The measure, which needs a majority to pass, is called the Secure the #Border Act. Along w/the #policing provisions, it’d also increase #prison sentences for anyone who sells #fentanyl* that results in an #overdose death, & would make it a #state#crime for #undocumented workers to provide false info to the #EVerify screening system.
More recently from #conservative#CATO institute:
‘#LakenRiley’s Death Made the #News but Here’s the Real Story on #Undocumented#Migrants’
“Undocumented migrants are about 26% LESS likely to be convicted of homicide than native‐born #Americans. Punish actual criminals & stop blaming illegal #immigration.”
By Alex Nowrasteh; Mar 19, 2024
This may shock you, but #Trump is lying when he says that #undocumented#immigrants will "destroy" #SocialSecurity. The undocumented can't collect Social Security but often pay into it.
#POTUS#Biden is planning to make a visit to the southern #border on Thurs, acc/to 2 people briefed on the plans, traveling to Brownsville, #Texas, on the same day that #Trump has scheduled a border trip.
#Trump plans to deliver remarks from the border to highlight the #immigrationcrisis & lay #blame at the feet of Biden.
Trump is will highlight #crimes committed by #migrants in #NY & in other #cities, as well as the arrest of a Venezuelan #undocumented#immigrant in the recent high-profile killing of a 22-year-old nursing student in Georgia
…On social media, #conservative & #RightWing accounts circulated a #false claim that the #legislation would enable #undocumented#immigrants to claim the #ChildTaxCredit. That is NOT TRUE — the #law does nothing to alter a provision requiring Social Security numbers to access the benefit — but the concerns reached #FarRight lawmakers in the Capitol, w/ #House#FreedomCaucus Chair Bob Good (R) telling reporters that he would not support “child tax credits going to illegals.”
“Not only does it criminalize people for being #undocumented in #Texas it also encourages mass profiling of people, potentially across the entire state.”
This is a preposterous claim by Rep. #AndyBiggs. There are a total of between 10-12 million #undocumented#immigrants residing in the United States. The idea that another 10 million have entered the United States in the 3 years #Biden has been #President is baseless nonsense. But this is the sort of deliberate dishonesty that #Republican lawmakers base their existence on. Just #vote them out. #VoteBlue
Previously: “The conditions at Casa Kokopelli were unsanitary and harsh. The temperature was kept extremely low, and Yovany and other #children detained frequently complained that they were cold to officials, but they did not raise the temperature.”
Truth: American farmers don’t want to prevent undocumented workers from coming to America; they want to keep their workers undocumented so they can underpay and abuse them. #farming#immigration#undocumented#farmlabor#farmworkers
Wisconsin’s #Dairy Industry Relies on #Undocumented Immigrants, but the State Won’t Let Them Legally Drive
Undocumented #immigrants in the state can own and register their vehicles, but they aren’t allowed to drive them, forcing many #farm workers to risk fines and #arrest.
“It’s a Catch-22 for a lot of folks,” advocates say.