Sens. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), David Perdue (R-Ga.), and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the RAISE Act in the Senate. This is the same bill Sens. Cotton and Perdue introduced last Congress that would eliminate the visa lottery and chain migration, and would make employment visas merit-based. Rep. Rooney (R-Fla.) introduced a companion bill in the House.
Cardinal Robert Sarah, a top Vatican official who is sometimes at odds with Pope Francis' political pronouncements, told a French publication last week it is wrong to use Scripture to justify mass migration.
ICE agents arrested nearly 300 unauthorized workers on at an electronics company in Allen, Texas north of Dallas on Wednesday. This is ICE's largest single worksite enforcement operation in a decade.
A Quinnipiac poll found strong opposition to issuing drivers' licenses to illegal aliens among New York State voters. Voters in the state opposed this policy 57% to 37%.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen told an audience at George Washington University this week that Border Patrol was on pace to apprehend 100,000 illegal aliens at the southern border in the month of March.
With the economy improving and the labor market tightening, employers have ratcheted up their call for an increase in foreign labor. President Trump has even said that there are not enough workers to fill open jobs. The President's own Council of Economic Advisors makes clear in its latest report that there are still many Americans on the sidelines who are available to work.
An op-ed this week in the Washington Examiner points out that up to 5,000 Verizon employees may be laid off over the next three months, many after training the guest workers who will replace them. The writer discusses how the H-1B skill guest worker visa is often used to displace qualified American workers.
Dr. Mark Thies, a professor of chemical and biochemical engineering at Clemson University, published an op-ed calling for mandatory E-Verify. Thies makes the case that the President should follow up on the decision by the Trump Organization to use E-Verify at all its properties with a push to make it mandatory for all U.S. employers.
Based on Census Bureau assumptions about immigration levels through 2060, the Center for Immigration Studies projected the U.S. population based on various immigration scenarios. One thing CIS revealed is that immigration does little to increase the proportion of the working-age population (16-64).
Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.), the ranking member on the House Judiciary Committee, along with Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) have introduced the Fix the Immigration Loopholes Act in order “to protect minors and asylum seekers, while reducing fraud at the southern border.”