Immigration
The United States is a melting pot of people from all backgrounds, and we have a long history of respect to the traditions and beliefs of others. As the grandson of immigrants, I believe we should continue to welcome people to the United States who respect our laws and want to contribute to society.
Our country was founded on the belief that if you come to America and are willing to work hard, you can live a good life.
I support STEM and reforming our HB-1and HB-2 visa system because our nation must keep up with the increasing demand for students and employees with backgrounds in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
The Office of Science and Technology Policy estimates that STEM jobs will grow almost 2 times faster than non-STEM jobs from 2008-2018. Instead of sending those who graduate from American colleges and universities back to their home countries to compete against us, we should reform our immigration system so that it allows American-educated students to stay in our country to contribute to our economy and fill the huge void in STEM jobs.
The United States is a nation of laws and I firmly oppose illegal immigration.
There is no question our system is broken. Those who wish to come here legally find themselves wrapped in the bureaucratic process, and many simply do not have the will or incentives to go through the process.
In order to begin addressing the issue, I believe that we should first secure the border by increasing our border patrol, construct walls in high-traffic areas, and add the use of new technology while implementing E-Verify.
While I support streamlining the immigration process to make it more efficient, I will not support any amnesty provision, as this would only reward criminal behavior and encourages additional illegal immigration in the future.
More on Immigration
Dear Granite Stater,
MANCHESTER, NH – At a police training facility today, departments from across New Hampshire gathered to learn from a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer – representing the El Paso Intelligence Center, a criminal intelligence hub – how to utilize the federal law enforcement program.
MANCHESTER, NH – The El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC), a federal criminal intelligence hub at Fort Bliss, Texas, where Congressman Frank Guinta visited in April, will join New Hampshire police departments at the Arthur D. Kehas Criminal Justice Training Facility in Concord next week to improve their ability to counter New Hampshire’s heroin problem.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Frank Guinta (NH-01), leader of the Bipartisan Task Force to Combat the Heroin Epidemic, applauded final passage today of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act, the product of a House and Senate agreement to improve addiction prevention, treatment and recovery programs.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Supreme Court ruled 4-4 today that 26 states have standing to sue the Obama Administration over executive orders to shield as many as 5 million illegal immigrants from deportation and grant them work permits and other public benefits. The ruling enforces a lower court’s decision that halted the President’s amnesty program.
Dear Granite Stater,
U.S. Customs and Border Protection apprehends most illegal immigrants who cross the Mexican border to El Paso, Texas, agents told me during my trip to the Southwest this week.
However, loopholes in domestic immigration policy mean that many of those illegal immigrants remain in the United States, the agents said. And Mexican cartels that control human smuggling across the southern border also control drug smuggling along the same routes.
Dear Granite Stater,
I'm the co-founder of the Bipartisan Task Force to Combat the Heroin Epidemic. On Monday, I'll travel to the southern U.S. border to investigate Mexican cartels flooding New Hampshire with cheap, deadly heroin.
The supply is overwhelming. A bag of heroin is cheaper than a six-pack of beer. High school students are learning how to administer Narcan, an anti-overdose medication, to classmates. That’s not the world I, nor anyone else I know, wants to live in.
Dear Granite Staters,
This week, I voted to approve an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in support of 26 states. They argue that the Obama Administration acted illegally, when it expanded work permits and other benefits to as many as 5 million illegal immigrants, including the parents of citizens or of lawful permanent residents.
Dear Granite Stater,
On Tuesday, officials from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Office of National Drug Control Policy, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and the State Department addressed members of my Bipartisan Task Force to Combat the Heroin Epidemic, informing us about federal efforts to stop international production and trafficking of heroin and other drugs.
Most heroin crosses to the United States from Mexico, reports the DEA. Lax border security is resulting in a flood of cheap, deadly heroin as far north as New Hampshire