H.R. 399: Sponsors (2011)
2011: Sponsored H.R. 399, the STAPLE Act, introduced by Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.)
2011: Sponsored H.R. 399, the STAPLE Act, introduced by Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.)
H.R. 399, the STAPLE Act, would exempt aliens who earn a Ph.D degree in math, science, technology, or engineering at a United States institution from the numerical limitations on H-1B nonimmigrants. Specifically, this legislation would offer permanent residence status to doctors, teachers, and engineers, driving down wages and creating undue competition for high-skilled American workers.
National restaurant chain, Chipotle Mexican Grill, has fired hundreds of illegal aliens from its workforce in Minnesota freeing up jobs for unemployed Americans. The chain announced that a substantial number of its 1200 employees in 50 restaurants across the state had been identified by a federal immigration audit of their employee records.
The Government Accountability Office's (GAO) report on E-Verify included some happy news (E-Verify is more accurate than ever) and some disappointing news (ICE's misplaced priorities). I was also disappointed in some of the things the report did not include. Here are some highlights from the report and my response. . .
A new document released by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors reveals startling information on the money spent on social services for illegal aliens in 2010. According to the document $572 million worth of food stamp and welfare benefits went to illegal aliens in the first 11 months of 2010 -- 22% of the total social service benefits paid out by the county.
In an appearance on Face to Face with Jon Ralston on the NBC affiliate in Reno, Nev., Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said the prospects of passing a mass amnesty are positive. Reid lists passing a mass amnesty as one of his top priorities for the 112th Congress.
A new report from the Government Accountability Office reveals that improvements made to the E-Verify system have resulted in the reduction of mismatch rates, ensuring employer compliance, and establishing better safeguards for employees’ personal information. The report comes at the same time that a new survey of E-Verify users say the system is an effective tool to ensure a legal workforce.
Of the 8 highest-polling potential candidates for President in 2012, which ones get the best immigration-reduction grades after we consider all their stances on the 12 most important immigration issues? Check inside for the answer, but the "best" gets only a "C." We posted the Prez Grid yesterday and already have gotten a few hundred emails about it. Most people are depressed at the poor ratings, but there is a lot of time to help these candidates to improve their voice on this urgent issue.
When Frederick Douglass escaped from slavery in 1838, he soon discovered that recently arrived immigrants were nearly as tenacious as slavemasters and bounty hunters in trying to keep a black man from freely competing in the labor markets of the North. In this week of Martin Luther King's birthday, let's take a look at how mass immigration that depresses economic opportunity for today's Black Underclass was doing the same thing for Free Blacks BEFORE the Civil War. . . .
Fifteen countries have been added to the list of countries eligible for H-2A and H-2B visas, including Barbados, Estonia, Fiji, Hungary, Kiribati, Latvia, Macedonia, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. The H-2 visa classes are temporary work permits offered to foreign workers willing to work in agriculture, tourism and the hospitality industries when a worker shortage is anticipated.