Anti Immigration & Illegal Immigration Info - Ongoing Thread

roadreeler57 · Jun 22, 2013

[video=youtube;6zFW0ZfCtss]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6zFW0ZfCtss[/video]
http://numbersusa.com

roadreeler57 · Jun 22, 2013

Shocking New Loopholes Snuck Into Amended Immigration Bill

Saturday, June 22, 2013

WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement about the Schumer-Corker-Hoeven Gang of Eight substitute amendment:

“When the Gang of Eight first introduced their plan, they made a series of promises about their proposal. Each of those was subsequently proven to be false. Today, the Schumer-Corker-Hoeven rescue amendment was dropped on the Senate floor. Members and staff have only until Monday afternoon to read through the 1,187 pages of this modified proposal. Already, in a short time, we have identified grave and deep flaws in the modified bill – both in terms of failure to live up to new promises made as well as some shocking changes that actually further weaken the underlying bill. The special interests who wrote these provisions know exactly what they do and designed them not to work – but I fear some of the Senators who sponsored this amendment have no idea they’re even there:

--The Schumer-Corker-Hoeven amendment doesn’t change the bill’s amnesty first framework. Instead it goes even further and creates an automatic amnesty for future illegal aliens. Section 2302 says if you overstay your visa in the future you can still apply for a green card and become a citizen. It is permanent lawlessness. Joined with existing language that restricts future enforcement, it guarantees unending illegal immigration.

--Contrary to their rhetoric there is no border surge. The Secretary doesn’t even have to start hiring new border patrol agents until 2017, and the amendment only gives her until 2021 to increase the number by 20,000. According to the National Association of Former Border Patrol Agents, this hiring process could take up to 20 years. Much like the 2006 law requiring a 700-mile border fence, it’s never going to be happen.

--To raise money, the amendment increases fees on visas for legal immigrants, but keeps the same low fees and fines for those applying for amnesty – favoring illegal over legal immigrants. Under the 2007 comprehensive immigration bill, amnesty applicants had to pay up to $8,000 – vastly more than the fines in the current plan which total only $2,000 and are subject to numerous waivers. The Gang has repeatedly claimed their bill is completely paid for by fees. However, under the Schumer-Corker-Hoeven amendment, the American taxpayers are on the hook for $38 billion.

These are undoubtedly only some of the new flaws that will be uncovered in the proposal. And the largely unchanged original bill retains its scores of many flaws including: amnesty first, legalization for criminal aliens, decimated interior enforcement, and a massive increase in low-skill legal immigration.

The Gang of Eight’s proposal – modified or not – still guarantees three things: amnesty, lower wages, and higher unemployment.”
http://www.sessions.senate.gov/publ...ecord_id=6deb723d-aac8-1166-f469-16568555178e

roadreeler57 · Jun 23, 2013

ALIPAC Americans for Legal Immigration PAC

WHY???
http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2013/06/madd-silent-on-amnesty-law-that-rewards-drunk-drivers/

MADD Silent on Amnesty Law That Rewards Drunk Drivers | Judicial Watch
www.judicialwatch.orgAs preposterous as it may seem, illegal immigrants with drunk-driving, domestic violence, aggravated assault and child abuse convictions will qualify for amnesty under the immigration bill pending in the U.S. Senate unless an amendment introduced by a Texas lawmaker is adopted.

roadreeler57 · Jun 23, 2013

roadreeler57 · Jun 23, 2013

NEWSLETTER

WEEK
of
JUNE
22

THIS ISSUE: Schumer-Corker-Hoeven Amendment filled with Loopholes and meaningless border provisions

"I write to express my strong belief that the success of any major legislation depends on the acceptance and support of the American people.That support can only be earned through full and careful consideration of legislative language and an open process of amendments."

-- Sen. Marco Rubio, Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Pat Leahy, April 1, 2013

Late Friday afternoon, Sens. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and John Hoeven (R-N.D.) filed a 1,190-page amendment, supported by Sen. Rubio and the rest of the Gang of Eight, that is a complete re-write of the existing amnesty bill. Handwritten changes were even added moments before its introduction.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has already scheduled a vote on the amendment for 5:30 p.m. on Monday.
Apparently, this is what Sen. Rubio calls an "open process" that can earn "the acceptance and support of the American people."
So what's in this monstrosity of an amendment? Our Capitol Hill team has spent the last 24 hours sifting through it, and they've already found several problems. Here's what one of the bill's lead sponsors said on Friday:

"It is $3.2 billion worth of technology, planes, unmanned aircraft, sensors--all on the border, spelled out in this legislation--that ensures we have a secure border. That must be met before there are any green cards, and that is where we start..."

