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Recent Legislative Updates

FAIR Legislative Update June 17, 2013

  • Sen. Cornyn Makes Play with Border Amendment
  • Reid Kills Key Border Security Amendment
  • Rubio Fails to Justify Vote Against Grassley Amendment
  • Illegal Aliens File Lawsuits in Nebraska Demanding Driver’s Licenses

FAIR Legislative Update June 10, 2013

  • Senate Votes on Amnesty Tomorrow
  • Rubio to Vote Against own Amnesty Bill?
  • House Votes to Defund Morton Memos, DACA
  • Labrador Renounces “Gang” Membership
  • FAIR Applauds Florida Governor’s Veto of Driver’s Licenses for Illegal Aliens

FAIR Legislative Update June 3, 2013

  • Key Senators Join House GOP for Closed-Door Immigration Session
  • Tech Union Voices Outrage over Hatch-Schumer Deal
  • Polling Finds Weak Support for Gang of Eight Amnesty Bill
  • Connecticut Governor to Sign Driver’s License Bill for Illegal Aliens

FAIR Legislative Update May 28, 2013

  • Senate Judiciary Committee Rubberstamps Gang of Eight Bill, Next Stop Senate Floor
  • Hatch-Schumer Deal Sells Out American Workers, Infuriates Unions
  • Gang of Eight Bill Now Exceeds 1,000 Pages, Still Does Nothing to Secure the Border
  • House to Move Immigration Piecemeal?
  • Connecticut House Approves Driver’s Licenses for Illegal Aliens in Dark of Night

FAIR Legislative Update May 20, 2013

  • USCIS Union to Join Opposition to Gang of Eight Amnesty Bill
  • Rubio Backs Stronger Border Security Provisions as Approval Rating Drops
  • House Gang of Eight to Unveil Amnesty Bill in June
  • Florida Legislature Kills Bills Benefiting Illegal Aliens
  • Council on Foreign Relations Criticizes Obama Administration for Withholding Enforcement Data

FAIR Legislative Update May 13, 2013

  • Senate Judiciary to Take Up Gang of Eight Guest Worker Provisions
  • Lax Border Security Provisions Remain in Gang of Eight Bill
  • Senate Homeland Security Committee Examines Gang of Eight Bill
  • Colorado Taxpayers Get the Shaft as its Legislature Grants Financial Aid and In-State Tuition Rates to Illegal Aliens

FAIR Legislative Update May 6, 2013

  • Senate Continues to Examine Amnesty Bill, Begins Amending Legislation Thursday
  • Sen. Rubio Plays Defense
  • Tech Companies' Heavy Spending Rewarded by Gang of Eight
  • Health and Human Services Unprepared for Immigration Reform Impact
  • Oregon Grants Driving Privileges to Illegal Aliens

FAIR Legislative Update April 29, 2013

  • Gang of Eight Breaks Promise on Back Taxes
  • Gang of Eight Breaks Promise to Bar Criminals from Receiving Amnesty
  • Gang Members Eligible for Gang of Eight Amnesty
  • Gang of Eight Amnesty Bill Allows Illegal Aliens to File Class Action Lawsuits against the United States
  • Gang of Eight Breaks Promise Regarding English
  • Taxpayers to Foot Bill for Illegal Alien Attorneys under G8 Plan
  • Federal Court Finds Napolitano and Morton DACA Directive Illegal
  • Napolitano Proclaims S. 744 Secures the Southern Border
  • House Bill Grants Amnesty to Illegal Aliens Working in Agriculture
  • Governor Deal Signs Bill Strengthening Georgia’s Immigration-Enforcement Law

FAIR Legislative Update April 22, 2013

  • Senate Amnesty Bill Raises National Security Concerns
  • Senate Bill Contains Slush Fund for Pro-Amnesty Groups
  • Senate Holds First Hearing on Gang of Eight Amnesty
  • North Carolina House Introduces Conflicting Omnibus Immigration Bill
  • FAIR's Hold Their Feet to the Fire Provides Counterbalance to Main Stream Media’s Amnesty Euphoria

