House Speaker Paul Ryan spoke against Rep. Carlos Curbelo's (R-Fla.) decision to file a Discharge Petition for Rep. Jeff Denham's (R-Calif.) resolution (H.Res. 774), which could force a vote in the House on DACA amnesty legislation. Though he would prefer to vote on DACA "before midterms," Ryan said that there's no use in forcing a floor vote on amnesty legislation that Pres. Trump will most likely veto.
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) are resisting Rep. Carlos Curbelo's (R-Fla.) decision to file a Discharge Petition for Rep. Jeff Denham's (R-Calif.) resolution (H.Res. 774) yesterday, which could force a vote in the House on DACA amnesty legislation.
The Trump Administration announced today that the government will not renew Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for the country of Honduras, giving Hondurans until January 5, 2020 to make arrangements to leave the U.S. and return to their home country.
The Department of Homeland Security released the Southwest Border Migration numbers for April, which reflect a 230 percent increase over the same month last year. That makes April the worst period since President Trump took office. The numbers induced DHS to issue a statement saying it will show “zero tolerance” for adults seeking to cross the border.
The Dept. of Labor announced in a statement today that Cloudwick Technologies Inc., a California-based data solutions services company, will pay $173,044 to 12 guest workers in back wages. The announcement comes after an investigation conducted by the department revealed that the company failed to pay employees the wages required by the H-1B program and made illegal deductions from their paychecks.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced in a statement yesterday that the Department of Justice (DOJ) will send 35 assisting attorneys and 18 immigration judges to the Southern border to prosecute the recent influx of foreign nationals attempting to enter the U.S. Sessions said that the department will be sending judges that don't have existing caseloads to work on asylum claims full-time.
The Department of Labor (DOL) announced a settlement agreement this week with G Farms, an agribusiness operation in Maricopa County, Arizona, after finding that the company had subjected H-2A guest workers to "simply inhumane" living conditions. Gonzalez obtained the foreign workers' visas with the help of Le Felco, a Wyoming-based firm.
When told that a "Dreamer" or "DACA" deal (a) does not reduce legal immigration and (b) does not end chain migration and (c) does not require employers to use E-Verify, only 20% of likely voters in the coming mid-term elections say they support such legislation.
