S 2207: 

S 2207

NumbersUSA's Position:  

Split

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for purposes of the tax on private foundation excess business holdings to treat as outstanding any employee-owned stock purchased by a business enterprise pursuant to certain employee stock ownership retirement plans.

H.R. 2207: 

HR 2207

NumbersUSA's Position:  

Split

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for purposes of the tax on private foundation excess business holdings to treat as outstanding any employee-owned stock purchased by a business enterprise pursuant to certain employee stock ownership retirement plans.

H.R. 438: 

H.R. 438

NumbersUSA's Position:  

Split

To amend the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act to extend the deadline for a report by the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children, and for other purposes.

S. 4631: 

Hong Kong Refugee Protection Act

NumbersUSA's Position:  

Split

A bill to temporarily suspend the diversity visa program, to designate residents of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region as Priority 2 refugees of special humanitarian concern, to provide special visas to highly-qualified residents of Hong Kong, and for other purposes.

S. 166: 

A bill to provide provisional protected presence status for certain aliens and to provide mandatory appropriations relating to border security. S. 166

NumbersUSA's Position:  

Split

A bill to provide provisional protected presence status for certain aliens and to provide mandatory appropriations relating to border security.

S. 108: 

A bill to provide deferred action for certain individuals brought to the United States and to establish a border security trust fund, and for other purposes. S. 108

NumbersUSA's Position:  

Split

A bill to provide deferred action for certain individuals brought to the United States and to establish a border security trust fund, and for other purposes.

H.R. 4750: 

TPS Act

NumbersUSA's Position:  

Split

To terminate the granting of temporary protected status to aliens, to provide for adjustment of status for former temporary protected status holders, and for other purposes.

S. 1937: 

Border Security and Deferred Action Recipient Relief Act

NumbersUSA's Position:  

Split

A bill to authorize appropriations for border infrastructure construction, to provide conditional resident status to certain aliens, and to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to include grounds of inadmissibility and deportability for alien members of criminal gangs and cartels, and for other purposes.

H.R. 5398: 

Immigration for a Competitive America Act of 2016

NumbersUSA's Position:  

Split

H.R. 5398, the Immigration for a Competitive America Act, would move some family-based green card categories to employment-based categories and lead to the quadrupling of H-1B guest-worker visas. The legislation would also mandate E-Verify and strengthen criminal penalties for employers, but would allow foreign workers to claim tax credits for their children.

H.R. 3938: 

Enforcement First Immigration Reform Act of 2005

NumbersUSA's Position:  

Split

H.R. 3938, the Enforcement First Immigration Reform Act, would: 1) reduce rewards for illegal immigration by prohibiting Social Security for illegal aliens, 2) reduce chain migration by eliminating the Family 4th Preference category which allots 65,000 visas each year to the siblings of adult U.S.

H.R. 6429: 

STEM Jobs Act of 2012

NumbersUSA's Position:  

Split

H.R. 6429, the STEM Jobs Act of 2012, would cancel the visa lottery program and transfer the 55,000 yearly visas that would have been granted through the visa lottery into two new priority categories (doctorate and masters degree) under 203(b). For the first two fiscal years of the program, unused visas for which petitions or applications for labor certification have been filed will be added to the total visas for the next fiscal year. Following the first two years, remaining unused visas do not transfer to the next fiscal year.

H.R. 2131: 

SKILLS Visa Act

NumbersUSA's Position:  

Split

H.R. 2131, the SKILLS Visa Act makes various changes to the immigration system with the intention of attracting high-skilled immigration to the United States. Unfortunately, the primary feature of the SKILLS Visa Act is a dramatic increase in foreign workers. 55,000 visas are added for STEM and medical graduates with advanced degrees, 10,000 for immigrant entrepreneurs, 15,000 for immigrants with advanced degrees (EB-2), and 15,000 for skilled workers and professionals (EB-3), for a total of 95,000 new employment-based immigrant visas.