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Local Officials Using State Funds To Provide Healthcare To Illegal Aliens
A new Wall Street Journal Survey showed that 20 out of the 25 counties in the U.S. with the highest levels of illegal aliens are using state funds to provide healthcare for local illegal aliens.
42 House Republicans Ask Appropriations Committee to Defund Sanctuary Cities
42 House Republicans, led by Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.), sent a letter to the Appropriation Committees in charge of funding the Department of Homeland Security and the Justice Department asking them to deny federal funding to any jurisdictions that uphold sanctuary policies for illegal aliens.
H.R. 3698: Sponsors (2015)
2015: Sponsored H.R. 3698, the Military Enlistment Opportunity Act of 2015, introduced by Rep. Mike Coffman (R-Colo.)
Being a 'home-grown' terrorist doesn't mean immigration policy irrelevant
I'm seeing a lot about "home-grown" terrorists from news media and open-borders enthusiasts. They seem to be suggesting that the fact that many of the perpetrators were not recent immigrants means that immigration policies don't play a significant role in the wave of terror in Brussels, Paris, San Bernardino and the next target cities. But excessive immigration provides the pools in which the bad guys can swim safely largely out of reach of the authorities.
Borjas Study Shows Illegal Aliens More Likely To Gain Employment Over Native Workers
The Wall Street Journal picked up Harvard professor George Borjas’ study that shows how the employment gap for hiring illegal aliens over native born American workers has increased dramatically in the last twenty years. The study suggests that the reason for this is that while American workers would do the jobs they are not willing to work for below average living wages.
H.R. 4856
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportH.R. 4856 would make aliens associated with a criminal gang inadmissible, deportable, and ineligible for various forms of relief.
Justice Department Settles Claims Involving Discrimination Against American Workers
The Justice Department announced a settlement agreement with Barrios Street Realty Inc. concerning claims that the Lockport, Louisiana-based company discriminated against Americans by hiring foreign H-2B workers. Of the settlement, a department spokesperson Gupta said, “Federal law prohibits employers from discriminating against U.S. workers in hiring.
One Third of H-1B Workers In Ohio Paid Internship Level Wages
Ohio companies are following the national trend of using H-1B visas to replace American workers with cheaper, foreign labor, more than one third of the H-1B visa applications for the state of Ohio were for workers at the lowest wage level, similar to an internship.
Border Patrol Agent Reveals DHS Has 'No Intention' of Deporting Illegal Aliens
In testimony released by the House Judiciary Committee on Monday Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council, confirmed that he and other border patrol agents were told to release illegal aliens caught at the border since DHS had “no intention” of deporting them.