Three-Year Border and DACA Extension Act
NumbersUSA's Position:
OpposeA bill to improve border security and to provide conditional provision residence to certain long-term residents who entered the United States as children.
News
Supreme Court Denies Administration's DACA Appeal
Today the U.S. Supreme Court refused to consider the Trump Administration's appeal of a federal district judge ruling that requires the government to continue to process Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) renewals. The court said, "It is assumed the court of appeals will act expeditiously to decide this case."
What are you going to believe -- your eyes or an economic theory? Foreign workers DID take Chicago jobs from Americans
The Chicago Sun-Times reports that hundreds of Black Americans at Chicago's Cloverhill Bakery are employed today because the federal government drove illegal aliens from the jobs.
Trump Administration Defends OPT Work Permits in Court
This week Justice Department lawyers defended an Obama regulation that expanded the duration of work permits foreign students with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) degrees can obtain after graduation. A group of STEM workers led by attorney John Miano challenged the Optional Practical Training (OPT) regulation, saying it creates more job competition and reduces wages, but the Administration is stalling resolution of the case while it rewrites the regulation.
USCIS Announces New 'America First' Mission Statement
USCIS Director, Lee Francis Cissna announced the agency's new mission statement that defines the responsibility of USCIS in the U.S. immigration system to prioritize the interests of Americans above all else, in regards to national security and public safety.
Pew: Trump Admin. Focused Most Enforcement on Criminal Aliens in FY2017
According to a Pew Research report, recent data from ICE revealed the overwhelming majority of all arrests made by ICE agents in FY 2017 were of “criminal” arrestees -- illegal aliens with prior criminal convictions. In just eight years, the overall number of ICE criminal arrests jumped from 39% in FY 2009 to a staggering 74% in FY 2017.
CIS: Surge of UACs Supplies MS-13 with Tens of Thousands of Recruits
A recent study conducted by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) on MS-13 criminal arrests shows a surge of the gang's activity specifically in areas subject to sanctuary policies and large numbers of resettled UACs. According to the report, 506 MS-13 members were charged with or arrested for crimes, including 207 arrests for murder in 22 states, with 92 cases in California, 84 in Maryland, 80 in New York, and 63 in Virginia -- all states that have resettled a large number of UACs.
Politico's anti-E-Verify bias belied by its own polling
Politico's choice to describe E-Verify - but not a path to citizenship - as "controversial" reveals a subtle but clear bias that is contradicted by Politico's own polling.
Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 2018
NumbersUSA's Position:
OpposeTo provide for the adjustment of status of certain nationals of Liberia to that of lawful permanent residents and for other purposes.
Media Fail: June 30th, 2018 provision goes unreported
If American voters had asked Congress to devise a plan to cause another border surge, they could not have asked for much more than what the "Common Sense Caucus" came up with. These newspapers did not report the unpopular details.