FAIR Legislative Update April 15, 2013

  • Senate Gang Finalize Ag-Worker Amnesty Provisions, Set to Unveil Bill Tomorrow
  • DHS Official Confirms Illegal Border Crossings Up Ahead of Amnesty
  • Long-Term Impact of Amnesty Could Cost Taxpayers Trillions
  • House Republicans Take Stand Against Amnesty
  • Washington Senate Committee Kills Financial Aid Bill for Illegal Aliens

FAIR Legislative Update April 8, 2013

  • Big Business Already Objecting to Proposed Foreign Worker Program
  • Amnesty Groups Promise to Fight any Reduction of Chain Migration
  • Radar Confirms the Border Is Not Secure
  • House Bill to Offer Several Paths to Citizenship
  • Judiciary Republicans Urge Gang of Eight Republicans to Come Out of the Shadows
  • Maryland House Passes Illegal Alien Driver’s License Bill
  • Open Borders Lobby Plans Amnesty Rally

FAIR Legislative Update April 1, 2013

  • Judiciary Chairman Vows to Rush Amnesty Bill through Senate; Divide Emerges over Process
  • Labor and Business Reach Agreement on Guest Workers
  • House Gang of Eight Amnesty Bill Nears Completion
  • President Obama Confident Congress will Pass Amnesty this Summer
  • AFL-CIO: Guest Worker Program Not Necessary for “Comprehensive” Immigration Reform
  • Napolitano Scraps Border Security as Pre-Condition for Amnesty
  • Montana Court Upholds Law to Deny Benefits to Illegal Aliens
  • Open Borders Groups Have Spent $1.5 Billion Lobbying Congress Since 2007

FAIR Legislative Update March 25, 2013

  • Obama Administration Admits It Scuttled Border Security Metric to Protect Amnesty
  • Senate Rejects Amendment to Deny Amnestied Illegal Aliens ObamaCare
  • Congress Passes Funding Bill, Maintains Homeland Security Appropriations
  • Guest Worker Program Remains Major Obstacle for Senate Gang of Eight
  • Senator Rand Paul Unveils Amnesty Plan
  • Chairman Leahy Left Empty-Handed and Frustrated
  • Montana Senate Passes Anti-Sanctuary Bill
  • Gallup: 138 Million Want to Migrate to United States

FAIR Legislative Update March 18, 2013

  • Republican National Committee Supports Amnesty
  • Administration Admits it Released over 2,000 Illegal Aliens from Detention
  • House Gang of Eight Briefs Leadership on Amnesty Bill
  • Senate Homeland Security Committee Holds Border Security Hearing
  • Colorado Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Enable Sanctuary Policies

FAIR Legislative Update March 11, 2013

  • Napolitano to Release Thousands More Illegal Aliens
  • Senate Gang of Eight Debates Unskilled Guest Workers; Delays Introduction of Amnesty Bill
  • House Gang of Eight Leaks Details of Amnesty Plan
  • Administration Furloughs Border Patrol Agents
  • Texas Introduces Legislation to Comply with ICE Detainers

FAIR Legislative Update March 4, 2013

  • White House Domestic Policy Director Insisted 1986 Amnesty Wasn’t Big Enough
  • Obama Administration Sets Free over 2,000 Illegal Aliens, Uses Sequester to Further Amnesty Agenda
  • New York City to Ignore ICE Detainers and Undermine Secure Communities
  • Pro-Amnesty GOP Senators Meet with Obama
  • Democrats, GOP Advocate Expanding Agricultural Guest Worker Programs
  • Immigration Subcommittee Hearing Highlights E-Verify’s Effectiveness
  • House Homeland Security Subcommittee Holds Border Security Hearing
  • GAO: Obama Administration has no Official Metrics to Measure Border Security; Will Not Adopt Any until Late 2013

