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House Judiciary Committee Approves Bill to Extend and Expand the Basic Pilot Employment Verification Program The House Judiciary Committee voted on Wednesday to extend and expand a pilot program to help employers avoid hiring illegal aliens. The bill, H.R. 2359, by Representative Ken Calvert (R-CA), would extend the program through 2008. It was set to expire Nov. 30. The measure was approved 18-8, with Steve Chabot (R-OH) voting with committee Democrats against the bill. Immigration Subcommittee Chairman John Hostettler (R-IN) succeeded in amending the bill to expand the voluntary program from five states to nationwide. The Basic Pilot Verification Program...

NEWS ITEMS IN TEXT BELOW: 1. Open-borders Brownback out of Senate Immigration chairmanship 2. Two freshman House Members who campaigned for immigration reform have been added to Judiciary Committee 3. New House chairman over Department of Homeland Security has a Career "A" immigration grade 4. Advances in fighting Mexico's Matricula Consular cards for illegal aliens CAVEAT: In this email as in all communications from NumbersUSA, please always know that our comments have only to do with the effect of actions, bills and people on immigration levels and on federally forced U.S. population growth. They do not imply any other enforsement...

+== TIME-OUT PROJECT ==+ Thanks in part to its extensive education campaign, says Friends of Immigration Law Enforcement (FILE), fewer U.S. institutions appear willing to take on the risk of accepting as valid identification the "matricula consular," an ID card issued by the Mexican government to its citizens residing illegally in the United States. According to the legal watchdog group, the pace at which the card is being accepted by new institutions seems to have slowed; increasingly, communities are either reconsidering acceptance, or declining to authorize the card in the first place. The trend to accept the cards, which the...