H.R. 1671:
Verify First Act
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require the provision of social security numbers as a condition of receiving the health insurance premium tax credit.
H.R. 1463:
Equal Protection for American Workers Act
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportTo prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from granting a work authorization to an alien found to have been unlawfully present in the United States.
H.R. 1303:
H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2017
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportTo amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reform and reduce fraud and abuse in certain visa programs for aliens working temporarily in the United States, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1334:
ALERTED Act of 2017
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportTo amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, upon the request of a law enforcement official, to make a prompt determination of whether to issue a detainer in the case of an alien arrested for a violation of Federal, State, or local law.
H.R. 1342:
FILCCA of 2017
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportTo prohibit any institution of higher education that receives a Federal research and development grant and does not comply with a lawful request for information or detainment of an alien made by any officer or employee of the Federal Government who is charged with enforcement of the immigration laws from receiving indirect cost reimbursement funding, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1129:
Student Visa Security Improvement Act
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportTo require the Secretary of Homeland Security to strengthen student visa background checks and improve the monitoring of foreign students in the United States, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1125:
VISA Act of 2017
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportTo amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for new procedures pertaining to the processing of petitions and applications for immigrant or nonimmigrant visas, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1149:
Nuclear Family Priority Act
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportH.R. 1149, the Nuclear Family Priority Act, would eliminate the three chain migration categories -- parents, adult siblings, and adult children -- and create a special non-working visa for parents. The legislation would directly decrease overall immigration by more than 111,800 per year (1.118 million a decade). This would indirectly reduce the numbers by even more over time as there would be fewer recent immigrants who are the ones most likely to bring people into the country as spouses or parents of U.S. citizens.
H.R. 1178:
SAFE for America Act
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportH.R. 1178, the SAFE for America Act, would end the visa lottery, which issues 55,000 green cards every year through a lottery system to foreign nationals without regard to their educational background or work experience.