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Obama’s immigration exemptions poison needed reforms, say critics
Rationale for Illinois Driver's License Bill Discredited by Recent Study
The leaders of the Illinois Legislature are hoping to pass legislation that would allow illegal aliens to get a driver's license. In support of that effort, the senate's Assistant Republican Leader and a high-profile sheriff wrote an op-ed for a suburban Chicago newspaper, the Daily Herald, on Wednesday. State Sen. Bill Brady and Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran argued that the legislation would reduce the costs of uninsured claims. But a recent study by the Insurance Research Council squashes that argument.
Obama Admin. Loosens Hardship Waiver Restrictions on Illegal Aliens
The Obama Administration adopted a rule that allows illegal aliens in the process of obtaining lawful permanent resident status to remain in the country while their application is pending if they can demonstrate the time abroad would impose “extreme hardship” on family members who are U.S. citizens. The rule makes it eaiser for illegal aliens to bypass periods of barred re-entry.
H.R. 140: Sponsor (2013)
2013: Cosponsored H.R. 140, the Birthright Citizenship Act, introduced by Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa)
H.R. 72: Sponsor (2013)
2013: Cosponsored H.R. 72, the Border Security, Cooperation, and Act Now Drug War Prevention Act, introduced by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas)
Border Security, Cooperation, and Act Now Drug War Prevention Act of 2013
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportH.R. 72, the Border Security, Cooperation, and Act Now Drug War Prevention Act of 2013 would allow for emergency deployments of U.S. Border Patrol agents, DEA agents, and ATF agents in states that declare an "international border security emergency." Improvements to border security are also proposed, including new equipment, technology, and vehicles for agents, in order to prevent various forms of crime including crossing into the United States at any location other than an authorized port of entry.
Birthright Citizenship Act of 2013
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportH.R. 140 would eliminate birthright citizenship, the process that automatically grants citizenship to the estimated 350,000 U.S.-born children to illegal aliens each year.
Stockman No-Amnesty Letter
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportStockman No-Amnesty Letter
Brooks Amnesty Letter
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportBrooks amnesty letter