-Sen. Hoeven, Senate Floor, June 21, 2013

Starting on page 17, the Schumer-Corker-Hoeven amendment goes on for 12 pages itemizing all the equipment that must be purchased for each border sector. Sen. Leahy called it a "Christmas wish list for Halliburton." But all you need to know is what's printed on page 30:

If the Secretary determines that an alternate or new technology is at least as effective as the technologies described in paragraph (3) and provides a commensurate level of security, the Secretary may deploy that technology in its place and without regard to the minimums in this section.

So, in the end, the DHS Secretary can do whatever he/she wants. One must wonder if Sen. Rubio regrets making this statement about the amendment on Thursday:

"We do not just say you have to deploy this technology, we tell you where you have to deploy it. We do not even leave that to DHS."

-- Sen. Rubio, Senate floor, June 20, 2013

The amendment's supporters have also boasted about how it will require construction of 700 miles of border fencing (as already required under current law).

"700 miles of fencing on the border. These are things Republicans have repeatedly asked for as part of securing the border. We have put them right in the bill."

-- Sen. Hoeven, Senate floor, June 21, 2013

"We actually say that, where it is possible, where the terrain allows it--there are places where the terrain does not let you build a fence, but where the terrain allows it, you have to put a fence there."

-- Sen. Rubio, Senate floor, June 20, 2013

Except, once again, the DHS Secretary doesn't have to build one inch of fencing if she doesn't want to. We found this provision on page 34:

Notwithstanding paragraph (1),nothing in this subsection shall require the Secretary to install fencing, or infrastructure that directly results from the installation of such fencing, in a particular location along the Southern border, if the Secretary determines that the use or placement of such resources is not the most appropriate means to achieve and maintain effective control over the Southern border at such location.

Furthermore, the amendment includes Schumer's stand-alone amendment that creates a new, permanent rolling amnesty. This would allow future illegal aliens who have overstayed their visas to apply for a green card as long as they have worked legally in the United States for at least 10 years before overstaying their visa. It's amnesty now and forever!
There are two other things we know for sure about the Schumer-Corker-Hoeven amendment. First, the bill will grant legal status and work permits to 11 million illegal aliens before any enforcement kicks in. Second, it will issue 22 million green cards to new legal immigrants in the first decade.
That means, as the CBO reported earlier this week, unemployment will go up and wages for American workers will decline under S.744 - regardless of Schumer-Corker-Hoeven.
Here are the Senators that have joined as cosponsors of the amendment: John McCain (R-AZ), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), Dean Heller (R-NV), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Mark Kirk (R-IL), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Mark Pryor (D-AR), Mark Begich (D-AK), and Joe Donnelly (D-IN).
We've posted new faxes on your Action Boardthat urge your Senators to oppose the Schumer-Corker-Hoeven amendment. Please send them this weekend and then call your two Senators on Monday to urge them to oppose the Schumer-Corker-Hoeven amendment.
Thanks for all you do, and together we can still win this fight!

CHRIS CHMIELENSKI

SAT, JUNE 22[SUP]nd[/SUP]

mplastered · Jun 23, 2013

roadreeler57 said:
[video=youtube;6zFW0ZfCtss]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6zFW0ZfCtss[/video]
http://numbersusa.com

11 million possible Dems votes. The main reason for amnesty. Fuck you Rubio. Fucking turn coat.

Michelangelo · Jun 23, 2013

Keep up the good fight, rr.

How could any sane American be in favor of this bill?

roadreeler57 · Jun 24, 2013

If you have called your Senator, thank you. If you haven't please do. Cloture vote on the Corker/Hoeven scam Today, June 24th at 5:30. We all need to keep their phones ringing!!!Call all Senators today at 888-978-3094 to demand a NO vote on Amnesty (S.744)!
NO on Corker/Hoeven & NO on S-744 ....!!

roadreeler57 · Jun 24, 2013

Obamnesty | FrontPage Magazine
frontpagemag.comHow Obama controls the push for illegal alien amnesty.

roadreeler57 · Jun 24, 2013

Unbelievable: IRS sends $46 million in tax returns to 24,000 ‘unauthorized alien workers’ in Atlanta
www.glennbeck.com"That's unconscionable.”

roadreeler57 · Jun 25, 2013

Senate to Vote Wednesday on Motion to End Debate
on Amnesty Bill

Call your Senators NOW and
Urge Them to Vote NO!

