03/23/2016
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania House State Government Committee Chairman Representative Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler), Representative Martina White (R-Philadelphia), Representative Doyle Heffley (R-Carbon), and Representative Jerry Knowles (R-Berks/Carbon/Schuylkill) joined together to officially introduce three pieces of bipartisan legislation to curb illegal immigration throughout the Commonwealth.
05/11/2015
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania State Representative and State Legislators for Legal Immigration (SLLI) Founder Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) today announced the filing of an amicus brief to the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in support of Texas and 20 other states that have sued the federal government to prevent the Obama administration’s implementation of the Deferred Action for Parents of American and Lawful Residents (DAPA) program — more commonly known as “Executive Amnesty.”
11/21/2014
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania State Representative and State Legislators for Legal
Immigration (SLLI) founder Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler County) issued the following statement today condemning President Obama’s executive order to grant amnesty to millions of illegal aliens:
10/16/2014
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania House State Government Committee Majority Chairman, Representative Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) distributed the following co-sponsorship memo today regarding his soon-to-be-introduced legislation that would suspend the state-issued licenses of any care facility entering into a contract with the Federal Office of Refugee Resettlement to provide housing to unaccompanied illegal alien youth.
06/11/2013
The following excerpts are taken from two letters sent today by Pennsylvania State Representative Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler), founder of State Legislators for Legal Immigration (SLLI), urging members of the U.S. Senate to reject S.744, the so-called “Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act.”
06/29/2012
HARRISBURG — House State Government Committee Majority Chairman and State Legislators for Legal Immigration founder, Representative Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) commended the bipartisan majority of House members who joined with him in voting to advance two historic measures (Senate Bills 9 and 637) from his National Security Begins at Home legislative package.
06/18/2012
HARRISBURG – State Legislators for Legal Immigration (SLLI), founded by Pennsylvania State Representative Daryl Metcalfe, announced its opposition to President Obama’s most recent attempt at incremental amnesty for illegal aliens currently residing in the United States.
02/16/2012
HARRISBURG —Pennsylvania State Representative and State Legislators for Legal Immigration (SLLI) Founder, Daryl Metcalfe, recently announced the filing of an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the state of Arizona and Senate Bill 1070. The brief was signed by coalition members in 20 states who strongly believe that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision should be reversed and hold firm that Senate Bill 1070 is not preempted by federal law.
11/01/2011
HARRISBURG —Pennsylvania House State Government Committee Majority Chairman Representative Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) commended the decisive majority of committee members who voted with him today in bipartisan fashion to advance two more essential reforms from the National Security Begins at Home package (House Bill 856 and Senate Bill 637) to the House floor for consideration.
09/19/2011
HARRISBURG—Pennsylvania State Representative and State Legislators for Legal Immigration (SLLI)
Founder, Daryl Metcalfe, announced today the filing of an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court seeking review of the controversial Ninth Circuit Court ruling in favor of the Obama administration’s Department of Justice federal lawsuit that struck down several key provisions of Arizona’s illegal alien apprehension and deportation law (Senate Bill 1070).
09/13/2011
PA House State Government Committee Majority Chairman and State Legislators for Legal Immigration founder, Representative Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler), will testify before the Michigan House Commerce Committee in support of House Bill 4024, which would require certain employers who contract or subcontract with public agencies to verify the employment eligibility of new employees through the federal government’s free E-Verify system.
08/29/2011
HARRISBURG – State Legislators for Legal Immigration (SLLI), founded by Pennsylvania State Representative Daryl Metcalfe, denounced the recent executive order of the Obama administration to reprioritize and individually review more than 300,000 illegal alien deportation cases.
06/17/2011
State Legislators for Legal Immigration (SLLI), founded by Pennsylvania State Representative Daryl Metcalfe, has announced its opposition to Congressman Lamar Smith’s (R-Texas) recently introduced H.R. 2164, titled the Legal Workforce Act, which would ironically halt state legislative efforts to mandate the use of E-Verify by employers.
05/27/2011
State Senator Steve Oroho, Assemblywoman Alison Littell McHose, and Assemblyman Gary Chiusano (R-24) praised a United States Supreme Court ruling today sustaining an Arizona law that penalizes businesses for hiring workers who are in the United States illegally. In its ruling, the Court rejected arguments that states have no role in immigration matters.