Thread: FAIR ALERT: AgJOBS Expected on the Senate Floor THIS WEEK!

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AgJOBS Expected on the Senate Floor THIS WEEK!
Call Your Senators Now!

Just a few days ago, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) released a revised version of her AgJOBS legislation. Senate staffers are telling FAIR that they now expect Senator Feinstein and Senator Larry Craig (R-ID) to offer the new language as an amendment to the Farm Bill (H.R.2419) scheduled for the Senate floor THIS WEEK. This is not a surprise to those who have been watching the Senate closely. For over a week now, amnesty advocates have said they intended to bring AgJOBS—another piece of the failed Bush-Kennedy amnesty bill—to the floor. There was some discussion in Capitol Hill newspapers that the downfall of the DREAM Act would discourage Senators Feinstein and Craig from moving forward, but at this point, our sources say all systems are go.

Please call your Senators TODAY and urge them to oppose AgJOBS!

The new version sent out by Senator Feinstein makes only cosmetic changes to a bill that grants amnesty to at least 1.5 million illegal aliens plus their families. For example, the new language includes what is commonly called a "trigger" mechanism, which requires that certain border security measures be taken before the amnesty program goes into effect. However, the trigger only prohibits the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from issuing green cards before the security measures have been completed; it DOES NOT delay the issuance of "blue cards" that grant illegal aliens legal status. Not only do blue cards give illegal aliens legal status, they provide work authorization, permission to travel internationally, and treatment in general as a green card holder. Thus, even the revised version of AgJOBS allows illegal aliens to file an application, receive immediate protection from deportation, and then receive a blue card with all the bells and whistles before DHS is ever required to complete one border security provision.

Please call your Senators TODAY and urge them to oppose AgJOBS!

Please call your Senators TODAY and ALL THIS WEEK and urge them to oppose AgJOBS. Tell them that you oppose rewarding illegal activity and catering to special business interests that want to import cheap labor. Remind them that the 1986 amnesty bill had a special agricultural amnesty almost identical to AgJOBS. The 1986 amnesty didn't work, and in fact, only made the illegal immigration crisis in America worse. Tell them you object to them following the same old, failed strategy.

Is this "Blue card" new? I don't think I have heard or remember anything about it. It seems like it would be even better than a green card without all of the checks required.??????????????

Cakers: Yes, the 'blue card' idea is new.

Basically, it represents the core vehicle by illegal persons would be given conditional legal residency.

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