SENATE POISED TO GRANT ILLEGAL ALIEN STUDENT AMNESTY

F.A.I.R. ^ | 10/6/03

[wilyrascal]

SENATE POISED TO GRANT ILLEGAL ALIEN STUDENT AMNESTY We Can Stop It With Your Help

We need you to call members of the Senate Judiciary Committee to stop passage of S. 1545, the DREAM Act. The bill will be voted on in committee the week of the 13th. Call as many people on the list below as possible. If you are a constituent of any of them, send them a free faxed message through our web site.

New Developments:

Yesterday, October 2, the full Senate Judiciary Committee came close to approving S. 1545, which would repeal the current federal law that bans states from granting in-state tuition for illegal aliens. Judiciary Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) introduced this legislation, the Development, Relief, and Education for Minors (DREAM) Act. Fortunately, Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) raised objections to the bill and was able to temporarily stop the committee from moving forward. But the bill will be brought back up for committee consideration the week of October 13 (after next week’s congressional recess). The bill is expected to easily pass the Senate once it is passed by the committee. So we must defeat this bill while it is still in committee. YOUR HELP IS CRITICAL.

This outrageous legislation would provide an amnesty for illegal alien students and ultimately their parents and families. It grants permanent resident status to illegal aliens who have been enrolled in good standing in a bachelor degree program for at least two years (no graduation, attendance, or other requirements needed). In some instances amnesty is available to individuals if they perform less than four months of community service with a non-profit organization.

Call to Action (See Talking Points Below):

- Contact all members of the Senate Judiciary Committee by fax and by telephone and urge them to vote no on the DREAM Act when the Judiciary Committee meets to consider the legislation (see list of Committee members with fax and telephone numbers below). They will be in recess next week, so please call and fax their state offices first.

- If one of these members is your senator, please send a free faxed message through the “Elected Officials” section of our web site. Once you find your senator’s page, click the “Send Message” icon, and then click “Compose Your Own Letter” at the bottom of the screen. Use the talking points below to craft your message.

Talking Points:

- This is a form of amnesty and is objectionable for all of the reasons that any amnesty for illegal aliens is objectionable—most importantly, that it rewards violators of U.S. law and encourages others to follow in their footsteps and sneak into the country illegally.

- This legislation puts illegal aliens ahead of American citizens and legal residents (a denial of equal protection under the law), by giving them in-state tuition rates while American citizens will have to pay higher out-of-state tuition fees if they are not state residents.

- If passed, this legislation would repeal current federal law that bars granting in-state tuition to illegal aliens without also providing in-state tuition for non-resident U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents.

- This legislation is a blazing neon sign announcing to the rest of the world that anyone who can get to the U.S. illegally can get a cut rate college education for their children, thereby encouraging ever greater numbers of illegal aliens.

- State colleges and universities across the nation have limited enrollment capacity, and, therefore, increasing the intake of illegal aliens into these schools will necessarily preclude opportunities for deserving U.S. citizens and legal residents.

Senate Judiciary Committee Members:

Member Name FAX State DC Office

Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Chairman 801-524-4379 801-524-4380 202-224-6331

Charles E. Grassley (R-IA) 202-224-3744 515-284-4890 202-224-6020

Arlen Specter (R-PA) 202-228-1229 215-597-7200 202-224-4254

Jon Kyl (R-AZ) 602-957-6838 602-840-1891 202-224-4521

Mike DeWine (R-OH) 614-469-2982 614-469-5186 202-224-2315

Jeff Sessions (R-AL) 334-244-7091 334-244-7017 202-224-4124

Lindsey Graham (R-SC) 864-250-4322 864-250-1417 202-224-5972

Larry Craig (R-ID) 208-343-2458 208-342-7985 202-224-2752

Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) 770-226-8633 770-763-9090 202-224-3521

John Cornyn (R-TX) 512-469-6020 512-469-6034 202-224-2934

Patrick Leahy (D-VT) Ranking 202-224-3479 802-863-2525 202-224-4242

Edward Kennedy (D-MA) 617-565-3183 617-565-3170 202-224-4543

Joseph Biden (D-DE) 302-573-6351 302-573-6345 202-224-5042

Herb Kohl (D-WI) 414-297-4455 414-297-4451 202-224-5653

Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) 202-228-3954 415-393-0707 202-224-3841

Russell Feingold (D-WI) 608-828-1203 608-828-1200 202-224-5323

Charles Schumer (D-NY) 212-486-7693 212-486-4430 202-224-6542

Richard Durbin (D-IL) 217-492-4382 217-492-4062 202-224-2152

John Edwards (D-NC) 919-856-4408 919-856-4245 202-224-3154

http://www.fairus.org ...........

