Summary
Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) eliminate the per country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants, and (2) increase the per country numerical limitation for family based immigrants. Amends the Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992 to eliminate the provision requiring the reduction of annual Chinese immigrant visas to offset status adjustments under such Act.
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Timeline
10 November 2011
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
10 November 2011
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 10 November 2011 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] · R · Sponsor
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Related records
- related to → Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2011
- related to → Protecting American Families and Businesses Act of 2011
- related to → AGREE Act
- related to ← AGREE Act
- related to ← Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2011
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/1857
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/1857
- us · 112-s-1857 · source updated 10 August 2026