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H.R. 583: Sponsors (2015)
2015: Sponsored H.R. 583, the Timely Repatriation Act, introduced by Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas)
DHS Suspends Plans to Implement Executive Amnesty
The Obama Administration has quietly ceased its preparations to implement the president's Nov. 20 executive amnesty. The Department of Homeland Security has suspended plans to hire up to 3,100 new employees that would have processed the applications to grant work permits and other documentation necessary to allow approximately 5 million illegal aliens to stay in the U.S.
This week's changes in Prez Hopefuls' immigration ratings
What changed this week in how the 22 Presidential Hopefuls stack up in protecting American workers from harmful immigration policies?
5th Circuit Seeks More Information for Executive-Amnesty Injunction Appeal Case
Politico reports the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the Justice Department and a coalition of 26 states to comment on a three-judge panel’s ruling that temporarily affirmed an injunction blocking President Obama's executive amnesties. Supplemental briefs addressing that panel’s majority and dissenting opinions in the emergency stay case are due on June 18. Another three-judge panel within the 5th Circuit will hear arguments in the separate injunction appeal case beginning on July 10.
Major breakthrough in MSM coverage of displaced American IT workers
Yesterday afternoon, the New York Times published a blockbuster story, "Last Task After Disney Layoffs: Train Foreign Replacements," by Julia Preston. The Times' story is a big deal. NumbersUSA members negatively impacted by the H-1B visa program have long expressed frustration that their plight was ignored by the mainstream media. Many of them have personally contacted reporters, left comments online, and written letters to editors in an effort to be heard. Their efforts are paying off. With the Times' story, their concerns have gone mainstream.
More self-censoring by media of wage & immigration connections
"U.S. Workers Ask: Where's My Raise?" proclaims the Wall Street Journal in a serious June 3 analysis of many reasons for the stagnant wage situation for millions of Americans. But, as usual for mainstream media, the Journal totally ignored one of the most obvious factors: out-of-control immigration that adds to the country's giant labor surplus that allows employers to hold down wages.
ICE Chose to Release 3,700 'Threat Level 1' Criminal Aliens in 2014
The Washington Times obtained new data from House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., that shows 57 percent of the criminal aliens released from detention pending deportation were let go on a discretionary rather than on a mandatory basis. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement bureau considered about 3,700 of the released criminal aliens to be “Level 1” threats – its top priority for deportation – but chose alternatives to detention such as electronic monitoring.
IRS Commissioner Confirms Illegal Aliens Could Claim Tax Benefits
IRS Commissioner John Koskinen confirmed through written responses to Congress that illegal aliens granted amnesty under President Obama's executive actions could claim back tax refunds even if they never filed returns to pay their taxes in the first place. The responses were released by Sen. Chuck Grassley, who pressed Commissioner Koskinen in the past.
