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Best of 2021: Immigration Reads You May Have Missed

Updated: November 15th, 2022, 5:04 pm
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  by  Andrew Good

As the curtain closes on 2021, the NumbersUSA staff who work as part of the Media Standards Project have each pulled together a list of noteworthy media items from the year that advanced a healthy, civil, productive conversation on immigration-related issues.

These pundits and reporters provided their consumers with high-quality commentary and information, allowing the space to explore nuances, trade-offs, and policy prescriptions with intellectual integrity.

Senate Parliamentarian Rules Against 'Plan C' Amnesty

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The Senate Parliamentarian ruled against the Democrats including their 'Plan C' amnesty in the Build Back Better Act that they hope to pass by using the filibuster-proof budget reconciliation process. The plan would have granted work permits and legal status, called "parole," to approximately 7.9 million illegal aliens. But like the Democrats' two prior amnesty proposals, the Senate rules arbiter said the proposal would violate the Byrd rule.

Sec. Mayorkas Issues New Rules All But Banning Immigration Enforcement in Nation's Capital

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The Department of Homeland Security has implemented new rules to further protect illegal aliens in the Nation’s capital. According to the Secretary of Homeland Security, immigration enforcement, even “near” these new locations, is all but completely barred.

Will vulnerable NH Sen. Hassan defy state voters and approve BBB amnesty?

Updated: December 27th, 2021, 12:20 am

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  by  Roy Beck

A new survey found that an overwhelming portion of New Hampshire voters oppose the amnesty that their electorally vulnerable Senator Maggie Hassan is supporting in the $2 trillion Build Back Better reconciliation bill before the Senate. The polling shows that Sen. Hassan is putting her political career at considerable risk if she votes to approve the 10-year amnesty in the BBB reconciliation bill.

Big Case Brewing That Could Shake the Foundation of Biden's Immigration Policy Agenda

Updated: December 24th, 2021, 7:25 am
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  by  Jared Culver

While the main focus at the moment is on a pending massive amnesty for millions in a budget reconciliation bill, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has voted for a rehearing on an extremely important immigration challenge from Texas that could shake the foundation of the entire Biden immigration policy agenda. Congress passing amnesty is hanging in the balance of the Senate Parliamentarian and whatever tea leaves Senator Manchin is reading on a given day. Meanwhile, the Fifth Circuit will be examining the immigration enforcement priorities issued by the Biden administration. These are “enforcement” in name only as any fair reading of them makes it clear they are designed to drastically reduce the enforcement of immigration laws under the name of resource management.

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