Thread: NumbersUSA AMNESTY BATTLE UPDATE! HELP NEEDED!

We can't guarantee a single Senator who will vote against amnesty next week!

"Here is my first report on calling U.S. Senators regarding my opposition to extraneous immigration provisions in the FY 2008 DoD Authorization Bill, H.R. 1585. Debate on this bill starts on Monday at 3:00 PM. It has been very easy, perhaps too easy to reach Senator's offices. Out of the 20 offices that I have called in my first hour of calling, there has only been one busy signal."
----------Gene A. Nelson, Ph.D.

FRIENDS, WE MUST MULTIPLY OUR EFFORTS,

Our Capitol Hill Team cannot name me a single U.S. Senator that it can guarantee will vote against the DREAM Act Amnesty next week.

We feel certain that in the final analysis we will get a minimum of 20 or so, but we at this time can't give you any names because we don't know who they will be.

You all have already sent 43,212 faxes into Congress since I alerted you in the middle of the night. That's great. But it means most of you have not responded yet.

I don't want to sound like a nag, but I have to tell you that there have not been anywhere near enough phone calls into Senate offices today. We're losing.

I can tell you with great assurance that unless you pick up a phone and call, the amnesty WILL pass this next week.

Only a massive response from all of you like you provided in June will turn back this attempt.

Why are we losing Senators who voted NO on the Comprehensive Amnesty in June?

Because many of them think the DREAM Act Amnesty will only involve a few tens of thousands of sympathetic teenager illegal aliens (it actually opens up amnesty for millions of all ages).

Because some who oppose the DREAM Amnesty believe it definitely will pass and are working on a way to tighten the amnesty in exchange for their vote


Our NumbersUSA legislative department outlines the threats in sections below.

Here is an excellent article about the DREAM Act by law professor Kris Kobach.

THE QUICK PHONE MESSAGE YOU CAN GIVE TO SENATE OFFICES THIS AFTERNOON -- AND FIRST THING MONDAY


1. Call the Senate switchboard at:
202-224-3121

2. Ask for your Senator. (You can find the names of your Senators and all their contact info at: numbersusa.com/myMembers)

3. Use the Phone Action Note on your Action Buffet corkboard for up to date talking points for each of your two Senators and other pertinent information.

4. If you want to go with the simplest phone call, then follow the rest of these points:

5. Tell the person who answers that you are calling to ask the Senator to vote NO next week on three measures that are being considered for the Defense Authorization bill.

a. Vote NO on Amendment 2237 that would attach the Dream Act Amnesty.

b. Vote NO on any measure to increase H-1B visas and permanent greencards for foreign workers to take jobs from skilled American workers and students.

c. Vote NO on any attempt to increase H-2B visas for seasonal foreign workers to take jobs from America's most vulnerable workers.
in this email:
1. A short script on what to say on phone to your Senators

2. Talking points against DREAM Act Amnesty.

3. Talking points against taking jobs away from American skilled workers and students

4. Talking points to stop expansion of visas for unskilled seasonal workers
actions in brief:
1. Phone your two Senators. Use talking points in this email -- or click on the phone note that will be placed on your corkboard Friday morning.

2. Send free faxes to your Senators to stop the amnesty and the increase in foreign workers.
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THE OPPOSITION PLANS TO BEAT US ON PHONE AND FAX THIS TIME


All summer since the media gave you credit for moving the Senate with your faxes and phone calls to kill the Comprehensive Amnesty bill, we have seen open borders groups telling their members that they would beat NumbersUSA at our own game this fall.

Some open borders groups said that they would be studying our NumbersUSA grassroots mobilization system carefully and would imitate it to generate more faxes and more phone calls FOR amnesty than we can AGAINST amnesty.

There have been reports of open-border billionaires so angry at the NumbersUSA success in June that they have pledged to provide enough money to the open-borders groups for them to generate more faxes and phone calls than our side.

Just one problem with all the bravura of the open-borders crowd: There are a whole lot more of us than them.

Thanks to the generosity of about 10% of you, we have the funds to pay for an avalanche of faxes over the next several days.

Please take the actions and forward this email to as many Americans as you know.

The opposition hopes that these three measures will seem so much smaller than the Comprehensive Amnesty that the American people will largely sit this one out.

Talking Points to Stop the DREAM ACT AMNESTY

The DREAM Act (Amendment 2237 to the Defense Authorization bill) is a nightmare. It is a massive amnesty that extends to the millions of illegal aliens who entered the United States before the age of 16.