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

Sad ticked off ping. Our 'friend' Hatch is dropping a rotten egg on us, hoping we're too busy right now to notice.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

What a bunch of t#rds!

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

You are correct to put so much energy into this. It makes GOP concern about 'homeland security' nothing more than a big lie. With the recall election combined with Rush problems, they think we don't have time for this. I for one will MAKE time for this! I've had it! Hatch is lucky I can't get near him. I'd spit him in the eye.

[Fraulein]

How come all these politicians can't be charged with aiding and abetting criminals?

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

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[Arthur Wildfire! March]

The reason they can't be arrested for this is our Founding Fathers could not foresee such a lack of patriotism. The voters are swamped with problems. But we will get them. It's like shooting buffalo. Start with the stragglers on the outside and work your way in, and the buffalo don't run away. We will aim with political bullets-- not real ones, although if California turns into Kosovo, anything goes. It would be anarchy then.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

I'd love to take some prisoners out of Guantanamo and put Hatch in a room with them full of razors. And have him wear a USA shirt. Only thing, something tells me he would remove that shirt and stomp on it to save his miserable hide.

[mathluv]

I still have a hard time when I see F.A.I.R. I am glad you added what it represents. I have e-mailed my congressman, who is on the committee. Why do't they deport these people?

[Fraulein]

BTTT

[grania]

We will remember who our enemies are come 2004.

You write this on the very day of the election in which the Republicans abandoned a true conservative for Arnold. Notice how this invasion stuff happens when there's a diversion?

Best chance, the HOR, and/or get MoveOn.org on our side. Other best chance, find a Dem going for president who does put the US and its citizens first.

This sounds like an end run, not compassion. Anyone wants to come here? Well, just sent tuition for one course to a community college or pilot-training program or whatever. Then, bring in 100 closest relatives. (I'm exaggerating, I hope)

And, who are you going to remember to defeat in 2004? This is far worse now than it has ever been.

[truthkeeper]

Ping! I am preparing a list of sellouts, will post on daily thread when complete.

Volley BUMP!

[gaspar]

Hatch is a mealy-mouthed fraud. But if you think that he is a disaster, if Specter wins re-election then he takes over the Judiciary Committee in 05.

The term limits movement failed, so now the people have got to begin to challenge the belief that it is a God-given right for incumbents to win their party's nomination.

[azhenfud]

"Not saying I told you so but...."

IMO, this would be a seriously harmful precedent because, not only do we end up rewarding illegals who are criminals, we demean those who have faithfully followed laws to enter legally. It would also end charging out-of-state tuition rates, because anyone can then sue institutions for discriminatory practice. It would be, from then on, difficult to establish a constitutionally legal discernment between an illegal alien and an out-of-state resident.

[MeekOneGOP]

[ought-six]

I will actively campaign AGAINST any office-holder or office-seeker who supports rewarding the illegal invasion with any entitlements, especially entitlements that are not available to Americans. IF any member of Congress, or the administration, supports giving away a freebie to an illegal at the expense of an American citizen, then they will not receive my support or my vote. I have had it with this illegal invasion and the unconscionable pandering of our elected officials to this very anti-American special interest group.

[concerned about politics]

Do they not understand the words "illegal entry?"
Why not just support terrorism and get it over with?
Why reward illegal behavior? It only encourages more!

What good are laws passed by these people if no one followes them? Especially if the government ignores it own laws!
Remember this the next election day, folks. They're either for the U.S. sovernity, or they're not.

[concerned about politics]

I will actively campaign AGAINST any office-holder or office-seeker who supports rewarding the illegal invasion with any entitlements, especially entitlements that are not available to Americans.

That statement deserves a huge BUMP

[Geezerette]

You are referring to "Protect Arizona Now" (PAN) which has the support of 70% of us non-elite ordinary folks. I have heard Kyl and McPain and even J.D. Hayworth sidestepping the illegals issue. It is sickening!!

This initiative WILL get on the ballot in 2004, and we WILL pass it ... tho' some d*&n FEDERAL judge will probably try to shoot it down ... like they have other initiatives WE have passed.

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[talleyman]

What you said!