From: Roy Beck NumbersUSA <immigrationinfo@numbersusa.com> : Date: 2006/07/25 Tue PM 05:05:56 EDT
Subject: Send new faxes to stop new amnesty bill

Dangerous new amnesty bill introduced .... Your faxes may stop momentum

WE'VE GOT ANOTHER EMERGENCY ON OUR HANDS.

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In a nutshell, this compromise has the greatest chance of passing Congress of any amnesty that has yet been offered.


1. New Pence-Hutchison amnesty bill announced Tuesday amid great fanfare as the 'middle-ground' solution to break the stalemate


Rep. Pence (R-IN) has finally announced the specifics of a House bill that he has been threatening to offer for weeks. And Sen. Hutchison (R-TX) announced she will introduce it in the Senate.

There is not yet a bill number.

The major news media are touting it as an inspired breakthrough that will allow the Senate (which passed a virtually open-borders bill) and the House (which passed an enforcement-only bill) to compromise.

The basic outline of a very complicated bill is this:

1. Most of the 12 million illegal aliens would be legalized, allowed to work and live in the U.S. for the rest of their lives as long as they can find a job.

2. In order to be allowed to do this, the illegal aliens would have to go across the U.S. borders to specialized centers run by private industries which would run the security checks on the aliens before they would take up their legal residence.

3. The illegal aliens would, thus, have their status laundered from illegal alien to legal guestworker and could renew their residency/work visas every two years. They could go back home for awhile and come back later, if they wanted. Once they accumulated 17 years of work, they could become U.S. citizens.

4. The amnesty/guestworker program would not start until after at least two years of increasing border security and some other enforcement measures.


2. Bill is not a rational compromise -- but it is rational enough to pose a danger of passing


This plan is indeed between the highly rational, sober-minded HR-4437 passed by the House and the almost-insane open-borders S. 2611 passed by the Senate.

But the fact that it would not totally transform America and virtually surrender its sovereignty -- like the Senate bill -- does not mean it is a rational compromise.

At least it is not a rational compromise if you believe that illegal aliens should not be rewarded for their crimes by offering them permanent residency and U.S. citizenship ....

..... and if you believe that Americans should not be saddled with the continuing tax subsidies for these mostly low-wage foreign workers.....

..... and if you don't believe the federal government should be using immigration to further congest the already overcrowded cities and urban regions of our nation.

Speaker of the House Hastert (R-IL) and Senate Majority Leader Frist (R-TN) have already indicated that they think there is a lot of merit in the Pence-Hutchison bill and appreciate the efforts for a positive compromise.

There are indications that this bill is going to be championed by the Wall Street Journal and other promoters of a new Robber Baron era of unlimited, cheap foreign labor and depressed American wages.

The White House has indicated a lot of enthusiasm for this bill.

It will once again be up to the American voters -- led again by NumbersUSA network members -- to flood the U.S. Congress with opposition to this threatening bill -- and to move congressional leaders' attention back to passing a bill that only increases enforcement against illegal immigation (WITH NO REWARDS FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION).
in this email:
1. New Pence-Hutchison amnesty/guestworker bill described -- great fanfare calls it the 'middle-ground' solution to break the stalemate

2. Why this bill is not a rational compromise -- but it is rational enough to pose a danger of passing

3. Pence and Hutchison insist that this is not an amnesty -- you will have to make sure they don't convince a majority of their colleagues

4. View from Rep. Tancredo, Chairman of the Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus
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3. Pence and Hutchison insist that this is not an amnesty -- you will have to make sure they don't convince a majority of their colleagues


News reports quote both Pence and Hutchison as saying that their challenge in forming their bill was to find a way to keep most of the illegal aliens working in the U.S. without it being called an amnesty.

As you can see in my description above, they have come up with a lot of maneuvers to "launder" the illegal aliens status so that when they get citizenship they won't at that time be illegal.

But the effect is that the only way you apparently can get into this program is to prove that you have broken immigration laws.

Once you prove you are an illegal alien and find an employer willing to hire you (presumably your old employer who also has been breaking the law for years by hiring you then), then you get the reward of legal residency and work.

Hmmmm, sounds a lot like an amnesty to me.

Pence and Hutchison make a lot about the fact that there is no automatic citizenship and that a person has to wait 17 years instead of the usual five.

Do you think today's illegal aliens will feel punished that they only get to live and work here for the next 17 years as legal residents instead of getting to be a U.S. citizen during that time?

About the only thing under this bill that will keep an illegal alien from staying here the rest of their lives is if they decide on their own to move back to their home country.

