According to a recent report by Fox News, Border Patrol encountered nearly 2,000 aliens in the Rio Grande Vally border sector, with at least 262 “gotaways” in just 24 hours last Friday.
Pres. Biden's Build Back Better plan (H.R. 5376) -- which Congressional Democrats hope to pass through the budget reconciliation process -- would result in the largest amnesty for illegal aliens in our nation's history, plus more than 1 million additional green cards. Here's a list of the immigration provisions in the House version of the bill.
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to certain asylum application procedures, and for other purposes.
Millions are being left out of the jobs recovery, lower labor participation rates indicate workers are leaving the workforce, wage increases are failing to keep up with inflation, and the economy has 4.2 million jobs less than pre- pandemic levels. The U.S. needs immigration reduction and yet the U.S. House's Build Back Better Act would add millions more foreign workers to the labor force.
Readers weigh in on a The New York Times op-ed that has a simplistic pro-immigration vs. anti-immigration (mis)understanding of the issue and debate. That is not
According to the office of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, more than 70 dead-of-night flights have landed in Jacksonville, moving illegal aliens from the border to the state since summer. Public safety czar Larry Keefe stated: "On average, there's 36 passengers on each of these flights."
According to reporting by the Washington Examiner, over 283,000 illegal aliens have been released into the United States interior after being caught crossing the border so far this year. The number comes from unreleased Border Patrol data shared by Democratic Representative Henry Cuellar.
Late last week, Representative Matt Rosendale (MT) led forty-four other Representatives who signed a letter sent to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas urging him to immediately rescind several of his orders which all but completely abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s and weaken their ability to effectively enforce America’s immigration laws; jeopardizing national security and public safety, say the Representatives.
Once again, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi planned a vote on the Democrats' $1.75 trillion budget reconciliation amnesty bill on Friday only to rescind the vote hours later. However, the threat of Congress passing what could become the largest illegal alien amnesty in U.S. history is still very much alive.
