Representative Jay Obernolte

Oppose making temporary work visas permanent

Keep H-1B visas ‘TEMPORARY’ — Vote NO on H.R. 3648

Cosponsor the SHORT Act!

Gun Owners of America alerted me to the unconstitutional actions of the Biden Administration to restrict pistol braces. This trend of restricting my Second Amendment rights cannot continue. In the last election, all Governors who signed constitutional carry into law won reelection. Clearly, support for gun rights is an issue you can win on.

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.

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.”

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:

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.