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TexasGOPVote Newsletter

December 2, 2021

Highlighted Blogs
Experts Call for Relieving Administrative Bottlenecks to Legal Immigration during "The Way Forward: Immigration Reform for the 21st Century" - Congress doubled the visa cap for the H2B program in December of 2020 with an additional 64,000 visas, but only 22,000 of them were issued. That wasn’t a processing issue, they just said we don’t actually see the need for using all 64,000 visas. Given the record number of open jobs, that was an incredibly bizarre decision. Over the last year we’ve lost about 1.2 million adult work-eligible temporary workers and permanent residents who could be contributing to our economy right now... here we have this large labor pool that is not being tapped and it’s entirely due to administrative procedures not fulfilling laws that Congress has already enacted.

‘It’s time to reverse Roe and have an honest conversation about life’ -What is at stake is whether or not the people’s right to be able to make decisions about life is going to be restored to the people through their elected representatives rather than controlled by unelected judges and the courts.

Senate Should Have True Cost of ‘Build Back Better’ Before a Vote - It's smoke and mirrors. It's budget gimmickry. It's starting new programs, claiming to cut them off after a year, knowing that inevitably Congress will be tempted to extend them much, much longer. We need to know precisely how much this bill will cost the American people.

Congressman Tony Gonzales, Texas Nursery & Landscape Association Hold Workforce Roundtable - Over the last year, Texas’ growers have faced a unique set of challenges from the pandemic and winter storms, and now due to the labor and supply chain shortages.
 

Featured Topic

ID and Tax

"ID and Tax" is a system where unauthorized immigrants would be issued tamper-proof IDs, would be taxed at the same or a higher rate than American citizens, and would be required to work for employers who deduct and match taxes. Find out more about the problems we face and the solutions.
Additional Blog Posts

America Must Save the Lives of Innocent Babies

Texas Alliance for Life Board and Staff to Be Outside Supreme Court Building During Historic Dobbs Hearing

Schumer, Democrats’ Inability to Govern Creates December Mess

Biden’s SPR Release is Short-Sighted, Hurts Americans' Image, Oil Barrels and Fields

Rep. Nehls Introduces Bill to Improve VA’s Military Sexual Trauma (MST) Disability Exam Process

Cornyn, Doggett, McCaul, Texas Colleagues Urge Commerce Secretary Raimondo to Consider Texas for Key Semiconductor Production Sites
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