Chain Migration

As an IT professional who used to work for the AFL-CIO, NumbersUSA activist Deena Finchum is well aware of the impacts of mass immigration on American workers and their wages. She recently wrote an op-ed for a Virginia newspaper calling on Congress to pass Sen. Tom Cotton's RAISE Act.

President-elect Donald Trump said in an interview with Fox News that his administration will work towards a legal immigration system where new immigrants are chosen based on their skills rather than the current system that heavily favors extended family members. Trump said his administration would release the details of a plan that could possibly include protections for the roughly 1 million illegal aliens who benefited from Pres. Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

Rep. Dave Brat (R-Va.) has cosponsored Rep. Jody Hice's bill to end Chain Migration and the four immigration enforcement bills approved earlier this year by the House Judiciary Committee. Rep. Brat in one of the few Members of Congress to support bills that would both help end illegal immigration and make reductions in legal immigration numbers.

Rep. John Barrow (D-Ga.) has cosponsored Rep. Phil Gingrey's (R-Ga.) Nuclear Family Priority Act, H.R.477, that would eliminate the extended family visa categories (e.g., married sons and daughters of citizens, etc.), thus ending "chain migration" as recommended by the bipartisan Barbara Jordan Commission in 1997. Current immigration law allows U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents to sponsor non-nuclear, adult family members, creating an endless chain of mass legal immigration.

The Obama administration is proposing to make it easier for illegal aliens who are family members of American citizens to apply for legal permanent residency, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Freshman Rep. Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.) has cosponsored the CLEAR Act, H.R.100, that would increase interior enforcement by requiring the federal government to work with local municipalities to enforce immigration laws. By cosponsoring the bill, Rep. Palazzo has now cosponsored at least one bill in each category of our "5 Great Solutions".

Freshman Rep. Rich Nugent (R-Fla.) has joined NumbersUSA's 5-for-5 Club after cosponsoring Rep. Marsha Blackburn's Clear Law Enforcement for Criminal Alien Removal (CLEAR) Act of 2011. The CLEAR Act of 2011 would help local law enforcement detect, arrest and detain illegal aliens in their communties.

Rep. Gary Miller (R-Calif.) has joined NumbersUSA's 5-for-5 Club after cosponsoring Rep. Bob Goodlatte's SAFE for America Act that would end the Visa Lottery. Rep. Miller has cosponsored at least one bill in each category of our "5 Great Immigration Solutions". Rep. Miller is a long-time champion for lower immigration levels, and in the previous Congress, he joined Reps. Sue Myrick and Lamar Smith in forming the Reclaim American Jobs Caucus in Congress.

Freshman Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) has cosponsored the SAFE for America Act, H.R.704, that would end the Visa Lottery. By cosponsoring the bill, Rep. Brooks has now cosponsored at least one bill in each category of our "5 Great Solutions". While Rep. Brooks is only serving his first term in Congress, he's cosponsored more than a dozen immigration-reduction bills and was identified as a "True Reformer" during last year's mid-term elections.

Reps. Lou Barletta (R-Pa.), Brian Bilbray (R-Calif.), and Ken Calvert (R-Calif.) have added their names to the growing list of co-sponsors for Rep. Phil Gingrey's Nuclear Family Priority Act (H.R.692) that would end chain migration. H.R.692 would eliminate all family-preference visa classes, except for spouses and minor children, and create a renewable visa class for parents.

Reps. Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.), Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), David McKinley (R-W.V.), and Dennis Ross (R-Fla.) have added their names to the growing list of co-sponsors for Rep. Phil Gingrey's Nuclear Family Priority Act (H.R.692) that would end chain migration. H.R.692 would eliminate all family-preference visa classes, except for spouses and minor children, and create a renewable visa class for parents.

Rep. Walter Jones (R-N.C.) has become the first Congressman in the 112th Congress to earn 5-for-5 status from NumbersUSA. Rep. Jones earned the status by co-sponsoring all five of our "5 Great Immigration-Reduction Bills".

Reps. Tom Graves (R-Ga.), Gary Miller (R-Calif.), and David Roe (R-Tenn.) have added their names to the growing list of co-sponsors for Rep. Phil Gingrey's Nuclear Family Priority Act (H.R.692) that would end chain migration. H.R.692 would eliminate all family-preference visa classes, except for spouses and minor children, and create a renewable visa class for parents.

Reps. Dan Burton (R-Ind.), John Kline (R-Minn.), Sue Myrick (R-N.C.), and Rich Nugent (R-Fla.) have added their names to the growing list of co-sponsors for Rep. Phil Gingrey's Nuclear Family Priority Act (H.R.692) that would end chain migration. H.R.692 would eliminate all family-preference visa classes, except for spouses and minor children, and create a renewable visa class for parents.

Reps. Scott Garrett (R-N.J.), John Sullivan (R-Okla.) and Joe Wilson (S.C.) have added their names to the growing list of co-sponsors for Rep. Phil Gingrey's Nuclear Family Priority Act (H.R.692) that would end chain migration. H.R.692 would eliminate all family-preference visa classes, except for spouses and minor children, and create a renewable visa class for parents.

Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.) has introduced H.R. 692 that would would eliminate the extended family visa categories (e.g., married sons and daughters of citizens, etc.), thus ending “chain migration” as recommended by the bi-partisan Barbara Jordan Commission in 1995. Current immigration law allows U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents to sponsor non-nuclear, adult family members, creating an endless chain of mass legal immigration. Rep. Gingrey's bill would end this practice by disallowing all adult family members from receiving legal permanent residency.