Thread: Has your Rep. Signed H.Res.499?

Just recieved this email from FAIR:

[quote]Ask Your Representatives to Take a Stand on Immigration Enforcement!

In June, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee Lamar Smith (R-TX), Ranking Member of the House Homeland Security Committee Peter King (R-NY), and House Immigration Reform Caucus Chairman Brian Bilbray (R-CA) introduced a resolution calling on President Bush to vigorously enforce U.S. immigration laws. This resolution provides the strongest statement by our Representatives that they will no longer tolerate excuses by the Bush Administration for its failure to tackle illegal immigration. Now that the Bush-Kennedy amnesty bill (S.1639) has died in the Senate, our friends in the House feel it is more important than ever to press forward on this resolution to ensure that true immigration reform gets back on track.

House Resolution 499 urges the Bush Administration to take the following steps in order to substantially reduce illegal immigration and greatly improve the border security of the United States:

o Implement the entry and exit portions of the United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology program (U.S.-VISIT), as required by the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996;
o Reverse the Treasury Department's decision to allow financial institutions to accept the Mexican matricula consular cards as valid identification for the purpose of opening bank accounts;
o Enforce legally binding affidavits of support that sponsors of immigrants sign;
o End the practice of catching illegal immigrants at the border and returning them without prosecution;
o Enforce the employer sanctions enacted as part of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986;
o Enforce section 505 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, which prohibits in-State college tuition for illegal aliens;
o Require prosecution of anyone caught smuggling aliens across the border illegally, irrespective of how many aliens are being smuggled;
o Increase the number of full-time Border Patrol agents by at least 1,306 by the end of fiscal year 2007, as authorized by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004;
o Increase the number of detention beds for illegal immigrants by at least 15,944 by the end of fiscal year 2007, as authorized by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004;
o Increase the number of full-time immigration investigators by at least 1,600 by the end of fiscal year 2007, as authorized by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004;
o Comply with the Secure Fence Act of 2006 by building over 700 miles of fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border; and
o Increase the use of expedited removal procedures for all illegal immigrants eligible for expedited removal under United States immigration laws.

House Resolution 499 (H.Res.499) already has 61 co-sponsors in the House, but we need more to pressure House Leadership and the Bush Administration to take action! Please call your Representatives today and urge them to sign on as co-sponsors of House Resolution 499!!! If your Representative has already signed on as a co-sponsor, please thank them and urge them to continue to support immigration enforcement legislation.

My Representative has signed on, but I will make calls to other Representatives.

Thank You for post.

Psalm 91

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H.RES.499
Title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Administration should rigorously enforce the laws of the United States to substantially reduce illegal immigration and greatly improve border security.

Sponsor: Rep Smith, Lamar [TX-21] (introduced 6/19/2007) Cosponsors (61)

Related Bills: S.RES.239

Latest Major Action: 6/19/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
COSPONSORS(61), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]: (Sort: by date)

Rep Aderholt, Robert B. [AL-4] - 6/25/2007
Rep Akin, W. Todd [MO-2] - 6/25/2007
Rep Alexander, Rodney [LA-5] - 6/28/2007
Rep Altmire, Jason [PA-4] - 7/16/2007
Rep Baker, Richard H. [LA-6] - 6/25/2007
Rep Bartlett, Roscoe G. [MD-6] - 6/25/2007
Rep Barton, Joe [TX-6] - 6/25/2007
Rep Bilbray, Brian P. [CA-50] - 6/25/2007
Rep Boozman, John [AR-3] - 7/16/2007
Rep Boyda, Nancy E. [KS-2] - 7/16/2007
Rep Brown-Waite, Ginny [FL-5] - 7/16/2007
Rep Buchanan, Vern [FL-13] - 6/25/2007
Rep Burgess, Michael C. [TX-26] - 6/25/2007
Rep Campbell, John [CA-48] - 6/25/2007
Rep Capito, Shelley Moore [WV-2] - 6/25/2007
Rep Carter, John R. [TX-31] - 6/25/2007
Rep Chabot, Steve [OH-1] - 6/25/2007
Rep Coble, Howard [NC-6] - 6/25/2007
Rep Cubin, Barbara [WY] - 6/25/2007
Rep Culberson, John Abney [TX-7] - 6/28/2007
Rep Davis, David [TN-1] - 6/25/2007
Rep Deal, Nathan [GA-9] - 6/25/2007
Rep Dent, Charles W. [PA-15] - 6/28/2007
Rep Doolittle, John T. [CA-4] - 6/25/2007
Rep Drake, Thelma D. [VA-2] - 6/25/2007
Rep Duncan, John J., Jr. [TN-2] - 6/25/2007
Rep Ellsworth, Brad [IN-8] - 6/28/2007
Rep Feeney, Tom [FL-24] - 6/25/2007
Rep Forbes, J. Randy [VA-4] - 6/25/2007
Rep Franks, Trent [AZ-2] - 6/25/2007
Rep Gallegly, Elton [CA-24] - 6/25/2007
Rep Gilchrest, Wayne T. [MD-1] - 6/25/2007
Rep Gingrey, Phil [GA-11] - 6/25/2007
Rep Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [VA-5] - 6/25/2007
Rep Goodlatte, Bob [VA-6] - 6/25/2007
Rep Hunter, Duncan [CA-52] - 6/25/2007
Rep Johnson, Sam [TX-3] - 6/25/2007
Rep Jones, Walter B., Jr. [NC-3] - 7/16/2007
Rep King, Peter T. [NY-3] - 6/19/2007
Rep King, Steve [IA-5] - 6/28/2007
Rep Kline, John [MN-2] - 6/28/2007
Rep Lamborn, Doug [CO-5] - 6/28/2007
Rep Marchant, Kenny [TX-24] - 6/25/2007
Rep McCarthy, Kevin [CA-22] - 6/25/2007
Rep McCaul, Michael T. [TX-10] - 6/25/2007
Rep McCotter, Thaddeus G. [MI-11] - 6/25/2007
Rep McHenry, Patrick T. [NC-10] - 6/25/2007
Rep Miller, Gary G. [CA-42] - 6/25/2007
Rep Miller, Jeff [FL-1] - 6/25/2007
Rep Musgrave, Marilyn N. [CO-4] - 6/25/2007
Rep Myrick, Sue Wilkins [NC-9] - 6/25/2007
Rep Neugebauer, Randy [TX-19] - 6/25/2007
Rep Pickering, Charles W. "Chip" [MS-3] - 7/16/2007
Rep Poe, Ted [TX-2] - 6/25/2007
Rep Roskam, Peter J. [IL-6] - 6/25/2007
Rep Royce, Edward R. [CA-40] - 6/25/2007
Rep Shays, Christopher [CT-4] - 6/28/2007
Rep Tancredo, Thomas G. [CO-6] - 6/25/2007
Rep Wamp, Zach [TN-3] - 6/28/2007
Rep Wilson, Joe [SC-2] - 6/28/2007
Rep Young, C.W. Bill [FL-10] - 6/28/2007

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