Thread: Kay Bailey Hutchinson - NCLR email

Got this from Senator Hutchinson today:

Dear XXXXXX:

Thank you for contacting me regarding comprehensive immigration reform. I welcome your thoughts and comments on this issue.

Texas is a state that benefits from the contributions of legal immigrants, but it is also uniquely vulnerable to the dangers of illegal immigration. Since I was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1993, my principles have been clear and consistent: we must secure our borders while discouraging illegal behavior. As a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, I have worked to appropriate funds for border security, which includes new Border Patrol agents, Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigators, detention officers, and detention beds. We have ended catch and release and accelerated the deportation process.

I strongly supported provisions for an additional 3,000 Border Patrol agents in fiscal year (FY) 2008, bringing the total number of Border Patrol agents funded by Congress for FY08 to 17,819. FY08 funding also provides a $13 million increase above FY07 for Border Patrol vehicles and an additional $75 million above FY07 to expand detention transportation contracting. Yet more needs to be done to secure our borders, and I continue to seek additional emergency spending to immediately address this national security issue.

On May 9, 2007, Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid of Nevada introduced S. 1348, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007. Initially, the bill consisted of the same language from S. 2611, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006, which the Senate considered in 2006. On May 19, 2007, Senators Harry Reid and Ted Kennedy (D-MA) introduced a substitute amendment, S. AMDT. 1150, to the bill. The amendment replaced the original text of the bill with new language to be considered. The new language was negotiated over several months between the Bush Administration and a small group of senators.

The legislation addressed several key issues of comprehensive immigration reform. First, the bill concentrated on border enforcement by mandating the hiring, training, and deployment of 20,000 border patrol and immigration enforcement agents; the construction of 370 miles of border fencing; the completion of 300 miles of vehicle barriers; and, the deployment of 4 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. The bill also would have provided for 105 operational ground-based radar and camera towers on the southern border and authorized that 31,500 detention beds must be available so that apprehended aliens can be detained. All other provisions of the bill were contingent upon these security provisions first being met.

Second, the bill sought to strengthen workforce enforcement through the use of an electronic employment verification system (EEVS). When the EEVS was in place, the Administration predicted that within 18 months, illegal aliens would find it extremely difficult to gain any legitimate employment. Under the bill, illegal workers would not only have been subject to removal from the country but would have been permanently barred from any U.S. immigration program, and employers who knowingly hired illegal workers would have faced stiff penalties.

The bill aimed to overhaul the current U.S. immigration system by enacting a merit-based immigration system or “point system.â€

[quote="bigtex"]Got this from Senator Hutchinson today:

Dear XXXXXX:

Thank you for contacting me regarding comprehensive immigration reform. I welcome your thoughts and comments on this issue.

Texas is a state that benefits from the contributions of legal immigrants, but it is also uniquely vulnerable to the dangers of illegal immigration. Since I was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1993, my principles have been clear and consistent: we must secure our borders while discouraging illegal behavior. As a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, I have worked to appropriate funds for border security, which includes new Border Patrol agents, Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigators, detention officers, and detention beds. We have ended catch and release and accelerated the deportation process.

I strongly supported provisions for an additional 3,000 Border Patrol agents in fiscal year (FY) 2008, bringing the total number of Border Patrol agents funded by Congress for FY08 to 17,819. FY08 funding also provides a $13 million increase above FY07 for Border Patrol vehicles and an additional $75 million above FY07 to expand detention transportation contracting. Yet more needs to be done to secure our borders, and I continue to seek additional emergency spending to immediately address this national security issue.

On May 9, 2007, Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid of Nevada introduced S. 1348, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007. Initially, the bill consisted of the same language from S. 2611, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006, which the Senate considered in 2006. On May 19, 2007, Senators Harry Reid and Ted Kennedy (D-MA) introduced a substitute amendment, S. AMDT. 1150, to the bill. The amendment replaced the original text of the bill with new language to be considered. The new language was negotiated over several months between the Bush Administration and a small group of senators.

The legislation addressed several key issues of comprehensive immigration reform. First, the bill concentrated on border enforcement by mandating the hiring, training, and deployment of 20,000 border patrol and immigration enforcement agents; the construction of 370 miles of border fencing; the completion of 300 miles of vehicle barriers; and, the deployment of 4 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. The bill also would have provided for 105 operational ground-based radar and camera towers on the southern border and authorized that 31,500 detention beds must be available so that apprehended aliens can be detained. All other provisions of the bill were contingent upon these security provisions first being met.

Second, the bill sought to strengthen workforce enforcement through the use of an electronic employment verification system (EEVS). When the EEVS was in place, the Administration predicted that within 18 months, illegal aliens would find it extremely difficult to gain any legitimate employment. Under the bill, illegal workers would not only have been subject to removal from the country but would have been permanently barred from any U.S. immigration program, and employers who knowingly hired illegal workers would have faced stiff penalties.

