Mass immigration makes no sense given desertification

I am concerned about farmland being overburdened in America and becoming desert. Almost a third of our nation’s land area is affected by desertification, and much of the southwestern United States is highly vulnerable.

Mass immigration causes Black Americans to lose jobs

It is alarming how our border crisis over the past few years is enabling business interests to push Black and Hispanic workers to the sidelines in favor of bringing in citizens of other countries to compete with them.

Support legislation to mandate E-Verify

Requiring employers to run new hires through the Chamber of Commerce-supported E-Verify system, would gently move illegal aliens out of U.S. jobs. Over time, 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, mandatory E-Verify would certainly lessen their severity.

Support our schools by adopting sensible immigration policies

Our border crisis is resulting in an unprecedented number of migrant children “adding financial and logistical strains in communities,” according to the recent Wall Street Journal article titled “The Massive Immigration Wave Hitting America’s Classrooms.”

Nearly 2 in 3 Americans favor deporting all illegal immigrants

62% of Americans (nearly 2 in 3) favor a national program to deport all undocumented immigrants, according to a CBS News Poll conducted June 5-7. This number includes a significant 60% of Independents and 38% of Democrats.

Mass immigration lowers wages and increases housing prices

The recent surge in immigration is worsening America’s affordable housing crisis. While Americans are being squeezed by rising housing costs due to inflation and elevated interest rates, our nation’s unprecedented influx of illegal immigrants is amplifying the demand for scarce housing.

End the visa lottery

Our nation currently allows 50,000 immigrants to come to the United States through this program. These individuals need not possess special skills or extraordinary talents, they need only sign up for the lottery and have their name drawn. Once they come to the United States they are free to compete against unemployed Americans for U.S. jobs.

To save nature, we must limit immigration

We lose a football field worth of nature every 30 seconds in the United States. We add an NFL football stadium worth of people every ten days. Even with our efforts to reduce our individual footprints, our collective feet are stomping out the natural world beneath us. Americans’ outsized consumption habits play a significant role, but the destruction of these natural spaces is primarily driven by the need for more space to accommodate more of us: more schools, roads, places of business, hospitals, water treatment facilities, farms, parking lots, etc. While there are many worthwhile efforts to protect our natural resources, wildlife habitats, and access to open space and nature, they are all undermined by Congress’ unsustainable immigration policies.

Don’t undercut U.S. workers through immigration

• Put American workers first

End chain migration

For over 200 years, American policymakers have used immigration increases to pilfer the wealth of multiple generations of American Freedmen before it was even earned. With few notable exceptions, the calls of Black abolitionists and civil rights leaders to set immigration levels with the interests of American workers foremost in mind have been ignored.

Sign H.R. 2 into law to end the border crisis

The ongoing crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border will not end unless Congress takes steps to change the Biden administration’s immigration and border policies. It’s clear that passing additional funding without implementing policy changes will only fuel the administration’s catch-and-release policies. Congress must get H.R. 2 signed into law to end the border crisis. To refresh your memory, H.R. 2 would:

Save what’s left of America’s biodiversity

I am concerned about America’s persistent biodiversity loss, which is a direct result of population growth. Despite all our technological advances, we are completely dependent on healthy ecosystems for our water, food, medicines, clothes, fuel, shelter, energy, and more.

Limit immigration to save wildlife

The bobcat, lynx, timberwolf, and the capa rose are among the over 1,500 plants and animals now on the growing U.S. threatened species list. The ones we are more familiar with are out of our helpful reach. Elephants, pandas, and pangolins don’t live within the US borders where we have our legal system to use as our tool of protection. Here in the U.S. we lose a football field worth of their natural habitat every 30 seconds. That is because we are adding the equivalent of a NFL football stadium full of people into our already overstressed overused landscapes every ten days.

The burden of the border crisis should not fall on Black communities

It is high time that the needs of Black Americans be reflected in the nation’s immigration policies. I look to support political candidates who will take immediate action to remedy immigration policies that are detrimental to Black communities.

Cosponsor H.R. 7833 to end chain migration

Ending chain migration was one of the top recommendations of the bipartisan Jordan Commission on Immigration Reform. The commission concluded that chain migration serves no compelling national interest while harming the Americans who most need our help.

Dueling headlines: Joshua Tree edition

According to California lawmakers, the Joshua Tree is both endangered and expendable.

The exploitation of illegal alien workers cannot be allowed to continue

@SenSchumer The exploitation of illegal alien workers cannot be allowed to continue! Please bring H.R. 2 up for a vote so that this exploitation can end and Americans and legal immigrants can get back to work! #ImmigrationIntegrity

Border crossings tie lower wages with higher housing costs

U.S. wages go down while inflation goes up. Send H.R. 2 to Biden.

To save wildlife, we must limit immigration

The bobcat, lynx, timberwolf, and the capa rose are among the over 1,500 plants and animals now on the growing U.S. threatened species list. The ones we are more familiar with are out of our helpful reach. Elephants, pandas, and pangolins don’t live within the U.S. borders where we have our legal system to use as our tool of protection. Here in the U.S. we lose a football field worth of their natural habitat every 30 seconds. That is because we are adding the equivalent of a NFL football stadium full of people into our already overstressed overused landscapes every ten days.

Put American workers first

Don’t undercut U.S. workers through immigration!