Since the passing of the Immigration and Reform Control Act (IRCA), 6 million illegal aliens have received amnesty in the United States. The IRCA Amnesty was supposed to "wipe the slate clean" and instead it's lead to the current situation of 12-20 million illegal aliens living in the country.
President Trump and the White House released a detailed set of immigration principles on October 8, 2017. The principles reflect many of the campaign promises Pres. Trump made on the campaign trail and suggest implementing many of the reforms recommended by the last bipartisan Congressional commission on immigration reform chaired by Barbara Jordan.
The single best action Congress can take to significantly reduce illegal immigration is to require all businesses to use E-Verify.
E-Verify is an electronic verification system, maintained by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, that allows employers to ensure that they are hiring a legal workforce.
The Legal Workforce Act, H.R. 3711, was introduced by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) and would require all employers to use E-Verify within two years.
Reps. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Ken Calvert (R-Calif.) are original cosponsors of the bill.
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, otherwise known as DACA, was announced by President Barack Obama on June 15, 2012. The executive action granted qualifying illegal aliens a postponement of any potential immigration action and a 2-year renewable court date. To date, more than 793,000 illegal aliens have received a temporary amnesty through the program.
In order to qualify for the amnesty, illegal aliens had to meet the following conditions:
National Survey of 1000 Likely Midterm Voters
Conducted July 24-25, 2017
By Pulse Opinion Research
Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence
Michigan Survey of 1,000 Likely Midterm Voters
Conducted June 8-12, 2017
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Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.
Florida Survey of 1,000 Likely Midterm Voters
Conducted June 9-12, 2017
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Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.
Indiana Survey of 800 Likely Midterm Election Voters
Conducted May 5-9, 2017
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Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3.5% percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.
North Dakota Survey of 512 Likely Midterm Election Voters
Conducted May 5-18, 2017
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Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.
Ohio Survey of 1,000 Likely Midterm Voters
Conducted June 9-12, 2017
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Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.