By Jeremy Beck
The Laken Riley Act became the first bill to address enforcement failures to be passed by Congress on a bipartisan basis since the 2006 Secure Fence Act. Twenty years ago, the bipartisan support came from the likes of Senators Jeff Sessions (R-AL), John McCain (R-AZ), Joe Biden (D-DE), Hilary Clinton (D-NY) Barack Obama (D-IL), and Charles “Chuck” Schumer (D-NY).
By Jeremy Beck
There’s already a bill to end the lottery: H.R. 1241 – The SAFE Act (by Mike Collins, GA) would eliminate the visa lottery, which raffles off 55,000 green cards each year without regard to employment skills or family ties. As of this writing, 32 representatives have signed on to H.R. 1241.
By Jeremy Beck
Decades after the late Democrat Harry Reid argued that “no sane country” would continue the U.S. policy of granting automatic citizenship to the children of illegal aliens, the Supreme Court will decide on whether the president may end the practice by executive order. The high court is expected to rule in the summer of 2026.
By Jeremy Beck
As its name suggests, the Nuclear Family Priority Act (H.R. 2705; S. 1328) would limit family-based green cards to spouses and minor children.
By Jeremy Beck
Congress should reintroduce and pass H.R. 2 from the previous Congress to secure the border – and the workplace – forever. Without E-Verify, the crushing burden of reversing the worst border crisis in history falls on ICE alone. With E-Verify, the jobs magnet disappears, and people who came illegally lose their biggest reason to remain here.
By Jeremy Beck
Congress has introduced several of NumbersUSA’s Great Immigration Solutions bills in 2025, but NONE to curtail the H-1B program.
By Jeremy Beck
H.R. 2 would prevent a future administration from repeating the Biden Administration’s actions to blow past the limits Congress sets on immigration.
By Roy Beck
257 of the 268 Representatives and Senators who voted YES last week for the massive funding to clean up the open-borders mess of the last four years have done little or nothing to advance 6 other bills that are essential GREAT SOLUTIONS to major immigration problems that remain.
By Jeremy Beck
Democratic post-election analysis identified immigration – both the border crisis and overall levels – as the decisive issue in the 2024 presidential election. It remains President Trump’s most popular issue and one of the Democratic party’s greatest liabilities.
