H.R. 1909:
Federal Criminal Immigration Courts Act of 2007
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportTo increase the number of Federal judgeships in certain judicial districts with heavy caseloads of criminal immigration cases.
H.R. 1811:
Maritime Law Enforcement Improvement Act of 2007
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportThe bill would create a new criminal offense for transporting or facilitating the transportation, harboring, or concealment of an alien (or attempting or conspiring to transport, harbor, or conceal) on board a “covered vessel” (i.e., a U.S. vessel [or vessel subject to U.S.
H.R. 1822:
Workplace Representation Integrity Act
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportThe bill would require that in order to be considered valid, a signed authorization card relative to union representation must be accompanied by an attestation that the signer is a U.S. citizen or lawful resident alien as well as documentary evidence of citizenship or legal immigration status.
To amend the National Labor Relations Act to require attestation and proof of citizenship or lawful residency from employees seeking labor representation by way of a process other than through a secret ballot election.
H.R. 1792:
Temporary Agricultural Labor Reform Act of 2007
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportH.R. 1792, the Temporary Agricultural Labor Reform Act, would make reforms to the H-2A agricultural guest-worker program that would help protect U.S. agricultural workers from job displacement and wage depression currently caused by the H-2A temporary agricultural guest-worker program.
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.
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportExpressing 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.
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportThe 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. 1430:
SAFE for America Act
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportH.R. 1430, the SAFE for America Act, would end the visa lottery, which gives out 50,000 green cards each year and does not take into account humanitarian need, family connections, or potential contribution to the United States.
H.R. 1355:
Scott Gardner Act
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportThe 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
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportThe 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
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportH.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.