Senate Committee Passes Amnesty for Illegal Ag Workers

Numbers USA ^ | 5/16/2008 | Staff

[fweingart]

At yesterday's markup of the Iraq supplemental appropriations bill, the Senate Appropriations Committee committed an outrageous act of disrespect for our men and women in uniform and to the citizens of this country by adopting an amendment by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) that gives amnesty to illegal-alien agricultural workers. The copy of the amendment obtained by NumbersUSA indicates a maximum of 1.35 million illegal aliens, plus their families, could obtain "emergency agricultural worker status" for a five-year period. However, the amendment also provides for an adjustment of status, which paves the way for permanent legalization. The committee also adopted other immigration-related amendments, including one that drastically expands the H-2B visa program for non-agricultural seasonal workers.

A vote by the full Senate may occur early next week, so please contact your Senators now to urge them to work to strip the amnesty from the Iraq spending bill on the floor, as well as the other amendments increasing immigration levels.

Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121

The most important point to stress is that there is no need for an amnesty to provide growers with workers. There already is an H-2A foreign ag worker program that provides growers with an unlimited number of temporary workers if the growers agree to pay a decent wage and ensure that they go home at the end of the season. Feinstein is just trying to protect the abysmally low wages and bad working conditions that farmworkers labor under.

Speaker Pelosi Strong-Arms Democrats to Disarm SAVE Act Threat

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is using strong-arm tactics against anti-illegal-immigration Democrats in an effort to kill the SAVE Act (H.R. 4088) for the year. North Carolina Democrat Heath Shuler's SAVE Act is an incredible threat to the unscrupulous businesses of America who insist on illegal labor to hold down their labor costs. Most business owners are not like that, but the outlaw businesses have the ear of Speaker Pelosi.

Pelosi and her team are intimidating Democrats to make sure they do not sign the Discharge Petition that would bring the SAVE Act to the floor for a vote. They know it would easily pass if there is a vote.

Even though 49 House Democrats have co-sponsored the SAVE Act, only 10 have signed the Discharge Petition. The other 39 Democrats have heard the message loud and clear that if they sign the petition and it gets the necessary 218 signatures to force a vote, those Democrats should not count on any favors or help for their congressional Districts from the House leaders.

[fweingart]

Pelosi and her team are intimidating Democrats to make sure they do not sign the Discharge Petition that would bring the SAVE Act to the floor for a vote.

Pelousy is fighting for Americans.

She works her fertive brain overtime in an attempt to eliminate America.

[DB]

A typical student costs more than $10,000 per year to educate.

One ag worker with his family costs far more than he produces much less pays in taxes.

These people that promote these things are insane and are bankrupting us all.

[BellStar]

Outrageous Act is right!

[mewzilla]

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Recommended reading for voters.

[bill1952]

Try 14 -17 thousand.

[fweingart]

These people that promote these things are insane and are bankrupting us all.

Are we proving to the undemocracized world that this so-called democracy we're trying to palm off on others over time doesn't work?

I think so.

When an elite political class (elected and staffers) is mixed in with the democracy equation, the end is a stew that our founding fathers wouldn't eat!

The solution is unclear because whomever we send to Washington drinks the water and gets the socialist disease.

We must do something as the America we grew to love years ago is being murdered by these Democraps and Republicrats!

[Joe Boucher]

GOD,
Why even vote if this is the kind of b.s. the fools are going to vote for regardless of party?
Time for a revolt YET?

[stevio]

Bump.

[SECURE AMERICA]

the Senate Appropriations Committee committed an outrageous act of disrespect for our men and women in uniform and to the citizens of this country

And yet they were elected into Public Office by at least half of the population and will in fact be elected again into public office by at least half the population.
What is the saying? We have met the enemy and he is us.......

[bcsco]

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[YellowRoseofTx]

What is the saying?

It says that at least half of our population is ignorant and uneducated in the way our government works and the results of some political decisions.

[truthkeeper]

There goes the rest of our water.

[Guenevere]

truthie, what does your post mean, please?

[ruination]

Joke's on us. Low-paid illegal work force has little impact on prices

[HonestConservative]

Will be focusing on this subject tonight at 8pm est at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/freedom

Open Keg Friday!

[TLI]

BTTT

[truthkeeper]

Sorry for the late reply Guen, just caught your post.

So Cal is a desert going dryer by the minute. There's now talk of recycling potty water for drinking. It wouldn't be necessary to even consider these measures if the powers that be would stop encouraging the absolute flood of illegals that have invaded our state. They drink water too...and use the freeways, schools, hospitals...

Just my 2 cents.

[Guenevere]

Oh my goodness hon....
We can't let this happen!!

[truthkeeper]

They say it will cost billions and should be installed by 2030. Talk radio here is all over it. I’ll send you an article when I have a little time to do some websurfing.