TX ALERT: 4/7/09 Voter I.D. Hearings, RALLY + Radio Ad Links
From Immigration Reform Coalition of Texas (IRCOT)
Subject: Revised - IRCOT Radio Links and 4/7 Voter I.E. Hearing Details
Date: 4/5/2009 10:00:49 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time
REV. IRCOT ACTION ALERT - 4/5/09
CONTACT STATE AFFAIRS CHAIR &
ATTEND IMPORTANT VOTER ID HEARINGS
81st Legislative Session
www.ircot.com
PREVENT VOTER FRAUD IN TEXAS
Attend the House Elections Committee Hearing
VOTER ID BILLS
HB 125 & SB 362
HB 125:
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81 ... 00125I.htm
SB 362:
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81 ... 00362E.htm
SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING
TUES., APRIL 7, 2009 - 1:00 P.M.
JOHN H. REAGAN BLDG., ROOM 120
ACTION ALERT!
House Elections Chairman, Todd Smith believes Voter ID legislation should be "phased in" to effect by 2014. PLEASE LET THE CHAIRMAN KNOW WHAT A DISASTER THAT WOULD BE.
Contact Chairman Smith to voice your disagreement with his plan at: 512-463-0772
WHAT: Texas House Elections Committe, Hearing for HB 125 & SB 362
WHEN: Tuesday, April 7th - HEARING AT @ 1:00 p.m.
Rally at 11:30am and committee meeting upon house adjournment
WHERE: Rally on Capitol south steps and committee meeting in Reagan Building
Please plan to attend the Voter ID Rally Tuesday, April 7 at 11:30 am. We will meet at the south steps of the Capitol, hear remarks from guest speakers, then proceed to the Reagan Building Room #120 where the committee hearing will take place at approximately 1:00 p.m.
You may sign up to present oral testimony at this time. Even if you don't plan to testify, PLEASE come by to register your support for the bills to be recorded in the committee record. You must be present at the hearing to enter your support or opposition to bills on the cards provided at the hearing.
It is essential to have a huge turnout so our Representatives will realize the importance of this legislation and pass SB 362 & HB 125 favorably out of committee. We need to stand firm and make sure this important legislation is not watered down from its current format. So please invite neighbors, friends and family to attend.
IRCOT Launches Radio Ads
"QUIT STALLING" & "THEY'RE BACK"
(Please go to source link to activate audios.)
Dallas-area radio ad campaign urges lawmakers
to get serious on sanctuary cities
The Immigration Reform Coalition of Texas (IRCOT), representing a wide variety of groups and citizens calling for better protection of the U.S. border and control of illegal immigration in Texas, has launched a series of radio ads that will play in the Dallas/Fort Worth area to urge lawmakers there to get serious on eliminating "sanctuary city" policies. The IRCOT co-founding organizations are: Citizens for Immigration Reform (Dallas/Ft. Worth); Central Texans for Secure Borders (Austin/Central Texas); and Texans for Immigration Reform (Houston).
"Gangs like MS-13 often work with Mexican cartels and are infiltrating our state and bringing the Mexican drug war to U.S. soil," said IRCOT director Rebecca Forest. "These gangs are predominately made up of illegal immigrants and sanctuary city policies are protecting their members, encouraging more drug violence and making matters worse -- not better -- for U.S. born minorities who are far and wide the biggest victims of that violence."
Rep. Burt Solomons (R-Carrollton), House State Affairs Committee Chairman, has a number of important immigration and border security measures assigned to his committee as well as legislation to end sanctuary city policies.
"The people of Texas have spoken clearly and this is an issue they want addressed," Forest said. "Last session, the legislature dragged its feet until it was too late. We can't afford to do that again which is why IRCOT decided it was important to let citizens know where the roadblocks are originating. Elected leaders in Texas need to remember their oaths of office and the duty they have to protect and provide for citizens, first and foremost."
The ads began airing on Tuesday, 3/31/09 in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area on KSKY 660 AM.
TO CONTACT CHAIRMAN SOLOMONS VISIT: www.savetexasnow.com
Apparently, some committee Chairs have made it their mission to see that important immigration bills DIE again in committees by not giving them SPEEDY & FAIR hearings. They prefer instead to leave the gates wide open, robbing CITIZENS (residing in Texas) of not only much need jobs -- but also their safety and security.
TELL CHAIRMAN SOLOMONS TO STOP PLAYING GAMES WITH OUR JOBS & OUR SAFETY!!!
