Thread: Emergency: Immig. Subcommittee Votes Today on Foreign Worker

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Emergency: Immigration Subcommittee Votes Today on Foreign Worker Importation Bill

Thursday, July 31, 2008, 11:46 AM

Today, the Immigration Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee will vote on a bill (H.R.5882) that would create more than 500,000 permanent visas for foreign workers. These are simple "skilled" visas, where an individual doesn't need any specialized training or education. As such, the legislation would keep a half-million Americans out of work. H.R 5882 mirrors the changes that Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) is seeking in exchange for his “holdâ€

Thanks Populist. Will do.

...And the 9% club just won't quit, will they????

Will do!

Will do!

Here's another view of the list of Congress critters from above.

In this listing, I have bolded the 'good guys'. Regular text - assume they are unfriendly.

Howard Berman (D-Calif.),
Artur Davis (D-Ala.),
Bill Delahunt (D-Mass.),
Keith Ellison (D-Minn.),
Randy Forbes (R-Va.),
Elton Gallegly (R-Calif.),
Louie Gohmert (R-Tex.),
Robert Goodlatte (R-Va.),
Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.),
Shelia Jackson-Lee (D-Tex.),
Steve King (R-Iowa),
Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.),
Dan Lungren (R-Calif.),
Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.),
Maxine Waters (D-Calif.),
Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.)

You know, it's really amazing for these guys to go to bat for more foreign worker visas when Americans are losing jobs in record or near-record numbers. Now we know why their popularity is skidding around the 10% level eh?

Thanks...will do now.

I just finished making the calls.

BTTT

PhredE wrote:

In this listing, I have bolded the 'good guys'. Regular text - assume they are unfriendly.

Howard Berman (D-Calif.),
Artur Davis (D-Ala.),
Bill Delahunt (D-Mass.),
Keith Ellison (D-Minn.),
Randy Forbes (R-Va.),
Elton Gallegly (R-Calif.),
Louie Gohmert (R-Tex.),
Robert Goodlatte (R-Va.),
Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.),
Shelia Jackson-Lee (D-Tex.),
Steve King (R-Iowa),
Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.),
Dan Lungren (R-Calif.),
Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.),
Maxine Waters (D-Calif.),
Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.)

Wow, we're seriously outnumbered! I hate to be pessimistic, but this doesn't look good folks. Well, if it makes it out of committee, we'll take our fight to the U.S. House of Representatives.