Truth to power – Page 2 – Correspondence and commentary on current events.

Any border legislation must close asylum loopholes and mandate E-Verify

I cannot understand why you and your Republican colleagues haven’t passed any legislation to help end the border crisis. Republicans won control of the House by promising to end the crisis and it’s time for you to make it happen. Total encounters at the U.S./Mexico border exceeded 150,000 in January and February and apprehensions of illegal border crossers have exceeded 125,000 for 24 straight months; it’s clear that this problem isn’t going away.

Don’t launder illegal immigration; end it

I was disappointed to hear President Biden tout amnesty during his State of the Union address instead of speaking on real strategies that will halt the border crisis he created.

Cosponsor H.R. 319, the Legal Workforce Act

H.R. 319, in addition to requiring employers to run new hires through the Chamber of Commerce-approved E-Verify system, would move illegal aliens out of U.S. jobs. Over time, the more than 7 million illegal aliens in non-agricultural jobs would be replaced by unemployed Americans and legal immigrants. While not solving America’s unemployment or illegal immigration problems, the Legal Workforce Act would certainly lessen their severity.

Help fix the border by cosponsoring H.R. 29, the Border Safety and Security Act

I hope you will cosponsor H.R. 29, Rep. Chip Roy’s Border Safety and Security Act. The Biden administration refuses to do what is required to end the crisis at the border and H.R. 29 would force his Department of Homeland Security to end the flow of illegal aliens across the border. Specifically, this bill would:

End the border crisis

Border Patrol agents are on pace to make more than 2 million apprehensions of illegal border crossers during the current fiscal year. It’s time for Congress to take action to end this historic border crisis!

Support underpaid U.S. workers by limiting immigration

I’m angry that U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh incorrectly claimed that “One of the biggest threats to our economy is not inflation or wage growth, it’s lack of workers. And immigration reform is a key to that.”