Ending Payments to Non-American Citizens Act
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportTo prohibit payments from the Judgment Fund to aliens who are not lawful permanent residents, and for other purposes.
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Illegal Immigrant Payoff Prohibition Act
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportTo amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit payments of compromise settlements arising out of certain violations of the immigration laws, and for other purposes.
Keep Food Local and Affordable Act of 2021
NumbersUSA's Position:
OpposeTo maintain 2021 H-2A adverse effect wage rates for calendar year 2022 to stabilize United States food prices.
CBO: Dems "Plan A" Amnesty Would Cost $500 Billion
According to a report by the Congressional Budget Office, Democrats’ hope to include a complete “pathway to citizenship,” also known as amnesty, in the Budget Reconciliation bill would cost the Federal government more than $500 billion over the next few decades.
House Set to Repeat History of Immigration Injustices
The economic conditions brought about by the pandemic give us a glimpse of what a landscape even marginally tilted toward workers might look like: more flexibility, better working conditions, higher wages, and last but not least: the dignity that goes hand in hand with meaningful work. The immigration framework drafted by the House for the budget reconciliation bill would short-circuit that progress.
Protect Communities from a Porous Border Act of 2021
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportTo provide for the mandatory detention of aliens who are security risks or present insufficient or false credentials, and for other purposes.
Topics We're Supposed to Avoid
Southwest border encounters are at an all-time high, interior enforcement is at a ten-year low, illegal presence in the United States is no longer enough to warrant removal, and new restrictions on workplace enforcement against illegal workers are going into effect. David Shor has advice for Democrats: Don't talk about it.
Analysis of Monthly Census Survey Shows Big Increase in Foreign-Born Population
A recent analysis of the Census Bureau’s monthly Current Population Survey conducted by the Center for Immigration Studies shows that the total foreign-born population increased by 1.6 million from September 2020 to September 2021. The total foreign-born population fell for much of 2020 but rebounded immensely during recent months.
NYT blames the border crisis on the pandemic, natural disasters; readers disagree
Readers weigh in on an article in The New York Times that claimed erroneously that COVID-19 and natural disasters are driving the recent record surge in illegal immigration.
H.R. 5810
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportTo authorize the transfer to Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas of certain materials for the construction of the border wall, and for other purposes.
