The North Carolina House approved H318, a bill that will protect American workers by increasing the use of E-Verify, limiting the types of valid IDs that will be recognized by the local and state authorities, and ending all sanctuary policies for illegal aliens. The bill now moves to Gov. Pat McCrory for his signature.
As of 2015, bills have been introduced in both the House and the Senate to end birthright citizenship—S.45 introduced by Sen. Vitter and H.R. 140 by Rep. Steve King.
The Los Angeles Sheriff's Department announced a new plan that will allow ICE agents into the jails to interview illegal aliens and immigrants considered as serious public safety threats for possible deportation.
The Senate has introduced a continuing resolution to fund the government through Dec. 11 that would reauthorize E-Verify and the EB-5 visa program. Both programs were set to expire at the end of the fiscal year that ends on Sept. 30.
According to statistics released by the U.S. Border Patrol yesterday, nearly 10,000 unaccompanied minors and families were arrested last month along the U.S.-Mexico border, a 52 percent jump from last year.
Sen. Jeff Sessions says the Obama administration’s goal to resettle nearly 200,000 refugees in the U.S. over the next two years will have serious fiscal and national security consequences.
At a meeting in Berlin, Germany Secretary of State, John Kerry, said that the U.S. will not stop at the proposed additional 10,000 Syrians coming to the U.S. next year. He said the Obama administration plans on increasing the cap for worldwide refugees from 70,000 to 100,000 by 2017.
Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg's FWD.us and other high profile tech companies say they want presidential candidates to talk about immigration reform, particularly about increasing caps for H-1B visas. Donald Trump has made immigration a top issue for the 2016 presidential campaign, yet the conversation has centered on what to do with illegal aliens and border control.
Hewlett Packard announced this week that the company plans to cut about 10% of its workforce, roughly around 30,000 American workers, while expanding the use of H-1B foreign worker visas.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) responded to President Obama's new L-1B visa policy memorandum with a letter requesting answers on the effects that this new policy may have on American workers.