Voting Resources
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.
July 17th, 2025
On July 15, 2025, a bipartisan group of representatives led by Reps. María Elvira Salazar (R-FL) and Veronica Escobar (D-TX) introduced an updated version of the DIGNITY Act (H.R. 4393) to fix our nation’s broken immigration...
July 3rd, 2025
Authored by Rebecca Santana and Elliot Spagat and originally published on texastribune.org
June 19th, 2025
AUSTIN, TX – In response to the lawsuit filed against the State of Texas by the U.S. Department of Justice regarding in-state tuition for undocumented students and the state’s subsequent decision to...
June 12th, 2025
On June 4, the Department of Justice and the Texas attorney general filed suits seeking to strike down a Texas law that guarantees in-state tuition to students who are undocumented.
May 29th, 2025
In a 2003 paper, economist George Borjas used an innovative method to controversially find that immigration had a negative effect on the relative wages of native-born workers who compete with immigrants, especially...
May 15th, 2025
Reps. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) and Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) reintroduced the bipartisan Farm Workforce Modernization Act to reform the H-2A visa program and establish a strong, legal immigration workforce for...
May 1st, 2025
Texas House Bill 232 (HB 232) and Senate Bill 1798 (SB 1798) seek to repeal the long-standing Texas Dream Act that allows unauthorized immigrant students who meet standard r
April 17th, 2025
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.
April 3rd, 2025
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...
March 27th, 2025
This abrupt change destroys the common immigration-restrictionist argument that more open immigration policies will tilt the country leftward
July 10th, 2025
Business organizations and individual employers are invited to sign on to one or both of the following by the end of day today, Thursday, July 10.
June 26th, 2025
Daily deportations are topping 1,100 per day as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) works to fulfill the Trump Administration’s promise of mass deportations of unauthorized immigrants who have been charged with...
June 19th, 2025
Congressman Tony Gonzales (TX-23), Chairman of the Republican Congressional Hispanic Conference (CHC), led 5 of his Republican colleagues in urging the Trump Administration to prioritize enforcement operations for violent...
June 5th, 2025
Undocumented students in Texas are no longer eligible for in-state tuition after Texas agreed Wednesday with the federal government's demand to stop the practice.
May 22nd, 2025
Vice President JD Vance and a collection of online conservative commentators have argued that, as president, Joe Biden let in 20 or 30 million illegal immigrants, swelling their population to 30–50 million.
May 8th, 2025
Tuesday, the Texas Senate Committee on Education advanced SB 1798 — a bill that would repeal the Texas Dream Act, one of the most successful, bipartisan workforce policies in our state’s history.
April 22nd, 2025
Authored by Chelsie Kramer and originally published by the American Immigration Council
April 10th, 2025
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...
April 3rd, 2025
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.
March 20th, 2025
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-...
