Six Republican House members have sent a letter to their colleagues in the Senate urging them to oppose a possible amnesty framework, according to reporting by the Daily Caller News Foundation.
According to a recent poll by Rasmussen Reports, a plurality of likely U.S. voters oppose giving amnesty to an estimated 12 million illegals currently living in the United States.
We need a Great Tightening of our borders and our labor force; there's something broken and unhealthy about our productivity outcomes.
Senators Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and Krysten Sinema (D-Ariz.) have revived bipartisan amnesty talks during the lame-duck congressional session in an effort to test the waters on immigration "reform" before Republicans retake the House of Representatives in January.
A large coalition of common sense immigration reform organizations and former administration officials have signed a letter to congressional leaders warning them of an "immediate [amnesty] danger posed by the lame-duck session of Congress that is now underway."
Stories on H-1B visas and hurricane clean-ups show how worker shortage claims are about adding more cheap legal and illegal immigrant workers to the U.S. workforce rather than filling labor gaps in our economy.
Due to our affluence, population growth in the United States has a far greater impact than growth in other nations, and we are already running an ecological deficit.
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) recently stated that Democrats' push to pass a massive amnesty in the lame-duck congressional session is nothing more than a political ploy, promising, “There will be no deals on immigration until we secure the border.”
Some in Congress see the upcoming lame duck session of Congress as an opportunity to pass amnesty and reward the agribusiness lobby with even more, cheaper foreign workers.
America’s big business executives and corporate elites are lobbying both Republicans and Democrats in Congress to pass an amnesty for millions of illegal aliens working on U.S. farms.