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Make 'No Amnesty' the first message your Rep hears this Congress
Please go to your NumbersUSA Action Board this week and send a message to your U.S. Representative and President Obama that you strongly oppose amnesty for illegal aliens and any attempt to raise overall immigration numbers. With various amnesty proposals currently being floated by prominent Democrats and Republicans from both Chambers and the White House, it is absolutely critical that the drumbeat for No Amnesty begins to echo through the halls of Congress. You can read more about the current legislative situation below.
Reps. Schweikert and Nunnelee Cosponsor Birthright Citizenship Bill
Reps. David Schweikert (R-Ariz.) and Alan Nunnelee (R-Miss.) have cosponsored H.R.140, the Birthright Citizenship Bill. The bill was introduced by Rep. Steve King and is part of NumbersUSA's 5 Great Immigration-Reduction Solutions. If passed, the bill would end the practice of granting automatic citizenship to all children born in the United States.
Chamber's Donohue Pushes for Immigration and Entitlement Reform
Immigration reform also took a prominent place in Donohue's remarks, with the Chamber president emphasizing the need for skilled workers to help stave off outsourcing. He advocated guest visas for lower-skilled workers and expanding the caps on high-skilled visas, as well as helping foreigners who earn advanced degrees in the U.S. to stay.
"Even with high unemployment, we have millions of job openings that go unfilled," he said. "Either the workers come here to fill those jobs or the companies take all of their jobs somewhere else."
Obama’s immigration exemptions poison needed reforms, say critics
Advocates of a compromise reform of immigration law say their efforts are being hampered by President Barack Obama’s policy of ignoring unwanted portions of previous immigration-law compromises.
“It would be ridiculous for Republicans to actually believe that the Obama administration is going to uphold its end of any compromise,” said Rosemary Jenks, the director of government relations at NumbersUSA, which wants a reform that would invite fewer, but higher skilled, immigrants
H.R. 300: Sponsors (2013)
2013: Cosponsored H.R. 300, the Visa Waiver for Israel Act, introduced by Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.)
LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa seeks expansion of H-1B visa programme
Visa Waiver for Israel Act of 2013
NumbersUSA's Position:
OpposeH.R. 300, the Visa Wavier for Israel Act, would deem the country of Israel to be a program country for the visa waiver program (VWP), effective once Israel has complied with various State Department and Homeland Security requests that focus on national security and information sharing. The VWP allows citizens from select qualifying countries to enter the U.S. for tourism or business for 90 days or less without first obtaining a visa.
Sen. Rubio Offers Amnesty Proposal
Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) put forth an outline for immigration reform last week that was published in this weekend's edition of the Wall Street Journal. His outline calls for legalization of the nation's illegal-alien population and major reforms to the existing immigration system. Sen. Rubio has not offered a bill, nor does he provide any specific details on his Senate website, but he does go into some detail of his immigration reform plan in the interview.