Posted on 08/04/2006 6:42:38 AM PDT by Ladycalif
House Republicans Announce New August Field Hearings on Border Security: Nineteen Hearings to Occur in Twelve States
Responding to pressure from Minuteman Civil Defense Corps and patriots like you, Congress announced in recent days that numerous hearings will be held around the country in coming weeks to further investigate the issues of border security and immigration.
House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) and House Majority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) this week announced the list of border security field hearings that will take place in the month of August. Eight U.S. House of Representative Committees will hold nineteen hearings that will take place in twelve different states.
This is not a request to protest, but to attend the hearings, and talk with Congressmen to help inform them and make your voice heard.
Inform them that because of broken faith we do not trust the government to secure our borders, that any guest-worker Amnesty must not be in any new legislation, that they must PROVE that the borders are secured before any deliberations will commence on what to do with the estimated 12-30 million people already here illegally.
Let them know clearly that terrorist groups like al Qaeda, Hezbollah, and Hamas and their facilitators in Iran and Syria know what we all know—that our borders are disgracefully and dangerously open to penetration by our enemies. Impress upon them that the American people will not tolerate this national security risk any longer. We will not stand idly by and let political pandering jeopardize our safety and sovereignty.
Secure the borders FIRST, NOW, and ONLY. Prove it.
Save The Dates! Be sure to attend! ! And watch www.minutemanhq.com for the latest information regarding border security.
August 5th in Santee, CA Resources Committee
“What efforts need to be undertaken to prevent federal public lands from being harmed as they are used as a pathway for illegal immigration? Does the Reid-Kennedy bill compromise our federal lands?” http://resourcescommittee.house.gov/
August 8th in Bellingham, WA Homeland Security Committee
“What are the border infrastructure successes since passage of the REAL ID Act and the 9/11 Commission Implementation Act, and what challenges still exist?” http://hsc.house.gov/
August 10th in Nashville, TN Energy & Commerce Committee
“What is the impact of the Reid-Kennedy bill's amnesty provisions on the healthcare delivery system and for individual American taxpayers?” http://energycommerce.house.gov/
August 14th in Gainesville, GA Education & Workforce Committee
“What is the impact on American workers and businesses of the Reid-Kennedy bill's provisions mandating Davis-Bacon wage rates for guest- workers?” http://edworkforce.house.gov/
August 14th in San Diego, CA Government Reform Committee
“What is the impact on state and local governments, in terms of both societal costs such as policing and direct government costs such as health care and welfare benefits, of illegal immigration? Would the Reid- Kennedy bill impose huge unfunded mandates on state and local governments?” http://reform.house.gov/
August 15th in Dalton, GA Energy & Commerce Committee
“What is the impact of the Reid- Kennedy bill's amnesty provisions on the healthcare delivery system and for individual American taxpayers?” http://energycommerce.house.gov/
August 17th in El Paso, TX Judiciary Committee
“What is the financial impact of illegal immigration on communities along the U. S. border, and could these costs rise under the Reid-Kennedy bill? What is the impact on efforts to extend a border security fence under the Reid-Kennedy bill's requirements regarding consultation with the Mexican Government? Will efforts to limit illegal immigration be inhibited by the Reid-Kennedy bill's provisions relating to local law enforcement?” http://judiciary.house.gov/
August 17th in Austin, TX Homeland Security Committee
“What are the criminal consequences of illegal immigration along the Southern Border?” http://hsc.house.gov/
August 17th in Sierra Vista, AZ Select Committee on Intelligence
“What is the state of technical surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities for monitoring the efforts of terrorists and drug cartels to infiltrate American soil through the Southern Border?” http://intelligence.house.gov/
August 23rd in Grand Rapids, MI Select Committee on Intelligence
“What is the threat to the United States from Islamic extremists who abuse the legal immigration system?” http://intelligence.house.gov/
August 24th in Concord, NH Judiciary Committee
“How do illegal immigrants impact the costs of healthcare, local education, and other social services, and would these costs increase under Reid-Kennedy immigration bill? What is the societal impact of the Reid- Kennedy bill's grant of amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants?” http://judiciary.house.gov/
August 25th in Upstate New York Judiciary Committee
“What are the current risks of terrorists, narcotics smugglers, and human traffickers infiltrating the United States, and what role do secure identification documents play in limiting those risks? Does the Reid-Kennedy bill undermine efforts to limit those risks?” http://judiciary.house.gov/
August 28th in Hamilton, MT Resources Committee
“What efforts need to be undertaken to secure the federal lands along the Northern Border to prevent drug trafficking and other illegal activities? Could the Reid-Kennedy bill make these efforts more difficult?” http://resourcescommittee.house.gov/
August 29th in Evansville, IN Judiciary Committee
“How are U. S. workers impacted, and potentially displaced, by the Reid-Kennedy bill?” http://judiciary.house.gov/
September 1st in Dubuque, IA Judiciary Committee
“Do the Reid-Kennedy bill's amnesty provisions repeat the mistakes of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986?” http://judiciary.house.gov/
For more information, contact: House Republican Conference Press Office 202a Cannon HOB (202) 226-9000 http://www.gop.gov/bordersecurity
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Just more hot air as if the summer isn't hot enough already.
I've written a dozen letters to Congressmen, President, Committee Chairs, nothing happens. TRY sometime visiting your local Immigration Naturalization Services.. INS, try calling them and getting menu prompt, put on hold, and no answers. People who DESIRE to do things legally end up doing it the easy way, FLIGHT across the desert. Once they get in..they are SAFE.
Shut up, Build the wall, start deportations, then we'll talk "guest workers". No Amnesty (path to citizenship).
"Hey Dad--some guy just got off our couch! He just went through the medicine cabinet and now he's going through the fridge. He says he'll cut our grass if we let him stay."
"Hmmm, call your mother and sister and we'll have a hearing."
Too little, too late and the elites are throwing the election purposefully. Just like Daddy did.
ping
talk, talk, talk, talk, talk...
what we need is ACTION NOT TALK!
deploy some of those 400K NG on the borders who are not already serving overseas , get busy building a wall on BOTH BORDERS and start deporting the illegals AND THE MUSLIMS!
Or should we wait for another 9/11 before we start doing what should have been started on 9/12/2001!
Either we are at war or we aren't!
Ok, at first I thought the hearings were a good idea to give the House the ammunition to throw the amnesty bill away and continue with HR4437's ideas. But why more hearings? This seems like a waste of time and money. In the meantime, more illegals are pouring over the border every day.
We need time to publically rub the mistakes of those responsible for our current and potential future problems with illegal immigration in their faces. It's a sort of spiritual cleansing that needs to be done before we move ahead.
"I've written a dozen letters to Congressmen, President, Committee Chairs, nothing happens. TRY sometime visiting your local Immigration Naturalization Services.. INS, try calling them and getting menu prompt, put on hold, and no answers."
I've been convinced for some time that NONE of the above, including letters, e-mail, phone calls, etc. are as effective as taking to the streets. Yes, many think that their protests backfired.....but the DC leadership did absolutely NOTHING to stop them from shutting down major cities in this country AND their efforts resulted in a very comprehensive, in favor of the illegals S2611.
Bttt!
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