Immigration
Immigrants helped build America’s manufacturing industry, and immigration reform is essential to our competitiveness worldwide. We need a system that provides certainty for our businesses and dedicated employees, ensures national security, offers compassion and is consistent with our values and our history as a nation of immigrants.
DOJ Ramps Up Workplace Immigration Enforcement
March 5, 2025memo from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to all Justice Department employees. What’s going on: The memo, sent Feb. 5, tasks U.S. Attorneys’ Offices across the U.S. with using “all available criminal statutes to combat the flood of illegal immigration … and to continue to support the Department of Homeland Security’s immigration and removal initiatives.
Mexico, Canada Tariffs Paused
February 4, 2025pause three separate executive orders under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to add new levies on goods from Mexico, Canada and China, President Trump said Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum agreed Monday morning to “immediately supply” 10,000 Mexican National Guard troops to the border. The announcement about the tariffs on goods from Canada came following…
Regulatory Onslaught and Inaction on Key Manufacturing Priorities Weigh on Industry Ahead of State of the Union Address
March 5, 2024Nearly 94% of respondents believe federal tax code should promote R&D, capital and equipment expenditures
Washington, D.C. – The National Association of Manufacturers released its Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey for the first quarter of 2024, which reveals that the expiration of federal tax incentives related to R&D, interest deductibility and expensing for capital investments has already caused nearly 40% of respondents to pull back on hiring and investing due to increased…
Immigration Reform and Border Security Critical to Manufacturers’ Success in America
February 5, 2024Washington, D.C. – Following the Senate introduction of the Border Act of 2024, National Association of Manufacturers President and CEO Jay Timmons released the following statement: “For years, manufacturers have called on Congress to fix our broken immigration system, and the need for a solution at the border has only grown more urgent. This bill…
