AmericaOne
Here is the thread you suggested...
Now lets get all the contact and “WARROOM” info collated.
THIS IS THE PRO-AMNESTY TEAMS GAME PLAN - THIS WEEK IS CRITICAL:
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MmJiMzVmZTZjNjE2ZWM4MDhiMWYzYTI3NjQ1ZjU4NmE=
Here is what we expect to happen next week, though it is far from clear yet. In short, we expect it to come up this week, and if Senators (as we expect) object to unanimous consent agreements, it will take the better part of 6-8 days to get this done. They will not get it done this week (but Reid threatens to stay in next weekend).
1. We expect Reid, in conjunction with support from McConnell, Lott and Grand Bargainers Kyl, Martinez, Graham and McCain, to introduce a brand new piece of legislation - and use Rule 14 to put the bill immediately on the Senate calendar without going thru committee - which of course, the first bill did not do as well.
* It is possible that Reid will choose a different procedural path - but we expect the effect to be the same.
2. We expect that the new bill’s drafters (White House, Kennedy, Kyl, Graham, et. al.) will use close to the same language as the original substitute amendment (the first immigration bill) as amended by the 14 Democrat and 13 Republican amendments adopted the the first go round.
3. A new Rule 14 bill takes 1-2 days to ripen, and then we expect Reid to file cloture on the motion to proceed (a step he will need to take because numerous Senators are objecting to any unanimous consent agreements). The cloture motion takes time to ripen, so that adds a full day and change before the vote (60). Then, there is 30 hours of “post cloture debate” that a number of Senators will refuse to allow to be shortened.
4. When the 30 hours expire, Reid will have the vote on the motion to proceed to the bill (majority).
4. Once on the bill, Reid will again file cloture (to shut off debate - again, a number of Senators will continue to object to unanimous consent agreements) - this time on the bill itself.
5. The guessing begins at this point - but we expect Reid - with the help and support of certain Republican leadership and the Grand Bargainers - to do something that we believe has never been done in the history of the Senate... he will use an arcane Senate procedure that allows a single amendment to be divisible into many - in this case, into the 20-odd amendments the Grand Bargainers are trying to cobble together to keep 60 votes in support of the bill. Traditionally, that amendment has been used to protect minority rights - but in this case, it will be used to PREVENT the minority from getting additional amendments called up and from being able to fully debate the amendments in question. It is, to our knowledge, unprecedented.
6. Once the cloture motion ripens (again, another day and change), the cloture vote can occur (60 votes) and then, again, there is 30 hours of “post cloture debate” during which Reid will run, in order, through the panoply of amendments offered by way of the division.
7. Finally, there will be a vote on final passage.
If Reid does this, with the help of certain Republican leadership and the Grand Bargainers, they will shut off the ability of Senators with concerns of the bill to offer additional amendments and to debate the amendments in question.
In the end, this means that if they have 60 lined up to support it - there is little that can be done procedurally - so it has become far more important than ever for Senators to hear from their constituents.
McConnell says immigration is too close to call:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/17/AR2007061700609.html
“When we get to final passage, it’s hard to know whether the votes will be there to pass it or not,” McConnell said. “We’ll finish Senate consideration of the immigration bill one way or the other.”
From Numbers USA - Phoning and faxing made the difference:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1851804/posts
“The following are the Senators whom we are feeling quite good about. You should find ways to thank them for being so sensitive to the needs of your state’s workers and communities and urge them to just fight harder to stop S. 1348.
(* in front of Senators up for re-election in 2008.)
The KILL BILL Caucus
DEMOCRATS (8) * Baucus (MT) Byrd (WV) Dorgan (ND) * Landrieu (LA) McCaskill (MO) Tester (MT) * Pryor (AR) * Rockefeller (WV)
REPUBLICANS (19) * Alexander (TN) * Allard (CO) Bond (MO) Bunning (KY) Coburn (OK) Corker (TN) * Cornyn (TX) Crapo (ID) DeMint (SC) * Dole (NC) * Enzi (WY) Grassley (IA) * Inhofe (OK) * Roberts (KS) * Sessions (AL) Shelby (AL) * Smith, G. (OR) Thune (SD) Vitter (LA)
A special hero’s garland should drape four Senators who have been absolutely courageous leaders in battling the power of the White House and of the Democratic Party Leadership — and taking incredible abuse from most of the elite national news media.
THE HEROIC LEADERS Sessions (R-Ala.) Dorgan (D-N.D.) DeMint (R-S.C.) Vitter (R-La.)