Dear FAIR Supporters,
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is continuing his quest to ram the Gang of Eight amnesty bill through the Senate by scheduling a crucial vote onWednesday. That vote will be on a motion to end debate on the bill, S.744. If that motion is successful, then the Senate will quickly move to vote on final passage.
Call your Senators NOW and urge them to vote NO on the motion to end debate on S.744.
Monday, the Senate passed the Corker-Hoeven "border security" amendment by a vote of 67-27. The outcome of the vote was hardly surprising considering the Gang of Eight filled the amendment with a wide assortment of special interest pay-offs necessary to secure the votes. Today, the Gang of Eight will continue to make back-room deals in an attempt to "buy" even more votes by orchestrating the adoption of new special interest amendments to the bill.
We need your help! Call your Senators NOW and tell them to vote against S.744: both the motion to end debate on the bill and on final passage.
Tell them:

"Amnesty" is NOT immigration reform.
Amnesty undermines the rule of law and is inherently unfair to millions of legal immigrants who followed the rules and waited their turn in line.
The Gang of Eight amnesty bill hurts American workers.
It adds to the labor market millions of illegal aliens AND guest workers who will unfairly compete with American workers and drive down wages.
You want the government to keep its promises to enforce the law,
both at the borders and across the country.
You demand that Congress restore integrity and common sense to our immigration system,
not sell out to special interests.

There is no time to waste! To find the phone numbers of your Senators, click here.
Please call your Senators NOW!

Sincerely,

FAIR
If you have called your Senator, thank you. If you haven't please do. Cloture vote on the Corker/Hoeven scam Today, June 24th at 5:30. We all need to keep their phones ringing!!!Call all Senators today at 888-978-3094 to demand a NO vote on Amnesty (S.744)!

roadreeler57 · Jun 25, 2013

MEDIA RESPONSE

JEREMY BECK

Ryan says the Senate bill is moving in the right direction. Praises Schumer-Corker-Hoeven amnesty amendment

James,

Please leave a comment on "Paul Ryan: Immigration reform in House more likely after border vote," on The Hill.
The Schumer-Corker-Hoeven amendment that the Senate passed last night was not a "border amendment" as The Hill describes it -- but an amnesty expansion amendment. Language inserted by Sen. Schumer created a new permanent rolling amnesty for future illegal aliens who work in the U.S. legally for 10 years but violate the terms of their visa to become illegal aliens. See Chris' blog.
The border provisions are filled with waivers and loopholes to ensure that they never happen. Furthermore, the bill essentially halts interior enforcement for up to three years while the next wave of illegal immigration takes place.
And all this would be done on the backs of American workers like these. Stand up, fight back. And keep calling!
Thank you for all that you do,

roadreeler57 · Jun 25, 2013

URGENT ACTION

CHRIS CHMIELENSKI

Only 4 scheduled votes left to Stop Amnesty in the Senate; Call today!

Friends,
Your calling effort yesterday was phenomenal! The number of Senators who voted against the Schumer-Rubio Amnesty bill, S.744, hasdoubled since debate first started, and we're approaching the 41 NO votes needed to derail the bill.
The fate of S.744 will be determined by the end of the week, so we need your continued urgent calls! Here's what's left:

1) final vote on Schumer-Corker-Hoeven amnesty amendment (50 votes needed),
2) motion to limit debate on Leahy manager's amendment (60 votes),
3) final vote on Leahy manager's amendment (50 votes), and
4) motion to end debate on the bill (60 votes).

Please help us keep the pressure on the Senate!

Call your Senators TODAY!

Calling is simple! You can use the toll-free numbers we've provided below that will connect you to either your Senator's DC office or the Capitol Switchboard. When the staffer answers, tell him/her that you want the Senator to vote NO on the Leahy amendment and you want the Senator to vote NO on final passage of S.744.
We've color-coded your Senators based on their first vote on the Schumer-Corker-Hoeven amnesty amendment -- green means they voted against the amendment, red means they voted for the amendment, and blue means they didn't vote. Please thank your Senator(s) if they're colored green!
GRASSLEY (R-IA) 888-995-8349
HARKIN (D-IA) 888-995-2023
DURBIN (D-IL) 888-995-8319
KIRK (R-IL) 888-995-5459
COATS (R-IN) 888-995-2035
DONNELLY (D-IN) 888-995-2034
MCCONNELL (R-KY) 888-995-1997
PAUL (R-KY) 888-978-3076
LEVIN (D-MI) 888-995-8349
STABENOW (D-MI) 888-978-3092
BLUNT (R-MO) 888-995-8349
MCCASKILL (D-MO) 888-995-2019
BROWN (D-OH) 888-995-2029
PORTMAN (R-OH) 888-995-2027
BALDWIN (D-WI) 888-995-8349
JOHNSON (R-WI) 888-995-8349

