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COVID-19 Employment Authorization Document Extension Act
NumbersUSA's Position:
OpposeTo direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to automatically extend the period of validity of an alien's employment authorization during an emergency period, and for other purposes.
NO PORK Act
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportTo rescind the appropriation made for migration and refugee assistance in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act and redirect the funds to U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Despite hype, DACA health-care workers not vital in Covid-19 fight
The nation's ability to survive the Covid-19 pandemic does not depend on continuing the DACA amnesty, despite a major attempt to suggest otherwise in the elite East Coast media this week.
As always, the numbers in the debate have to be put in context.
Pandemics and Population: Lessons from the Coronavirus Catastrophe of 2020
Charles Blow: 'stained with economic elitism' (but our future doesn't have to be)
Wages for middle and lower-income workers have stagnated for decades. Now, they potentially risk their lives to remain employed. Something's got to give.
Lawyers Sue to Keep Foreign Workers in U.S. Despite 96.8 Mil Americans out of Work Force
Corporate immigration lawyers are asking a federal judge to take control of the immigration system from President Donald Trump and then suspend routine visa deadlines for foreign workers until after the coronavirus epidemic has passed.
DACA Attorneys Request Delay of Supreme Court Decision
Even though the Supreme Court was empty due to COVID-19, justices are still making decisions virtually. Among those coming up is the future of the program, which so-called “Dreamers” and advocates hope will be delayed.
Extra H-2B visas put on hold amid massive job losses
In a big win for American workers, especially those who are most affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Trump Administration announced on Thursday that it was putting on hold a plan to issue 35,000 additional H-2B visas this spring to low-skilled foreign workers.
Coronavirus Immigrant Families Protection Act
NumbersUSA's Position:
OpposeTo 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.