FAIR Legislative Update February 25, 2013

  • Another Poll Shows Americans Support Deporting Illegal Aliens
  • AFL-CIO and Chamber Announce Negotiating Principles
  • DACA Beneficiaries Near 200,000
  • Arizona GOP Congressmen Reject Amnesty Proposal
  • Virginia Legislature Passes Bills to Strengthen Integrity of Elections
  • Rep. Murphy Seeks Answers Regarding Obama Amnesty Plan
  • Employers Give E-Verify High Marks
  • Obama Continues to Dismantle Immigration Enforcement

FAIR Legislative Update February 19, 2013

  • White House Leaks Draft Amnesty Proposal
  • Labor, Business Immigration Talks on Hiatus?
  • Senate Holds First Amnesty Hearing
  • Napolitano Threatens Cuts to Border Patrol
  • In State of the Union, President Peddles Same Failed Immigration Plan
  • New York Higher Education Committee Approves Tuition Assistance for Illegal Aliens

FAIR Legislative Update February 11, 2013

  • President Meets with Labor, Big Business to Negotiate Guest Worker Program
  • Cantor Now Indicates Support for DREAM Act
  • House Hearing Underscores Impasse in Amnesty Debate
  • Ohio Refuses Driver's Licenses to Illegal Aliens
  • Black, Gingrey Introduce True Immigration Reform Measures
  • Foreign Governments Lobby Congress for Amnesty

FAIR Legislative Update February 4, 2013

  • President Obama Unveils Amnesty Plan
  • Sen. Schumer: Border Security Will Not be Obstacle to Amnesty
  • Senator Sessions Demands Resignation of ICE Director John Morton
  • Virginia Senate Kills In-State Tuition Bill for Illegal Aliens

FAIR Legislative Update January 28, 2013

  • Senate Gang of Eight Releases Amnesty Plan
  • President Obama to Reveal Amnesty Plan Tuesday
  • Montana House Passes Anti-Sanctuary Bil
  • Congressional Leaders Voice their Support for Amnesty
  • VAWA Reintroduced Without U-Visa Expansion

FAIR Legislative Update January 22, 2013

  • Senator Marco Rubio Unveils Amnesty Blueprint
  • Senate Judiciary Committee to Debate Amnesty in February
  • Obama Administration Delays REAL ID Again
  • New Details Emerge in Delayed Arrest of Sen. Menendez’s Illegal Alien Staffer
  • North Carolina Attorney General Issues Opinion on DACA Driver’s Licenses
  • Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will Remain in Presidential Cabinet

FAIR Legislative Update January 14, 2013

  • Pro-Amnesty Think Tank Peddles Fraudulent View of Immigration Enforcement Spending
  • Putting the New Judiciary Committees under the Microscope
  • Illinois Issues Driver’s Licenses to Illegal Aliens
  • Chamber of Commerce Announces Amnesty as Top Priority
  • Obama to Disclose Immigration Plan during State of the Union

FAIR Legislative Update January 7, 2013

  • VP Biden: Hispanics “the Center of this Nation's Future”
  • Administration Announces Final Rule to Circumvent Federal Admission Laws
  • New Border Crossing Station Will Be Fully Automated
  • King Fights to End Birthright Citizenship

FAIR Legislative Update December 31st, 2012

  • Obama Administration Cuts 287(g) in Half
  • Obama Administration Restricts ICE Agents’ Ability to Take Custody of Illegal Aliens
  • Amnesty Negotiations Continue During the Holidays
  • Iowa Refuses to Grant Driver’s Licenses to DACA Beneficiaries

FAIR Legislative Update December 24, 2012

  • Inspector General: Federal Database Approves Aliens Ordered Deported as Eligible for Public Benefits
  • Administration Continues to Stonewall DACA Inquiries

FAIR Legislative Update December 17, 2012

  • DHS Delays Apprehension of Illegal Alien Sex Offender to Protect Pro-Amnesty Senator
  • Number of Deferred Action Beneficiaries Doubles, Topping 100,000
  • DHS Secretly Releasing Thousands of Criminal Aliens
  • Nation’s Largest Amnesty Organizations Demand Citizenship for Illegal Aliens
  • Open Borders Groups Sue over New Montana Law Denying Benefits to Illegal Aliens
  • DHS Delays Virtual Border Fence

