Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.) said in a statement that “we need to explore every legislative option and go as big as we can on immigration with the votes we’ve got.” The assistant Democratic leader further said that “I am as committed as ever to… esta…
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Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough recently ruled – twice – against Democratic attempts to implement the largest amnesty in American history using the reconciliation process, correctly noting that the impact of amnestying millions of illegal a…
Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-A.Z.) was recently confronted by illegal alien activists after following her from the classroom where she teaches at Arizona State University into the bathroom. One continued filming as others demanded that she take action to …
Late Sunday night, Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough derailed an effort to include amnesty for 8 million illegal aliens in the $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package, ruling that it would violate the “Byrd rule.” Despite the ruling, Sena…
On June 17, Sens. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) introduced the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Visa Security Act…
On March 25, Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) introduced four pieces of immigration legislation. Taken together, these bills would accelerate the deportation of criminal aliens, gang members, and terrorists and give our immigration judges the tools to reclaim…
If President Joe Biden is serious about his “Made in All of America by All of America’s Workers” executive order, he should get behind a renewed congressional effort to bar illegal aliens from taking jobs in the U.S. workforce. A bill sponsored by Sen….
After a marathon 15-hour vote-a-rama , the U.S. Senate passed a budget resolution by a vote of 51-50, with Vice President Kamala Harris casting the tie-breaking vote. Because the Senate considered the bill under the budget reconciliation process, Democ…
Late last week, FAIR noted that the House of Representatives quietly passed an immigration bill that is nothing more than a broad carve-out for residents of Hong Kong. This deeply flawed bill, the “Hong Kong People’s Freedom and Choice Act (H.R. 8428),…
Employing the legislative legerdemain of “unanimous consent” to dispense with floor hearings or debate, the U.S. Senate quickly passed an amended version of the “Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act” last week. The action, conducted in a virtually …