This Issue: House votes to reward illegal immigration, expand legal immigration, and reduce job opportunities for American workers

Fri, Mar. 19^th

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Every House Democrat and more than 30 House Republicans voted to reward illegal immigration by granting amnesty to illegal aliens despite the ongoing border crisis driven mainly by Pres. Biden's promises of a mass amnesty.

The House approved two separate bills yesterday -- the American Dream and Promise Act (H.R. 6) and the Farm Workforce Modernization Act (H.R. 1603) -- that would not only award amnesty with a path to citizenship, but also expand legal immigration and the agricultural guest worker program.

As our new television commercial explains, rewarding just one illegal alien with amnesty exponentially increases legal immigration through chain migration. Once an illegal alien receives citizenship, the alien can sponsor his or her spouse, kids, and parents for green cards. The spouse can then sponsor his or her parents, and the parents can sponsor their kids and siblings, creating endless chains of additional family migration.

You can watch the ad by clicking on the image in the right-hand column.

While a number of House Democrats came to the floor last night to mention that a majority of Americans support passing the Dream Act, Roy pointed out in his recent blog that that support is dropping as the border surge continues. It also doesn't tell the full story. Large majorities of likely voters support deterring illegal immigration by mandating employers to use E-Verify and ending chain migration before granting amnesty to illegal aliens. Read Roy's blog here:

https://www.numbersusa.com/blog/poll-pelosis-2-amnesty-bills-week-fail-voters-desire-end-chain-migrationends

FARM BILL LIMITS JOB OPTIONS FOR AMERICAN WORKERS

Most of our focus on the Farm Workforce Modernization Act has been on the seven different amnesties contained in the bill. But just as worrisome is a massive expansion of the agricultural guest worker program, taking future job opportunities away from American workers.

The H-2A guest worker program currently provides farmers with a numerically unlimited supply of foreign labor to perform field work. But the Farm Workforce Modernization Act expands the H-2A visa program to include jobs in dairy, meat processing, fish canneries, and more, while also freezing the adverse effect wage rate, allowing employers to pay foreign workers less money to do those jobs.

According to recent analysis of government data by the Center for Immigration Studies, the majority of workers in dairy, meat processing, and fishing are native-born Americans. But H.R. 1603 would reduce these job opportunities for American workers at a time when millions of Americans continue to struggle as a result of the pandemic.

It's time to hold these lawmakers accountable! We've posted new action opportunities on your Action Board, allowing you to send free messages to your U.S. Representative depending how he/she voted yesterday.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ACTIVISM

While yesterday's results weren't what we had hoped for, both bills did receive fewer overall votes than they received during the last Congress. Furthermore, the following four House Republicans changed their YES vote from the last Congress, voting NO yesterday (congratulations to those of you in their Districts).

Steve Stivers of Ohio
Russ Fulcher of Idaho
Tom Cole of Oklahoma
David McKinley of West Virginia

For a full list of House Republicans who voted YES on yesterday's amnesty bills, click here.

Once again, thank you to all of the NumbersUSA activists who flooded Congress with calls over the last week! We'll have much more work to do to stop the Senate from letting these bills get to the President's desk.

Chris Chmielenski
NumbersUSA Deputy Director

The Spokane (WA) Spokesman-Review: NumbersUSA Scientific Director Leon Kolankiewicz wrote an op-ed on the impact of immigration-driven population growth on species in the Pacific Northwest:

"In the coming decade, 65% of that growth will stem from "net migration" -- both people moving from other states, as well as people moving here from abroad. And in the 2030s, net migration will account for 77% of growth.

"This grim future for salmon and orcas isn't set in stone. Policy changes -- from local solutions like zoning reform to national solutions like scaling back immigration -- could curb population growth in the Pacific Northwest and preserve the region's wildlife.

"Salmon and orca populations are in crisis. Unless human population growth slows considerably, these wild creatures could largely disappear in the decades to come."

POLL: Pelosi's 2 amnesty bills this week fail voters' desire to bar chain migration for illegal aliens

ROY BECK

Mon, Mar. 15^th

Large majorities of likely voters think that any amnesty should (1) mandate E-Verify to be fully implemented for all employers before any benefits for illegal aliens, (2) bar the amnestied illegal aliens from any family chain migration, and (3) exclude illegal aliens who have been in the country for fewer than 10 years. Pelosi's amnesty bills this week fail on all.

Biden Admin. Makes it Easier for Aliens to be Dependent on Taxpayer-Funded Benefits, 11 States Sue

Mon, Mar. 15^th

Late last week, DHS filed a rule with the Federal Register that formally removes the effective 2019 public charge rule from the Code of Federal Regulations. 11 states have now filed a motion challenging the reckless change in an attempt to ensure that aliens can financially support themselves in order to become citizens or LPRs.

House Approves Amnesty Bills Despite Worsening Border Crisis

CHRIS CHMIELENSKI

Thu, Mar. 18^th

Mostly along party lines, the House of Representatives approved two bills -- the American Dream and Promise Act and the Farm Workforce Modernization Act -- that would grant amnesty to more than 5 million illegal aliens in the midst of one of the worst border surges in history.

House to Vote on Two Major Amnesties this Thursday: H.R. 6 and H.R. 1603

Tue, Mar. 16^th

The American Dream and Promise Act (H.R. 6), and The Farm Workforce Modernization Act (H.R. 1603), both massive amnesties, are scheduled to be voted on by the House of Representatives this Thursday. Neither bill provides any accommodation or enforcement for the current crisis at the Southern Border, and, like all amnesties, will only harm Americans and already present Immigrants all around the country.

Border Patrol Apprehends Over 100,000 Illegal Border Crossers in February

Fri, Mar. 12^th

Customs and Border Protection announced this week that Border Patrol agents apprehended 96,974 illegal border crossers in February. That's the largest number of apprehensions since the border surge of 2019 when Border Patrol agents apprehended 99,273 and 132,856 in April and May, respectively. The February number is 45% higher than the number from February of 2019, suggesting that this spring's numbers could be much larger than 2019.