Yes, Congress funded the administration's enforcement operations. But with Republican control of both chambers and the White House, the border legislation they once championed has quietly disappeared from the agenda.

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Curtails extended family chain migration, while still allowing spouses and minor children to join or  remain with family units that are lawfully in our country. This will help reduce total immigration to  levels that promote better assimilation, creating a more balanced, sustainable system where  immigration is tied to the nation’s economic health and social cohesion. 

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USCIS just filled the cap again – proving that even a $100,000 fee cannot fix what only legislation can. For a brief moment last fall, it looked as though the H-1B program might finally be shrinking. The administration imposed a $100,000 supplemental fee on new H-1B petitions in September 2025. Overseas applications collapsed almost immediately. … Continued

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services  U.S. Department of Homeland Security  5900 Capital Gateway Drive  Camp Springs, MD 20746  RE: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services  Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)  Employment Authorization Reform for Asylum Applicants  DHS Docket No. USCIS-2025-0370  NumbersUSA welcomes U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) related to the … Continued

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If the Court rules that the Executive Branch has that authority, any reform could be reversed by a future administration--unless Congress acts.

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The H-1B Wage Gap THE H-1B WAGE GAP How the H-1B Program Undercuts American Workers Source: George J. Borjas, NBER Working Paper No. 34793 (Revised March 2026) KEY FINDING H-1B workers earn 15% less than comparable American workers – generating payroll savings exceeding $100,000 per hire over a six-year visa term. This is after controlling … Continued

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Three recent pieces of writing – a New York Times column by Binyamin Appelbaum, a New York Times guest essay by Johns Hopkins economist Jonas Nahm, and a newsletter from American Compass by Oren Cass and Daniel Kishi – converge on a conclusion that should reshape how Americans think about immigration policy: mass immigration is … Continued

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With millions of inadmissible aliens remaining in the U.S. from the border crisis alone, it is conceivable that we'll continue to see negative net migration for the next few years. That could change if interior enforcement or self-deportations decline.

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How Biden-Era Border Policies Priced American Families Out of Their Own Communities A landmark federal report has confirmed what struggling American families already knew: record-breaking immigration has driven housing costs through the roof, pricing millions out of their own communities. The HUD Report: Immigration and “Worst Case Housing Needs” In December 2025, the U.S. Department … Continued

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