Action Board

or clickhttps://www.numbersusa.com/content/my/action/board

You can use these talking points when you call your Senators:

The bill grants amnesty to 11 million illegal aliens with only promises of future enforcement
According to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, the bill will increase unemployment and decrease wages for American workers
Leaves total discretion for future enforcement in the hands of the administration, repeating the mistakes of the 1986 amnesty

Also, take a look at these recent poll results from Pulse Opinion Research:
58% of likely voters support full enforcement first before considering giving work permits to illegal aliens
72% of Republicans support full enforcement first
62% of Independents support full enforcement first
74% of likely voters want legal immigration numbers reduced or to remain the same
76% of Republicans want legal immigration numbers reduced or to remain the same
70% of Democrats want legal immigration numbers reduced or to remain the same
Thanks for all you do!

CHRIS
CHMIELENSKI

roadreeler57 · Jun 25, 2013

roadreeler57 said:
URGENT ACTION

CHRIS CHMIELENSKI

Only 4 scheduled votes left to Stop Amnesty in the Senate; Call today!

Friends,
Your calling effort yesterday was phenomenal! The number of Senators who voted against the Schumer-Rubio Amnesty bill, S.744, hasdoubled since debate first started, and we're approaching the 41 NO votes needed to derail the bill.
The fate of S.744 will be determined by the end of the week, so we need your continued urgent calls! Here's what's left:

1) final vote on Schumer-Corker-Hoeven amnesty amendment (50 votes needed),

2) motion to limit debate on Leahy manager's amendment (60 votes),

3) final vote on Leahy manager's amendment (50 votes), and

4) motion to end debate on the bill (60 votes).

Please help us keep the pressure on the Senate!

Call your Senators TODAY!
Calling is simple! You can use the toll-free numbers we've provided below that will connect you to either your Senator's DC office or the Capitol Switchboard. When the staffer answers, tell him/her that you want the Senator to vote NO on the Leahy amendment and you want the Senator to vote NO on final passage of S.744.
We've color-coded your Senators based on their first vote on the Schumer-Corker-Hoeven amnesty amendment -- green means they voted against the amendment, red means they voted for the amendment, and blue means they didn't vote. Please thank your Senator(s) if they're colored green!
GRASSLEY (R-IA) 888-995-8349
HARKIN (D-IA) 888-995-2023
DURBIN (D-IL) 888-995-8319
KIRK (R-IL) 888-995-5459
COATS (R-IN) 888-995-2035
DONNELLY (D-IN) 888-995-2034
MCCONNELL (R-KY) 888-995-1997
PAUL (R-KY) 888-978-3076
LEVIN (D-MI) 888-995-8349
STABENOW (D-MI) 888-978-3092
BLUNT (R-MO) 888-995-8349
MCCASKILL (D-MO) 888-995-2019
BROWN (D-OH) 888-995-2029
PORTMAN (R-OH) 888-995-2027
BALDWIN (D-WI) 888-995-8349
JOHNSON (R-WI) 888-995-8349

Action Board

or clickhttps://www.numbersusa.com/content/my/action/board

You can use these talking points when you call your Senators:

The bill grants amnesty to 11 million illegal aliens with only promises of future enforcement

According to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, the bill will increase unemployment and decrease wages for American workers

Leaves total discretion for future enforcement in the hands of the administration, repeating the mistakes of the 1986 amnesty

Also, take a look at these recent poll results from Pulse Opinion Research:
58% of likely voters support full enforcement first before considering giving work permits to illegal aliens
72% of Republicans support full enforcement first
62% of Independents support full enforcement first
74% of likely voters want legal immigration numbers reduced or to remain the same
76% of Republicans want legal immigration numbers reduced or to remain the same
70% of Democrats want legal immigration numbers reduced or to remain the same
Thanks for all you do!

