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. 

Washington is looking at familiar tools — cutting benefits, raising taxes or finding new revenue. It all comes down to who will pay and how much.
In 2024, Harris County — the heart of metro Houston — added 105,800 residents. A year later, the gains were just 48,700. In America’s most diverse metro area, the number of people arriving from abroad fell by more than 40...
“I’ve heard time and again from small business owners, farmers, and ranchers across Utah how difficult it has become to hire enough workers to meet growing market demands,” said Senator Curtis.
Everyone agrees the system is broken, but no one agrees on the fix, so the legislation is piling up rather than passing.
U.S. Representative María Elvira Salazar (R-FL) recently spoke with His Holiness Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, where she raised the issue of immigration in the United States and personally presented the Holy Father with...
Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz (TX-15) wrote Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin, urging the agency to prioritize processing religious worker visa applications. 
Leaders within the construction industry in South Texas delivered a clear message to lawmakers: Stop the mass deportation of workers or risk losing in November.
The American Dream and Promise Act would create earned pathways to lawful permanent residence for eligible Dreamers and recipients of Temporary Protected Status (TPS).
On July 1, 2026, the United States declined to extend the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) for an additional 16-year term during the agreement's mandatory six-year review. 
The two immigration victories that the Supreme Court handed the administration last week are largely being framed as humanitarian losses, which they are. But they’re also more than that. The Supremes’ decisions will have a...
About a quarter of the beef Americans eat passes through a handful of slaughterhouses in southwest Kansas, the corner of the state around Liberal, Dodge City and Garden City that people in the industry call the golden...
America, welcome to the Texas Border Follies. You’re paying for it now. Sen. John Cornyn told the Texas Tribune recently that Texas will collect at least $7.5 billion from a federal border reimbursement fund — three-quarters...
U.S. Representative Glenn “GT” Thompson (PA-15) held a press conference with co-sponsors and stakeholders celebrating the introduction of H.R. 9535, the Securing Agriculture’s Workforce Act of 2026. This legislation...
Norman Adams headshot
Norman was one of the greatest political orators the world has ever seen. He had an extraordinary ability to say more in a few words than most politicians could say in a 30-minute speech.
Walling off the welfare state without walling out legal immigrants should be the market-based position on reform.
Authored by Loren SteffyWhen it comes to immigration enforcement, lawmakers have been content to abdicate their responsibilities to courts. It isn’t working.
The research also found that immigrant workers boosted employment without significantly lowering wages, suggesting that expanding housing supply, not reducing the construction workforce, is the more effective long-term...
A bipartisan immigration proposal in the U.S. House of Representatives is drawing significant backing from Catholic lawmakers, who make up more than half of its current supporters, underscoring the role of faith in shaping...
In early May, Tom Homan, the president’s border czar, stood in front of a Phoenix convention hall full of vendors hoping to sell the government surveillance gear and told them the country now has the most secure border in...
For nearly thirty years, Congress has debated whether to make E-Verify—the federal system that checks whether new hires are authorized to work—mandatory for every employer in the country. It has never been able to bring...

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