By providing a path to U.S. citizenship for illegal aliens, Pence and Hutchison have provided an incredible reward for illegal aliens, regardless of how many years it might take for them to get the citizenship.

But keeping the illegal aliens on a short-leash with two-year renewals allows their employers to have a lot of control over them, turning them into something like indentured servants.

This country outlawed indentured servanthood in the 19th century because (1) it created a kind of sub-worker class open to harsh exploitation and (2) it dragged down wages and working conditions for regular American workers.

This bill assumes that Americans and legal resident aliens who currently work in construction, health care, food handling, hospitality and other occupations where employers are clamoring for foreign workers make too much money right now. The bill assumes that there is a need for massive numbers of foreign workers to help hold wages down for the legal workers who also are in those occupations.

The Pence-Hutchison bill should be called the Return to the Robber Baron Era Act.


4. View from Rep. Tancredo, Chairman of the Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus



I just received this release from Rep. Tancredo's office and pass it along so you can see his take on the Pence-Hutchison amnesty/guestworker bill.


Tancredo Responds to Latest Pence Immigration Plan

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Tom Tancredo (R-CO), Chairman of the 104-member House Immigration Reform Caucus, expressed disappointment at Rep. Mike Pence’s latest iteration of his immigration plan that he announced at a press conference this morning with Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison.

Pence has announced at least two prior versions of his immigration proposal, and this morning’s version continues to include a “guest” worker plan that does not require “guest” workers ever to leave the U.S., while at the same time it allows them to bring their families. The plan allows employers and private temporary work agencies – both of which have economic incentives to keep the flow of foreign labor coming – to determine the number of foreign workers who will be admitted into the U.S. for the first three years of the plan.

“Having employers which have already broken the law determine the number of cheap foreign workers that will be admitted into the U.S. is a classic example of the fox guarding the hen house,” said Tancredo. “I have never had a guest who, after staying awhile, demanded to move into my house permanently. No plan that allows temporary workers to stay permanently is a ‘guest’ worker plan.”

Background on Support for Pence Immigration Plan

Pence has touted support for his prior plans from some “conservative” pundits and various editorial boards. However upon closer examination, the pundits and editorial boards which have endorsed the Pence plan have also supported positions at odds with the vast majority of House Republicans, including blanket amnesty and massive foreign worker plans. Even Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, who is co-authoring the new Pence plan, sponsored a failed amendment this year to offer unlimited guest worker visas to any industry which claims it has a “shortage” of workers.

Pence touts former Rep. Dick Armey:

“It's going to take a little bit of work to get the House over the hump of stubbornness over what they passed earlier. But I think if you take the Pence idea, introduce it in the process, I think you can get someplace."

The fact is:

Armey headed a multi-million dollar effort on behalf of big businesses to push President Bush’s amnesty plan, known as “Americans for Border and Economic Security.” (“Immigration Rising on Bush's To-Do List”, L.A. Times, 7/24/05). As a Member of Congress he voted three times against eliminating a rolling amnesty for illegal immigrants, and he voted against a mandatory worksite verification program.

Pence touts the Wall Street Journal’s John Fund:

“That's why it's good news that the glimmer of a workable compromise surfaced this week, courtesy of Rep. Mike Pence of Indiana… Mr. Pence, proud grandson of an Irish immigrant, says the only bill that can pass in this year's hothouse environment may have to be one that couples stiffer border enforcement with a no-amnesty guest-worker program.

The fact is:

In the same editorial Pence cites, Fund says, “The Pence bill is too heavy on discredited enforcement methods for my taste…”

Pence received praise from the Manhattan Institute’s Tamar Jacoby:

She described the Pence plan as a “middle ground.”

The fact is:

Jacoby is one of the most well-known defenders of blanket illegal alien amnesty and a massive new foreign worker plan. In a Weekly Standard op-ed, she wrote, “If a worker wants to remain in the United States and demonstrates his seriousness by taking steps to assimilate, the law should make it possible for him to stay. With these principles clear, it is a short step to the notion of ‘earned legalization,’ a new approach gaining credence in Congress that could get around the shortcomings of both amnesty and guest-worker programs.” (1/28/2002)

Pence received praise from the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board:

In a recent lead editorial, it called the Pence plan “a way out of [the Republican> political mess.” (“The Tancredo Republicans,” 6/23/06)

The fact is:

The WSJ Ed Board is a consistent supporter of amnesty. In that same editorial, they said: “No serious person believes that the 11 million or so illegals already in America will be deported. Nor will these illegals come out of the shadows unless there is some kind of process that allows them to become legal and keep their jobs, even if it falls short of a path to citizenship. And immigrants will keep coming illegally in search of a better life unless there is some legal way they can apply for and find work.”


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