Attorney General William Barr issued a decision limiting aliens' options to fight deportation late Friday, furthering the Trump administration's immigration agenda. The little-noticed decision, made through the attorney general's unique "certification" power, removes a long-standing path to disqualify aliens with multiple drinking and driving convictions from the cancelation of deportation orders.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis urged lawmakers Tuesday to create legislation that would require employers to use a federally operated database to verify the immigration status of workers. About two dozen states now tap into the E-Verify data. But some of them, including Florida, only require verification for government jobs.
To establish the National Office of New Americans, to reduce obstacles to United States citizenship, to support the integration of immigrants and refugees into the social, cultural, economic and civic life of our shared Nation, and for other purposes.
A bill to provide for the effective use of immigration detainers to enhance public safety.
A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Operation Stonegarden grant program, and for other purposes.
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for terms and conditions for nonimmigrant workers performing agricultural labor or services, and for other purposes.
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan signed an agreement with El Salvador on Monday, giving Salvadorans covered by the Temporary Protected Status program an extra year to return to their home country. Currently, there are around 200,000 Salvadorans living in the U.S. under the special, temporary status.
As reported by Politico, Chad Wolf, who sits at the top of Trump's shortlist for Acting Sec. of DHS, worked as a lobbyist pressuring members of Congress to expand the already inflated H-1B visa program. The report states that Wolf represented Indian and U.S. companies that place H-1B workers, often displacing U.S. workers in the process.
To provide for special immigrant status for Syrian Kurds and other Syrians who partnered with the United States Government in Syria, and for other purposes.
To direct the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Security, to reinstate the Cuban Family Reunification Program, and for other purposes.
