COVID-19 International Response and Recovery Act of 2020
NumbersUSA's Position:
OpposeA bill to respond to the global COVID-19 pandemic, and for other purposes.
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FIRST Act
NumbersUSA's Position:
OpposeA bill to require the release of most aliens detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement during a national emergency related to a communicable disease.
UNITE Act of 2020
NumbersUSA's Position:
OpposeA bill to mobilize individuals in the United States in the fight against coronavirus by expanding volunteer opportunities in AmeriCorps, expanding employment opportunities at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and utilizing the expertise of Peace Corps volunteer leaders whose service ended on March 15, 2020, and for other purposes.
Judicial Watch sues to stop California's illegal immigrant stimulus program
Judicial Watch announced a lawsuit Tuesday aimed at stopping California’s illegal immigrant stimulus program, saying Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to give out $75 million in taxpayers’ money to help those in the country illegally survive the coronavirus crisis is illegal.
Health Care Workforce Protection Act of 2020
NumbersUSA's Position:
OpposeTo direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to extend the period of authorized stay for certain alien health care workers during the COVID-19 emergency period, and for other purposes.
Coronavirus Immigrant Families Protection Act
NumbersUSA's Position:
OpposeA bill to ensure that all communities have access to urgently needed COVID-19 testing, treatment, public health information, and relief benefits regardless of immigration status or limited English proficiency, and for other purposes.
PANDEMIC Act
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportTo require the removal of aliens in detention during a national emergency related to a communicable disease, and for other purposes.
Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act
NumbersUSA's Position:
OpposeA bill to enhance our Nation's nurse and physician workforce during the COVID-19 crisis by recapturing unused immigrant visas.
Are doctors and nurses 'Jobs Americans Won't Do'? A bipartisan group of Senators would have you believe so
Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), David Perdue (R-Ga.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), and Chris Coons (D-Del.) have introduced legislation that would give 40,000 green cards to foreign doctors and nurses, claiming we have a shortage of healthcare providers. But is the "shortage" due to a lack of Americans willing to enter the field, or is it more due more systemic issues?
Green card bill would bring more foreign doctors, nurses to US despite greatest job loss since Great Depression
A group of senators introduced new legislation Thursday to grant 40,000 unused green card slots to foreign health care workers needed to help U.S. medical professionals fight the coronavirus pandemic, despite the President's "immigration ban" and over 30 million joblessness claims in the past six weeks.