If all 98 Senators vote, we will need 39 NO votes on cloture to kill this bill.
Congratulations to all of you in the states of these 27 Senators. But we have to get 12 more for sure. Right now, I see 13 others who look like really good possibilities if their constituents can just give them the right message in sufficient quantity. And there are another half-dozen or so who are not out of the question. “
Count me in on this one, even though overseas at present.
El Presidente works tirelessly, and will not stop until our country is totally screwed! We must work twice as hard to persuade our lawmakers. I fear the senate is a lost cause, but I’m sure this monstrosity can be killed in the house.
God, I wish El Presidente would have put this much fight and effort into social security reform, among other things.
I was watching UNITED 93 last night, and I have not stopped crying and yelling in rage at my TV.
How dare these congress people allow our immigration to run amok .. how dare they scoff at us and tell us to shut up .. when they have already forgotten the people WHO DIED TO SAVE YOUR SORRY REAR ENDS.
They don’t deserve OUR VOTES or OUR MONEY .. and until they put America first and not the Mexican govt (and the democrats) .. they will get neither from me. And .. I’m not alone in this sentiment.
PING for “Kill Bill II: The Vampire Strikes Back (Fight the Senate Immigration Bill)”
More #s (courtest of 2ndDivVet and TennesseeNana):
A toll free number for any member of the US Senate or House...(888) 534-6226
U.S. Senate switchboard: (202) 224-3121
U.S. House switchboard: (202) 225-3121
White House comments: (202) 456-1111
Find your House Rep.: http://www.house.gov/writerep
Find your US Senators: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
CALL! CALL! CALL! CALL! AND KEEP CALLING TILL THE LINES FRY!
WRITE! WRITE! WRITE! WRITE! TILL YOU RUN OUT OF INK IN YOUR PEN!
Bombard the Democrats as well, especially the ones that ran on an anti illegal immigration plank and the ones in marginal districts who could be vulnerable. keep pounding on them. This is a bipartisan issue not a Conservative or Liberal issue BUT AN AMERICAN issue.
PING! Via Laura Ingraham ...
http://lauraingraham.com/
Below is the list of 15 GOP senators that the amnesty pushers want to flip to their side (asterisked senators are up for re-election in 2008)
* * Alexander (R-TN)
* Bennett (R-UT)
* * Cochran (R-MS)
* * Coleman (R-MN)
* * Collins (R-ME)
* * Cornyn (R-TX)
* * Craig (R-ID)
* * Domenici (R-NM)
* Gregg (R-NH)
* Hatch (R-UT)
* Hutchison (R-TX)
* Kyl (R-AZ)
* Lott (R-MS)
* * McConnell (R-KY)
* Murkowski (R-AK)
* * Smith (R-OR)
* Snowe (R-ME)
* Stevens (R-AK)
* * Warner (R-VA)
Illegal-Immigration Activism Ping...
Thanks. Kill Bill II BUMP!
George: STIFLE!
Yahoo only allows you to send to a certain number of people at once (hence the multiple blocks of email addresses, instead of one block) and will also only let you send a certain number
of emails in a time period. I was only allowed to send two blocks in a row. Make emails of all blocks and after sending two, save the others as a "draft" to send later when yahoo let's you do so.
