Readers Say Rampell's Latest Expansionist Missive Misses the Mark
Washington Post readers comprehensively disagree with columnist Catherine Rampell's article.
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Immigration Provisions in the America COMPETES Act
The House of Representatives could vote as soon as next week on the America COMPETES Act, H.R. 4521. While the legislation's main purpose is to generate investment in American innovation, it includes a number of troubling immigration provisions that would add thousands of new green cards each year on top of already historically high levels.
Stop the Betrayal Act of 2022
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportTo prohibit Federal funds from being used to transport certain aliens into the interior, and for other purposes.
Reps. Chip Roy and Michael Cloud Author Compelling Case for the Impeachment of DHS Sec. Mayorkas
Congressmen Chip Roy and Michael Cloud recently authored an op-ed for Fox News titled, "It's time to impeach DHS chief Mayorkas." The Representatives layout clear-cut explanations of Mayorkas's multitude of failures that endanger the lives and livelihoods of Americans and already-present immigrants alike.
DHS Announces Availability of Additional H-2B Visas for First Half of Fiscal Year
The Department of Homeland Security and Department of Labor has announced the availability of 20,000 additional H-2B visas for the first half of the current fiscal year. The DHS describes the additional H-2B visas as temporary nonagricultural lower-skilled worker visas.
DHS Encounters 178,840 Illegal Aliens in December, Record Shattering 2.03 Million in 2021
The Department of Homeland Security recorded a record-shattering 178,840 illegal alien encounters at the border this past December, closing out the 2021 calendar year with an astonishing total of approximately 2.03 million encounters with illegal aliens.
Biden Admin. Expected to Unveil Taxpayer-Funded Program Providing Legal Assistance to Illegal Aliens
The Biden Administration is expected to unveil a new federal program bankrolled by American taxpayers that will provide “legal services” to illegal aliens who unlawfully crossed the southern border, including the record-shattering two million aliens who crossed the border in 2021.
Del Rio Border Sector Becomes Busiest Border Sector
The Rio Grande border sector has led the other eight sectors in border apprehensions during the ongoing border crisis, but that distinction appears to be shifting to the Del Rio border sector according to recent apprehension numbers. The Del Rio sector, which lies east of the Big Bend National Park to Laredo, Texas, saw 4,000 apprehensions of illegal border crossers over the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday weekend.
Our Cherished Natural Heritage Faces an Existential Threat
Our National Parks and protected areas are revealing their fragility as pressures from our growing immigration-driven population increase. Unprotected areas are part of the larger ecosystems of protected land, and urban sprawl brings with it habitat loss and increasingly fragmented landscapes along with a myriad of other issues. Between the years 1940-2000, 28 million housing units were built within 50 km of protected areas in the United States. If this trend continues, this number will increase by another million by 2030, many of which will be built within 1 km of protected areas.
The future belongs to nations who embrace stabilization
The benefits of an immigration policy that prioritizes per capita prosperity over GDP include higher wages, longer productive lives, more intergenerational caregiving among families, shorter commutes, and more breathing room.
