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Limit H-1B visas to retain Black tech talent
There should be no immigration expansions in lame-duck session amid slowing economy.
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H.R. 3648 will displace American workers — VOTE NO!
The House of Representatives will soon hold a vote on H.R. 3648, the EAGLE Act. I cannot understand how anyone can think that this bill is a good idea. H.R. 3648 would expand the H-1B program and permanently reduce the number of jobs available to American workers by turning virtually all nonimmigrant visas into a direct path to a green card for foreign workers and their spouses and children, including adult children, regardless of the numerical limits on employment-based green cards.
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We cannot achieve a sustainable population with current immigration levels
It’s frustrating that America’s prominent economists can’t acknowledge that economic growth does not require a relentless increase in population. We can grow our economy by using education and technology to increase productivity. With slower population growth, we can make greater progress toward resolving economic and environmental issues while boosting our productivity, and quality of life, as a nation.
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Value the U.S. workforce by reducing immigration
I hope that you oppose any lame-duck Congress attempts to pass more immigration expansions to keep wages down and undermine tech workers.
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Stop the Democrat’s lame duck amnesty plans
I am concerned that lame duck Democrats will try to force an illegal alien amnesty through Congress while they still control the House of Representatives. According to one pro-illegal alien activist, the lame duck session is a “golden opportunity” to pass an amnesty, while another activist said that “another chance [to amnesty illegal aliens] likely won’t come for years.”
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I can’t believe Resident Biden plans to do nothing about the border
Immigration is one of the top issues in exit polls.
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Federal action is needed to take population pressures off communities.
I can’t believe how much urban sprawl there’s been in America during the past 20 years — more than 11.5 million acres of open land (an area about the size of New Jersey and New Hampshire combined) has been developed. This trend is being fueled by population growth.
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Wildlife cannot thrive while Congress promotes rapid population growth.
America is experiencing a “biodiversity crisis,” which has been confirmed by the U.S. EPA’s list of endangered and threatened wildlife, now exceeding a mind-boggling 1,300 species. Habitat loss, and the consequential habitat fragmentation, are the primary reasons for this crisis, and America’s high population growth is driving these conditions. All this will become much worse if America grows by another 75 million in 40 years, as predicted by the U.S. Census Bureau, with more than 90% of this increase coming from immigration.
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Wages decrease during a slowing economy. Reduce immigration.
Immigration threatens worker bargaining power even more during a slowing economy.
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Immigration-driven growth is lowering our quality of life.
During the past 20 years, America has lost more than 11.5 million acres to development. A majority of the loss was a result of the U.S. population growing by nearly 40 million people. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, our country is poised to add another 75 million people by 2060 — with roughly 90% due to immigration.
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Border crisis is making housing demand even worse
Homeownership is becoming an impossibility in the U.S. with rising costs and demand through increased immigration.
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Porous borders are unsustainable, drive overpopulation and overcrowding
Northern U.S. cities such as New York, Chicago, Washington D.C. cannot keep up with migrant influxes, living in tents, sleeping on streets, and wandering aimlessly about unfamiliar places. Be a strong voice for border security to help minimize migrants’ hardships. A compassionate immigration policy includes border enforcement that will help save the lives of vulnerable migrants who perish in ill-advised journey’s north. An estimated 700 migrants have died this year alone in their futile efforts to reach the U.S.
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Don’t trade a DACA amnesty for border security
I hope you will follow House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s lead by coming out against trading a “pathway to citizenship” or a DACA amnesty for border security. Rep. McCarthy said:
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You must confront the adverse impacts of U.S. population growth
Our ecologically-illiterate immigration policy is pushing us towards half a billion Americans by the end of the century, with some arguing that we should be aiming for a billion to ensure our power and prominence on the international stage.
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Weather-related disasters increase with U.S. population growth
Florida is now America’s third most populated state at 21 million people (2020). Last week the state was, once again, set upon by a massive hurricane — Hurricane Ian. This was Florida’s most costly storm ever, with storm-related costs estimated at $66 billion in property damage, and almost 100 deaths. It’s simple — more people mean more houses and infrastructure, which makes hurricanes more costly and destructive.
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Tight labor markets give workers a fighting chance
As the liberal labor economist Vernon Briggs, Jr. has noted, we are now in another era of large-scale immigration that works against U.S. workers:
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The record border surge
The Biden-Harris “root cause” migration plan has failed, as is documented in The Washington Post column “U.S. arrests along Mexico border top 2 million a year for first time” that was published this month.
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Please cosponsor H.R. 4644 to end the OPT program
The Optional Practical Training (OPT) program for foreign graduates of American universities harms all American and legal immigrant graduates, but it harms STEM graduates the most. Currently, all foreign graduates are eligible for a 12-month OPT visa to work in their fields of study after graduation. To make matters much worse, foreign STEM graduates are eligible for an additional 24-month OPT visa.
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Increasing H-2B visas harms American workers
On October 12, the Department of Homeland Security, in conjunction with the Department of Labor, announced that it would increase by 65,000 H-2B visas for fiscal year 2023. This nearly doubles the existing 66,000 cap. There are roughly 50 million working-age Americans without jobs. Americans are available to do the jobs that DHS wants to give away to foreign-born workers, IF they are offered fair wages and working conditions.
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H-2B visas harm American workers
I was disappointed to learn that DHS Secretary Mayorkas has issued an additional 65,000 H-2B visas. As H-2B visas typically cover seasonal and temporary low-skill jobs, these visas disproportionately harm young and less-educated Americans. Increasing H-2B visa numbers would prevent thousands more young Americans from entering the workplace.