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Date July 3, 2025

NumbersUSA Statement on Final Passage of The One Big Beautiful Bill Act

NumbersUSA has educated and rallied millions of voters since 1996 around immigration policies to reduce both illegal and legal immigration levels to protect America’s wage-earners, natural habitats, and local communities. Today the House passed H.R. 1 “the One Big Beautiful Bill” by vote of 218-214 and it’s now on the way to President Trump’s desk … Continued

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Date July 1, 2025

Enforcement Funding in Senate “One Big Beautiful Bill”

The final text of the budget reconciliation bill (H.R. 1) includes $170 BILLION for immigration enforcement, including: Over $130 billion in border and detention funding from the Homeland Security Committee Provisions include: Over $40 billion from the Judiciary Committee Provisions include: An additional $1 BILLION for border security from the Armed Services Committee The Senate … Continued

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Date June 26, 2025

Self deportations on the rise

The number of people remaining in the U.S. illegally is declining rapidly; hundreds of thousands are leaving on their own; the government is no longer releasing people into the country who shouldn't be; and wages are starting to rise. Congress can keep these trends going by fully funding immigration enforcement. Congress can make these trends more permanent (and less disruptive) by passing mandatory E-Verify.

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Date June 20, 2025

Holding the Line: Why Workplace Immigration Enforcement is Always a Win for American Workers

It does not take a degree in economics to understand that when illegal aliens are removed from the payroll, companies have no choice but to look to the local, legal workforce to fill those positions. In a time when too many Americans are still struggling to find stable employment, ensuring that job openings go to those lawfully present in the country is the right and just course of action; restoring fair competition and increasing the value of lawful labor in the job market. 

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Date June 16, 2025

The other illegal immigration crisis: Visa Overstays

Until the 2021-2025 border crisis, the majority of illegal immigration in recent years started as legal immigration. The terror attack in Boulder, Colorado this week reminds us of this weakness in our system. The suspect arrived in the U.S. legally in 2022, on a tourist visa. That year, 850,000 people overstayed their visas – almost … Continued

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Date June 13, 2025

Immigrants support enforcement (why wouldn’t they?)

CNN's pollster Henry Enten was emphatic this week: "More so than any other group that I could find, the group of voters that became more hawkish on immigration were, in fact, immigrants themselves; immigrants who were registered to vote in this country."

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Date June 12, 2025

LA Riots: Opposition to a legal workforce turns violent

The Trump administration is ramping up immigration enforcement in the workplace, and people are rioting in the streets. ICE is reporting a record number of arrests in a single day (2,300) Detention facilities are running out of space. The fate of immigration enforcement after the worst border crisis in history is now in the hands of the Senate, which is considering the "One Big Beautiful" Reconciliation bill, including $150 Billion in immigration funding.

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Date May 29, 2025

Victory in New Hampshire! Backsliding in Texas

Gov. Ayotte signed into law two immigration bills that NumbersUSA advocates have been pressuring state legislators to pass. One measure ensures that any state, county, or local law enforcement agency may enter into a 287(g) agreement with ICE if it so chooses. The second bill prohibits state and local entities and law enforcement agencies from participating in any sanctuary policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities.

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Date May 24, 2025

House passes $150 BILLION in immigration enforcement funding by one vote

The House of Representatives worked through the witching hours after midnight Thursday to pass the Reconciliation package by a single vote, 215-214.

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