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Adjusted Residency for Military Service Act
NumbersUSA's Position:
OpposeThe bill would amnesty certain illegal aliens under the pretense of increasing military readiness. More specifically, it would authorize the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel removal proceedings for certain illegal aliens and adjust their standing to conditional lawful permanent resident (LPR) status for six years if they lived in the United States for five continuous years before the bill’s enactment.
Romney Stumps Many With NumbersUSA's Basic 'Self-Deportation' Plan -- Newt Joins Mitt Vs. Dream Act Amnesty
In the Tampa Bay debate Monday night, Mitt Romney confounded wide swaths of the internet with a concept that we've been trying for years to persuade the news media to acknowledge: A concept of handling the illegal alien population with something between mass legalization and mass deportation. Simply put, you take away the things that drew illegal aliens here and let most of them self-deport.
Santorum's 'immigration upgrade'
The head of an immigration-reduction organization says one Republican presidential hopeful has dramatically improved his grade on immigration issues.
For Romney, immigration issue offers an opportunity
Roche said she was also taking a closer look at former Sen. Rick Santorum, who received an A- grade from NumbersUSA, a group that champions reduced immigration to the United States. The group rated both Santorum and Romney "excellent" on opposing "Amnesty/Legalization," but said it could find no record of Romney supporting lower overall immigration levels, both legal and illegal. He received a C+.
South Carolina TV Ad
The following television ad will be running throughout South Carolina on select television stations to create awareness of the immigration issue.
Democrat Rep. Jim Matheson Cosponsors Chairman Smith's Mandatory E-Verify Bill
Rep. Jim Matheson (D-Utah) has cosponsored Chairman Lamar Smith's Legal Workforce Act (H.R.2885) that would require 100% of businesses to use E-Verify within two years. The bill also requires all federal, state, and local governments to E-Verify their entire workforce.
Administrative Amnesty Could Dismiss 1 in 7 Deportation Cases
U.S. Immigration officials are testing new protocols which give them discretion to use deferred action and/or parole to provide an administrative amnesty for illegal aliens. According to a report by CNN, 14% of the nearly 12,000 cases reviewed thus far in Baltimore and Denver were closed, allowing those illegal aliens set for deportation to stay in the United States.
Scott Gardner Act
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportThe bill would require each state and their local law enforcement agencies to collect and report all immigration and DWI-related information as a prerequisite for receiving State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP, a program that provides assistance to states for the incarceration of illegal aliens) funding. DWI-related information would then appear as a flag on the wants/warrants page of the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database.