Thread: Feinstein/Craig illegal alien farmworker measure jettisoned!

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Feinstein/Craig illegal alien farmworker measure “jettisoned

By Michelle Malkin • May 21, 2008 10:33 AM

Last night, I told you about the GOP letter to Harry Reid pressuring the Dems to strip the Feinstein/Craig illegal alien farmworker amnesty from the Iraq emergency supplemental appropriations bil.

Sometime in the wee hours of the morning, it happened:

President George W. Bush’s request to fund U.S. operations in Iraq and Afghanistan until his successor can take office hit a rocky patch in the Senate.

Democratic leaders were forced to jettison provisions to award work permits for immigrant farm labor and seasonal workers just hours after beginning debate Tuesday on legislation to add domestic programs to President Bush’s war request.

Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat, kept companion legislation to fund the war waiting in the wings in an attempt to gain leverage over the White House and Senate Republicans. But it was not at all clear that Reid’s strategy would work, given the Senate’s unwieldy rules.

At the same time, the White House renewed its veto threat, reminding everyone involved that the trouble-filled path to Senate passage is but one more step in an even more hard-to-figure battle.

Reid brought up the domestic add-ons in an unusual move designed to win their adoption — over opposition from the White House and GOP conservatives — before turning to legislation providing $165 billion (€106 billion) to conduct military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan into next spring….

…Reid has signaled he wants the non-war extras to get a vote before the war funding itself, but it’s a high-wire strategy.

“It is going to be extremely difficult for us to get from where we are today to completing this legislation,â€

Good news. Thanks for posting.

I have some sympathies for Feinsteins farming constituents. Right in her own backyard every year is the WorldAg Expo which has exhibits of technology and equipment from manufactueres from all over the world. It was held in Feb in Tulare, CA.
http://www.worldagexpo.com/
Here is another major manufacturer of agricultural equipment:
http://www.asa-lift.com/
We can do it!!!

Let's make sure we know exactly what has been removed. Maybe not all of it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vz9sYaLn ... re=related

I do feel we need to get some answers to US farmers that there are alternatives to much of their hand labor.

The WorldAg Expo is held every year in Tulare, CA
http://www.worldagexpo.com/

Originally Posted by Captainron

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vz9sYaLnFpU&feature=related

I do feel we need to get some answers to US farmers that there are alternatives to much of their hand labor.

The WorldAg Expo is held every year in Tulare, CA
http://www.worldagexpo.com/

Maybe they should look at the patent office to see what technology has been hijacked and tucked away to keep the illegal immigration business booming

On NumbersUSA home page now, as of 5/21/08 8:50am PT:

Reid Stripped Amnesty from Iraq Spending Bill But H-2B Increases Remain

(May 21) CongressDaily AM today reports that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) stripped the AgJOBS amnesty from the Iraq supplemental spending bill (H.R. 2642) last night as well as the increase in visas for employment-based permanent workers. Provisions to increase H-2B visas for unskilled seasonal workers remain in the bill. Please call your Senators to tell them to remove the H-2B visa increases as well, and to keep the AgJOBS amnesty and employment-based permanent worker increases off the bill.

Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121

The H-2B provisions still in the bill, which were sponsored by Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), would exempt from the annual cap of 66,000 any H-2B nonagricultural seasonal workers who were admitted during the previous three years. This could increase the annual number of H-2B workers to over 400,000 by FY 2011.