H.R. 7:
Citizenship Reform Act of 1997
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportH.R. 7, the Citizenship Reform Act of 1997, would end the practice of granting automatic citizenship to babies born to illegal aliens in the U.S. Once citizens, these babies (some 200,000 a year) can then serve as a magnet for their relatives to immigrate to the U.S.
S. 1664:
Immigration Control and Financial Responsibility Act of 1996
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportAn original bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase control over immigration to the United States by increasing border patrol and investigative personnel and detention facilities, improving the system used by employers to verify citizenship or work-authorized alien status, increasing penalties for alien smuggling and document fraud, and reforming asylum, exclusion, and deportation law and procedures; to reduce the use of welfare by aliens; and for other purposes.
H.R. 2202:
Immigration Control and Financial Responsibility Act of 1996
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportH.R. 2202, the Immigration in the National Interest Act of 1995, was a large omnibus bill designed to reform the entire immigration system. The legal immigration reforms it included were based on the bi-partisan Barbara Jordan Commission's recommendations for cutting the major links of family-chain migration and protecting American workers from further wage depression. The bill would have eliminated the categories for adult children and siblings and limited that for parents of adults.
H.R. 2162:
Immigration Reduction Act of 1995
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportTo restore immigration to traditional levels by curtailing illegal immigration and imposing a ceiling on legal immigration.
H.R. 1915:
Immigration in the National Interest Act of 1995
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportH.R. 1915, the Immigration in the National Interest Act, would have shifted the primary focus of immigration policy to spouses and minor children from extended family and to skilled immigrants from less skilled ones. It would have set a ceiling of 330,000 on family-based immigration. In addition this bill would have increased the number of skilled workers, while eliminating the unskilled worker category and the lottery program. H.R. 1915 also contained provisions designed to reduce illegal immigration such as worker verification programs.
H.R. 1363:
Citizenship Reform Act of 1995
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportH.R.1363, the Citizenship Reform Act of 1995, would halt the automatic granting of U.S. citizenship to babies born to illegal-alien mothers in the United States. The House leadership did not bring the bill to a vote.
S. 160:
Immigration Moratorium Act of 1994
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportA bill to impose a moratorium on immigration by aliens other than refugees, certain priority and skilled workers, and immediate relatives of United States citizens and permanent resident aliens.
H.R. 373:
Immigration Moratorium Act of 1995
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportTo effect a moratorium on immigration by aliens other than refugees, priority workers, and the spouses and children of United States citizens.
S. 2448:
Immigration Moratorium Act of 1994
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportA bill to impose a moratorium on immigration by aliens other than refugees, certain priority and skilled workers, and immediate relatives of United States citizens and permanent resident aliens.