PLEASE ACT NOW CALL, FAX, EMAIL Chairman Solomons & forward this alert to all your Texas contacts asking them to do the same.
Rep. Burt Solomons (R-Carrollton)
Chairman, House State Affairs Committee
Phone: 512-463-0814 (Committee Office)
via email to staffer: robert.orr_hc@house.state.tx.us
Fax to Attention: Solomons/State Affairs Committee
via Sergeant at Arms: 512-463-5896
Send a Free Fax (service provided by our friends at the Peter Morrison Report):
http://www.morrisonreport.com/fax_test/ ... p?faxID=73
OR via e-mail to Solomons at his Rep. office: burt.solomons@house.state.tx.us
Tell him to give the following bills (listed in priority) a SPEEDY and FAIR hearing. Let him know that you want them voted "favorably" out of his committee:
HB 266 - BERMAN, LEO (R) - regulating the provision of benefits & services to, and verification of employment status of, immigrants and to enforcing laws relating to immigrants; providing civil & criminal penalties
HB 276 - ZERWAS, JOHN (R) - requiring that state agencies report the cost of services and benefits provided to unlawful immigrants
HB 404 - HARLESS, PATRICIA (R) - relating to the enforcement of state & federal laws governing immigration by certain governmental entities (i.e., "sanctuary city" policies)
HB 622 - HARLESS, PATRICIA (R) - relating to the suspension of certain licenses held by employers for the knowing employment of persons not lawfully present in the U.S.
HB 658 - JACKSON, JIM (R) - relating to requiring governmental entities to participate in the federal E-Verify work authorization program
HB 1061 - JACKSON, JIM (R) - relating to the requirement of citizenship or unlawful presence in the U.S. for issuance or renewal of certain occupational licenses, driver's licenses, identification cards
SIGN UP FOR IRCOT
E-MAIL ALERTS
IRCOT CO-FOUNDING ORGANIZATIONS:
(Names listed in alphabetical order)
Central Texans for Secure Borders (CTSB) - Austin & Surrounding Areas
Citizens for Immigration Reform (CFIR) - Dallas/Ft. Worth
Texans for Immigration Reform (TFIR) - Houston
OUR SPECIAL FRIENDS AT:
Peter Morrison Report
IRCOT PARTNERS:
Texas Border Volunteers
Texas Minutemen
US Border Watch
Women on the Wall (US-TX)
THESE ORGANIZATIONS SHARE OUR VIEWS & GOALS ON IMMIGRATION REFORM:
ALIPAC
AMERICAN PATROL
FAIR
IRLI
JUDICIAL WATCH
NUMBERS USA
EAGLE FORUM
TEXAS EAGLE FORUM
CLICK HERE
& CONTACT YOUR LEGISLATORS
http://www.ircot.com/urgent_action.htm
Let them know that you expect them to pass legislation THIS SESSION which will protect Texas CITIZEN taxpayers from the increasing burden of providing services & benefits to illegal aliens FLOODING into Texas!
FINALLY.....
Contact the Speaker of the House, the Lt. Governor (President of the Senate), and Governor Perry.
Let them know that you expect them to do EVERYTHING possible to get MANY of the strong immigration bills which we support passed this session...period!
Lt. Governor
David Dewhurst
Phone: (512) 463-0001
Fax: (512) 463-0677
E-mail:
http://www.ltgov.state.tx.us/contact.php
Speaker of House
Joe Straus
Phone: (512) 463-1064
Fax (512) 463-1064
E-mail: Joe.Straus@house.state.tx.us
OR click Here
to fax FREE via the Peter Morrison Report
(see link above)
Governor Rick Perry
E-mail Governor Perry
http://governor.state.tx.us/contact/contact.aspx
Phone: 1-800-843-5789 OR (512) 463-2000
Fax: (512) 463-1849
Mail: Office of the Governor
P.O. Box 12428 - Austin, TX 78711
Finally,urge your Representatives to support the above listed bills as well.Contact information can be found here:http://www.ircot.com/urgent_action.htm
WE NEED YOUR HELP TO SAVE TEXAS....THANKS FOR BEING IN THE TRENCHES WITH US THIS SESSION!!
THERE ARE ONLY 8 WEEKS REMAINING IN THE 81ST TEXAS LEGISLATIVE SESSION. WITHOUT YOUR ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT, OUR LEGISLATORS WILL AGAIN FAIL TO ACT TO PROTECT THE SAFETY & PROSPERITY OF U.S. CITIZENS RESIDING IN TEXAS.
Visit: www.ircot.com
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