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Date August 28, 2026

Newsletter – From Open Borders to Civil-Rights Restrictionist

The march was the culmination of Randolph’s life’s work to advance civil rights through economic empowerment. The immigration restrictions he had successfully advocated for decades prior had contributed to a meteoric rise in Black wealth and, eventually, political power. It might have happened very differently.

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Date August 14, 2026

Newsletter – The Senate finally has a great asylum bill

The Senate finally has a bill to permanently close the asylum loopholes that made the last border crisis possible: Sen. Mike Lee’s Stopping Border Surges Act (S. 5371), with six cosponsors.

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Date July 22, 2026

Border Codification Bill Clears First Committee – Here’s Who Voted for It

The push to permanently secure the border took its biggest step forward yet this week. On Tuesday, the House Judiciary Committee approved H.R. 9773, the Permanent Trump Secure Border Act, by a 16–14 vote after an hours-long markup – the first committee approval for border-codification legislation this Congress. H.R. 9773 is the successor to H.R. … Continued

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Date June 17, 2026

Immigration Amendments to S. 2: How the Senate Voted

On June 5, 2026, the Senate passed S. 2, the Secure America Act, by a vote of 52-47. (The House passed S. 2 by a narrow 214-212 margin on June 9.)  Before final passage, senators offered a long list of amendments to the bill on the Senate floor. Eleven immigration-related amendments received a recorded roll-call … Continued

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Date June 9, 2026

Congress Slips Massive Guest Worker Expansion Into DHS Appropriations Bill — While Teens Face the Worst Summer Job Market Since 1948

American teenagers are living through the worst summer job market in nearly eighty years. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports 219,000 fewer teenagers employed this May compared to last May. Teen unemployment has climbed to 14.7% – more than three times the national rate. The outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas projects just 790,000 teen … Continued

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Date May 12, 2026

Sanctuary Policies Are Undermining Enforcement and Inviting the Next Surge

Immigration enforcement is producing results not seen in decades. More than 80,000 illegal aliens accepted voluntary departure orders between January 2025 and March 2026 — at least seven times the roughly 11,400 who did so during the final 15 months of the Biden administration, according to court data compiled by the Vera Institute of Justice. … Continued

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Date May 11, 2026

Republicans keep winning on immigration. Then what?

Yes, Congress funded the administration's enforcement operations. But with Republican control of both chambers and the White House, the border legislation they once championed has quietly disappeared from the agenda.

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Date April 30, 2026

Congressional Inaction Threatens Border Security

We need Republicans in the House to call a vote on Rep. McClintock's Shut Down Sanctuary Policies Act, or better yet a vote to lock in border security measures before recent history repeats itself and we find ourselves amid another run on the border. 

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Date April 28, 2026

The H-1B Program Won’t Shrink Without Congress

USCIS just filled the cap again – proving that even a $100,000 fee cannot fix what only legislation can. For a brief moment last fall, it looked as though the H-1B program might finally be shrinking. The administration imposed a $100,000 supplemental fee on new H-1B petitions in September 2025. Overseas applications collapsed almost immediately. … Continued

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