It's
been exactly one year since the Senate passed S.744, the
Schumer-Rubio-Obama amnesty bill, granting legal status and work permits
to more than 11 million illegal aliens and doubling legal immigration,
but your tireless efforts have kept it from passing through the House and becoming law!
After
the Senate vote, the mainstream media wasn't asking "if", but rather
"when" would the House pass "comprehensive immigration reform". GOP
House Leadership was eager to appease, thinking amnesty would help them
at the polls.
But
against all the odds, you stepped up your efforts, and 365 days later,
Congress is no closer to passing a blanket amnesty. In fact, just
yesterday, Amnesty champion Rep. Luis Gutierrez took to the House floor
to proclaim the end of any hopes of reform this year and demand that
Pres. Obama take matters into his own hands.
S.744
lives for another 6 months, and make no mistake, House Speaker John
Boehner would like nothing more than to satisfy his big business donors
by giving them the amnesty and foreign-worker increases they so dearly
desire. But while we continue to dissuade House Leaders from taking
action, we can't turn our backs on the complete and total disregard for
our nation's immigration laws by the Obama Administration. The situation
on the Southern border worsens
every day, and with House action becoming more unlikely, the pressure
from pro-amnesty activist groups to halt all deportations and open up
our borders continues to mount on Pres. Obama.
Over
the last two weeks, the Administration has tried to establish
facilities across the country to house the thousands of illegal aliens
that have illegally crossed the border in recent weeks. Citizens in
Virginia, Illinois, and Southern California have already blocked these
efforts. But where will the Administration look next? Reports are
surfacing that refugee centers in Michigan are prepping for a massive
influx of illegal aliens, but the center's administrators are being
instructed to not comment on the numbers. There's also word that
officials are eyeing a facility on Long Island, but even Democratic Rep.
Steve Israel spoke out against the plan.
Earlier this week, we asked you to contact your three Members of Congress
and tell them that you didn't want the border crisis brought to your
state. You responded in droves and it appears to be working as
Congressmen from both parties resist the efforts.
The
Administration says the housing of illegal aliens across the country is
only temporary as newly-arrived illegal aliens await their court dates
and possible deportation. But, despite those claims by the
Administration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials told the
House Judiciary Committee earlier this week that 87% of individuals who
had been issue "Notices to Appear" over the last 5 years are still in
the United States awaiting their processing, making removal for the most
recent illegal border crossers highly unlikely.
CIS: ALL JOB GAINS SINCE 2000 HAVE GONE TO IMMIGRANTS
All net job gains since 2000 in the United States have gone to immigrant workers, according to a new study from the Center for Immigration Studies.
Using government data, the study found that the number of working
immigrants (both legal and illegal) has increased by 5.7 million since
2000, but the number of working native-born Americans has decreased by
127,000 over the same period.
The
study also found that native-born Americans accounted for two-thirds of
all population growth since 2000, causing the number of working-age
Americans not in the labor force to increase by 17 million from 2000 to
2014.
The findings confirm
that high levels of immigration do have a negative impact on employment
levels for native-born Americans. It also contradicts arguments made by
open-border groups that increased immigration creates jobs for American
workers.
CIS issued the study to coincide with the one-year anniversary of S.744 passing in the Senate.
Also today, Gallup released a new survey
finding that the plurality of Americans support lower immigration
levels. In fact, the survey found that across all three political groups
-- Republicans, Independents, and Democrats -- more Americans support
lowering immigration levels than increasing them. We've posted new faxes to your three Members of Congress telling them about both the CIS study and the poll.
| chris chmielenski |
| Fri, June 27th |
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