CHRIS
CHMIELENSKI

These calls are so Important I feel the need to post this again.......Please call your Senators....If the 888 #s for your Senators are not listed here go to www.numbersusa.com & find them there for your State.........THANKS!

roadreeler57 · Jun 25, 2013

http://capwiz.com/caps/issues/alert/?alertid=62746476&MC_plugin=5842

ALERT! More votes on amnesty. Keep hammering your Senators to reject S 744!
www.capwiz.comALERT! More votes on amnesty. Keep hammering your Senators to reject S 744!

roadreeler57 · Jun 25, 2013

URGENT ACTION

ROY BECK

Last-minute horse-trading being attempted to buy votes of your Senator for an amnesty -- CALL NOW

We have received urgent requests from the Hill for citizens of your state to caution your Senators against selling out the state with a vote for S. 744 in return for some small consideration.
Several Senators over the last week have already traded their vote for some back-room consideration.
According to National Review this afternoon:

Likely targets include Senator Rob Portman (Ohio), who voted against cloture yesterday but will likely support final passage if the Senate approves his amendment to strengthen the bill's E-Verify provisions; Senators Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson of Georgia, and Senators Brad Enzi (Wyo.), Pat Toomey (Pa.) and Ron Johnson (Wis.). The Gang will be also looking to keep the vote of Senator Roger Wicker (Miss.), a conservative who surprised many by supporting cloture.

Stop your Senator from selling out

Some Senators have been selling their pro-amnesty vote in return for an improvement in the bill that, nonetheless, doesn't come close to being worth the pain of giving out 33 million more work permits to foreigners the next 10 years.
Other Senators are selling their vote for nothing more than fig leaves that they hope will give them cover by appearing to improve enforcement without actually doing so.
And other Senators are selling their amnesty vote for what pretty much could be considered pork for their state or some special interest that they feel they have to serve.
Just because the Gang of Eight is targeting the Senators on this list doesn't mean they are inviting horse-trading. But your calls are absolutely necessary to make sure they know it is not in their state's or their own best interest to trade or sell their vote for anything.
CHAMBLISS (R-GA) 888-995-1975
ISAKSON (R-GA) 888-995-1978
WICKER (R-MS) 888-995-2066
ALEXANDER (R-TN) 888-995-2018
TOOMEY (R-PA) 888-995-1993
PORTMAN (R-OH) 888-995-2027
JOHNSON (R-WI) 888-995-8349
ENZI (R-WY) 888-995-8349
The Senators are color-coded based on their first vote on the Schumer-Corker-Hoeven amnesty amendment on Monday. Green means they voted against the amendment, red means they voted for the amendment, and blue means they didn't vote.
We believe every one of these Senators can be helped by voters to understand that their best political interests are aligned with the best interests of the state in voting NO on the final bill.

Here is what the National Review wrote (and pretty much what we are hearing from our own sources):

Republican sources are telling National Review Online that Gang of Eight members were less-than-thrilled by the outcome of yesterday's vote to advance their immigration reform bill, and they are now looking for ways to win -- or buy -- more GOP votes. The bill is certain to pass, of course, but proponents are hoping for 70 votes, meaning they will need more than the 15 Republicans who voted for cloture on Monday.

Opponents of the bill are concerned that, sometime within the next 24 to 48 hours, the Gang of Eight will come to an agreement with Senate majority leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) to allow votes on a series of amendments that have been handpicked by the Gang, and are designed to placate wavering Republicans and win their votes for the final bill. It will not be an open process, as was originally promised, and could involve more giveaways like the "Casino Cash-out" and the "Crabhusker Kickback" the functional equivalent of earmarks, which have been banned since 2011. It's another backroom deal," says one GOP aide. "This is how we do earmarks these days."
The effort will likely be cast as an appeal to Republicans, who have expressed concern that so few amendments (nine) have been voted on thus far. By comparison, 46 amendments received votes during the 2007 immigration-reform debate. A group of 14 Republican senators sent a letter to Reid on Monday urging at least as many amendment votes on the current legislation, and criticizing the bill's supporters for "collecting yes votes as the price of admission into that back negotiating room." Senator John Cornyn (R., Texas) said Reid's effort to control the amendment process resembled a "dictatorship." If Reid does attempt to bring a Gang-approved amendment package to the floor, however, opponents will likely try block it using procedural tactics. They would insist that they get to choose some of the amendments to be voted on.

