Thread: FAIR Call Congress Today

From: Federation for American Immigration Reform
Date: 2006/12/06 Wed AM 10:59:59 EST
Subject: Call Congress Today - Oppose Importing More Foreign Workers!

Senator Cornyn Tries to Bring the Skil Bill to the Floor:
Call Your Congressman and Say You Oppose Importing More Foreign Workers!!!!
Over two weeks ago, FAIR sent out a warning to our members that certain members of Congress were thinking of using the lame-duck session of Congress to slip legislation through that would dramatically increase high-tech H-1B visas and employment-based visas. The fact that over 900 companies had signed and sent a letter saying they desperately needed to import foreign workers was just one sign that the corporate lobby was hard at work. These companies urged Congressional action to increase immigration before the end of the year. It now appears that the day is at hand.

FAIR has learned that Senator Cornyn, author of the Skil Bill, is trying to bring up his legislation on the floor of the Senate any moment! If passed, the Skil Bill will nearly double the number of high-tech H-1B visas and more than double the number of employment-based visas given to foreign workers each year. This is a great threat to U.S. workers, who can only watch as their jobs are given away to cheaper, imported labor. And for those high-skilled U.S. workers whose jobs aren't taken by foreign workers, their wages are being depressed by the influx of foreign workers who compete with them. The only one who benefits from increasing these visas is big business, which is able to pay their workers less and profit more.

PLEASE take time this very moment to call your Senator and tell him or her that you oppose importing foreign workers who compete with U.S. workers for high-tech and other skilled jobs!!! THERE IS NO TIME TO LOSE!

To find the phone number for your Senator, click here.