Border Law Enforcement Relief Act of 2005
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportA bill to provide financial aid to local law enforcement officials along the Nation's borders, and for other purposes.
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Temporary Worker Registration and Visa Act of 2005
NumbersUSA's Position:
OpposeTo amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide certain undocumented workers with temporary work visas.
H.R. 4032: Sponsors (2005)
2005: Sponsored H.R. 4032, introduced by Rep. John Doolittle (R-Calif.)
H.R. 4044: Sponsors (2005)
2005: Sponsored H.R. 4044, Rapid Response Border Protection Act of 2005, introduced by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas)
To require employers of temporary H-2A workers to pay such workers at least the greater of the Federal or State minimum wage rate.
NumbersUSA's Position:
No PositionThe bill would require employers of H-2A “temporary” nonimmigrant workers to pay those workers at least the greater of the Federal or state minimum wage.
To require employers of temporary H-2A workers to pay such workers at least the greater of the Federal or State minimum wage rate.
H.R. 4032
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportH.R. 4302 would prohibit issuance of residential mortgages to illegal aliens, removing a huge incentive for illegal immigration, and remove the discretion of the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to expedited removal. Expanding usage of expedited removal will ensure that illegal aliens do not get away with their immigration offense and compound it by remaining in America.
Rapid Response Border Protection Act of 2005
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportH.R. 4044, the Rapid Response Border Protection Act, would increase border patrol efforts by providing for additional border patrol agents, additional border patrol equipment and training facilities, incentives for careers in the Border Patrol, and deployment of border patrol agents to states where a border security state of emergency has been declared. It would also increase interior enforcement by providing for additional immigration inspectors, additional immigration enforcement agents, and additional detention beds.
Unlawful Employers Accountability Act of 2005
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportTo amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to improve enforcement of restrictions on employment in the United States of unauthorized aliens.
