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DHS Grants Deportation Amnesty to 323,000 Venezuelans
The Department of Homeland Security recently announced a deportation amnesty for 323,000 illegal aliens from Venezuela reportedly due to ongoing political unrest in the South American country.
Border Visibility and Security Act
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportTo ensure operational control of the southwest border, and for other purposes.
Significant Transnational Criminal Organization Designation Act
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportTo amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to add membership in a significant transnational criminal organization to the list of grounds of inadmissibility and to prohibit the provision of material support or resources to such organizations.
Border Visibility and Security Act
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportTo ensure operational control of the southwest border, and for other purposes.
Quarter of Illegal Aliens Released in Texas Town Test Positive for COVID-19
According to the head of one local non-profit, approx- imately a quarter of illegal aliens released in Harlingen Texas have tested positive for the Coronavirus after being dropped off by Border Patrol officers through the practice of 'catch and release.'
DHS Refuses to Test Illegal Aliens for Covid Before Releasing them into U.S.
U.S. border officials have stated that they have no plans for personnel on the southern border to administer coronavirus tests on scores of aliens pouring through; despite growing concerns that the crisis at the border could exacerbate the spread of the virus.
CDC: Border Detention Facilities Allowed to Operate at 100% Despite Growing Border/Public-Health Concerns
The Centers for Disease Control is now allowing detention facilities at the border responsible for handling alien minors who crossed illegally into the U.S. to expand to full capacity, abandoning the health requirement that they stay near 50% to inhibit the spread of the coronavirus.
Biden Admin. Orders DHS Officials NOT to Share Border Surge Info with Reporters
A senior-level law enforcement source at DHS recently revealed they received verbal orders from within the department restricting officials’ right to inform the public about the growing crisis at the border, drastically hindering the transparency of both DHS and the Biden Administration.
Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2021
NumbersUSA's Position:
OpposeTo amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for terms and conditions for nonimmigrant workers performing agricultural labor or services, and for other purposes.