Fairness for High-Skilled Americans Act of 2019
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportTo amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the Optional Practical Training Program, and for other purposes.
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Emergency Border Spending Bill Passes House 230-195, Fails Senate
Last night, after clenching an eleventh-hour deal with the Congressional Progressive Caucus and Congressional Hispanic Caucus on the emergency border spending package, Speaker Nancy Pelosi was able to avoid an embarrassing interparty split and ensure the bill's passage. This afternoon, the Senate rejected the House emergency spending bill, by a vote of 37-55, and passed its supplemental bill, S. 1900, by a vote of 84-8.
Combating Deceptive Immigration Enforcement Practices Act of 2019
NumbersUSA's Position:
OpposeTo amend section 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit immigration officers or agents of the Department of Homeland Security from wearing clothing or other items bearing the word "police".
Byron York: What Now, For Those Who Denied A 'Crisis' At The Border?
In an op-ed posted today to the Washington Examiner website, Chief Political Correspondent Byron York questioned what comes next for those who vehemently denied that there was a legitimate crisis at the southern border. The situation at the border is so terrible in part because those in power, and those cheering them on in the media, have resisted measures to reduce illegal immigration.
Gallup: One In Three Americans Want Immigration Numbers Reduced
Concerns about immigration and its impact on crime and taxes have soared to the highest level ever recorded, according to a new Gallup survey. The polling company said that more Americans than ever before cited immigration as their top concern in the most recent study.
Half-told stories
A recent story in The New Yorker about an asylum seeker from Honduras tells a compelling story about a woman seeking to escape a violent past. The reporter, like many before her, fails to ask crucial questions that, if pursued, would give the reader a much fuller and more accurate understanding of the actual facts of the case.
43's 44% in 2004 - Zombie Exit Polling
Now that we are entering another presidential election cycle, the unfortunate recycling of dubious narratives is also beginning anew. The latest example is the Lazarushian claim that George W. Bush received 44% of the Hispanic vote in the 2004 election.
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Humanitarian Assistance and Security at the Southern Border Act, 2019
NumbersUSA's Position:
OpposeMaking emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes.
Encourage New Legalized Immigrants to Start Training Act
NumbersUSA's Position:
OpposeTo amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the enlistment in the Armed Forces of certain aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States and were younger than 15 years of age when they initially entered the United States, but who are otherwise qualified for enlistment, and to provide a mechanism by which such aliens, by reason of their honorable service in the Armed Forces, may be lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence.
White House Reviews Rule To Change Flores Agreement
The White House Office of Management and Budget has started reviewing a proposed rule that would allow lengthy detentions of migrant children, according to the agencies website, as reported by Politico. The rule aims to free the Trump Administration from the restrictions of the 1997 Flores settlement agreement.
