President Trump called on Congress to pass the Davis-Oliver Act on Wednesday while meeting with families of victims of illegal-alien crimes. The President also urged Congress to pass the two immigration enforcement bills that will be on the House floor later today.
Yesterday, the Michael Davis, Jr. and Danny Oliver in Honor of State and Local Law Enforcement Act (H.R. 2431) was approved by the House Judiciary Committee by a 19-13 vote. The Davis-Oliver Act was introduced by Rep. Raúl Labrador (R-Idaho) and would strengthen interior enforcement.
House Judiciary Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee Vice-Chairman Raúl Labrador (R-Idaho) introduced the Michael Davis, Jr. and Danny Oliver in Honor of State and Local Law Enforcement Act (H.R. 2431) yesterday that would strengthen interior enforcement. The bill would protect and encourage jurisdictions to cooperate with ICE detainer requests and would target sanctuary jurisdictions by withholding federal grants. The House Judiciary Committee has scheduled a markup of the bill on Thursday.
When they returned from August recess this week, Reps. Warren Davidson (R-Ohio), Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.), David Rouzer (R-N.C.), and Daniel Webster (R-Fla.) signed up to cosponsor Rep. Steve King’s (R-Iowa) bill that would end the practice of birthright citizenship. This brings the total number of cosponsors up to 53, which is the highest amount of cosponsors this bill has had since the 112th Congress.
Rep. John Barrow (D-Ga.) has cosponsored Rep. Phil Gingrey's (R-Ga.) Nuclear Family Priority Act, H.R.477, that would eliminate the extended family visa categories (e.g., married sons and daughters of citizens, etc.), thus ending "chain migration" as recommended by the bipartisan Barbara Jordan Commission in 1997. Current immigration law allows U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents to sponsor non-nuclear, adult family members, creating an endless chain of mass legal immigration.
Rep. Doug Lamborn has joined NumbersUSA's 5-for-5 Club after cosponsoring the Nuclear Priority Act, which would end Chain Migration. Rep. Lamborn has now cosponsored at least one bill in each of our 5 Great Immigration-Reduction categories and joins 14 other Members of Congress to cosponsor a bill in each of the categories.
Freshman Rep. Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.) has cosponsored the CLEAR Act, H.R.100, that would increase interior enforcement by requiring the federal government to work with local municipalities to enforce immigration laws. By cosponsoring the bill, Rep. Palazzo has now cosponsored at least one bill in each category of our "5 Great Solutions".
Freshman Rep. Rich Nugent (R-Fla.) has joined NumbersUSA's 5-for-5 Club after cosponsoring Rep. Marsha Blackburn's Clear Law Enforcement for Criminal Alien Removal (CLEAR) Act of 2011. The CLEAR Act of 2011 would help local law enforcement detect, arrest and detain illegal aliens in their communties.
Rep. Ed Royce has joined NumbersUSA's 5-for-5 Club after cosponsoring the SAFE for America Act, which would end the Visa Lottery. Rep. Royce has now cosponsored at least one bill in each of our 5 Great Immigration-Reduction categories and joins 10 other Members of Congress to cosponsor a bill in each of the categories.
Rep. Gary Miller (R-Calif.) has joined NumbersUSA's 5-for-5 Club after cosponsoring Rep. Bob Goodlatte's SAFE for America Act that would end the Visa Lottery. Rep. Miller has cosponsored at least one bill in each category of our "5 Great Immigration Solutions". Rep. Miller is a long-time champion for lower immigration levels, and in the previous Congress, he joined Reps. Sue Myrick and Lamar Smith in forming the Reclaim American Jobs Caucus in Congress.
Freshman Rep. Dennis Ross (R-Fla.) joined NumbersUSA's 5-for-5 Club after cosponsoring House Judiciary Chairman Lamar Smith's E-Verify bill, H.R.2164, last week. Rep. Ross is the third freshman to join the 5-for-5 Club, but more importantly, the first Member of the House Immigration Subcommittee. He's also the first Member of the House Judiciary Committee to go 5-for-5.
Freshman Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) has cosponsored the SAFE for America Act, H.R.704, that would end the Visa Lottery. By cosponsoring the bill, Rep. Brooks has now cosponsored at least one bill in each category of our "5 Great Solutions". While Rep. Brooks is only serving his first term in Congress, he's cosponsored more than a dozen immigration-reduction bills and was identified as a "True Reformer" during last year's mid-term elections.
