H.R. 1178:
SAFE for America Act
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportH.R. 1178, the SAFE for America Act, would end the visa lottery, which issues 55,000 green cards every year through a lottery system to foreign nationals without regard to their educational background or work experience.
H.R. 1149:
Nuclear Family Priority Act
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportH.R. 1149, the Nuclear Family Priority Act, would eliminate the three chain migration categories -- parents, adult siblings, and adult children -- and create a special non-working visa for parents. The legislation would directly decrease overall immigration by more than 111,800 per year (1.118 million a decade). This would indirectly reduce the numbers by even more over time as there would be fewer recent immigrants who are the ones most likely to bring people into the country as spouses or parents of U.S. citizens.
H.R. 1129:
Student Visa Security Improvement Act
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportTo require the Secretary of Homeland Security to strengthen student visa background checks and improve the monitoring of foreign students in the United States, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1041:
SHUT Act of 2017
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny the refundable portion of the child tax credit to individuals who are not authorized to be employed in the United States and to terminate the use of certifying acceptance agents to facilitate the application process for ITINs.
H.R. 1010:
Defense of Legal Workers Act of 2017
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportTo amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to expand the definition of an unauthorized alien to include aliens who have not been admitted to and are not lawfully present in the United States, and for other purposes.
H.R. 844:
Terrorist Deportation Act of 2017
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportTo amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to facilitate the removal of aliens identified in the terrorist screening database, and for other purposes.
H.R. 819:
Tax Credit Accountability Act of 2017
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit aliens in an unlawful immigration status from claiming the earned income tax credit.
H.R. 643:
Visa Overstay Enforcement Act of 2017
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportTo amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to penalize aliens who overstay their visas, and for other purposes.
H.R. 604:
State Refugee Security Act of 2017
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportTo amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit the Governor of a State to reject the resettlement of a refugee in that State unless there is adequate assurance that the alien does not present a security risk, and for other purposes.
H.R. 514:
HELD Act
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportTo deny Federal funding to any State or political subdivision of a State that has in effect any law, policy, or procedure that prevents or impedes a State or local law enforcement official from maintaining custody of an alien pursuant to an immigration detainer issued by the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.
H.R. 495:
Protection of Children Act of 2017
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportTo amend the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to provide for the expedited removal of unaccompanied alien children who are not victims of a severe form of trafficking in persons and who do not have a fear of returning to their country of nationality or last habitual residence, and for other purposes.