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From: Anne Manetas, Deputy Director, NumbersUSA
Date: 20MAY08 10:30 pm
..EMERGENCY!!
SENATE VOTES ON AMNESTY TODAY!!
..
..Today
is the day If you only do one thing this year to stop illegal
immigration, call your Senators WEDNESDAY Your phone call could be the
one that stops the amnesty
Phone your Senators today and tell them to oppose any immigration provisions in the Iraq Supplemental spending bill
..
202-224-3121
Senate Expected To Vote on Amnesty on TODAY!!
In
a somewhat unexpected move, the Senate began debate on the Iraq
Supplemental Spending bill late in the day on Tuesday As I write this,
the Senate is still in general debate on the Iraq Supplemental (which
is actually more like a mini omnibus bill) Senator Byrd (D-WV) filed
three substitution amendments Monday night to HR 2642 (to replace all
the House language in three parts) This is a similar tactic the House
used during debate on their version of the Iraq supplemental bill last
week: divide the bill in three to give cover to the different party
constituencies The AgJOBS language is in the first amendment (SA 4786)
The Senate is not likely to get through general debate tonight, but
could make it to the first amendment sometime tomorrow
In short, this means the AgJOBS amnesty could come up for debate as early as Wednesday morning
At
this point, it is best not to get bogged down in the legislative
details (because things are changing rapidly and many procedural moves
are occurring) Instead, we are recommending you keep your message
simple and to the point Simply state something like the following:
"My
name is _______ I'm calling from _________ to ask the Senator to oppose
any immigration increases in the Iraq Supplemental including so-called
emergency agricultural workers, H-2B unskilled workers, and
employment-based permanent workers I oppose amnesty and illegal
immigration and expect the Senator to vote against all immigration
increases"
If you want to get specific, see the talking points
below But the most important need now is to flood Senate offices with
phones calls opposing the AgJOBS amnesty and all other immigration
increases in the Iraq Supplemental Spending bill
BACKGROUND AND DETAILS
The
Senate Appropriations Committee voted 17-12 to attach an amnesty to the
Iraq supplemental spending bill The amendment that passed provides a
5-year visa for up to 135 million illegal agricultural workers—but the
cap of 135 million does not include spouses and children, who would
bring the total amnesty to a total of about 3 million
Rosemary
Jenks (Vice President, Government Relations) has outlined the most
egregious aspects of the amnesty here You won't want to talk about the
AgJOBS amnesty without reading this first Find it online here
https://www.numbersusa.com/PDFs/AgJOBS_Amnesty_2008.pdf
In
short, the AgJOBS amendment would require the Department of Homeland
Security to grant "emergency agricultural worker status" (ie, amnesty)
for up to five years to as many as 135 million illegal aliens, plus
their spouses and children
Last Thursday, the Senate
Appropriations Committee added several immigration amendments to the
version of the Iraq Supplemental they were marking up
The
immigration amendments include the Feinstein AgJOBS-lite amendment,
which passed by a recorded vote of 17-12; and the Mikulski H-2B
amendment which would, for the next three years, exempt from the annual
cap of 66,000 any H-2B workers who were admitted during the previous
three years (The impact on the numbers could be exponential--they could
rise from 66,000 in FY 2008 to over 400,000 by FY2011) This passed by a
recorded vote of 23-6!
202-224-3121
MAKE THAT CALL TO STOP THIS AMNESTY!!
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