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In Donald Trump’s run for the White House, he promised bold changes on immigration. Those changes, if enacted, would boost American workers and put the country on a more sustainable path by reducing legal immigration and deterring illegal immigration. No person in the Administration has done more to advance Pres. Trump’s immigration agenda than Attorney … Continued
In its eagerness to attack Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.), Shareblue Media has a new website post that encourages Central American parents to take their children on the perilous journey through Mexico to illegally cross the U.S. border. The attack includes outlandish claims and makes no attempt at offering a solution to discourage illegal border crossers … Continued
When news first broke of the arrest of illegal alien Cristhian Rivera, it was reported that his employer, Yarrabee Farms in Brooklyn, Iowa, had used E-Verify to check if he was eligible to work in the United States. The farm’s owner has since backtracked and that the company did not run Rivera through E-Verify. But … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
The sure-fire way to learn what happened at yesterday’s Senate Judiciary hearing about Trump’s zero-tolerance policy is to read the testimonies and watch the hearing in full. If you don’t have 3-plus hours to kill, here are five news reports of the event: “5 things we learned from Congress’ contentious hearing on family separations” by … Continued
During yesterday’s committee mark-up of the Homeland Security Appropriations bill, Reps. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.) and Kevin Yoder (R-Kan.) allowed for the passage of several amendments that would undermine the Trump Administration’s immigration enforcement efforts and increase foreign-worker competition for vulnerable American workers. Rep. Frelinghuysen announced his retirement earlier this year and is known for kowtowing … Continued
By Eric Ruark
“Our growers tell us that workers tell them they would rather continue living in the shadows than convert to H-2C. So we can’t support a bill that would cause us to lose our workforce… We will work hard to make sure there is no vote until we get a new Congress. We don’t know which … Continued
Oral arguments before the Supreme Court in the case filed by Texas and 25 other states against Pres. Obama’s second executive amnesty will take place on Monday. The Court’s ruling, which likely won’t come until late June, could have an enormous impact on the race for the White House, Congressional action for the rest of … Continued
By Eric Ruark
U.S. prisoner data clearly shows two things. One, the majority of low-level drug offenders are serving their sentences in state, not federal prisons. Two, most of those incarcerated in federal prison for drug charges are non-citizens. While it may be worthwhile to pursue reform at the federal level, it will do very little to address … Continued
Unfortunately, the legislation being considered by Congress in response to concerns about overly-long prison sentences for Americans has been crafted to primarily benefit criminal aliens. (Those are not Americans but citizens of other countries who have been imprisoned for committing serious crimes in the U.S.) That’s the conclusion of our legislative affairs team after several … Continued
