Today, in response to House Democrats’ planned vote to grant Venezuelans eligibility for Temporary Protected Status (TPS), Congressman Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) and Congressman Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) introduced the “TPS Reform Act” (H.R. 3899). This legislation would: Require that only Congress, not the President, have the authority to vote on and approve a nation’s citizens’ eligibility … Continued

Matthew Albence, executive associate director for ICE, told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee that four-fifths of the families that sponsor unaccompanied alien children (UACs) are illegal aliens themselves or have illegal aliens already living in their homes. The placement of UACs is coming under additional scrutiny after some were considered “lost” when … Continued

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., issued a statement today in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to take up the executive amnesty case expressing confidence that Justices will block implementation of the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans (DAPA) and extended Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) programs. The statement reads: … Continued

A report released by the Obama Administration states that the federal government should cease utilizing local and state police while enforcing immigration law. The recommendation comes as part of a task force, in conjunction with the Department of Justice, set up by the president to help rebuild trust between police and the communities they work … Continued

Breitbart – Matthew Boyle Rosemary Jenks of NumbersUSA said it’s time for Boehner to stand up to Obama instead of running to the courts for cover. “It is long past time for Congress to stand up and defend its constitutional powers to rein in this imperial president,” Jenks said. “Congress doesn’t need the courts. It … Continued

And NumbersUSA, a group that seeks to reduce immigration, has begun poring over the bill to enumerate how it believes the legislation could hurt American workers. ”There are a lot of parallels between our type of outreach and the N.R.A.,” said Rosemary Jenks, the director of government relations for NumbersUSA. ”We’re both grass-roots organizations with very … Continued

The bill would also give a preference to people from selected less-developed countries — including Egypt, Chad and Ethiopia — in exchange for killing the controversial “Diversity Lottery” visa, said Rosemary Jenks, director of government relations for NumbersUSA, an anti-immigration group.Jenks received a 30-page segment of the bill from a source. She declined to share … Continued

“There is very little question in my mind anyway that if the Senate fails to pass [comprehensive reform] that the House will not,” said Rosemary Jenks, the director of government affairs for NumbersUSA, which seeks to limit immigration levels. “There’s definitely a sense that it’s more urgent to make sure that it does not pass … Continued

“Everything other than the politics is worse now than it was in 2007,” says Rosemary Jenks, a lobbyist for NumbersUSA, an immigration limitation group heavily involved in fighting the Bush-backed measure.And according to Jenks, that includes, most importantly, the unemployment rate. It’s improved in recent months to 7.7 percent, but is currently higher than the … Continued