H.R. 2414:
AgJOBS Act of 2009
NumbersUSA's Position:
OpposeH.R. 2414, AgJOBS Act of 2009, would encourage more illegal immigration by rewarding certain illegal aliens who work in agriculture with amnesty.
H.R. 2406:
CLEAR Act of 2009
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportH.R. 2406, CLEAR Act of 2009, would make sure local law enforcement agencies are reimbursed for the costs associated with incarcerating illegal aliens. The CLEAR Act also recognizes local law enforcement's authority to help enforce immigration law, improves information sharing between local law enforcement agencies and the federal government, and requires the federal government to expeditiously remove criminal illegal aliens.
H.R. 2305:
SAFE for America Act
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportH.R. 2305, SAFE for America Act, would eliminate the arbitrary visa lottery system.
H.R. 2028:
New Employee Verification Act of 2009
NumbersUSA's Position:
No PositionThe bill would extend the E-Verify program for 5 years, phase it out over 3 years, and replace it with a “new” and mandatory system called the Electronic Employment Verification System (EEVS) to verify the status of all (and only) new employees. EEVS would allow employers to access and add information to the Federal National Directory of New Hires, an untested database currently designed to locate individuals, not determine legal status.
H.R. 1868:
Birthright Citizenship Act of 2009
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportH.R. 1868, Birthright Citizenship Act of 2009, would eliminate birthright citizenship, the process that automatically grants citizenship to the estimated 350,000 U.S.-born children of illegal aliens each year.
S. 729:
Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2009
NumbersUSA's Position:
OpposeS. 729, Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2009, would grant amnesty to illegal aliens under the age of 35 who have been in the United States for five consecutive years and came (illegally) to the United States before the age of 16. Such a reward for illegal immigration serves as an incentive for more illegal immigration.
H.R. 1751:
American Dream Act
NumbersUSA's Position:
OpposeThe bill would amnesty certain illegal aliens under the pretense of providing educational opportunities for children. Specifically, it would repeal Section 505 of the 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act, which prevents illegal aliens from being eligible for in-state tuition.
H.R. 1199:
Scott Gardner Act
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportH.R. 1199, Scott Gardner Act, would require DHS to share immigration information with the Department of Justice and submit a joint report to Congress about improving federal immigration databases. It would require each state and their local law enforcement agencies to collect and report all immigration and DWI-related information to receive State Criminal Alien Assistance Program funding. DWI-related information would then appear as a flag on the wants/warrants page of the National Crime Information Center database.
H.R. 1136:
Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2009
NumbersUSA's Position:
No PositionThe bill would allow an alien to return as an H-2B nonimmigrant worker without counting against the annual 66,000 cap if they have used an H-2B visa during one of the three previous fiscal years (i.e., potentially tripling the number of H-2Bs in the U.S. at one time). In addition, this legislation would be effective as if enacted on December 1, 2008.
To extend the termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers.
H.R. 1105:
Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009
NumbersUSA's Position:
No PositionThe bill would allocate appropriations and determine federal spending priorities for the remainder of the 2009 Fiscal Year.