Immigration

Immigration and border security go hand in hand. The border must be secure, and the Republican Party has to put forward a plan to deal with the millions of illegal immigrants in this country. President Obama’s executive action does not solve the problem but neither would any attempt at a mass deportation. The United States needs to identify the people who are here and ensure they are properly taxed. That way, no one gets a free ride on the taxpayer’s dime.
Authored by Chelsie Kramer and originally published by the American Immigration Council
As the U.S. gears up for a potential manufacturing resurgence driven by the Trump Administration’s tariffs and trade policies, a crucial challenge looms: where will the workers come from? While tariffs may bring production...
The state Senate on Tuesday passed a proposal that would require some Texas sheriffs to enter into agreements with the federal government to help identify undocumented immigrants accused of crimes.
A green card sale could help reduce the deficit. But if the initial sale fails to sell one million, the Department of Homeland Security should be authorized to lower the $5 million price and conduct additional sales at six-...
May I suggest additional strategies to reduce the pull factor that encourages innocent people to pay criminals and risk their lives for a longshot chance at a better one? Go after employers who exploit undocumented migrants...
This week, I also had the privilege of witnessing ten new Americans take their oath of citizenship in San Angelo, welcoming them as citizens of the greatest country on earth. Legal immigration, the path chosen by these...
Human trafficking is not a distant, overseas issue—it’s happening right here in our communities, across rural towns and major cities in America. According to the National Human Trafficking Hotline, there were over 9,000...
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Congressman Michael Cloud (R-TX) introduced the 287(g) Program Protection Act, a bill to help state and local law enforcement work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to detain and deport...
U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after President Trump signed the Laken Riley Act, which requires U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to arrest and detain migrants who...
Here is a summary of the Trump border security and immigration executive orders.
During a recent cabinet meeting, President Trump suggested that undocumented people working on farms and in hotels would be allowed to leave the country and return as legal workers if their employers vouched for them.
On behalf of the 1,700 businesses that comprise the American Business Immigration Coalition, we would like to extend our sincere gratitude to the administration and members of Congress for taking seriously the need to...
This abrupt change destroys the common immigration-restrictionist argument that more open immigration policies will tilt the country leftward
Reps. María Elvira Salazar (R-FL), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), and several other bill leads reintroduced the bipartisan American Dream and Promise Act (H.R. 1589). This critical legislation provides permanent legal status to...
A Better Way Forward
The following Executive Summary is authored by Andrea R. Flores, Vice President of Immigration Policy, FWD.us.
While most new jobs in the US economy have gone to foreign-born workers, this isn’t because they are taking them from Americans.
With immigration dominating headlines, a new poll suggests that evangelical Christians hold nuanced views on immigration issues that many will find surprising. 
The following article was authored by Massey Villarreal and Sam Sanchez and originally published in USA Today.
The following article was originally published on the Evangelical Immigration Table:

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