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House Passes Historic Immigration Legislation That Would Dramatically Reduce U.S. Illegal Population

December 16, 2005: Bill Targets Illegal Hiring, Assists Local Police, Removes Lottery Magnet, Provides Border Fence

WASHINGTON, DC – Tonight, the House of Representatives passed the Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005 (H.R. 4437), introduced by Rep. Sensenbrenner (R-WI), by a vote of 239 to 182.

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Wal-Mart Could Have Avoided Illegal-Alien Embarrassment With Simple Policy Change

November 23, 2005: All 125 Illegal Workers Arrested in Raid to be Deported

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, NumbersUSA praised Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for effectively enforcing U.S. immigration law in last week's bust of 125 illegal workers at a Wal-Mart construction site in Pennsylvania.

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NumbersUSA Urges House to Reject Immigration Increase by Senate

November 4, 2005: Senate Rejected Byrd Amendment to Stop the Sale of Visas for Foreign Professional Workers

WASHINGTON, DC – The Senate yesterday rejected by a vote of 14 to 85 an amendment by Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV) that would have removed a Senate Judiciary Committee provision to sell hundreds of thousands of additional work visas and permanent green cards to corporations and allow them

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70,000 Black Americans Cannot Find Work in Tech Industry

November 1, 2005: NumbersUSA Urges Senate to Withdraw Increase in Number of Skilled Foreign Workers

WASHINGTON, DC – While the Senate is considering this week whether to increase skilled foreign workers and family by up to 350,000 a year, a new study shows that 70,000 Black Americans with skills in the technology industry are not able to find jobs in their chosen field.

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NumbersUSA Releases Numerical Consequences of Senate Committee Plan to Sell U.S. Skilled Jobs to Foreign Workers

October 26, 2005: Last Week’s Senate Judiciary Committee Vote Would Nearly Triple

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, NumbersUSA released the numerical consequences of a Senate plan to sell millions of additional work visas and permanent green cards to corporations so they can fill high-tech and other skilled jobs in the U.S. with foreign workers.

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NumbersUSA Decries Vote to Meet Budget Goal By Selling U.S. Tech Jobs to Foreign Workers

October 20, 2005: Senate Judiciary Committee Votes to Sell Hundreds of Thousands of Visas to Corporations

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted in favor of Senators Arlen Specter (R-PA) and Edward Kennedy’s (D-MA) plan to sell hundreds of thousands of additional work visas and permanent green cards to corporations to hire foreign workers for high-tech and professional jobs

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NumbersUSA Releases List of Immigration Laws the Administration Declines to Implement

October 12, 2005: Pres. Bush Should Follow Advice of 82 Members of Congress: Don’t Propose More Foreign Workers Until You Start Enforcing Current Immigration Laws

WASHINGTON, DC – NumbersUSA today released a list of some three dozen provisions of recent immigration laws intended to protect Americans’ economic and physical security that the Bush Administration has declined to implement.

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NumbersUSA Urges Chertoff to Ensure Long-Term Katrina Relief Go to Citizens and Legal Immigrants

September 15, 2005: Scarce Resources Should not be Used to Help Illegal Aliens Resettle Unlawfully

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, NumbersUSA Executive Director Roy Beck sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff urging him to take measures to ensure that hurricane relief efforts are not inadvertently diverted from American citizens and legal immigrants and instead used to assist illegal

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Immigration Grades Offer Insight Into Whether New Homeland Security Chairman Will Make America More Secure

September 8, 2005:

WASHINGTON, DC – Americans for Better Immigration (ABI) today announced the immigration grades of seven candidates to replace former Representative Chris Cox (R-CA) as chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security.

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Over 500,000 Urge President Bush to Secure Borders

August 15, 2005: Petition Responds to State of Emergency in Two Border States

WASHINGTON, DC – As the Governors of New Mexico and Arizona declare states of emergency on their states’ borders with Mexico, Americans are showing their support by signing a petition urging President Bush to secure our borders immediately.

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