ROY
BECK

www.numbersusa.com

roadreeler57 · Jun 26, 2013

URGENT ACTION

ROY BECK

Senate phones nearly shut down -- switch to local offices this eve & Thurs. morn

Can't get through the Senate switchboard or individual Senate offices in Washington?

Call their offices back in the home states. Many of our members are saying they are getting through fine right now.

Here's the link to your two Senators (just click on the "contact information" link for each Senator).

www.numbersusa.com/content/my/congress/quickview

And here's where you can get the home and Washington numbers for every Senator you might wish to contact (especially after reading some of the info below).

https://www.numbersusa.com/content/congress/phone-numbers-and-mailing-addresses-memb.html

We're getting widescale reports from many of you who are phoning and phoning and not getting through in D.C. There are also signs that some Senators may have turned their D.C. phones off to keep from hearing from the people!
Overall, this is great news of a grassroots uprising that is sending great signals to the U.S. House to stay away from the S. 744 amnesty.
A number of you are pressing me to send out this one more alert today for a final hour or two of phoning -- especially for those of you in Central, Rocky and Pacific time zones where the local offices will be open awhile longer.
If the staff in the local offices says you should call D.C., tell them that the D.C. offices aren't answering their phones and you want these local staff to convey your message before the vote tomorrow on final cloture on the S. 744 amnesty bill.
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BELOW ARE SOME ITEMS FROM AN ALERT EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON, IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THEM YET

IN THIS ALERT:
Chambliss, Chiesa, Enzi & Wicker joined our side in procedural cloture vote this aft -- up to 33 and growing
Red-state Dems take callous view toward struggling workers in their state -- especially Black Americans
Media coming to grips with bruising Senate battle making House far less receptive to amnesty this year[item] Send Immigration Grade Cards to the Senators who are so proud of themselves for engineering a massive increase in foreign labor.

Chambliss, Chiesa, Enzi & Wicker joined our side in procedural cloture vote this aftThose of you in Georgia, New Jersey, Wyoming and Mississippi, call and give heartfelt thanks to these four who on an interim cloture vote this afternoon joined the Senators who had also voted on the anti-amnesty side on Monday. (The key cloture vote happens tomorrow).
That brings to 33 the Senators who have been willing to vote to just end the whole process on S. 744 before getting to a final vote. That is up from only 15 who would take that stand nine days ago.
Horse-trading not yet moving any more 'NO' voters into the "YES' columnThanks to all of you who have been pounding the offices of all the Senators we told you about this morning who were reported by media to be hard-pressed targets of the Gang of Eight who have been offering various favors to get Senators to switch their votes to YES.
In the interim cloture vote this afternoon, none of the previous NO voters changed to YES -- as did Sen. Kirk (R-Illinois) on Monday after he was made a trade offer that he apparently wasn't willing to refuse.
Red-state Dems take callous view toward struggling workers in their state -- especially Black AmericansWe're getting disturbing information from citizens of these states.
Citizens who have lost jobs to foreign workers are being told that they just need to apply for higher-level jobs.
Black Americans are being told that, even though their complaint is that their unemployment is higher because of so much immigration, they should accept a huge increase in foreign workers because they should be supporting what their Black President wants.
It is as if these Democratic Senators in competitive states have taken on the worst characteristics of Robber-Baron-type Republicans.
Stopping a massive increase in foreign workers in the Senate always depended on the NO votes from at least a handful of Democratic Senators in competitive states who previously have voted against amnesties and who felt they had to cater to the wishes of the working-class voters of their states.
Thus far, every one of those Democrats has knowingly voted against their state's workers and for the corporate lobbyists and their demand for millions more foreign workers.
Please put on a last-minute blitz on Montana's Baucus and Tester, on Arkansas' Pryor, on Louisiana's Landrieu, on North Carolina's Hagan, on Indiana's Donnelly, on West Virginia's Manchin, on Missouri's McCaskill and on Michigan's Stabenow.
Media coming to grips with bruising Senate battle making House far less receptive to amnesty this year
Whether or not the Gang of Eight gets its amnesty through the Senate tomorrow, the conventional wisdom in the media now seems to be that the hard-fought Senate battle with huge grassroots opposition has for the moment scared off Republicans in the House of Representatives from joining the Gang.
Speaker of the House Boehner is reported to have met behind closed doors this morning with House Republicans and again promised them that he will not bring the Senate Gang bill to the House floor for a vote.
I will say more tomorrow about all the challenges we face in the House (we are going to have to deal with several smaller dangers right away). But there is no question that the months-long opposition that all of you have waged with the Senate is having good results in the House.
But our ability to navigate the House is strongly connected to how much political pain can be felt by Senate supporters of the Gang of Eight.
And it is also connected to the extent to which our intellectual arguments get multiplied through various media.
Take Jonathan V. Last of The Weekly Standard. Both he and the publication in the past have been quite open to the benefits of importing more foreign labor.
But both are strongly opposing S. 744 after considering the overall impact. Today, Mr. Last really nails the key points of why such a monstrosity of a bill could possibly get through the U.S. Senate, and it ain't a pretty picture of a bill that is little more than a bundle of gifts to special interests. His view seems to be catching on as people look more seriously at the strange timing of passing the largest foreign-worker bill in history during a time of very high unemployment.

