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Protect Communities from a Porous Border Act of 2023

Updated: February 16th, 2023, 2:39 pm

NumbersUSA's Position:  

Support

The "Protect Communities from a Porous Border Act of 2023" would require DHS to notify Governors of its intent to detain or house aliens in their state at least ten days before doing so, with a certification that they have undergone the appropriate background checks. H.R. 402 would allow Governors to refuse resettlements in their states and apply to The United States Refugee Admissions Program, paroled refugees/aliens, and unaccompanied alien children - but would not apply to asylum-seekers.

To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide that the United States district court for the District of Columbia shall have exclusive jurisdiction over actions arising under the immigration laws, and for other purposes.

Updated: February 16th, 2023, 2:43 pm

NumbersUSA's Position:  

Support

H.R. 85 would grant jurisdiction over immigration cases brought by aliens challenging removal or other action under the Immigration and Nationality Act exclusively to the D.C. District Court - allowing the development of immigration expertise in a single court.

REACT Act

Updated: March 28th, 2022, 12:38 pm

NumbersUSA's Position:  

Support

To require a diagnostic test for COVID-19 for an inadmissible alien released from the custody of the United States Customs and Border Protection or the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and for other purposes.

H.R. 1496

Updated: March 22nd, 2022, 4:45 pm

NumbersUSA's Position:  

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To require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to take into custody certain aliens who have been charged in the United States with a crime that resulted in the death or serious bodily injury of another person, and for other purposes.

SHIELD Act

Updated: March 22nd, 2022, 2:58 pm

NumbersUSA's Position:  

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A bill to temporarily suspend the admissibility of certain persons traveling from countries that currently have a moderate or higher level COVID-19 transmission.

REBUILD Act

Updated: March 22nd, 2022, 9:24 am

NumbersUSA's Position:  

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To amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to authorize assignment to States of Federal agency environmental review responsibilities, and for other purposes.

H.R. 438

Updated: March 22nd, 2022, 9:10 am

NumbersUSA's Position:  

Split

To amend the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act to extend the deadline for a report by the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children, and for other purposes.

USB Act

Updated: March 21st, 2022, 4:29 pm

NumbersUSA's Position:  

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To direct the Secretary of Defense to ensure that the number of members of the Armed Forces who are deployed by reason of the situation in Ukraine does not exceed the number of members of the Armed Forces who are deployed to the Southern Border of the United States.

Local Control Act

Updated: March 21st, 2022, 4:21 pm

NumbersUSA's Position:  

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To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to notify the Governor of a State prior to the date on which any alien without lawful status under the immigration laws is transported to, housed in, or resettled in such State, and for other purposes.

H.J.Res. 50

Updated: November 17th, 2021, 11:42 am

NumbersUSA's Position:  

Support

Recognizing that Article I, Section 10 of the United States Constitution explicitly reserves to the States the sovereign power to repel an invasion and defend their citizenry from the overwhelming and "imminent danger" posed by paramilitary, narco-terrorist cartels who have seized control of our southern border.

RAPID Act

Updated: November 16th, 2021, 5:16 pm

NumbersUSA's Position:  

Support

To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program to provide reimbursement to agricultural producers for losses sustained due to illegal immigration.

NO BAN Act

Updated: November 16th, 2021, 1:53 pm

NumbersUSA's Position:  

Oppose

A bill to transfer and limit Executive Branch authority to suspend or restrict the entry of a class of aliens.

Transparency of Migration Act

Updated: November 15th, 2021, 12:22 pm

NumbersUSA's Position:  

Support

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make available to the public on the websites of their respective departments certain information relating to individuals processed through U.S. Customs and Border Protection or Department of Health and Human Services facilities, and for other purposes.

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