Help Defeat Illegal Alien Farm Worker Amnesty Legislation

Federation For American Immigration Reform ^ | 9/30/03 | F.A.I.R.

[CIBvet]

Help Defeat Illegal Alien Farm Worker Amnesty Legislation -- Take Action Now!

Urge Your Elected Officials to Oppose S.1645 and H.R. 3142

On September 23, Senators Larry Craig (R-ID) and Ted Kennedy (D-MA) and Representatives Chris Cannon (R-UT) and Howard Berman (D-CA) introduced companion farm worker amnesty bills, S.1645 and H.R. 3142. "The Agricultural Job, Opportunity, Benefits, and Security Act of 2003" (AgJOBS bill) provides a "one-time" amnesty for illegal aliens engaged in farm work and their spouses and children. The bill also expands the H-2A agricultural guestworker program.

A broad coalition consisting of labor unions, agribusiness, the hospitality industry, the immigration law bar, and the usual supporters among open borders and illegal alien advocacy groups have aligned themselves in support of the legislation.

FAIR opposes this legislation and all other attempts to reward illegal aliens with amnesty. Please help us defeat the AgJOBS bill by urging your representative and senators and to oppose S.1645 and H.R. 3142.

Here's how it would work:

Illegal alien farm workers would be granted temporary residence if they worked the lesser of 575 hours or 100 work days during any 12 consecutive months between March 1, 2001 and August 31, 2003.

After working the lesser of 2,060 hours or 360 work days in agriculture in the six year period between September 1, 2003 and August 31, 2009, they could adjust their status to legal permanent resident.

Spouses and relatives gain legal permanent residency along with applicants.

Illegal aliens detained prior to enactment, if otherwise eligible for the amnesty, would not be deported.

Here's How You Can Help:

Type your zip code into the "take action now" box to send a free faxed message to your legislators opposing this legislation.

Follow up your faxed message with a phone call. Visit the elected officials

section of our web site for help contacting your legislators.

Forward this alert to your likeminded friends and family members and ask them to contact their elected officials.

Talking Points:

~ Any guestworker program that involves "earned legalization" is an amnesty, a reward for law-breaking that is vociferously opposed by the American public.

~ This is not only an amnesty for illegal aliens, it is also an amnesty for employers who have consistently violated federal employment laws.

~ Nothing in this bill will prevent employers from continuing to employ illegal aliens once the amnesty is in place.

~ Nothing in this bill will empower federal immigration enforcement authorities to properly enforce employer sanctions.

~ Nothing in this bill requires mandatory worker eligibility verification to prevent further illegal immigration.

For more information on why guestworker programs and amnesty are a bad idea, read the following FAIR issue briefs:

Permanent Guests: How Guestworker Programs Harm America

Why Amnesty for Illegal Aliens is a Bad Idea

[CIBvet]

When you call your Senators and Congressman's office and ask them to OPPOSE the Illegal Alien Farm Worker Amnesty Legislation (S.1645 & H.R.3142) should you encounter resistance, you might remind them of what the RECALL voters in CA are in the process of doing.

[PRND21]

Talking points are Breaking News?

[Libertarianize the GOP]

ping

[ppaul]

This is what the MEChA Constitution says (Article II, section 1):

"General membership shall consist of any student who accepts, believes and works for the goals and objectives of MEChA, including the liberation of AZTLAN, meaning self-determination of our people in this occupied state and the physical liberation of our land."

From ""El Plan de Aztlan": In the spirit of a new people that is conscious not only of its proud historical heritage but also of the brutal "gringo" invasion of our territories, we, the Chicano inhabitants and civilizers of the northern land of Aztlan from whence came our forefathers, reclaiming the land of their birth and consecrating the determination of our people of the sun, declare that the call of our blood is our power, our responsibility, and our inevitable destiny.

From the Hoover Institute:

Thus Rodolfo Acuña's Occupied America claims the Southwest for Mexicans. Chicano activists (Chicanismo) push not only for civil rights for illegal Mexicans but also for the return (reconquista) of the lost provinces to form Aztlán. Chicanismo demands Spanish language and culture education, not English or American cultural schooling. The Movimiento Estudiante Chicano de Aztlán (MECHA) in 1970 formed a political party, La Raza Unida, won control of Crystal City, Texas, and tried to make it into a Chicano city. The party split and has had little political impact since but could easily revive in California or Texas.

MORE: http://www.americanpatrol.com/MECHA/HooverInstMEChA020530.html

[dennisw]

Spouses and relatives gain legal permanent residency along with applicants.

[Fledermaus]

Come on, don't you know we U.S. citizens should be forced to provide welfare, healthcare, education, etc. to every citizen around the planet? (sarcasm alert)

[sarcasm]

The New York Times, naturally, supports amnesty. Think they want more Democrats?

[Blast Radius]

How dare they reward these hard-working people for their contributions to our economy? This is an outrage!

[Dante3]

Keep bumping. We all should get involved with this.

[upcountryhorseman]

The way things are going, americans are going to need those
jobs; And don't tell me americans won't do this kind of
work!

[BayouCoyote]

BUMP

[A. Pole]

From ""El Plan de Aztlan": In the spirit of a new people that is conscious not only of its proud historical heritage but also of the brutal "gringo" invasion of our territories, we, the Chicano inhabitants and civilizers of the northern land of Aztlan from whence came our forefathers, reclaiming the land of their birth and consecrating the determination of our people of the sun, declare that the call of our blood is our power, our responsibility, and our inevitable destiny.

"People of the Sun", "Aztlan"? Well, I tried to search for "aztlan" on Google I found http://aztlan.net . Quite instructive.

[gubamyster]

ping

[engrpat]

Letter to my senators (TX) went in the mail on Friday. Like that will do a lot of good but a lot of calls and letters will. Get going gang, time to let them know there is anger in the land.

[Dante3]

bttt

[ppaul]

Aztlan"? Well, I tried to search for "aztlan" on Google I found http://aztlan.net . Quite instructive.

Yeah.
The election of Bustamove would be a disaster for California and the U.S.

"Viva Aztlan!"

[GoRepGo]

Bump

Just say no to illegal alien amnesty.

[My2Cents]

What is your alternative? Throwing out all farmworkers? Some kind of guest worker program is the only way to keep the agricultural industry in the Southwest from going belly-up.

[.cnI redruM]

This bill needs to die a hideous public death. President Bush, your veto of this measure could reverse your slide in the polls.

[Sabertooth]

Talking points are Breaking News?

So long as it's Breaking News/ Activism, they sure can be.

If I had my druthers, those sidebars would be split.