REUNITE Act
NumbersUSA's Position:
OpposeA bill to reunite families separated at or near ports of entry.
News
OP-ED: Make E-Verify the Norm, Not the Exception
Dr. Mark Thies, a professor of chemical and biochemical engineering at Clemson University, published an op-ed calling for mandatory E-Verify. Thies makes the case that the President should follow up on the decision by the Trump Organization to use E-Verify at all its properties with a push to make it mandatory for all U.S. employers.
Mental Health Care for Children Inhumanely Separated from Parents by the Federal Government Act of 2019
NumbersUSA's Position:
OpposeTo require the Federal Government to provide mental health services to each child who has been separated from one or more parent as a result of implementation of the Trump Administration's zero tolerance policy at the United States border, and for other purposes.
Census Accuracy Act of 2019
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportTo amend title 13, United States Code, to require that any questionnaire used in determining the decennial census of population shall contain an option for respondents to indicate citizenship status or lawful presence in the United States, and for other purposes.
Polling consistently finds Americans want legal immigration cut
The news is filled with reports of employers pressuring the Trump Administration to increase immigration above the million-a-year average. But it is important to remember that the voters -- the ones who actually decide who gets to hold office -- have overwhelmingly preferred cutting immigration in poll after poll over the last two years.
Population Growth Missing from Coverage of Arizona's Drought Contingency Plan
The Arizona legislature commissioned a Drought Contingency Plan (DCP) for the arid state. An op-ed in the Arizona Daily Star takes the DCP to task for failing to come up with an actual plan to conserve water, but the writer himself fails to adequately address the main reason Arizona is running out of usable freshwater.
House Democrats to Vote on Resolution to Block Trump Border Emergency Declaration
House Democrats will vote on a resolution to block Pres. Trump’s national emergency declaration as early as next week. The President signed the declaration last week, declaring a national emergency after month’s of record-level border apprehensions of family units and unaccompanied minors. Pres. Trump is looking to shift funds from other agencies to help fund additional barriers along the U.S.- Mexico border.
WH Working on Immigration Package to Increase Foreign Worker Visas
White House officials are building on Pres. Trump’s call to increase legal immigration, according to a new report from McClatchy. According to the report, Pres. Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, has been meeting with a number of business groups and other government officials to devise an immigration plan that would increase the number of employment based visas for foreign workers.
Rep. Gosar Introduces Legislation to Block In-State Tuition for Illegal Aliens
Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) has introduced legislation that would block states from giving in-state tuition benefits to illegal aliens. Under federal law, it’s illegal for states to grant a benefit to illegal aliens that can’t be accessed by all U.S. citizens, but still, a number of states have passed laws that allow illegal aliens to receive the in-state tuition benefit.
Spending Bill Guts Interior Enforcement
After 8 weeks of back-and-forth theatrics between Pres. Trump and Democratic Leaders (that included a 5-week partial government shutdown), the President received $75 million more in border wall funding than what Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer offered in December.
The cost for obtaining the additional $75 million for fencing was far too high -- a substantial weakening of interior enforcement, including an incentive for illegal-alien sponsors of unaccompanied alien children (UACs).
