Agricultural Lobbyists are putting pressure on House leadership to reject Goodlatte's H.R. 4760, the Securing America's Future Act, and pushing legislation that would enable their illegal alien workforce to remain in the U.S.
As U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Lighthizer renegotiates NAFTA, officials at the Department of Homeland Security are trying to shed light on the devastating impacts that a special NAFTA visa program has on American workers. But they are being told to "stand down", according to a recent story from Breitbart.
About 800 criminal illegal aliens avoided arrest after Oakland, Calif. Mayor Libby Schaaf gave Bay Area residents a 24-hour notice of pending ICE raids, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Thomas Homan.
According to The Washington Times, the Trump Admin. said on Monday that it fully supports Rep. Bob Goodlatte's H.R. 4760, the Securing America's Future Act, and encouraged House leadership to pass the legislation in an effort to put pressure on the Senate.
Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY.) has cosponsored Rep. Bob Goodlatte's H.R. 4760, the Securing America's Future Act. His cosponsorships bring the total number of bill sponsors to 96.
Today the U.S. Supreme Court refused to consider the Trump Administration's appeal of a federal district judge ruling that requires the government to continue to process Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals status renewals. The court said, "It is assumed the court of appeals will act expeditiously to decide this case."
The Chicago Sun-Times reports that hundreds of Black Americans at Chicago's Cloverhill Bakery are employed today because the federal government drove illegal aliens from the jobs.
This week Justice Department lawyers defended an Obama regulation that expanded the duration of work permits foreign students with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) degrees can obtain after graduation. A group of STEM workers led by attorney John Miano challenged the Optional Practical Training (OPT) regulation, saying it creates more job competition and reduces wages, but the Administration is stalling resolution of the case while it rewrites the regulation.
USCIS Director, Lee Francis Cissna announced the agency’s new mission statement that defines the responsibility of USCIS in the U.S. immigration system to prioritize the interests of Americans above all else, in regards to national security and public safety.
According to a Pew Research report, recent data from ICE revealed the overwhelming majority of all arrests made by ICE agents in FY 2017 were of “criminal” arrestees -- illegal aliens with prior criminal convictions. In just eight years, the overall number of ICE criminal arrests jumped from 39% in FY 2009 to a staggering 74% in FY 2017.
A recent study conducted by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) on MS-13 criminal arrests shows a surge of the gang's activity specifically in areas subject to sanctuary policies and large numbers of resettled UACs. According to the report, 506 MS-13 members were charged with or arrested for crimes, including 207 arrests for murder in 22 states, with 92 cases in California, 84 in Maryland, 80 in New York, and 63 in Virginia -- all states that have resettled a large number of UACs.
Politico's choice to describe E-Verify - but not a path to citizenship - as "controversial" reveals a subtle but clear bias that is contradicted by Politico's own polling.