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Dems Turn Major China Bill Into Green Slush Fund

Meeks introduced the EAGLE Act—the House version of the bipartisan Strategic Competition Act—in May and included measures to boost a global climate change plan while eviscerating sections related to affirming support for Taiwan. Meeks also rejected several suggestions from House Republicans on national security challenges related to the Chinese Communist Party.

Measures intended to take a stand on climate change may end up lining China's pockets rather than checking Beijing. The Green Climate Fund, an international organization backed by the United Nations, would receive $4 billion in both 2022 and 2023 through the Meeks bill. The fund has already sent some $100 million to China in the hopes of reducing global emissions. China, however, uses forced labor in its climate change efforts and no mechanisms are present in the bill to keep American tax dollars apart from the forced labor supply chain.

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Overall opposition to the Eagle Act, includes the congressional Black Caucus, Iranian Americans, other immigrant advocacy groups, labor and tech worker interests, and immigration restrictionists. If the bill can unite immigration restrictionists and pro-immigrant advocacy groups, then it must be especially terrible, and also shows how identity politics can create unlikely allies. The bill’s proponents include Indian immigrant advocacy groups, Big Tech such as Amazon Policy and Microsoft Policy, Cato shills, establishment Republican and Democrat politicians, and American Imperialists. The conservative site, Daily Caller also supports the bill, and the Daily Caller’s co-founder, Neil Patel, is on the board of Immigration Voice, which is pushing the bill. Dan Crenshaw is another major conservative proponent of the bill, which is probably due to corporate donors, but also fits with his ideology of civic nationalism, based upon capitalism and meritocracy. However, the pro-business conservative, Heritage Foundation, opposes the bill.

Robert Stark, “Why Eagle Act Immigration Bill is Against True Diversity” (December 11th 2022).

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EAGLE Act Aims to Reform Employment-Based Green Cards, H-1B Visa Program, and Family-Sponsored Visas

Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), chair of the House Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship, and Rep. John Curtis (R-Utah) have introduced the Equal Access to Green Cards for Legal Employment (“EAGLE”) Act. Its reforms focus on employment-based green cards, the H-1B visa program, and family-sponsored visas. The EAGLE Act The proposed bill makes it harder for fraud to occur. The bill requires all…

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