•      "This bill goes beyond current law and overreaches in a very significant way. While Social Security fraud is largely already an inadmissibility/removability offense under current law, this bill makes a significant change by not requiring that an individual be convicted of the crime to render them deportable. This is concerning and stands in stark contrast to every other criminal deportability ground in Section 237 of the INA, except for the human trafficking grounds and some drug-related grounds. All other offenses require a criminal conviction to render a noncitizen deportable. Deportability grounds are not about undocumented immigrants, who are already removable. They apply only to individuals who are lawfully present in the United States. Removing the conviction requirement for deportability raises serious due process concerns for longstanding legal residents. [...] If this bill were to become law, it would lead to absurd consequences. It would be easier to deport someone for social security fraud related offenses, than it is to deport someone for murder, rape, or sexual abuse of a minor, all of which require a conviction. For all of these reasons, I dissent, and I urge all of my colleagues to oppose this legislation." Source: Rep. Jerry Nadler (Democrat, New York, District 12)

•      "In the final stretch before Iowa’s caucuses next Monday, the former Republican president has repeatedly suggested that Democrats are encouraging migrants to flow into the country illegally in order to register them to vote in the 2024 election. The unsupported claim, which Trump and other Republicans have carted out in past election years, is resonating with voters who agree that security is lacking at both the border and the polls. Experts say it also can be damaging, giving undue traction to false stereotypes and extremist ideologies such as the racist 'great replacement theory.'" Source: Ali Swenson via AP News