Immigration Reform

Our immigration system in this country is broken. 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. 

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...
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. 
Here is a summary of the Trump border security and immigration executive orders.
Will “the largest deportation in U.S. history” be limited to those with serious criminal convictions and final orders of deportation, or will it also include undocumented individuals who have been quietly living and working...
President-elect Donald Trump recently expressed desires to work in a bipartisan manner with lawmakers to pass legislation that will allow Dreamers to stay in the U.S. legally.
We hope the President-elect uses this as an opportunity to work with Congress to pass sensible immigration reform that reflects the wishes of the majority of Americans.  Find the things we agree on and start there.
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-...
A Better Way Forward
The following Executive Summary is authored by Andrea R. Flores, Vice President of Immigration Policy, FWD.us.
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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...
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:
There is a simpler solution than deploying the military to round up or block the entry of immigrants: Just limit welfare. If immigrants were ineligible for welfare benefits, almost every immigrant would be fiscally positive...
In a high-stakes phone call that could shape U.S.-Mexico relations for years to come, President-elect Donald Trump and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum addressed the thorny issue of migration and border security.
Authored by David Bier and originally published on cato.org

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