The bill aimed to overhaul the current U.S. immigration system by enacting a merit-based immigration system or “point system.â€

Originally Posted by TexasBorn

The majority of the gutless politicians that I have seen to date give it nothing more than lip service while continuing to pander to the "Hispanic" element of our society. I for one am sick of it and won't take this soft shoe crap anymore.

This is one of our Republicans that needs to be replaced ASAP. Hutchinson is just as bad as having a Democrat. She is Texas' version of John McCain.

I don't know how in heck I got on the LaRaza mailing today list but take a look at this. Looks like LaRaza thinks they have Hutchinson in their back pocket.


Raise your voice now and ask Senator Hutchison to raise hers as well!

Dear XXXXXX:

Did you know your senator could be a key player in moving immigration reform forward this year?

In order for immigration reform legislation to be introduced in the Senate this year, the bill must be bipartisan and right now we need to see more Republican support. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison is one of those Republicans who, by showing her support, could make it happen.

Raise your voice now and ask Senator Hutchison to raise hers as well!

Texas, just like the rest of the country, needs comprehensive immigration reform. Today, nearly four million people in Texas are immigrants, and an estimated 1,450,000 immigrants in Texas are undocumented. They contribute not only to the state's diversity and economy, but also to its legacy as a welcoming environment for immigrants.

The immigration enforcement practices of the past administration, pursued to this day by the Obama administration, continue to tear Texas's families apart. Unprecedented numbers of immigrants are imprisoned in a network of detention centers across the country, and a greater number are deported on a daily basis. Worksite enforcement outside of a reformed immigration system has led to undocumented workers being fired through I-9 audits, affecting business owners and workers alike, as well as negatively impacting local economies that are already hurting from the state's budget crisis and 8.3% unemployment rate.

Sign this petition and show Senator Hutchison that Texas can wait no longer!

Sincerely,

Ellie Klerlein
Associate Director, National Campaigns

bigtex, it might be good that you got that email. that way when you get them, you can give it to us and we can know whats going on with the opposition

Originally Posted by jamesw62

bigtex, it might be good that you got that email. that way when you get them, you can give it to us and we can know whats going on with the opposition

You are right. You can bet everyone they get will be posted.

Thanks for the post BigTex. I have gotten the same form letter from her office. Hutchison needs to go. As long as she supports a "guest worker program" she supports amnesty. The only workers we need are American workers.

I did get a letter from my Rep Vicki Truitt last week that let me know she fully supports e-verify, and wants to take care of illegals with no guest worker program.

Originally Posted by DarthIllegal

Thanks for the post BigTex. I have gotten the same form letter from her office. Hutchison needs to go. As long as she supports a "guest worker program" she supports amnesty. The only workers we need are American workers.

I did get a letter from my Rep Vicki Truitt last week that let me know she fully supports e-verify, and wants to take care of illegals with no guest worker program.

what does she mean take care of illegals?

Originally Posted by jamesw62

Originally Posted by DarthIllegal

Thanks for the post BigTex. I have gotten the same form letter from her office. Hutchison needs to go. As long as she supports a "guest worker program" she supports amnesty. The only workers we need are American workers.

I did get a letter from my Rep Vicki Truitt last week that let me know she fully supports e-verify, and wants to take care of illegals with no guest worker program.

what does she mean take care of illegals?

I wish I still had the letter so I could quote it. Basically, she is for e-verify and any measure that would curb illegal immigration. She does not support comprehensive immigration reform. She sees the damage done to our state by illegal immigrants. Her office is in Southlake and I drive by it everyday so I am thinking about making an appointment to talk to her further about this. I just want to be clear, unlike Hutchison who supports both sides at the same time.

What a bunch of gobbledygook (sp?) ... well, you know what I mean ... that long letter blah blah blah and she didn't say a thing.

Here's the letter that every Senator and Representative needs to write:

Dear XXXXXXXX,

I represent the best interests of US citizens and the United States. I support enforcement of all existing laws including the right of local and state police agencies to enforce US immigration law. I support completing the physical fence on the border, E-verify and placing 20,000 troops on the Southern Border until all border crossings have stopped.

I also support repealing NAFTA, CAFTA and all other FTA's so the heads of those governments can't blame their illegal emigration to the US on the the effect of these treaties and so our companies will come home and employ Americans.

I wish our friends in other countries the very best in life, have sent all their governments a copy of the US Constitution and advised them to copy, adapt and adopt it, because if they want the better life we have here, then all they have to do is do what we did to have it.

Yours truly,

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