tom_ingram@alexander.senate.gov,david_morgenstern@alexander.senate.gov,scot_montrey@alexander.senate.gov,lee_pitts@alexander.senate.gov,sean_conway@allard.senate.gov,charles_cogar@allard.senate.gov,laura_condeluci@allard.senate.gov,steve_wymer@allard.senate.gov,maryjane_collipriest@bennett.senate.gov, mark_morrison@bennett.senate.gov,emily_christensen@bennett.senate.gov,brian_klippenstein@bond.senate.gov,kara_smith@bond.senate.gov,shana_marchio@bond.senate.gov,glen_chambers@brownback.senate.gov,brian_robertson@brownback.senate.gov,john_rankin@brownback.senate.gov,brian_hart@brownback.senate.gov, blake_brickman@bunning.senate.gov,kim_dean@bunning.senate.gov,mike_reynard@bunning.senate.gov,alicia_peterson-clark@burr.senate.gov,alicia_petersonclark@burr.senate.gov,Natasha_hickman@burr.senate.gov,laura_caudell@burr.senate.gov,mark_williams@burr.senate.gov,charlie_harmon@chambliss.senate.gov,monty_philpot@chambliss.senate.gov, annelaurie_waters@chambliss.senate.gov,Angie_Lundberg@Chambliss.Senate.gov,Lindsay_mabry@chambliss.senate.gov,jenny_manley@cochran.senate.gov,ta_hawks@cochran.senate.gov,margaret_wicker@cochran.senate.gov,margaret_mcphillips@cochran.senate.gov,Jennifer_lowe@coleman.senate.gov,lucia_lebens@coleman.senate.gov
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geoff_embler@hutchison.senate.gov,beto_cardenas@hutchison.senate.gov,glenn_powell@inhofe.senate.gov,aloysius_hogan@inhofe.senate.gov,ryan_thompson@inhofe.senate.gov,john_bonsell@inhofe.senate.gov,heath_garrett@isakson.senate.gov,glee_smith@isakson.senate.gov,michael_quiello@isakson.senate.gov, joan_kirchner@isakson.senate.gov,tim_glazewski@kyl.senate.gov,elizabeth_maier@kyl.senate.gov,Stephen_higgins@judiciary.senate.gov,joe_matal@judiciary.senate.gov,lucy_murfitt@kyl.senate.gov,Andrew_wilder@kyl.senate.gov,bret_boyles@lott.senate.gov,jim_sartucci@lott.senate.gov, susan_irby@lott.senate.gov,nick_simpson@lott.senate.gov,hugh_gamble@lott.senate.gov,mitch_waldman@lott.senate.gov,marty_morris@lugar.senate.gov,chris_geeslin@lugar.senate.gov,joe_o’donnell@lugar.senate.gov,Shellie_bressler@lugar.senate.gov,andy_fisher@lugar.senate.gov,john_little@martinez.senate.gov,michael_zehr@martinez.senate.gov,ken_lundberg@martinez.senate.gov, ann_begeman@mccain.senate.gov,eileen_mcmenamin@mccain.senate.gov,andrea_jones@mccain.senate.gov,lee_dunn@mccain.senate.gov,chris_paul@mccain.senate.gov,joe_donoghue@mccain.senate.gov,richard_fontaine@mccain.senate.gov,billy_piper@mcconnell.senate.gov,scott_raab@mcconnell.senate.gov
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aaron_saunders@stevens.senate.gov,courtney_boone@stevens.senate.gov,steven_wackowski@stevens.senate.gov,paul_collins@sununu.senate.gov,mike_o’rielly@sununu.senate.gov,michael_o’reilly@sununu.senate.gov,barbara_riley@sununu.senate.gov,m_zabel@thune.senate.gov,matthew_zabel@thune.senate.gov, david_schwietert@thune.senate.gov,kyle_downey@thune.senate.gov,jessica_ferguson@thune.senate.gov,kyle_ruckert@vitter.senate.gov,tonya_newman@vitter.senate.gov,wendy_fleming@vitter.senate.gov,joel_digrado@vitter.senate.gov,mac_abrams@vitter.senate.gov,phil_park@voinovich.senate.gov,george_callas@voinovich.senate.gov, doug_dziak@voinovich.senate.gov,chris_paulitz@voinovich.senate.gov,ann_loomis@warner.senate.gov,chris_yianilos@warner.senate.gov,angela_stewart@warner.senate.gov,conrad_schatte@warner.senate.gov,john_ullyot@warner.senate.gov
http://www.theabsurdreport.com/2007/warning-immigration-reform-round-two-is-here/
Grassfire info.
Call these Senators and say you oppose this “Amendments for Amnesty” deal.
Sen. Durbin (202)224-2152
Sen. Obama (202) 224-2854
Key Senators to call:
McConnell 202/224-2541
Lott 202/224-6253
Kyl 202/224-4521
Brownback 202/224-6521
Burr 202/224-3154
Chambliss 202/224-3521
Cornyn 202/224-2934
Hutchison 202/224-5922
Isakson 202/224-3643
Warner 202/224-2023
Webb 202/224-4024
Talking Points (Your calls will carry more weight if you are
polite and respectful!):
1. I understand that Senate leaders are working on a back-room deal that will bring the Amnesty bill back for a vote in exchange for consideration on certain amendments.
2. I oppose this “Amendments for Amnesty” deal.
3. If you support this deal, then you will forever be listed as a supporter of amnesty.
4. The American people have spoken in opposition to this amnesty bill. I urge you to oppose this deal and the bill.
These dirty Bastids are determined to destroy us,
PING - “Kill Bill II: The Vampire Strikes Back (Fight the Senate Immigration Bill)”
Sen Inhofe’s petition thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1850980/posts?page=72
“U.S. Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.) today announced “Secure Borders Now” (www.SecureBordersNow.com), a new website for Americans to urge the Senate to consider immigration reform that focuses on enforcing existing border security laws and opposition to amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants.”
