10 SWEEPING VICTORIES IN THE HOUSE!

Chris ChmielenskiWe didn't have just 1 victory in the House of Representatives this week, BUT 10 VICTORIES IN ALL!!!

In fact, every immigration amendment vote to the 2012 Homeland Security spending bill the past two days went our way.

Rep. Jared Polis of Colorado wrapped and delivered a great present to us when he requested a roll call vote on his amendment to end the 287(g) local enforcement program. His amendment was defeated with broad bi-partisan support with 75% of the votes cast opposing his amendment!

Read Roy's detailed descriptions of all the votes.

All in all, the House passed amendments to:

set aside funding for Border Patrol to eliminate look-out posts along the U.S.-Mexico border;
set aside funding to hire additional Shadow Wolves who track down smugglers along the border;
reallocate funds to increase funding for the 287(g) program by nearly 20%;
reallocate funding to increase support for the Law Enforcement Support Center;
ensure that funding provided in the spending bill is used to enforce existing federal law requiring the detention of illegal aliens who are violent criminals awaiting deportation;
withhold funding from cities that have sanctuary city policies in place;
prohibit the Administration from offering amnesty through "deferred action";
require all DHS contractors to use E-Verify to check new hires; and
reallocate funds to build cell towers providing full service along the entire U.S.-Mexico border.

For any of our activists who are concerned about the federal budget and homeland security, all of the amendments are budget neutral and only reallocate funding that was set aside for executive management of the department.

Your phone calls on Wednesday afternoon and all day Thursday certainly played a huge role in all of these victories! Now, we need you to fill your Rep.'s offices with faxes, thanking them or shaming them for their votes.

Visit our grade cards to see how this week's roll call votes have impacted your House Rep.'s immigration-reduction grades.

Thanks,
Chris Chmielenski
Director, Content & Activism



Alabama Passes Mandatory E-Verify & Immigration Enforcement Bill

Friday, June 3, 2011, 1:25 PM EDT
An Alabama House and Senate conference committee agreed on a new bill, which both chambers have already passed, that requires the use of E-Verify by all businesses in the state and includes several immigration enforcement provisions. Should Gov. Robert Bentley sign the bill into law, it would become one of the largest state crackdowns on illegal immigration in the country.

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House Votes to Preserve 287(g) Program

Thursday, June 2, 2011, 6:26 PM EDT
The House overwhelmingly defeated an amendment to the 2012 Homeland Security spending bill offered by Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) that would have defunded the 287(g) program. The amendment was defeated 107-to-313.

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U.S. House Beefs Up Local Immigration Enforcement & Goes After Drug Cartel 'Spotter Nests' We've Long Warned About

By Roy Beck

Thursday, June 2, 2011, 7:13 PM EDT
Large and broad bi-partisan majorities of the U.S. House last night and today agreed to put significantly more money and oomph into key programs to reduce the illegal population of this country. These are just first steps that now have to get through the Senate. But we now have several roll call votes to know where all the Members of this new House stand on illegal immigration. READ HERE ABOUT ALL THE IMMIGRATION AMENDMENTS to the 2012 Department of Homeland Security spending bill . . . . .

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