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Posted on 06/25/2009 6:47:43 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 25, 2009
Contact:
Francisco Lopez, Executive Director: (503) 269-5694
Erik Sorensen, Communications Director: (503) 488-0263
Historic White House Meeting on Immigration a Complete Success
Roadmap to Immigration Reform makes a strong and positive beginning
Salem, Ore--Today members of Congress from both houses and from both sides of the aisle met at the White House for an historic working session on Immigration Reform. The White House meeting, which was postponed from last week, was rescheduled for today after immigration reform proponents generated over 200,000 faxes, 30,000 phone calls, and 3,300 personal notes calling on the President to fulfill his campaign promise to pass Immigration Reform.
CAUSA is pleased to announce that the meeting was a complete success with participants from both parties confirming their dedication to passing an immigration reform bill.
“We are extremely pleased that the President and the majority of participants from both parties have committed to moving immigration reform”, said Francisco Lopez, Executive Director of CAUSA. “We applaud the White House and Congressional Leaders including Senate Majority Leader Reid, Speaker Pelosi, Senator Schumer and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus for making immigration reform a priority.”
Among those participating in the meeting included a bipartisan group of 16 Representatives and 12 Senators, Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, and President Obama.
During the meeting, the President was very vocal and firmly committed to working with Congress to get a bill passed saying, “we need to all jump into this together”. Republican Senator John McCain, who was also in attendance, pledged he would work with the President--signaling a bipartisan alliance needed for success. Among those in attendance, the majority confirmed their will to pass an immigration reform bill by late 2009 or early 2010.
Lopez added, “We will not deport or drive out 12 million undocumented immigrants and the status quo is unacceptable. We are in desperate need of a solution that gets immigrants into the system, holds employers accountable, strengthens the rights of all workers, reunites families, and offers solutions that move us forward together. We can’t wait. Now is the time, this is the year, we need our leaders to lead”.
“Today’s meeting was a great start to the process of bringing real reform. CAUSA will continue to engage it’s members and allies in Oregon to ensure that our Congressional Delegation will be ready to vote in favor of a bill when it comes to their chamber floor.”
CAUSA, Oregon's Immigrant Rights Coalition, is the largest Hispanic civil and human rights and advocacy organization in the Pacific Northwest. For more information, visit www.causaoregon.org
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Below is a list of expected attendees at todayı s meeting on immigration reform:
ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS:
Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano
Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis
Deputy Attorney General David Ogden
Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS:
Senator Richard Durbin
Senator John Cornyn
Senator Dianne Feinstein
Senator Lindsey Graham
Senator Jon Kyl
Senator Patrick Leahy
Senator Mel Martinez
Senator John McCain
Senator Robert Menendez
Senator Chuck Schumer
Senator Jeff Sessions
Senator Arlen Specter
Representative Xavier Becerra
Representative Howard Berman
Representative Anh Cao
Representative James Clyburn
Representative John Conyers
Representative Joe Crowley
Representative Lincoln Diaz Balart
Representative Gabrielle Giffords
Representative Luis Gutierrez
Representative Sheila Jackson Lee
Representative Zoe Lofgren
Representative Adam Putnam
Representative Silvestre Reyes
Representative Loretta Sanchez
Representative Heath Shuler
Representative Lamar Smith
Representative Nydia Velazquez
Representative Anthony Weiner
And so it begins.
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Please ping me to other assorted subjects in addition to McCain threads. Thanks.
Not a problem.
They really have it in to ruin this country for good, dont they!?
Yes.
:-)
12 million, gosh last time it was 20 million.. did some of them go home? and no more have come over? something does not add up...
the democrats can pass anything they want as long as 1 gop senator defects or if franken beats coleman.
the bill that passes is going to be very ugly to anti immigration people.
It’s also going to be ugly for U.S. LEGAL IMMIGRANTS!
Nobody in their little circle ever asks, “Why is Mexico so f***ed up that their people are dying to get out of there?”
The Treason Lobby rides again.
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They’ve been saying “12 million” since 2003.
Like nobody has crossed the border since then.
The real numbers are 20-30 million, who, when given amnesty, will be able to bring in children, parents, siblings, and grandparents, making the numbers more like 60-80 million.
Which will guarantee the Democrats a solid majority for years - until the Hispanics become 51% of the voter population, at which time they will tell the Democrats to stuff it - their new Partidad de la Raza will win elections for themselves.
It also looks like a good list of names to chisel into a monument with the words atop reading "These traitors hung together"
They all must be voted out of office, that is the only thing they understand.
Oh good lord, I wish McCain would just go away........I’m sure we are about to see a McCain media blitz calling them all gods children, again.
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