Heather Ham-Warren – ImmigrationReform.com https://www.immigrationreform.com The Official Blog of FAIR Wed, 16 Jun 2021 19:31:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.10 https://www.immigrationreform.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/cropped-IR-Favicon-100x100.png Heather Ham-Warren – ImmigrationReform.com https://www.immigrationreform.com 32 32 Don’t be Discouraged by Lower Wall Funding Budget Request https://www.immigrationreform.com/2020/02/12/border-wall-congress-budget-immigrationreform-com/ Wed, 12 Feb 2020 18:03:28 +0000 https://www.immigrationreform.com/?p=22502 On Monday, the White House unveiled President Trump’s budget request for fiscal year (FY) 2021, which he calls “a Budget for America’s Future.” Since President Trump took office, the annual fight for appropriations has been especially combative with one of the main points of contention being funding for barriers along the southwest border. Last year, [...]

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]]> House Democrats Vote Against Protecting American Workers https://www.immigrationreform.com/2020/02/07/labor-unions-illegal-workers-house-democrats-immigrationreform-com/ Fri, 07 Feb 2020 17:49:56 +0000 https://www.immigrationreform.com/?p=22484 On Thursday, the Democrat-majority House of Representatives passed H.R. 2474, the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act— a bill that rewards illegal aliens by making it nearly impossible for employers to fire them if they have union status. In a last minute effort to amend the bill, Representative Kevin Hern (R-Okla.) offered language in [...]

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]]> DHS and DOJ Respond to Oregon Court’s ICE Lockout Rule https://www.immigrationreform.com/2019/11/22/sanctuary-policy-oregon-ice-dhs-immigrationreform-com/ Fri, 22 Nov 2019 18:27:21 +0000 https://www.immigrationreform.com/?p=22239 For the last few years, sanctuary jurisdictions have become increasingly popular within the United States. Despite being explicitly prohibited under federal law, the number of sanctuary jurisdictions around the country has continued to grow and currently stands at over 500 jurisdictions. These state and local policies restrict most forms of cooperation with federal immigration authorities. [...]

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]]> SCOTUS Kicks Off Nine-Month Term https://www.immigrationreform.com/2019/10/10/supreme-court-daca-cases-immigrationreform-com/ https://www.immigrationreform.com/2019/10/10/supreme-court-daca-cases-immigrationreform-com/#comments Thu, 10 Oct 2019 17:33:26 +0000 https://www.immigrationreform.com/?p=22009 Last term, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) appeared to largely avoid controversial issues. However, this week, SCOTUS launched the October 2019 term intent on diving into an intense docket of issues including: abortion, the Second Amendment, religious liberty and the Civil Rights Act. Additionally, the Court is expected to rule on two [...]

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]]> https://www.immigrationreform.com/2019/10/10/supreme-court-daca-cases-immigrationreform-com/feed/ 2 RAISE Act Reintroduced In Congress https://www.immigrationreform.com/2019/04/10/raise-act-reintroduced-in-congress-immigrationreform-com/ https://www.immigrationreform.com/2019/04/10/raise-act-reintroduced-in-congress-immigrationreform-com/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2019 17:49:56 +0000 http://live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io/?p=21345 Today, much of the country is focused on the current humanitarian and security crisis at the southern border. However, another crisis has been brewing in the United States for decades as the levels of low-skilled and unskilled immigration have risen, depressing American wages and displacing America’s most vulnerable workers. To address this imbalance, Senators Tom [...]

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]]> https://www.immigrationreform.com/2019/04/10/raise-act-reintroduced-in-congress-immigrationreform-com/feed/ 6 State Of The Union Guests Speak Volumes About Trump, Democrat Priorities https://www.immigrationreform.com/2019/02/05/state-of-the-union-guests-speak-volumes-about-trump-democrat-priorities-immigrationreform-com/ https://www.immigrationreform.com/2019/02/05/state-of-the-union-guests-speak-volumes-about-trump-democrat-priorities-immigrationreform-com/#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2019 18:19:57 +0000 http://live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io/?p=20726 In January, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) rescinded her invitation to President Trump to deliver the State of the Union address to Congress citing security concerns due to the partial government shutdown. Now, the government is running on a short term continuing resolution (which ends on February 15) and President Trump will address Congress from the [...]

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