2021 Immigration Review & 2022 Outlook for Workers

By Lisa Irving

Immigration was a significant part of the Biden administration’s agenda in 2021, irrespective of the minimized media attention it garnered. These stories, however, covered top immigration news over the past twelve months, including executive actions, record border crossings, the administration’s focus on “root causes,” low polling, and amnesty in Build Back Better legislation. 2021 In … Continued

House Set to Repeat History of Immigration Injustices

By Jeremy Beck

We don’t like to say this much, but it has long been the practice of many restaurants to hire staff as inexpensively as possible and provide them with the fewest benefits that they can, often by restricting their hours so they don’t qualify as full-time employees….I guess that can be a good business plan when … Continued

Democrats Inch Closer to Possible Amnesty Vote

By Chris Chmielenski

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested a vote was imminent on a bill that would grant amnesty to nearly 8 million illegal aliens on Thursday afternoon only to rescind it just a few hours later. Regardless of yesterday’s canceled votes, Congressional Democrats moved closer to passing their sweeping budget reconciliation bill. Most NumbersUSA activists who have … Continued

Democrats Inch Closer to Possible Amnesty Vote

By Chris Chmielenski

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested a vote was imminent on a bill that would grant amnesty to nearly 8 million illegal aliens on Thursday afternoon only to rescind it just a few hours later. Regardless of yesterday’s canceled votes, Congressional Democrats moved closer to passing their sweeping budget reconciliation bill. Most NumbersUSA activists who have … Continued

Here’s how the spending bill affects immigration. . .

By Chris Chmielenski

The 116th Congress has officially adjourned, ending attempts by some lawmakers to undermine American workers and taxpayers. But the massive federal spending and Covid relief package passed by Congress late last night was far from perfect. Here’s what is and isn’t in the bill… ATTEMPTS TO LIFT PER-COUNTRY CAPS DEAD FOR NOW – Earlier this … Continued

RAISE Act would continue momentum of U.S. workers finally getting raises

By Roy Beck

The RAISE Act is exactly what a Congress would pass if it were committed to the idea of helping tens of millions of struggling Americans in stagnant jobs or outside the labor market altogether. It is the job of us who work at NumbersUSA – and, I hope, the mission of the 8 million members … Continued

Much on the line for politicians & American workers ahead of Monday’s Supreme Court hearing on Obama amnesties

By Chris Chmielenski

Oral arguments before the Supreme Court in the case filed by Texas and 25 other states against Pres. Obama’s second executive amnesty will take place on Monday. The Court’s ruling, which likely won’t come until late June, could have an enormous impact on the race for the White House, Congressional action for the rest of … Continued

House panel urges Congress to pass Birthright Citizenship legislation

By Chris Chmielenski

For the first time in 10 years, the issue of Birthright Citizenship was in the forefront on Capitol Hill this week when the House Immigration Subcommittee held a hearing on Wednesday. The hearing sought to determine if Birthright Citizenship is the right policy for America, but it focused less on the policy question, and more … Continued

Should foreign citizens be given U.S. citizenship because their parents decided to visit Disney World?

By Roy Beck

Over the next several days, we are encouraging the public to press their Members of Congress to answer the following question: H.R. 140 (the Birthright Citizenship Act). Of course, most of the hundreds of thousands of births to foreign citizens in the U.S. each year are not to Disney visitors. But the Disney scenario is … Continued