The Laken Riley Act became the first bill to address enforcement failures to be passed by Congress on a bipartisan basis since the 2006 Secure Fence Act. Twenty years ago, the bipartisan support came from the likes of Senators Jeff Sessions (R-AL), John McCain (R-AZ), Joe Biden (D-DE), Hilary Clinton (D-NY) Barack Obama (D-IL), and Charles "Chuck" Schumer (D-NY).

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Gallego is not questioning the value of skilled immigrants; he is questioning a system that appears to sideline young Americans even as companies claim no domestic talent exists.

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Politicians across the political spectrum agree that America has a housing crisis. Home prices and rents have surged beyond what many households can reasonably afford. While business journalists and housing experts tend to focus on supply, the demand side of the equation is equally important in determining housing prices. When the number of families grows faster than the number of housing units, competition for existing housing increases and prices rise. This has happened in many parts of the country over the past four years, due to immigration-driven population growth.

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Our publication is titled Emancipation Reclamation because the decades of low immigration reclaimed the promise of economic emancipation for former slaves, freedmen, and their descendants. But as Vance explained - and we document - the slow down in immigration produced broad benefits for Americans workers of every background.

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So far, U.S. employers have announced 1.1 million layoffs, hitting both white-collar and blue-collar industries. Unless Congress changes the law, immigration will add roughly 1.1 million new permanent foreign workers to compete with laid off Americans.

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These programs bypass domestic workers and exploit foreigners who work for less. As the headlines make clear, there is no shortage of American STEM talent. So why is our government filling hundreds of thousands of jobs with guest workers?

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As its name suggests, the Nuclear Family Priority Act (H.R. 2705; S. 1328) would limit family-based green cards to spouses and minor children.

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An important reason for this affordability has been Pittsburgh's low rate of international immigration, which has helped stabilize the area's population and moderated pressure on the housing market. Housing affordability in American cities is strongly correlated with immigration rates and population growth. In New York, San Francisco and Boston, population increases have fueled soaring housing costs, putting homeownership out of reach for most younger residents.

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Even better would be for Congress to pass legislation to replace the H-1B lottery with a system where visas are awarded based on employers' willingness to pay the highest wages. NumbersUSA's Great Solutions bill S. 2821, the American Tech Workforce Act, would do just that. Visit our Action Board to ask your Senators and Congressional Representative to co-sponsor this pro-worker legislation.

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