This week, Rep. Steve Chabot (R-OH) in the House and Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) in the Senate introduced legislation to increase the number of H-2B workers accepted in the U.S. each year. NumbersUSA has sent a scoring alert to Members of Congress warning them against increasing the number of foreign workers admitted to the U.S. each year.
A new study by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) shows that the U.S. can help twelve Syrians in the Middle East for the same cost as relocating one Syrian refugee in the United States.
To establish an employment-based immigrant visa for alien entrepreneurs who have received significant capital from investors to establish a business in the United States.
In a Roll Call op-ed published today, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) called for the end of the EB-5 visa program that allows foreign nationals to buy green cards and eventually gain U.S. citizenship. The program is set to expire in December unless renewed by Congress.
H.R. 3918, the Strengthen Employment And Seasonal Opportunities Now (SEASON) Act, would exempt foreign workers who have received an H-2B guest-worker visa in any of the past three years from the current year's annual limits. This would potentially quadruple the number of H-2B visas issued each year from 65,000 to 260,000.
H.R. 3928, the Ending the Sanctuary Capitol Policy Act of 2015, would allow the Capitol Police to enforce existing federal immigration laws on Capitol property. This legislation could potentially reduce the number of illegal aliens who currently lobby for amnesty legislation on Capitol Hill.
In a recent interview with Univision’s Jorge Ramos presidential hopeful, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), said he would leave President Obama’s 2012 executive action that gives work permits to DREAMers in place if elected president. Rubio did not say if he would allow current DACA recipients to renew their work permits or allow new applicants to receive work permits.
The newly-elected House Speaker said in several interviews on Sunday that he will not work on any comprehensive immigration bills with Obama due to his use of executive orders to shield millions living in the U.S. illegally from deportation.