There simply are no practical reasons for having this discussion right now.

Oh, but there are political reasons.
For President Obama and the Democrats, the political reasons are obvious. They see the Gang of Eight package as a chance to add a group of 11 million voters to the rolls (in the form of amnestied illegal immigrants) who could swing between 60 percent and 70 percent Democratic.
For Big Labor, it means adding more dues-paying members. (Even if it means lower wages for current union members; remember, unions care more about their institutional well-being than their members.)
For Big Business the current bill means increasing the labor supply -- which really means lowering wages. And increasing profits. It's not hard to see why the parties to this bill are pushing it so hard.

Send Immigration Grade Cards to the Senators who are so proud of themselves for engineering a massive increase in foreign labor.
If your Senators are pushing the S. 744 amnesty, you should soon this afternoon find on your Action Board a way to fax your Senators' Immigration Grade Cards.
We think there might be a sobering effect to see thousands of these very bad grades coming into the office, reminding them of the scarlet letter grades they will have to wear the rest of their career if they vote to give out 33 million new lifetime work permits to foreign citizens over the next ten years.

ROY
BECK

roadreeler57 · Jun 26, 2013

URGENT ACTION

ROY BECK

With final chance to kill Senate amnesty within 24 hours, please call even the Senators who seem hopeless

Today is your last chance to make a difference in the Senate amnesty fight. We expect the final cloture vote on S. 744 Thursday morning.
Please go to the list of Senators below and call the ones that are appropriate for you.
Your Senator is quite hard-core for amnesty and almost for sure will vote for S. 744. BUT . . . .
. . . . But you can be pretty sure that most of the Senators below have not given a lot of thought to the fact that this bill is about much more than amnesty, that it is primarily about allowing greedy corporate interests to flood the labor market with foreign labor.
We need all the phones in all offices ringing off the hook all day to at least give these Senators some pause about the wisdom of what they are doing and to curb their appetite for continuing to press for an amnesty when the House refuses to take one up.

Shame your senator for callous indifference to struggling Americans

ARIZONA
Sen. Flake 888-995-8316
Sen. McCain 888-995-8291
CALIFORNIA
Sen. Boxer 888-995-8349
Sen. Feinstein 888-995-8349
COLORADO
Sen. Bennet 888-995-8318
Sen. Udall 888-995-8349
CONNECTICUT
Sen. Blumenthall 888-995-8349
Sen. Murphy 888-995-8349
DELAWARE
Sen. Carper 888-995-8349
Sen. Coons 888-995-8349
FLORIDA
Sen. Nelson 888-995-8349
Sen. Rubio 888-995-5431
HAWAII
Sen. Hirono 888-995-8349
Sen. Schatz 888-995-8349
ILLINOIS
Sen. Durbin 888-995-8319
IOWA
Sen. Harkin 888-995-2023
MAINE
Sen. King 888-995-8349
MARYLAND
Sen. Cardin 888-995-8349
Sen. Mikulski 888-995-8349
MASSACHUSETTS
Sen. Cowan 888-995-8349
Sen. Warren 888-995-8349
MICHIGAN
Sen. Levin 888-995-8349
MINNESOTA
Sen. Franken 888-995-8349
Sen. Klobuchar 888-995-8349
NEVADA
Sen. Reid 888-995-8349
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Sen. Shaheen 888-995-8349
NEW JERSEY
Sen. Menendez 888-995-8306
NEW MEXICO
Sen. Heinrich 888-995-8349
Sen. Udall 888-995-8349
NEW YORK
Sen. Gillibrand 888-995-8349
Sen. Schumer 888-995-8296
OHIO
Sen. Brown 888-995-2029
OREGON
Sen. Merkley 888-995-8349
Sen. Wyden 888-995-8349
PENNSYLVANIA
Sen. Casey 888-995-8349
RHODE ISLAND
Sen. Reed 888-995-8349
Sen. Whitehouse 888-995-8349
SOUTH CAROLINA
Sen. Graham 888-995-8331
VERMONT
Sen. Leahy 888-995-8349
VIRGINIA
Sen. Kaine 888-995-8349
Sen. Warner 888-995-8349
WASHINGTON
Sen. Cantwell 888-995-8349
Sen. Murray 888-995-8349
WEST VIRGINIA
Sen. Rockefeller 888-995-8349
WISCONSIN
Sen. Baldwin 888-995-8349

