We need all of our volunteers to send 60 emails and make 60 calls to the NC Senate as soon as possible asking them to please pass this bill HB 1942 before adjourning session.

All of the Senators phone numbers and emails are at

http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/members/ ... ber=Senate

I have to run over to the building. Please help me by getting things fired up! We also need callers to call all NC talk radio shows asap and give the public a heads up about this.

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This is great news! We are not out of the woods yet. Wed will be a very important day.

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House approves bill barring illegal immigrants from state work

The Associated Press


RALEIGH, N.C. | The House overwhelmingly endorsed a bill Tuesday that would force state agencies to determine the legal status of all new employees, but the action late in the legislative term makes it a longshot the bill will become law.

The proposal approved 107-2 would require the personal information of all new state employees to be screened through a U.S. Department of Homeland Security identity check.

"The state should lead the way to show that the people employed in North Carolina are actually eligible for employment," said Rep. George Cleveland, R-Onslow, the bill's sponsor.

North Carolina has a population of about 400,000 undocumented workers, according to the Washington-based Pew Hispanic Center, a nonpartisan research organization.

But with lawmakers pushing to finish the Legislature's annual session by as early as Thursday, Cleveland's measure faces a daunting road to passage. It will likely see a second House floor vote Wednesday. The Senate would then have to receive the bill, pass it through committee and approve it. Both chambers would then compromise on any differences before sending it to the governor for his approval.

Rep. Paul Luebke was one of two representatives to oppose the measure. He questioned why agencies would receive no money from the bill, even though it requires the new verification process.

"We don't need to be rushing forward with a bill like this," said Luebke, D-Durham.

http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs ... /607250983