NUMBERS USA Senate action center:
http://www.numbersusa.com/hottopic/senateaction0507.html
US SENATE CONTACT INFO - PHONE, WEB EMAIL, FAX, MAIL:
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
http://noamaskew.blogspot.com/
Also report a TRILLION DOLLAR LOOPHOLE!
“June 15, 2007 (Washington, DC) – The immigration bill being debated by the Senate would allow over two million illegal workers who received Social Security numbers prior to 2004 to receive more than $966 billion in Social Security benefits by 2040.
Despite a provision in the bill that would prevent individuals who performed illegal work and then obtained a Social Security number after 2007 from receiving credit for Social Security taxes paid in previous years, the legislation does nothing to prevent aliens who illegally obtained “non-work” Social Security numbers prior to 2004 from claiming benefits. “
“As President Bush makes himself a central player in immigration debate, a newly released Rasmussen poll puts support for his handling of the immigration issue at 15%. This result comes at a time when, again according to Rasmussen, only 20% of the American public wants the Senate to return to the current “grand bargain” bill;”
http://noamaskew.blogspot.com/2007/06/as-president-bush-makes-himself-central.html
BTTT!!!!!!
Pinging this thread.
I can’t get a fax through to McConnell (my Senator) Either they are clogged or they are shutting us out.
The Dems are laughing at this one all the way to the White House in 2008. Any Republican stupid enough to be left holding the bag will deserve what he gets, because if he is thinking that the Dems will come rushing to his rescue on this he doesn't know them very well.
A thoroughly pissed-off BTT.
This letter was sent to Tom Harkin.
Should it be modified and emailed to other senators? I would personally add a sentence how upon becoming an illegal alien, I cannot legally contribute money to U.S. politicians.
Please pass it along.
The Honorable Tom Harkin
731 Hart Senate Office Building
Phone (202) 224 3254
Washington DC, 20510
Dear Senator Harkin,
As a native Iowan and excellent customer of the Internal Revenue Service, I am writing to ask for your assistance. I have contacted the Department of Homeland Security in an effort to determine the process for becoming an illegal alien and they referred me to you.
My primary reason for wishing to change my status from U.S. Citizen to illegal alien stems from the bill which was recently passed by the Senate and for which you voted. If my understanding of this bill’s provisions is accurate, as an illegal alien who has been in the United States for five years, all I need to do to become a citizen is to pay a $2,000 fine and income taxes for three of the last five years. I know a good deal when I see one and I am anxious to get the process started before everyone figures it out.
Simply put, those of us who have been here legally have had to pay taxes every year so I’m excited about the prospect of avoiding two years of taxes in return for paying a $2,000 fine. Is there any way that I can apply to be illegal retroactively? This would yield an excellent result for me and my family because we paid heavy taxes in 2004 and 2005.
Additionally, as an illegal alien I could begin using the local emergency room as my primary health care provider. Once I have stopped paying premiums for medical insurance, my accountant figures I could save almost $10,000 a year.
Another benefit in gaining illegal status would be that my daughter would receive preferential treatment relative to her law school applications, as well as “in-state” tuition rates for many colleges throughout the United States for my son.
Lastly, I understand that illegal status would relieve me of the burden of renewing my driver’s license and making those burdensome car insurance premiums. This is very important to me given that I still have college age children driving my car.
If you would provide me with an outline of the process to become illegal (retroactively if possible) and copies of the necessary forms, I would be most appreciative.
Thank you for your assistance.
Your Loyal Constituent,
XXXXXXXXXX
Just say NO to Illegal Alien Amnesty!! Keep calling!! It’s NOT OVER!!
U.S. Senate switchboard: (202) 224-3121
U.S. House switchboard: (202) 225-3121
White House comments: (202) 456-1111
Find your House Rep.: http://www.house.gov/writerep
Find your US Senators: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
TEDDY KENNEDY - SOURCE OF OUR IMMIGRATION WOES:
Immigration Bills since 1965
1965 Immigration and Nationality Act:
* Eliminated country-specific quotas
* Broad numerical limits were nearly doubled from 154,000 to 290,000
* Changed Eastern Hemispheric annual quotas to 170,000 (20,000 per country)
* Created a first time annual cap of 120,000 for the Western Hemisphere
* Special preference rules making immediate family members exempt from numerical quotas, however, caused the 290,000 official ceiling to be shattered.
