Thread: Fair Stop the Pence Back Door Amnesty Plan

From: Federation for American Immigration Reform Date: 2006/07/10 Mon PM 02:28:46 EDT
Subject: Act Now To Stop The Pence Back Door Amnesty Plan!



ACT NOW TO STOP THE PENCE BACK DOOR AMNESTY PLAN!

On June 27, 2006, Congressman Mike Pence (R-IN) emerged from the Oval Office after having a 40 minute meeting with both President Bush and Vice President Cheney on immigration. Mr. Pence, Chairman of the Republican Study Committee, was at the White House to discuss his proposed "compromise" for immigration reform. While the White House has made it no secret that they favor granting amnesty to millions of illegal aliens by "creating a path to citizenship," many other Members of Congress, including Congressman Pence, have adamantly opposed amnesty. Unfortunately, the solution proposed by Congressman Pence is nothing more than a back door amnesty.

Congressman Pence's plan is an idea that has been shopped around by the Krieble Foundation. In mid-2005, the Krieble Foundation came to FAIR asking our support for its solution to the nation's illegal immigration crisis—a privatized guest worker program that allows illegal aliens to participate. As a core principle, FAIR is opposed to amnesties and mass guest worker programs. FAIR stayed true to its principles and refused to sign on to the Krieble Foundation proposal. Unfortunately, in a well-intentioned but misguided effort to break the ongoing stalemate between the House and Senate, Mr. Pence signed on.

Now called the "Pence plan" and "a compromise" by some, this guest worker program exceeds even the Senate's guest worker plan because there are NO NUMERICAL LIMITS for at least three years. Everyone in the world, including illegal aliens in the United States, is invited to get a guest worker visa, called a "W" visa. Guest workers are immediately allowed to apply for a green card and as long as a guest worker's green card application is pending, his W visa is indefinitely renewable. Thus, this plan is nothing more than a back door amnesty.

The Pence plan is not about finding a legislative means to end our immigration crisis; it is about importing unlimited cheap labor and yet again compromising the future of the American worker. It is no wonder that President Bush and Vice President Cheney were willing to spend so much time learning about this plan. The plan is a gift to those in big business who are willing to sell out the American worker in order to profit off of cheap foreign labor.

President Bush might back the Pence plan in an attempt to push House members to compromise, but this is not what the American people want! The Pence plan is not a compromise—it is a back door amnesty. Please call Congressman Pence's office and ask him to kindly remove his name from the Krieble plan. Let him know that the solution Americans want is enforcement only and enforcement now! To learn more about the Pence plan, read FAIR's talking points.

On Monday and Friday, call Congressman Pence in his district offices:

Anderson, IN office 765-640-2919

Muncie, IN office 765-747-5566

Richmond, IN office 765-962-2883

On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, call Congressman Pence in his Washington D.C. office:

Washington, D.C. office 202-225-3021