From : Roy Beck <ImmigrationInfo@numbersusa.com>
Sent : Thursday, April 6, 2006 2:15 PM

Subject : PHONE NOW .... new amnesty votes TODAY

| | | Inbox



From: Roy Beck, President, NumbersUSA
Date: Thursday 6APR06 9:45 a.m. EDT


GOP thinks it can pass an amnesty with new compromise bill ... Amnesty votes all day today

PHONE CALLS TO DC AND LOCAL OFFICES NEEDED THIS VERY MINUTE

"Cloture" vote on the Specter Judiciary Committee amnesty bill is due at 10:30 a.m. EDT. They need 60 votes to prevent a filibuster and to go on for a vote on this amnesty (which is essentially the disastrous McCain/Kennedy bill). That vote would need only 51 votes if cloture passes.

You have been phoning, faxing and visiting Senators' office against the Judiciary Committee amnesty for weeks now. There still is hope that they can't get 60 votes for that. Democrats are the overwhelming majority of supporters for that amnesty.

BUT NOW SEN. HAGEL OF NEBRASKA AND SEN. MARTINEZ OF FLORIDA (both Republicans)have persuaded Majority Leader Frist (R-TN) to bring forth their amnesty "compromise" that they believe will get enough Republican votes to help the Democrats pass an amnesty.

IT IS THIS NEW HAGEL/MARTINEZ AMNESTY THAT YOU MUST OPPOSE TO YOUR REPUBLICAN SENATORS ALL MORNING!!!!!


Here is what we need from your phoning


Not much time for small details, just start phoning based on these general instructions:

1. When you call Democratic Senators (until you get my next Alert) pound them one last time that this is a blanket amnesty that makes illegal aliens wait for citizenship several years but which gives nearly all 12-20 million illegal aliens IMMEDIATE legal residency and the beginning of their permanent stay in the U.S. If they vote for cloture on the Specter Judiciary Committee bill, they will face voters the rest of their lives having to try to talk away why they are blanket amnesty supporters of illegal immigration.

2. When you call Republican Senators, you will want to stress the same points as in #1 but constantly refer to a vote FOR cloture as being a vote to help Ted Kennedy and the Democrats pass their "illegal alien mass amnesty citizenship bill."

But you will also want to tell them very briefly that you totally oppose the Hagel/Martinez Republican amnesty. You can say that it is nice that they take the amnesty away from maybe 40% of illegal aliens, but that there is no justification for giving a sweeping citizenship amnesty to 60% of illegal aliens and that they will be tarred just as much as a pro-illegal alien amnesty senator by voting for half-an-amnesty as for a whole amnesty.


A few other comments for now


Our Jim Edwards just emailed me:

Here's the plan, Senate schedule-wise.

The 10:30 vote will be on cloture on Specter/Judiciary substitute. It's expected to fail. (But we must make sure by a half-hour of a barrage of phone calls.)

There's no timing determined on succeeding cloture votes. The next would be on Hagel/Martinez "substitute." The leadership expects to have to work to get enough votes for cloture. WE MUST DEFEAT THIS.

If both Specter and Hagel cloture motions fail, the next cloture vote would come sometime later (again, undetermined and needing arm twisting) on Frist's bill (which has no amnesty but retains the doubling of permanent worker green cards from 1 million to 2 million a year -- the same as the Judiciary and the Hagel/Martinez amnesties).


OUR ROSEMARY JENKS -- WHO IS HEADING INTO A BLOCKBUSTER HOUSE HEARING AT THIS MOMENT -- JUST EMAILED THIS TO ME AFTER LOOKING OVER THE DETAILS OF THE HAGEL/MARTINEZ BILL:

"Just when you think it can't get any worse, along comes Chuck Hagel. This is probably the worst bill I've ever seen -- and there have been some real doozies lately. It combines all the bad stuff from the committee-passed Specter bill with even more bad stuff, including H-2Bs. Truly amazing!

We need folks to start calling about this right away. The Senators who are up for reelection must be made to understand that they will lose if this thing ever sees the light of day."

OK, EVERYBODY, START CALLING.

I WILL BE SENDING UPDATES THROUGH THE DAY.

And don't forget that you can keep up with all developments simply by going to:

www.NumbersUSA.com

Our Hill staff will be updating that page several times an hour.

ROY

Rosemary

This may be a good time for you to make sure that you've let us know all of the areas you are interested in. In order to further customize the type of alerts you receive click here http://www.numbersusa.com/survey?action=longlist

As a NumbersUSA subscriber, you will receive occasional emails about immigration-related opportunities. If you want to increase or reduce the frequency of these emails, click here and choose from Total Activism, Moderate Activism, or Limited Activism at the bottom of your registration form: http://www.numbersusa.com/user

NumbersUSA - relies upon individuals like you to reach its goal of an environmentally sustainable and economically just America.




| | | | | Inbox

Get the latest updates from MSN
MSN Home | My MSN | Hotmail | Search | Shopping | Money | People & Chat
Feedback | Help
© 2006 Microsoft TERMS OF USE Advertise TRUSTe Approved Privacy Statement GetNetWise Anti-Spam Policy