* Coupled with European economic prosperity in mid 1960s, European immigrants to the US dropped to less than 20%. Latin America and Asia become the leading sources of immigrants.
Refugee Act of 1980
* U.S. broadens definition of allowable refugees
* 125,000 refugees allowed annually
* From 1981-1986, more than 450,000 refugees and asylum seekers
1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA)
* Legalized 2.7 million unauthorized aliens (about 1.6 million illegal residents who entered prior to 1982, and 1.1 million illegal agricultural laborers who had worked in the U.S. for at least 6 months)
* Sought to curb illegal immigration by establishing penalties for employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens
1990 Immigration Act
* Raised the annual ceiling from 270,000 to 700,000 for 1992-94 and 675,000 afterwards (including 480,000 family-sponsored, 140,000 employment-based, and 55,000 “diversity” immigrants)
* Allows an unlimited number of visas for immediate relatives -children, parents and spouses - of US citizens, not counted under the cap
* The 125,000 allowable refugees are also not counted under the cap
* Almost nine (9) million immigrants came to the U.S. in the 1990s
1996 Immigration Reform Law
* Addressed concerns about illegal immigration through a variety of law enforcement measures, including increased border control personnel, equipment and technology.
* Doubled, for example, the number of border patrol agents from 5,175 in 1996 to almost 10,000 by 2000.
* Confronted concerns about illegal immigrants access to government benefits by making undocumented immigrants ineligible for Social Security benefits
* Illegal immigrants still currently enter the U.S. at an estimated rate of 300,000 per year. Seven million illegal immigrants are currently estimated to be living in the U.S.
1996 Welfare Reform Law
* Barred legal immigrants entering the U.S. after 1996 from most federal means- tested programs (food stamps, CHIP, Medicaid, etc) for 5 years
* Raised the income and legal standards for U.S. residents who sponsor immigrants
* Barred illegal immigrants eligibility from most federal, state and local public assistance
2000 H-1B Visa Legislation
* Increased the number of temporary immigration visas for high-technology workers from 65,000 in 1990 to 115,000 for fiscal years 1999-2000 to 195,000 for fiscal years 2001-2003. In fiscal year 2004 the number was returned to 65,000.
Ted Kennedy has already pushed SEVEN amnesties into law. None was followed by a reduction in illegal immigration. Why should anybody believe this one will be?
1. In 1986, Ted Kennedy’s blanket amnesty for 2.7 million illegal aliens promised a lot more enforcement but did not set any requirments for actual reductions in illegal immigration. The illegal flow continued.
2. In 1994, Ted Kennedy’s Section 245(i) Amnesty gave legal residence and jobs to 578,000 illegal aliens. It was a temporary rolling amnesty primarily for extended family members of immigrants who instead of waiting in line, come on to the country illegally. The illegal flow continued.
3. In 1997, Ted Kennedy’s extension of the Section 245(i) rolling amnesty was followed by an increasing flow of illegal immigration.
4. In 1997, Ted Kennedy also won an amnesty for close to one million illegal aliens from Central America. Illegal immigration sped up some more.
5. In 1998, Ted Kennedy won an amnesty for 125,000 illegal aliens from Haiti. The illegal flow continued.
6. In 2000, Ted Kennedy got the so-called Late Amnesty, legalizing another 400,000 illegal aliens who claimed that they missed out on Kennedy’s 1986 amnesty. Illegal immigration continued unimpeded.
7. In 2000, Ted Kennedy also won the LIFE Act Amnesty for an estimated 900,000 illegal aliens. It was another reinstatement of the rolling Section 245(i) amnesty., an estimated 900,000 illegal aliens. Illegal immigration accelerated.
Now, Ted Kennedy is saying that this amnesty is necessary if we are ever to stop the flow of illegal aliens. Why would any of these Senators believe him when he says this amnesty bill will end illegal immigration with a track record like his?
Kennedy is Godfather of the immigration mess.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1852469/posts
Wow! Thanks so much for all the informtion. I had no idea how bad this bill was.
BTTT
Called both my senators.
Pat Roberts - thanked him for standing firm
Sam Brownback - let them know that this is the major reason I can not and will not support him for president, and will probably not vote to re-elect him to the senate (and no chance in the primary). It cheapens
American citizenship, encourages corruption, is a slap to all those that waited for a green card honestly, destroys the bottom half of the black community and that it is unethical and immoral.
