To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to check an alien's interactions on and posting of material to the Internet prior to the issuance of a visa, and for other purposes.
S. 2435, the Defend America Act of 2015, would halt the resettlement of refugees from Syria or Iraq. It would also require the Department of Homeland Security to send information on refugees to the states before being resettled.
Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., yesterday warned that the omnibus appropriations bill would quadruple a foreign worker program replacing Americans, expand the refugee program amid serious national security threats, and ignore the existence of dangerous Sanctuary Cities.
NumbersUSA sent out the following message last night to all Members of Congress, notifying them that we will score against the omnibus spending bill because of a provision that could potentially quadruple H-2B low-skilled worker visas in 2016 and its full funding, including Pres. Obama's proposed expansion, of the refugee resettlement program.
The Optional Practical Training (OPT) program’s 17-month extension for foreign STEM students will expire on February 12, 2016 unless the Department of Homeland Security asks a federal district court for an extension. The program allows foreign students to work in the United States for a short period of time after graduation to gain experience before returning to their home country, but the extension was put on hold by a federal court earlier this year.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced plans to begin collecting biometric data from non-U.S. citizens entering and exiting the country in early 2016. CBP will install six new kiosks at San Diego’s Otay Mesa port across the border from Tijuana, Mexico and hope to be collecting both entry and exit data by February.
