2023 May Be Decisive for US Immigration Policy

Voice of America predicts that “2023 May Be Decisive for US Immigration Policy.”  There, of course, many different immigration issues before the nation, including the Title 42 order, the future of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals  (DACA) recipients, the situation along the U.S./Mexico border, and more.  With a Republican House of Representatives, who knows what the nation will see in Congress on immigration.

It has been reported that House Republicans initially will focus on IRS funding, energy production, immigration, crime and abortion after they take control of the House next week.

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Steve Scalise (R-La.), the incoming House majority leader, announced on Friday a slate of bills and resolutions that he will bring forwards in the first two weeks of the 118th Congress.

Two of the bills focus on immigration and the border.

The Border Safety and Security Act would allow the Department of Homeland Security to turn away certain migrants to achieve “operational control” at the border. Republicans have repeatedly accused Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas of failing to establish operational control of the border.

Another bill would require the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, which is used during sales of firearms, to notify Immigration and Customs Enforcement and local law enforcement if a person unlawfully in the United States attempts to buy a firearm.

Note that neither of the bills address any path to legalization for the undocumented or relief for DACA recipients.

KJ