You can use any argument you wish with the Senators' staffers -- or simply say "Vote NO on S. 744."
I do think that today is a great day to just talk of the shame that these senators are bringing on themselves to do the bidding of greedy corporate lobbyists at the expense of the most vulnrable members of our society.
Here are some key reasons the Senators should oppose this bill:
1. VOTING "YES" WILL FOREVER TAR THE SENATOR WITH THE LARGEST OPEN-BORDER/AMNESTY FIASCO IN HISTORY: It repeats the mistake of the 1986 amnesty by giving work permits and legalization to at least 11 million . . . before any new enforcement, let alone before full implementation of enforcement.
2. VOTING "YES" WILL BE A LONG-TIME SYMBOL OF CALLOUSNESS TO AMERICA'S MOST VULNERABLE, ESPECIALLY TO BLACK AND HISPANIC AMERICANS: The bill's addition of 33 million new potential foreign workers in first decade during a time of high unemployment threatens to collapse the wages of many middle-class occupations and to retard the ability of the working poor to move up to the middle class.
3. Polls show almost NO public support (a) for work permits before full enforcement implmentation, (b) for increasing the flow of foreign workers, let alone the tripling of foreign workers.
4. The Weekly Standard reports that at least five S. 744 supporters do not. The influential publication found that Senators did not know anything about a provision in the bill that would give employers a $3,000 incentive to hire amnestied aliens over citizens and permanent legal residents:
5. John Carney of CNBC writes that the Congressional Budget Office says S. 744 would create "another decade of pain" for American workers. But that doesn't seem to trouble very many Members of the United States Senate.
6. Instead of discussing the higher unemployment and lower wages S. 744 would mean for American workers, the Gang is "in full horse-trading mode" according to Politico, which also reports (subscribers only) that the entire process has been "mostly via back channels and insider negotiations, with deals reached privately to lock up senators' votes -- rather than amendments adopted publicly on the Senate floor."
7. Erick Erickson of Red State has a list of quotes from amnesty supporters back when they were running for office -- and againstamnesty.
8. And Sen. Rubio (among those quoted by Erickson above) reiterated his belief that the Senate needs to convince the American public to trust it on immigration.
Sen. Paul, on the other hand, wrote "Washington parlor tricks disguised as reform will not fool the American people."

ROY
BECK

roadreeler57 · Jun 26, 2013

MEETING ALERT

MELANIE OUBRE

Join other activists going to Washington in July.

Dear Ohio Activists,
**This is not a NumbersUSA event but we encourage you to join other immigration activists to march on Washington.**
FREE BUS TRIP TO WASHINGTON
$30.00 Deposit required, which will be returned to each individual after boarding the bus. (Buses are filling fast, reply ASAP)
March on DC for Jobs and Against Amnesty
Monday, July 15th - Stop the Gang of Eight Amnesty Bill
For more information and to sign up here in Ohio contact..

Portage County area.. Julie at immigrationohio@yahoo.com or call 330.562.9130
Lancaster area.. Kay at kaclymer@att.net or call 740.452.6588
Akron-Canton area.. Scott at akronmarchondc715@gmail.com or call 330.612.3601
Cincinnati area... Dick at ImmigrationSWOhio@cinci.rr.com or call 513.314.0561

Say 'No' to Amnesty!
Show opposition to the bill that will put millions of Americans out of work! Join the Black American Leadership Alliance & other concerned American citizens
Please come to support American workers and join us for speakers, and much more!
Anyone who is interested in organizing a bus departure in their area or interested in going to D.C. to march for jobs and against amnesty should contact Ohio@blackallianceorg.org or Julie at immigrationohio@yahoo.com.
More information may also be found at the following websites:

Thank you for your time,

MELANIE
OUBRE

roadreeler57 · Jun 27, 2013

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