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During a recent cabinet meeting, President Trump suggested that undocumented people working on farms and in hotels would be allowed to leave the country and return as legal workers if their employers vouched for them.
The state Senate on Tuesday passed a proposal that would require some Texas sheriffs to enter into agreements with the federal government to help identify undocumented immigrants accused of crimes.
A green card sale could help reduce the deficit. But if the initial sale fails to sell one million, the Department of Homeland Security should be authorized to lower the $5 million price and conduct additional sales at six-...
Reps. María Elvira Salazar (R-FL), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), and several other bill leads reintroduced the bipartisan American Dream and Promise Act (H.R. 1589). This critical legislation provides permanent legal status to...
A Better Way Forward
The following Executive Summary is authored by Andrea R. Flores, Vice President of Immigration Policy, FWD.us.
With immigration dominating headlines, a new poll suggests that evangelical Christians hold nuanced views on immigration issues that many will find surprising. 
The following article was originally published on the Evangelical Immigration Table:
Will “the largest deportation in U.S. history” be limited to those with serious criminal convictions and final orders of deportation, or will it also include undocumented individuals who have been quietly living and working...
In a high-stakes phone call that could shape U.S.-Mexico relations for years to come, President-elect Donald Trump and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum addressed the thorny issue of migration and border security.
U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-San Antonio, warned that indiscriminate mass deportations under a new Trump administration would be unfeasible and damaging to the Republican Party.
On behalf of the 1,700 businesses that comprise the American Business Immigration Coalition, we would like to extend our sincere gratitude to the administration and members of Congress for taking seriously the need to...
This abrupt change destroys the common immigration-restrictionist argument that more open immigration policies will tilt the country leftward
Small businesses, credit unions and community banks are pushing back against a proposal by big box stores to dramatically change the way credit cards are processed in Texas – a move that will hurt small businesses.
May I suggest additional strategies to reduce the pull factor that encourages innocent people to pay criminals and risk their lives for a longshot chance at a better one? Go after employers who exploit undocumented migrants...
While most new jobs in the US economy have gone to foreign-born workers, this isn’t because they are taking them from Americans.
The following article was authored by Massey Villarreal and Sam Sanchez and originally published in USA Today.
As we enter 2025, we celebrate progress, resilience, and the shared values that guide us. TexasGOPVote continues to be your source for policy and developments for sensible legislative solutions and the latest news from...
There is a simpler solution than deploying the military to round up or block the entry of immigrants: Just limit welfare. If immigrants were ineligible for welfare benefits, almost every immigrant would be fiscally positive...
We hope the President-elect uses this as an opportunity to work with Congress to pass sensible immigration reform that reflects the wishes of the majority of Americans.  Find the things we agree on and start there.
A safe and legal sports betting market in Texas could generate up to $648 million in tax revenue in the first five years and it wouldn’t cost taxpayers a dime. But right now – and six years after the Supreme Court gave us...

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