FAIR Legislative Update December 10, 2012

  • Closed-Door Amnesty Negotiations Begin on Capitol Hill
  • California AG: Honoring ICE Detainers Optional
  • STEM Bill Stalls in Senate
  • Open Borders Republicans Call for Amnesty, Increased Immigration
  • Illinois Senate Approves Driver’s Licenses for Illegal Aliens
  • Maternity Mansions Highlight Issue of Birthright Citizenship
  • President Obama’s Illegal Alien Uncle Granted New Deportation Hearing
  • Inspector General: Illegal Aliens Working in Capitol

FAIR Legislative Update December 3, 2012

  • ACLU Sues Arizona for Refusing to Provide Driver’s Licenses to Illegal Aliens
  • House Passes STEM Bill
  • GOP Senators Introduce New Version of DREAM Act
  • House Uses Lame Duck Session to Pass Border Security, DHS Bills
  • Illinois Senate Committee Approves Driver’s Licenses for Illegal Aliens
  • Rep. Gingrey Challenges the Granting of Social Security Numbers to Illegal Aliens with Deferred Action Status

FAIR Legislative Update November 26, 2012

  • House to Take Up Modified STEM Bill
  • Administration Sheds Light on Refusal to Deny DACA Applicants
  • DHS Website Promotes Welfare Benefits to Immigrants

FAIR Legislative Update November 19, 2012

  • Administration Grants Deferred Action to Over 50,000 Illegal Aliens
  • Republicans Leak Draft of GOP-DREAM Act
  • House to Resurrect STEM Bill During Lame-Duck
  • Obama Uses Press Conference to Push Amnesty
  • Alameda County Issues New Policy that Shields Aliens from Deportation
  • ICE Expands Access to Illegal Alien Lobbyist
  • Poverty among Non-Citizens Reaches 32 Percent
  • Federal Judge Lifts Injunction on the Core of South Carolina’s Immigration Enforcement Law

FAIR Legislative Update November 12, 2012

  • Republican Leadership Willing to Take up Amnesty Legislation
  • Senators Schumer and Graham Revive Amnesty Negotiations
  • Maryland Voters Pass DREAM Act
  • FAIR Releases 2012 Election Report

FAIR Legislative Update November 5, 2012

  • Obama, Romney: Where Do They Stand on Immigration?
  • Immigration Courts Slow to Process Deportation Cases
  • Report Finds Majority of New Jobs go to Foreign Born
  • Berkeley City Council Votes to Ignore ICE Detainer Requests
  • Smuggling Ring Demonstrates Continued Weaknesses in Border Security
  • Illegal Aliens Get Out the Vote

FAIR Legislative Update October 31, 2012

  • President Obama Promises Amnesty if Re-Elected
  • Over 200k Apply for President Obama’s Backdoor Amnesty Program
  • Montanans to Vote on Law to Prohibit Benefits to Illegal Aliens
  • Congressional Report Highlights President Obama’s Immigration Power Grab

FAIR Legislative Update October 22, 2012

  • Student Visa Holder Plots Terrorist Attack on Federal Reserve
  • Obama Touts Non-Enforcement Policy; Romney Seeks to End Illegal Immigration
  • Obama Administration Continues Assault on 287(g) Immigration Enforcement Program
  • Los Angeles to Issue City IDs to Illegal Aliens

FAIR Legislative Update October 15, 2012

  • Number of Backdoor Amnesty Beneficiaries Grows Drastically as Administration Rushes Application Process
  • ICE Refuses to Deport Jose Vargas
  • Mississippi Joins ICE Agent Lawsuit Against Backdoor Amnesty
  • President Obama Panders to Latinos in New Ad
  • FAIR Releases its 112th Congressional Voting Report

FAIR Legislative Update October 9, 2012

  • Romney to Honor Obama’s Backdoor Amnesty Program, But Won’t Issue New Reprieves
  • LAPD Chief to Ignore Immigration Detainers
  • Grassley, Smith Push Obama Administration for Answers on Deferred Action

