Immigration Bills

The bill would express the sense of the House that: (1) state and local governments should be supported for acting to discourage illegal immigration; and (2) Congress should promptly pass comprehensive border security and enforcement legislation as to ease the burden on those state and local governments.

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that State and local governments should be supported for taking actions to discourage illegal immigration and that legislation should be enacted to ease the burden on State and local governments for taking such actions.

The bill would express the sense of Congress that: (1) the United Staets should not engage in the construction of a NAFTA Superhighway System; (2) the United States should not enter into a North American Union with Canada and Mexico; and (3) the President should strongly oppose these or any other proposals that threaten U.S. sovereignty.

Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should not engage in the construction of a North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Superhighway System or enter into a North American Union with Mexico and Canada.

The bill would require the Departments of State and Homeland Security to issue regular studies (i.e., within one year of enactment and every five years thereafter): (1) identifying the geographic areas in Mexico from which large percentages of people are leaving to enter the United States illegally; (2) analyzing the social, political, and economic conditions in those geographic areas that contribute to illegal immigration into the United States; would require the Department of State, within 16 months of enactment and every five years thereafter, to submit to Congress a report: (1) describi

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Border Patrol is performing an invaluable service to the United States, and that the House of Representatives fully supports the more than 12,000 Border Patrol agents.

The bill would create a new nonimmigrant status that allows certain athletes temporary admission to the United States to compete on sports team or in competitions; and would prohibit issuance of a P-1 nonimmigrant visa (generally, for “internationally-recognized athletes”) to a national of a country that is a state sponsor of international terrorism unless the State Department, in consultation with DHS, determines that the alien does not pose a threat to national security.