This Issue: Per-country cap bill blocked ... again; ICE identifies family fraud of recent border crossers

After Blocking S. 386, Sen. Durbin Introduces RELIEF Act to Increase Legal Immigration
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Fri, Oct 18th

Once again, Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) asked for unanimous consent from the Senate this week to pass the Fairness for High Skilled Immigrants Act, S. 386 in the Senate and H.R. 1044 in the House, that would lift per-country caps for employment-based green cards, but Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) objected. Sen. Durbin used his objection to introduce new legislation, the RELIEF Act, which would substantially increase the number of green cards issued each year, including clear the existing backlog of employment-based green cards over five years.

ICE Identifies Hundreds Of Migrants Allegedly Lying About Their Family Status
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Fri, Oct 18th

The United States government identified hundreds of migrants falsely claiming familial status and numerous other migrant adults attempting to pose as minors. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in the El Paso area have identified 238 fraudulent families, 50 adults falsely claiming to be minors, and have seized hundreds of documents attempting to support these migrants claims.

Reaction: John Oliver's segment on legal immigration
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JEREMY BECK
Wed, Oct 16th

NumbersUSA's Jeremy Beck (Media Standards Director), Grant Newman (Government Relations Chief of Staff), and Rob Harding (Sustainability Communications Manager) discuss John Oliver's segment on legal immigration.

Supreme Court Could Expand State-Level Immigration Enforcement
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Tue, Oct 15th

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Oct. 16 in a case that could dramatically change the landscape of immigration enforcement. The issue before the justices is whether a state can use the information on the federal I-9 employment verification form to prosecute someone for violating state law.

Mexico Military Police Halt 2,000-Strong Migrant Caravan on Its Way to US
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Mon, Oct 14th

Mexico's military police on Saturday halted and turned back a caravan of up to 2,000 migrants from Africa, the Caribbean, and Central America, hours after they embarked toward the United States. The group was apprehended on a road through Huehuetan by nearly 500 Mexican National Guard police later that afternoon.

Sen. Durbin's response to per-country caps bill -- increase legal immigration!

Fri, Oct 18th

Once again, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) blocked a unanimous consent request from Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) to pass the misleadingly labeled "Fairness for High Skilled Immigrants Act." The bill would lift the per-country caps that limit the number of green cards that can go to foreign nationals from each country, resulting in most future employment-based green cards going to Indian nationals.

While the legislation would not increase legal immigration, it would reduce diversity within the employment-based green card system, which could put pressure on Congress to increase green cards in the future.

However, Sen. Durbin's objection is not based on his concern for American tech workers. Instead, he thinks the better way to address the lengthy backlog of green cards for foreign workers is to increase overall legal immigration. So this week, he introduced the RELIEF Act, which would increase the number of green cards issued each year.

Click here for more details on this bill.

ICE identifies fraud on the border

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has announced that they've identified more than 250 instances in the El Paso sector alone where illegal border crossers either falsely claimed that they were minors or falsely claimed that they were a family unit.

The federal government has been testing rapid DNA testing along the border to help detect fraud. Click here for more on this story.

NumbersUSA staff comment on John Oliver segment

Several weeks ago, comedian John Oliver commented on the U.S. immigration system during a 20-minute monologue on his HBO program "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver."

The monologue led to an interesting discussion between NumbersUSA employees who share different political views, but share our common mission of reducing overall immigration. You can read some of that conversation in a blog by clicking here.

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