By Roy Beck
What happens to the few immigration lawbreakers who won’t be offered work permits and legalization by the Gang of Eight’s amnesty bill? (This op-ed first appeared on Fox News Latino) The Associated Press and others are reporting that foreign citizens who unlawfully entered or overstayed a visa after Dec. 31, 2011, will not get the … Continued
The Senate returned from a two-week recess today, and most of us were bracing for the Gang of Eight’s introduction of a “comprehensive immigration reform” bill that would grant amnesty to at least 11 million illegal aliens. As the new Senate work session begins, the good news is that there’s still no bill. The bad … Continued
Last night, the House passed the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2013, and with it, eight amendments with the intent to increase interior enforcement and secure the border were approved and added to the final bill. Under House Leadership of the last few Congresses, it’s been tough to get recorded votes from the … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
Has anyone in Alabama read HB 56? The answer is surely “yes,” but none of them appear to have been involved in the story “Hundreds from across state protest immigration law,” published May 28 in the Montgomery Advertiser, which describes people protesting Alabama’s immigration law as wanting “others to understand their frustrations, concerns, and in … Continued
By NumbersUSA
On May 18th Governor Robert Bentley signed HB 658, a bill that amends Alabama’s 2011 immigration enforcement law. Although marketed as a “tweak” of existing law, HB 658 as passed by the House would have seriously undermined it before courts had a chance to rule on pending lawsuits. Fortunately, NumbersUSA members were able to convince … Continued
By NumbersUSA
This past week, three bills have been introduced by Senators from both sides of the aisle aimed at bringing more foreign STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) workers to the U.S. The arguments are all the same, and are all flawed. Lawmakers have framed these bills as means to “compete with the world” in science … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
Put three of this month’s big immigration stories together, add a critical statistic missing from all of them and you get a powerful argument for passing the Legal Workforce Act (H.R. 2885). First big story: net immigration (legal and illegal) from Mexico to the U.S. has dropped to zero (“For first time … Continued
By NumbersUSA
When the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments this week on the Arizona SB 1070 case, the Justices left little doubt that the Obama Administration’s central argument – Congress gave the feds sole authority over immigration – just didn’t hold water. The discussion focused rather on how the Arizona law might work in tandem with … Continued
It’s been almost a year since the Supreme Court upheld an Arizona law that requires all businesses in the state to use E-Verify or face penalties up to and including the suspension of its business license. And on Wednesday, the state heads back to the nation’s High Court to defend its immigration enforcement law, originally … Continued