FAIR Legislative Update October 2, 2012

  • Gov. Brown Vetoes Anti-Detainer Bill
  • Deferred Action Program Creates New Financial Burdens
  • DHS Fails to Help States Comply with REAL ID, Says GAO Report
  • Sen. Vitter Seeks to Stop Illegal Alien Voting

FAIR Legislative Update September 24, 2012

  • Administration: Deferred Action Beneficiaries Ineligible for Subsidized Healthcare
  • House Rejects Granting More Green Cards to STEM Grads, Eliminating Visa Lottery
  • Core of SB 1070 Finally Takes Effect
  • California Dems Urge Governor Brown to Sign Anti-Detainer Legislation
  • ICE Rescinds 287(g) Program in North Carolina Following DOJ Report

FAIR Legislative Update September 17, 2012

  • House to Fast-Track STEM Bill this Week
  • USCIS Approves First Round of Deferred Action Applications
  • Feds Investigate EB-5 Program for Fraud
  • DHS to Revamp Program Flying Illegal Aliens Back to Mexico
  • Los Angeles Libraries May Issue IDs to Illegal Aliens

FAIR Legislative Update September 11, 2012

  • House Poised to Pass Bill Reauthorizing Immigration Programs Today
  • Democratic Party Platform Calls for Amnesty, More Immigration
  • Illegal Alien Addresses Democratic National Convention
  • Federal Court Enjoins Anti-Smuggling Provisions in Arizona's SB 1070

FAIR Legislative Update September 4, 2012

  • Chairman Smith: ICE Inflated Deportation Stats
  • California Legislature Adopts Bill Granting Driver's Licenses to Obama Amnesty Beneficiaries
  • California Sheriffs' Association Opposes Anti-Detainer Legislation

FAIR Legislative Update August 27, 2012

  • ICE Agents Sue Homeland Security over Obama Amnesty
  • Appeals Court Enjoins Alabama Schools from Collecting Immigration Data
  • More Governors Voice Opposition to Administration’s Deferred Action Initiative
  • Republican Platform Proposes Guest-Worker Program, Enforcement Measures
  • California Legislature Passes Anti-Detainer Bill

FAIR Legislative Update August 20, 2012

  • ICE Employees Petition for Right to Enforce Immigration Laws
  • Arizona Governor Takes a Stand Against Obama Amnesty
  • California Close to Adopting Anti-Detainer Bill

FAIR Legislative Update August 13, 2012

  • Estimates of Beneficiaries under Obama Amnesty Continue to Rise
  • Inspector General: IRS Management Discouraged Employees from Discovering Illegal Alien Tax Fraud

FAIR Legislative Update August 7, 2012

  • Administration’s "Guidance" Provides Little Insight into Backdoor Amnesty
  • House Passes Bill to Stop Sham Universities
  • Senate Passes Bill Reauthorizing Immigration Programs
  • Oregon Considering Special Drivers License for Illegal Aliens

FAIR Legislative Update July 30, 2012

  • ICE, Border Patrol Unions Denounce Administration's Immigration Policies
  • Obama DREAM Amnesty to Cost At Least $585 Million
  • GAO: ICE Failed to Stop Student Visa Fraud
  • Rep. Barletta Seeks Answers from Attorney General over Backdoor Amnesty

FAIR Legislative Update July 23, 2012

  • Napolitano Offers Congress Few Answers on Deferred Action
  • House Judiciary Members Demand Border Patrol Stations Stay Open
  • Florida Wins Battle in Effort to Stop Illegal Voting
  • Emails Reveal ICE Gave Special Treatment to Obama's Uncle

FAIR Legislative Update July 16, 2012

  • ICE Director: Exploring Options Against Cook County; Standing Firm Against 287(g)
  • California, Chicago Poised to Adopt Anti-Detainer Laws
  • Border Patrol to Close Nine Stations
  • Recent Poll Demonstrates Majority of Voters Favor Immigration Enforcement over Amnesty

FAIR Legislative Update July 9, 2012

  • Number of Illegal Alien Minors Crossing Border Alone Continues to Grow
  • Judiciary Chairman Demands Answers over Administrative Amnesty