To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize lawful permanent resident status for certain college graduates who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes.
House Democrats have called for small cuts to funding for ICE in a new spending bill released earlier this week, but House Dems also pressed to revoke more than $2 billion in money already in place for barriers critical to border security.
The Governors of South Dakota and Iowa recently announced that they will be sending law enforcement personnel to the U.S.–Mexico border, joining several other states in assisting Texas and Arizona with the ongoing border crisis.
Congressman Byron Donalds (R-FL) and several of his colleagues are warning against the Biden administration’s possible termination of Title 42, the public health policy that allows U.S. border officials to expel illegal aliens quickly.
The most notorious parliamentary procedural tactic of the last century, known colloquially as the "filibuster," looks to be in its death throes. The previous two presidents, Trump and Obama, both called for fundamentally weakening or ending the filibuster altogether. So the question is what has the filibuster meant for immigration in the past and what could a "nuclear option" to weaken or end the filibuster mean for immigration policy?
To provide that no Federal funds may be used for the Central American Minors Program, and for other purposes.
To support remediation of illicit cross-border tunnels, and for other purposes.
The border fence along the border with Mexico has been a contentious issue. Many environmental organizations have opposed barriers because of concerns about the effect on wildlife habitats, but has any acknowledged the widespread destruction caused by illegal immigration coming through Mexico?
According to a recent Harvard Harris Poll, a majority of voters believe that President Biden should implement stricter immigration policies to limit the number of illegal aliens currently surging across the southern border.
Senate Republicans filibustered the For the People Act, S. 2093, on Tuesday, killing the Democrats hopes of passing legislation that would put severe restrictions on citizen advocacy groups like NumbersUSA. While the legislation was billed as a voter reform bill, and did include provisions to increase access to the ballot, it also included provisions that would make it much more difficult for advocacy groups to operate.
