H.R. 1543: 

Visa Waiver Modernization Act

Published: 

Sponsored by:  Rep. Rahm Emanuel [D-IL5, 2003-2009] in the 110th congress

NumbersUSA's Position:  

Oppose

The bill would grant DHS the authority to waive the Visa Waiver Program’s (VWP) “low nonimmigrant visa refusal rate” requirements with respect to a country’s participation in the VWP (i.e., have a low nonimmigrant visa refusal rate for two years [averaging no more than two percent over both years, not exceeding 2.5 percent in any one year] or no more than a three percent refusal rate for the most recent fiscal year) if: (1) DHS determines that the country has mitigated security risks to the point that participation in the VWP would not compromise U.S.

H.Res. 246: 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that States and units of local government should enact legislation to prohibit the issuance of business, professional, or occupational licenses to unauthorized aliens.

Published: 

Sponsored by:  Rep. Virgil Goode [R-VA5, 1997-2009] in the 110th congress

NumbersUSA's Position:  

Support

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that States and units of local government should enact legislation to prohibit the issuance of business, professional, or occupational licenses to unauthorized aliens.

H.R. 1512: 

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for compensation to States incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanors.

Published: 

Sponsored by:  Rep. Linda Sánchez [D-CA38] in the 110th congress

NumbersUSA's Position:  

Support

The bill would revise provisions governing the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (a program that provides assistance to states for the incarceration of illegal aliens who commit crimes) so that states and localities may be reimbursed for the cost of incarcerating illegal aliens who are either charged with or convicted of a felony or two misdemeanors (rather than only those who are convicted of such offenses as provided by current law).

H.R. 1465: 

To provide additional discretion to the Secretary of Homeland Security in designating countries eligible to participate in the visa waiver program under section 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and for other purposes.

Published: 

Sponsored by:  Rep. Robert Wexler [D-FL19, 1997-2010] in the 110th congress

NumbersUSA's Position:  

Oppose

The bill would authorize DHS to waive mandatory requirements for a country’s participation in the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) – a program which now allows citizens of 27 countries to travel to the United States for up to 90 days without a visa, and, because there is little scrutiny of VWP “travelers,” has provided easy entry for terrorists and created a black market for stolen or forged passports from such countries – if the agency determines that: (1) the country has developed a viable plan to meet the requirements within three years; (2) the country has made significant progress (not define

H.R. 1355: 

Scott Gardner Act

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Sponsored by:  Rep. Sue Myrick [R-NC9, 1995-2013] in the 110th congress

NumbersUSA's Position:  

Support

The bill would require DHS to share immigration information with the Justice Department (DOJ); would require DHS and DOJ to submit a joint report to Congress on improving the performance of Federal immigration databases to ensure the prompt entry of immigration information; would require the head of each state and local law enforcement agency to collect and report to DHS all immigration and DWI-related information collected in the course of normal duties and would condition receipt of State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (a program that provides assistance to states for the incarceration

H.R. 1342: 

Secure Entry Act

Published: 

Sponsored by:  Rep. Phil Gingrey [R-GA11] in the 110th congress

NumbersUSA's Position:  

Support

The bill would suspend the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) (which now allows citizens of 27 countries to travel to the United States for up to 90 days without a visa, and, because there is little scrutiny of VWP “travelers,” has provided easy entry for terrorists and created a black market for stolen or forged passports from such countries) until DHS certifies to Congress that: (1) the US-VISIT entry-exit system is fully implemented; (2) all U.S. ports of entry are equipped with functional biometric machine readers; and (3) all nonimmigrants are processed through US-VISIT.

H.Con.Res. 83: 

H.Con.Res. 83

Published: 

Sponsored by:  Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX2] in the 110th congress

NumbersUSA's Position:  

Support

H.Con.Res. 83 would provide a sense of Congress that: (1) enhanced border security and enforcement measures should be passed quickly to ease the burden on state and local governments; (2) state and local agencies should be supported for actively discouraging illegal immigration; and (3) current immigration law should be enforced to the highest extent of the law.

H.R. 1176: 

To provide discretionary authority to an immigration judge to determine that an alien parent of a United States citizen child should not be ordered removed, deported, or excluded from the United States.

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Sponsored by:  Rep. José Serrano [D-NY15] in the 110th congress

NumbersUSA's Position:  

Oppose

The bill would grant an immigration judge the discretion to decline to order the removal – by any means – of a removable alien if the alien is the parent of a child who is a U.S. citizen and the judge determines that removal is "clearly against the best interests of the child"; and would only prohibit use of this discretion if the alien in question: (1) is removable on national security-based grounds; or (2) has engaged in "severe" forms of human trafficking or in sex trafficking.

H.R. 850: 

IRS Illegal Immigrant Information Act of 2007

Published: 

Sponsored by:  Rep. Elton Gallegly [R-CA24, 2003-2013] in the 110th congress

NumbersUSA's Position:  

Support

H.R. 850, IRS Illegal Immigrant Information Act of 2007, would require DHS to furnish the IRS annually with a list of people with expired work visas of that year. The IRS, after checking against their tax records, must notify both the DHS and the employer, and the employer must terminate matching employees within 30 days (a system for employees to contest the DHS action would have been implemented).

H.R. 842: 

CLEAR Act of 2007

Published: 

Sponsored by:  Rep. Charles “Charlie” Norwood [R-GA10, 2007-2007] in the 110th congress

NumbersUSA's Position:  

Support

H.R. 842, the CLEAR Act, would reduce the flow of new illegal aliens into the United States and also begin to slowly and steadily reducing the current illegal population. It would also begin to slowly and steadily reduce the current illegal population.

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