Thread: Fair Immigration Report October 2006

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Date: 2006/10/10 Tue PM 07:30:32 EDT
Subject: FAIR Immigration Report October 2006


October 2006 Immigration Report Online Edition


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Illegal Alien Protests and Boycotts: Fizzle, No Sizzle

Voter Registration Drives Do Not Live Up to the Hype
The illegal alien advocacy network was able to turn hundreds of thousands of people out onto the streets of America’s cities earlier this year to demand amnesty and assorted other benefits for people in the United States illegally, but beyond the media spectacle they appear to have fallen far short of the organizers’ expectations. The threat, “Today we march, tomorrow we vote!” chanted repeatedly at these rallies now appears somewhat hollow.
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House Takes a Step Toward Comprehensive Security and Enforcement, Funds Border Fence Construction in 2007
Buoyed by positive public feedback from the summer of immigration hearings around the country, House leadership moved to implement at least one provision of H.R. 4437, its comprehensive immigration enforcement bill. In September, Speaker Dennis Hastert and other House leaders announced that $1.8 billion would be earmarked in the Fiscal Year 2007 (which began on Oct. 1) budget for construction of 700 miles of security fencing along the southern border.
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Department of Justice to Border Patrol Agents: Do Your Job, Go to Prison
It is no secret that controlling illegal immigration has not been a priority for an administration that is more intent on maintaining a steady flow of low-wage labor than on securing borders. Policy directives from Washington have made it clear to the men and women who patrol our borders that vigorous enforcement and pursuit of illegal aliens is strongly discouraged. But until recently, nobody really knew how much.
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OUTRAGE OF THE MONTH
In Texas, School Children Recite the Pledge of Allegiance...To the Mexican Flag
As the last school year came to an end, a number of school districts around the country banned displays of the American flag, calling them a provocation in the intense atmosphere created by the illegal alien protest rallies and boycotts. As the new school year got under way in one Texas town near Houston, a new flag controversy arose.
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ATTENTION FEDERAL EMPLOYEES!

Federal employees can help in the fight for sound immigration policies by supporting FAIR in the 2006 Combined Federal Campaign (CFC).

Look for us under the Human Care Charities of America in your CFC brochure, listed under our full name, Federation for American Immigration Reform. Our CFC number is 1211. Please designate #1211 on your Combined Federal Campaign pledge form. FAIR is participating in several corporate and state employee campaigns, as well. Check your workplace-giving brochure to see if we're listed; if not, find out if your campaign accepts write-ins.


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In this Issue . . .

House Takes a Step Toward Comprehensive Security and Enforcement, Funds Border Fence Construction in 2007
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Department of Justice to Border Patrol Agents: Do Your Job, Go to Prison
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Making News—State Winks at Illegal Immigration
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Cracks Developing in Organized Labor’s Support for Illegal Aliens and Amnesty
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Around the Country
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Choose Black America Blasts Government’s Failure to Protect American Workers at a New Orleans Press Conference on the First Anniversary of Katrina
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Significant Illegal Immigration Reform Passed in Colorado
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Immigration Reform Law Institute Works with Local Governments to Establish Enforceable Measures to Halt Illegal Immigration
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Reformer Corner—Mississippi Legislator Leads the Charge Against Illegal Immigration
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