S. 1757:
Building America’s Trust Act
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportA bill to strengthen border security, increase resources for enforcement of immigration laws, and for other purposes.
S. 2394:
American Jobs First Act of 2015
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportS. 2394, the American Jobs First Act of 2015, would implement major reforms of the H-1B program including adding a minimum wage provision ($110,000), and increasing the fee for employers to $10,000. More than 90% of H-1Bs issued in 2013 were for positions that paid less than $110,000 per year. The bill would also end the Visa Lottery.
S. 2365:
Protecting American Jobs Act
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportS. 2365, the Protecting American Jobs Act, would reduce the number of H-1Bs issued each year by 15,000 and require DHS issue visas on the basis of descending salaries.
S. 129:
Repeal Executive Amnesty Act of 2015
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportS. 129, the Repeal Executive Amnesty Act of 2015, would: 1) Prohibit the President's use of granting parole to illegal aliens; 2) Prohibit the Administration from granting work permits to all illegal aliens; 3) Defund all executive actions on immigration, including all memos issued by the Department of Homeland Security; 4) Close the loophole that played a large role in last summer's border surge by treating illegal aliens from non-contiguous countries the same as contiguous countries, making them easier to remove; 5) Prohibit illegal aliens from accessing Social Security, medicare, and benefits from the Affordable Care Act; 6) Reinstate the Secure Communities program; 7) Restrict federal funding to municipalities that provide sanctuary to illegal aliens; 8) Prohibit the government from providing legal council to illegal aliens in removal proceedings; and 9) Restrict the Administration's ability to grant and extend Temporary Protected Status to illegal aliens. The bill would also increase pay for ICE agents.
S. 31:
H-1B Visa Fraud Prevention Act of 2007
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportThe bill would prohibit employers who employ H-1B high-skill nonimmigrant workers from transferring them from a worksite in one state to a worksite in another; would require employers of H-1Bs to share information exchanged with Federal agencies with prospective, current, and former H-1B workers upon request; would authorize the Department of Labor (DOL) to investigate applications that have clear indicators of fraud or misrepresentation, instead of simply checking for completeness and inaccuracies (as current law provides) and would eliminate the current statutory provision that requires t
S. 1035:
H-1B and L-1 Visa Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act of 2007
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportS. 1035, the H-1B and L-1 Visa Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act, would reduce much of the fraud associated with the H-1B and L-1 visa programs by, among other things, requiring employers to attest that they had tried to hire U.S. workers before importing a foreign worker and requiring H-1B and L-1 visa holders be paid prevailing wages.
S.Con.Res. 11:
S.Con.Res. 11
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportS.Con.Res. 11 would have required free trade agreements (FTA) to meet certain minimum standards, including that an FTA may not make any commitments as to the temporary entry of workers.
S.Con.Res. 12:
S.Con.Res. 12
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportS.Con.Res. 12 would prohibit international trade and investment agreements from increasing foreign-worker importation.
S.Res. 211:
S.Res. 211
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportS.Res. 211 would express the sense of the Senate that the free trade agreements are not the vehicle to enact or change immigration legislation.
S. 1452:
USA Jobs Protection Act of 2003
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportS. 1452, the USA Jobs Protection Act, would implement reforms of the H-1B and L-1 visa programs aimed at preventing American high-tech workers from being displaced by foreign workers. The legislation included important protections for American workers, including prevailing wage and no-layoff provisions. It also sought to extend current no-layoff provisions for H-1B dependent employers to all H-1B employers.