There is no upper age limit. Any illegal alien can walk into a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office and declare that he is eligible. For example, a 45 year old can claim that he illegally entered the United States 30 years ago at the age of 15. There is no requirement that the alien prove that he entered the United States at the claimed time by providing particular documents. The DREAM Act's Section 4(a) merely requires him to "demonstrate" that he is eligible-which in practice could mean simply making a sworn statement to that effect. Thus, it is an invitation for just about every illegal alien to fraudulently claim the amnesty.

The alien then has six years to adjust his status from a conditional green card holder to a non-conditional one. To do so, he need only complete two years of study at an institution of higher education, including any vocational school. If the alien has already completed two years of study, he can convert to non-conditional status immediately (and use his green card as a platform to sponsor parents and other family members). As an alternative to two years of study, he can enlist in the U.S. military for two years. This provision allows Senator Durbin to claim that the DREAM Act is somehow germane to the defense authorization bill.

An illegal alien who applies for the DREAM Act amnesty gets to count his years under "conditional" green card status toward the five years needed for citizenship. On top of that, the illegal alien could claim "retroactive benefits" and start the clock running the day that the DREAM Act is enacted. In combination, these two provisions put illegal aliens on a high-speed track to U.S. citizenship-moving from illegal alien to U.S. citizen in as little as five years. Lawfully present aliens, meanwhile, must follow a slower path to citizenship.

It would be absurdly easy for just about any illegal alien-even one who does not qualify for the amnesty-to evade the law. According to Section 4(f) of the DREAM Act, once an alien files an application-any application, no matter how ridiculous-the federal government is prohibited from deporting him. Moreover, with few exceptions, federal officers are prohibited from either using information from the application to deport the alien or sharing that information with another federal agency, under threat of up to $10,000 fine. Thus, an alien's admission that he has violated federal immigration law cannot be used against him-even if he never had any chance of qualifying for the DREAM Act amnesty in the first place.

The DREAM Act also allows illegal aliens to receive in-state tuition rates at public universities, discriminating against U.S. citizens from out of state and law-abiding foreign students.

The DREAM Act also makes the illegal aliens eligible for federal student loans and federal work-study programs-another benefit that law-abiding foreign students cannot receive-all at taxpayer expense.

A consistent theme emerges: Illegal aliens are treated much more favorably than aliens who fol¬low the law. There is no penalty for illegal behavior.

Talking Points to Prevent Attaching Provisions of the SKIL Act

Increase the annual cap for "temporary" nonimmigrant visas from 65,000 to 115,000. But that's just the first year (after that, if the cap is met in any year, it can be further increased by 20 percent for the next year with a ceiling of 180,000 per year)

Establishes more exemptions from the cap, thus rendering the cap virtually meaningless (as it is, approximately two-thirds of all current H-1Bs have been exempted)

Instead of capturing "unused" EB visas (as claimed by proponents) from previous years, adds new EB visas by an amount coinciding with the number not issued in those years

As with the H-1B provisions described above, establishes additional exemptions to the annual EB visa cap that do nothing but make it easier for U.S. employers to import cheap labor rather than hiring American workers.

"Expedites" and "streamlines" the processing of millions of new applications (and requisite background checks) for "temporary" workers and for LPR status, which, to an agency (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services [USCIS>) that has shown itself to be unable to adequately implement current immigration laws, is both untenable and reckless

Authorizes employers to propose a prevailing wage of their own choosing if the Labor Department is too swamped with labor certification applications to respond within 20 calendar days, thus allowing existing wage stagnation in high-tech fields to become further entrenched

Allows greater abuse of the L-1 “intracompany transferee/specialized knowledgeâ€

Double Dup

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I just sent out my faxes.

Can ALIPAC notify their members of this. This is very important.

Is anyone posting on the other immigration forums about the Alerts?

Just went to numbersusa and sent all my faxes!!!!!!!!!!!

God**** these people to H***! Here we go again. They seem to be having real difficulty comprehending the fact that the majority of Americans say NO! to amnesty!

omg is AGJOBS really going to pass??? It does not have a chance right??

Dammit, if we had a candidate running against Lindsey Graham, we could all donate $10 to his campaign at the same time, putting the fear of God into these Senators giving this POS legislation serious consideration. We got Chuck Hagel, we got Larry Craig (well, sort of) There's got to be at least one Senator we can lean on in the next couple of days. Who is it? On the flip side, we can give $10 bucks to a good Democrat (Claire McCaskill? Bryron Dorgin?) Nominations?

I've sent all my faxes and emails. I'll be making calls over the weekend and also EARLY Monday morning.