Enforce the law Congress wrote in 1996 — pass H.R. 9773

Congress settled this question in 1996: illegal border crossers must be detained until they are admitted or removed. Yet for nearly three decades, administrations of both parties refused to enforce that mandate, releasing millions of inadmissible aliens into the interior instead. The current administration is finally enforcing the law as written — and opponents have responded with thousands of habeas petitions asking judges to rewrite the statute from the bench.

Working families can’t take another surge

• Be ready for H.R. 9773

Judiciary approved the border bill

• Now pass H.R. 9773

Help American workers keep winning

• Cosponsor S. 1151 to keep it that way

Make the jobs magnet shutoff permanent

• Cosponsor H.R. 251

It is time to end the U visa

Four law enforcement officials in Louisiana and the businessman who paid them have pleaded guilty in federal court to manufacturing armed robberies that never happened so that foreign nationals could apply for U visas as crime victims. Roughly 300 of them got visas. Please use your position to bring this program to an end.

Support and pass H.R. 8628 and end the U visa program

Please support and pass H.R. 8628, the End U Visa Abuse Act. Five people have now pleaded guilty in federal court for running a U visa fraud ring out of central Louisiana, and four of them were law enforcement officials — three police chiefs and a marshal — paid $5,000 a name to document armed robberies that never occurred.

Overcrowded Yosemite provides another reason to cosponsor S. 1328

The New York Times reports that Yosemite National Park is experiencing some of its worst traffic congestion in years after the National Park Service ended its summer reservation system. Like many national parks, Yosemite is struggling with chronic overcrowding. Park managers increasingly face a no-win choice: ration access through reservation systems or allow growing congestion to diminish both the visitor experience and park resources.

Overcrowded Yosemite provides another reason to cosponsor H.R. 2705

The New York Times reports that Yosemite National Park is experiencing some of its worst traffic congestion in years after the National Park Service ended its summer reservation system. Like many national parks, Yosemite is struggling with chronic overcrowding. Park managers increasingly face a no-win choice: ration access through reservation systems or allow growing congestion to diminish both the visitor experience and park resources.

68 percent ordered removed in absentia — that’s the case for H.R. 9773

The June immigration court numbers contain a warning wrapped inside good news. Closures hit an all-time record of 100,773, and removal orders jumped 30 percent to nearly 79,000. But 68 percent of those orders were issued in absentia — to people who were released into the interior under past policies and never appeared in court.

Court orders aren’t removals — pass H.R. 9773 and fix the root cause

Immigration court records for June show a system working at record pace: an all-time high of 100,773 case closures, nearly 79,000 removal orders, and less than two percent of cases ending in a grant of relief. I’m encouraged by those numbers — and troubled by the one underneath them: 68 percent of the people ordered removed were not present at their own hearings.

Protect American workers — cosponsor S. 1151 to mandate E-Verify

Just 57,000 jobs were added in June, and the labor force participation rate fell to 61.5 percent — its lowest level since early 2021 — as workers gave up the search in droves. Teen unemployment stands at 14.6 percent. When hiring slows this sharply, Congress should make certain that every job opening goes to a legal worker.

A weak jobs report is one more reason to cosponsor H.R. 251

The June jobs report showed the economy added just 57,000 jobs — roughly half of what economists expected — while April and May were revised down by a combined 74,000 jobs. Hundreds of thousands of Americans left the labor force entirely, and more than a quarter of the unemployed have now been out of work for 27 weeks or longer. In a labor market this weak, no American should have to compete with illegal labor for a job.

Lock in border security

Pass the Secure the Border Act (H.R. 2) as soon as possible.

Pass the border security package

Please support and pass the border security package now moving through the House, so that today’s border security gains are written into law rather than left to the discretion of whoever occupies the White House next.

Cosponsor the End U Visa Abuse Act

I urge you to cosponsor H.R. 8628, the End U Visa Abuse Act, and help shut down a program that was created to support genuine crime victims but has become a magnet for fraud and a backdoor to work permits and deportation protection for people in the country illegally.

Pass the Secure The Border Act ASAP

Please be ready to pass the Secure the Border Act the moment it arrives.

Pass H.R. 2 to make enforcement last

Court wins can fade. Pass H.R. 2 to make enforcement last.

Pass H.R. 2

Pass H.R. 2 and turn June’s court wins into permanent law.

TPS equals cheap labor

Healthcare jobs can go to American workers — don’t reverse the TPS decision