Side notes:
Roberts office is getting plenty of call (most positive)
Brownbacks aide laughed nervously when I said “You can guess how I feel about this since I call it amnesty”. However, he also sounded like he agreed with me. I feel sorry for that poor guy having to take so many calls against the view of the senator he works for.
Please remember to be polite as the staffers may personally share our view
1-800-417-7666. (English number)
CORNYN - NO on cloture - Opposed the bill 2 weeks ago in cloture and position hasnt changed.
HUTCHISON - soft NO - Opposes the bill in its current form, has not issued public statement on cloture vote, but voted no prior.
Coleman - “depends on whats in the bill” “wants a full debate”
I pointed out that the Ried pre-packaged amendments is not a full debate. I pointed out that Americans want border security and better enforcement and we dont need a massive amnesty for 12 million to get those things.
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Heritage fiscal impact information:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1852176/posts
Important Heather Macdonald article - “Illegal Alien Crime Wave”:
http://www.city-journal.org/html/14_1_the_illegal_alien.html
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,279058,00.html
“A 58 percent majority says the United States needs to enforce the current laws, while 34 percent think the country’s immigration laws need to be completely overhauled.
Among Republicans, 65 percent think the solution to the illegal immigration problem is to enforce the country’s existing laws, while 62 percent of independents and 50 percent of Democrats feel this way.”
The ‘support for amnesty’ comes from the false choice of pairing it with deportation (why not (a) tighten up existing deportation procedures and (b) use
“If it were possible to locate most of the illegal immigrants in the United States, half of Americans (51 percent) say they would favor setting up a system for them to become legal residents, though a sizable minority — 39 percent — favors deporting as many as possible.
Democrats favor setting up a system for legalizing (58 percent to 30 percent), while Republicans are slightly more likely to favor deportation (49 percent to 43 percent).
Support for allowing illegal immigrants to stay in the United States increases to 67 percent when referring to illegal immigrants who pay taxes and obey the law.”
Since illegal immigrants are both disobeying law and evading identity laws and taxes, it is an oxymoronic question.
“By 55 percent to 34 percent, Americans support the government raids on businesses that employ large numbers of illegal immigrants.
Finally, most Americans oppose giving Mexico special preference by allowing a larger number of Mexican immigrants to come to the United States. Fully 84 percent think Mexico should be treated the same as all other countries.”
So AGAIN, Americans disfavor the open border and pro-Mexico favoritism that is inherent in this bill. Could be why it is opposed 2 to 1.
6) WHAT TO SAY - my communications to Senators:
ping!
Good info but emails are trashed as soon as they come in..A phone call or snail mail is best..Fax is next ...FIGHT and then FIGHT SOME MORE....
Who have the AMNESTY advocates gotten to?
REMEMBER THE DREAM ACT TURNS 100% of ALL MINORS INTO ANCHOR BABIES NOT JUST CITIZENS!
Sen Reid revives the bill:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1852624/posts
Senate immigration bill is a National Security nightmare:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1852768/posts
ALexander, Corker bargain for votes:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1852767/posts
Shamensty and the Real ID Act:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1852442/posts
The citizenship fraud of 1996:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1852657/posts
American Blacks and Hispanics opposed to Kennedy sham-nesty speak out:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1852834/posts
Amnesty equals no dollars (for RNC):
http://thenewpundit.blogspot.com/2007/06/amnesty-equals-no-dollars.html
20 ft border fences riels south Texas residents:
http://www.texasinsider.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=424
neal Boortz - we cant even deport illegal criminals:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1852690/posts
farah on how to get rid of illegal alien problem:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1851953/posts
touchback fraud (it’s window dressing on amnesty):
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1852629/posts?page=24
bump
Kind of off topic, but why is Senator Sessions having Bush do a fundraiser for him when they are on the exact opposite ends on the ongoing immigration issue? I know money is money, but Senator Sessions should be spending his whole time and efforts with Bush doing one-on-one discussions about everything that Senator Sessions knows about all of the problems that this entire “mess” creates for the long-term for the entire country! Senator Sessions truly needs to send the messages of each and every law abiding person here directly to President Bush while President Bush is with him in person!
Immigration lawyers description of the bill:
http://www.usvisanews.com/content/view/160/1/
Lamar Smith’s take on the bill:
http://lamarsmith.house.gov/News.asp?FormMode=Detail&ID=901
No back taxes required pre-amnesty - McCain amendment is a dupe!
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=OGQ5YTE3NDIyZmNhMzQ5ZmYxMWQ1NjIwOTU4NDMzZGY=