H.R. 1314: 

Photo Identification Security Act

Published: 

Sponsored by:  Rep. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN7] in the 110th congress

NumbersUSA's Position:  

Support

H.R. 1314, Photo Identification Security Act, would prohibit Federal agencies (for any official purpose) and financial institutions (for purposes of verifying the identity of an individual seeking to open an account) from accepting any form of identification of an individual other than: (1) either: (a) a social security card accompanied by a photo identification card issued by the Federal or a state government; or (b) a state driver's license or identification card, provided that the state is in compliance with the REAL ID Act; (2) a U.S.

H.R. 1287: 

Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act

Published: 

Sponsored by:  Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI] in the 110th congress

NumbersUSA's Position:  

Oppose

The bill would exempt children of Filipino World War II veterans naturalized pursuant to the Immigration Act of 1990 from numerical limits on worldwide immigration.

To exempt children of certain Filipino World War II veterans from the numerical limitations on immigrant visas.

H.R. 1275: 

American Dream Act

Published: 

Sponsored by:  Rep. Howard Berman [D-CA28, 2003-2013] in the 110th congress

NumbersUSA's Position:  

Oppose

H.R. 1275, American Dream Act, would make illegal aliens eligible for in-state tuition and would allow DHS to grant illegal college students legal status. This bill would encourage illegal immigration and reward illegal immigrants, as well as harming legal students.

H.R. 1227: 

Gulf Coast Hurricane Housing Recovery Act of 2007

Published: 

Sponsored by:  Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA43] in the 110th congress

NumbersUSA's Position:  

Support

The bill as amended in the House Financial Services Committee, would require any entity receiving Federal funds for public housing reconstruction following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita to verify that all of its workers are authorized to work in the United States and have a valid form of identification or documentation to prove their immigration status.

To assist in the provision of affordable housing to low-income families affected by Hurricane Katrina.

H.R. 1221: 

EARN Act

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Sponsored by:  Rep. Paul Gillmor [R-OH5, 1989-2007] in the 110th congress

NumbersUSA's Position:  

Oppose

H.R. 1221, EARN Act, would allow DHS to give lawful resident status to an illegal alien who entered the U.S before age sixteen, has been in the U.S. for five years, is of "good moral character"" (lacking a serious criminal record)."

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.

Published: 

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. 934: 

To amend section 218 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the method of calculating the wages to be paid to H-2A workers.

Published: 

Sponsored by:  Rep. Lincoln Davis [D-TN4, 2003-2010] in the 110th congress

NumbersUSA's Position:  

No Position

To amend section 218 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the method of calculating the wages to be paid to H-2A workers.

H.R. 938: 

Nuclear Family Priority Act

Published: 

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

NumbersUSA's Position:  

Support

H.R. 938, the Nuclear Family Priority Act, would end chain migration by restricting allocation of family-sponsored immigrant visas so that only spouses or children of a lawful permanent resident (LPR) alien can obtain such visas. Furthermore, it would reduce the number of family-sponsored immigrant visas available per fiscal year to 88,000 minus the number of aliens who were paroled into the United States for humanitarian reasons in the second preceding fiscal year.

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