Senate Republican Unveils Seven-Bill Strategy to Prevent Democrats From Erasing Border Wins

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• Senator Jim Banks has introduced a package of seven immigration bills designed to codify President Trump’s border security policies into permanent law before the midterm elections.
• The “Dalilah Law” would prohibit states from issuing commercial driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants and require CDL tests be administered only in English.
• The American Tech Workforce Act would raise the minimum H-1B visa salary threshold from $60,000 to $150,000 to protect American workers.

Republicans are racing against the midterm clock to permanently secure President Donald Trump’s immigration victories, with Sen. Jim Banks unveiling a comprehensive seven-bill package aimed at preventing future Democratic administrations from dismantling border security gains. The Indiana Republican warns that without congressional action now, key immigration reforms could vanish the moment Democrats regain power.

“I don’t just fear a Democrat majority. I fear a Democrat-Socialist majority because the [DSA] who control today’s Democrat Party support wide open borders, they support eliminating ICE, they are anti law enforcement, they want to defund the police,” Banks said in an exclusive interview.

The senator’s legislation package addresses multiple immigration vulnerabilities, from commercial driver’s licenses for illegal aliens to visa program abuses that undercut American workers. With Republicans controlling Congress but facing uncertainty in the November midterms, Banks is pushing for swift action to lock these priorities into law.

The centerpiece of the package is “Dalilah Law,” named after first-grader Dalilah Coleman, who suffered catastrophic injuries when an illegal immigrant driving a commercial truck caused a multi-car pileup on an Indiana highway. Partap Singh, an Indian national licensed in California, was behind the wheel when the crash occurred, leaving the young girl with severe injuries requiring months of hospitalization and a craniectomy.

“I cannot believe that the Democrats are so radical and extreme today that they’re OK with what’s happened to our country [with] illegals taking jobs for Americans or allowing illegals to be behind the wheel of semi-trucks,” Banks said.

The bill would mandate that states stop issuing commercial driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants and certain foreign nationals. It would also require states to revoke existing licenses granted to those who shouldn’t have them and ensure that CDL tests are administered exclusively in English.

Banks drew parallels to the Reagan administration’s successful strategy of using federal transportation funding to compel states to raise the drinking age. He argued that several Indiana residents have been injured or killed in accidents involving foreign drivers who obtained licenses from states like California, Pennsylvania, and New York that “hand CDLs out like candy.”

Beyond commercial licensing, the package tackles temporary protected status authority, which Banks contends has been repeatedly abused by Democratic administrations to extend protections far beyond their intended emergency purpose.

“If we legislate it and give Congress power to determine when TPS is appropriate when it’s not, then we’ll be able to address these issues long after President Trump leaves the White House,” Banks said.

The American Tech Workforce Act represents another significant component of the package. This legislation would dramatically increase the minimum salary requirement for H-1B visa positions from $60,000 to $150,000, a change supporters argue would end the practice of companies using the visa program to import cheaper foreign labor instead of hiring American graduates.

Immigration attorneys have warned the change would make the United States “far less attractive as a study destination” and push foreign talent toward Canada. Texas law firm Reddy Neumann & Brown noted that many employers would be “unable or unwilling to meet this threshold, effectively limiting H-1B hiring to top tech companies or highly specialized roles.”

But proponents counter that such restrictions are precisely the point—giving American college graduates a fighting chance in their own job market instead of watching positions go to foreign workers willing to accept lower wages.

The remaining bills in Banks’ package would allocate additional border security funding to the War Department, impose restrictions on chain migration, end birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants, and target federal grants to colleges that employ illegal aliens.

“These seven bills are common sense, everything from stopping illegals from driving semi-trucks to banning birthright citizenship, to stopping chain migration, to cracking down on those who misuse the H-1B visas for cheap labor,” Banks said.

The urgency behind the push reflects Republican concerns about maintaining congressional control beyond the midterms. Banks emphasized that a future Democratic Senate would likely be “owned by the socialist wing of their party,” making permanent legislative victories now essential to preserving Trump’s immigration legacy.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune has been contacted for comment on whether any of the bills will receive expedited consideration ahead of the November elections. With the legislative calendar shrinking and campaign season approaching, Republicans face a narrow window to deliver concrete immigration victories to voters who elected them on promises of border security and American worker protection.

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