Rep. Mike Coffman has joined NumbersUSA's elite 5-for-5 Club after adding his name to the list of co-sponsors for the CLEAR Act (H.R.100). By adding his name to the CLEAR Act, Rep. Coffman has now co-sponsored at least one bill in each of our 5 Great Immigration-Reduction Solutions categories.
Rep. Brian Bilbray (R-Calif.) has joined the NumbersUSA 5-for-5 club after co-sponsoring at least one bill in each of our 5 Great Immigration-Reduction Solution categories. This week, Rep. Bilbray added his name to the list of co-sponsors for the Nuclear Priority Act that would end chain migration and the CLEAR Act that would require cooperation between local law enforcement agents and federal agents in the enforcement of federal immigration laws.
Rep. Kenny Marchant (R-Texas) has joined NumbersUSA's 5-for-5 club after sponsoring at least one bill for each of our 5 Great Solutions. Most recently, Rep. Marchant was an original co-sponsor to Rep. Gary Miller's (R-Calif.) LEAVE Act that would require all employers to use E-Verify.
Rep. Sue Myrick has joined NumbersUSA's 5-for-5 club by co-sponsoring all 5 of our 5 Great Immigration Bills. On Wednesday, Rep. Myrick co-sponsored the CLEAR Act - a bill that would assist local law agencies in the enforcement of federal immigration laws.
Rep. John Carter (R-Texas) has joined the NumbersUSA 5-for-5 club. On Thursday, he added his name to the list of co-sponsors for Rep. Bob Goodlatte's (R-Va.) SAFE for America Act (H.R.704) that would end the Visa Lottery. By doing so, he has now co-sponsored at least one bill in each of our 5 Great Bill categories.
Rep. Walter Jones (R-N.C.) has become the first Congressman in the 112th Congress to earn 5-for-5 status from NumbersUSA. Rep. Jones earned the status by co-sponsoring all five of our "5 Great Immigration-Reduction Bills".
Rep. Paul Broun (R-Ga.) became a cosponsor of Rep. Heath Shuler's (D-N.C.) SAVE Act. In doing so, he has joined an elite group of Congressmen and women who have cosponsored NumbersUSA's 5 great immigration bills. These bills are the SAVE Act, the Nuclear Family Priority Act, the SAFE Act, the Birthright Citizenship Act, and the CLEAR Act.
Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.) became a cosponsor of Rep. Heath Shuler's (D-N.C.) SAVE Act. In doing so, he has joined an elite group of Congressmen and women who have cosponsored NumbersUSA's 5 great immigration bills. These bills are the SAVE Act, the Nuclear Family Priority Act, the SAFE Act, the Birthright Citizenship Act, and the CLEAR Act.
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-Va.) became a cosponsor of Rep. Phil Gingrey's Nuclear Family Priority Act. In doing so, he has joined an elite group of Congressmen and women who have cosponsored NumbersUSA's 5 great immigration bills. These bills are the SAVE Act, the Nuclear Family Priority Act, the SAFE Act, the Birthright Citizenship Act, and the CLEAR Act.
Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) became a cosponsor of Rep. Phil Gingrey's Chain Migration bill last week, putting him into the NumbersUSA 5-for-5 Club. Rep. Goodlatte has cosponsored four of our "5 Great Immigration-Reduction Bills" and he introduced H.R.2305, which, if passed, would put an end to the Visa Lottery.
Rep. Zach Wamp (R-Tenn.) just cosponsored the Chain Migration Bill, Visa Lottery Elimination bill, and the CLEAR Act. In doing so, he becomes the 15th U.S. Representative to join NumbersUSA's elite "5-For-5" club.
Rep. Dean Heller (R-Nevada) just cosponsored the Nuclear Family Priority Act and the SAVE Act. In doing so, he becomes the 13th U.S. Representative to join the NumbersUSA's elite "5-For-5" club.
NumbersUSA has now awarded a dozen "5/5 Blue Ribbons" to the Members of Congress who have thrown their name and support behind the five active bills that most likely resolve the majority of our nation's immigration problems. Nearly half of them are from Georgia and North Carolina. Other states that have an award winner are Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Alabama, Arkansas, Texas and California.
Rep. Nathan Deal (R-Ga.) added his name to the list of cosponsors for the SAFE Act, which would eliminate the visa lottery. Rep. Deal is the sponsor for the Birthright Citizenship Act of 2009, which is one of our 5 Great Immigration-Reduction Bills, and with his sponsorship of the visa lottery bill, he is now a sponsor of all five bills.
