TEXAS -- THIS IS WHAT LAMAR SMITH'S BILL WOULD DO FOR YOUR STATE

MAKE SURE THIS TREMENDOUS BILL MOVES TO THE FLOOR OF THE U.S. HOUSE -- CONTACT YOUR JUDICIARY COMMITTEE MEMBER BEFORE THE COMMITTEE VOTE

Friends, look at the grid at the bottom of this email. It was prepared by NumbersUSA's staff and shows you the 30 ways that Chairman Lamar Smith's H.R. 2885 would ensure that only legal workers get payroll jobs in your state.

It will knock your socks off!!!! The Legal Workforce Act is that good. Everything in your state will change if it passes.

The Judiciary Committee begins "markup" of the bill tomorrow for a final vote to bring the bill the House floor.

In the history of the United States, there never has been a piece of legislation going through committee that would do so much to turn off the jobs magnet for illegal immigration and protect jobs for American workers.

Now, please do your part to help get this bill through committee in as close to its present form as possible.

Your state is represented on the Judiciary Committee by:

LOUIE GOHMERT (R-1): LONGVIEW, LUFKIN, NACOGDOCHES, MARSHALL, TYLER
202-225-3035

SHEILA JACKSON LEE (D-1, HOUSTON
202-225-3816

TED POE (R-2): KINGWOOD, BEAUMONT
202-225-6565

CHAIRMAN LAMAR SMITH (R-21): SAN ANTONIO, KERRVILLE
202-225-4236

You can also try the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121.

ACTION: Please PHONE at the number above and urge rapid and clean passage of H.R. 2885 in the Judiciary Committee markup.

If you are a constituent in the District of a Member of the Judiciary Committee you will find a fax to send at:
https://www.numbersusa.com/faxes?ID=13466

Among talking points are these:

Everybody talks about putting Americans back to work but few do anything. The Judiciary Committee can start putting hundreds of thousands of unemployed Americans back to work this year for virtually no cost by passing H.R. 2885.
Make H.R. 2885 the first jobs bill out of Congress this fall. Vote for the Legal Workforce Act in committee.
Pass H.R. 2885 in the Judiciary Committee and make sure that no veteran, no citizen and no legal immigrant is unemployed because an outlaw business is able to hire an illegal alien.
H.R. 2885 is legislation carefully crafted to get through the House and Senate and get the President's signature. It is not about grandstanding but about changing the law THIS FALL and starting to put millions of unemployed Americans back to work over the next three years.
The argument about what to do with 11 million illegal aliens can be done later. For now, though, let's make sure that none of them is taking a job from an American citizen or legal immigrant. Pass H.R. 2885.
H.R. 2885 is the most powerful bill ever to be considered in Congressional committee in terms of turning off the jobs magnet for illegal immigration and protecting jobs for American workers. It is a beautiful pro-American-worker piece of legislation as is. Please pass it in the Judiciary Committee.
You should probably make only one point. Consider whether you are calling a Republican or Democratic office in choosing what you will say.

What we need are hundreds of calls to each Member of the committee to make sure they know that lots of their constituents are watching and that this bill is really, really important to them. Don't assume that any of them are immune to trying to make changes in the bill that will endanger its eventual passage into law or seriously weaken it.

Now, look below at the comparison between what you have in your state right now to keep illegal aliens out and what would happen if H.R. 2885 passes. And pass the grid on to your friends.

You know how incredibly hard it has been to persuade your state legislature -- or governor -- to approve any enforcements (look at the middle column on the grid). It will only become MORE difficult to get state action in the future as more and more of your population is closely connected to immigration.

Let's take care of most of the needed enforcement in one swoop with this federal bill.

Sincerely,

ROY BECK, President, NumbersUSA



Update: September 14, 2011

TEXAS: What Immigration Enforcement Would Look Like With H.R. 2885 Enacted
COMPARE the current level of immigration enforcement (center column) in this state with what it would be if Congress enacts the Legal Workforce Act (H.R. 2885), sponsored by U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (in the right column). Send us questions and comments. (More explanations are below the chart.)
Mandating E-Verify for New Hires
Type of Enforcement Current Enforcement
(Under State & Federal Laws) With H.R. 2885 enacted
(State & Federal Enforcement)
Percent of all employers using E-Verify 3%
as of January 2011 100%
(after 2 years)
Mandate for Federal Agencies & Contractors YES
(by executive order, not by law) YES
(by law, after 6 months)
Mandate for State Government Workers NO
YES
(after 6 months)
Mandate for State Government Contractors NO
YES
(after 6 months)
Mandate for Local Government Workers NO
YES
(after 6 months)
Mandate for Local Government Contractors NO
YES
(after 6-24 months)
Mandate for Private Employers of 1,000+ NO
YES
(after 6 months)
Mandate for Private Employers of 250–999 NO
YES
(after 12 months)
Mandate for Private Employers of 20–249 NO
YES
(after 18 months)
Mandate For Private Employers of 1–19 NO
YES
(after 24 months)

Moving Current Illegal Workers Out of Jobs
Type of Enforcement Current Enforcement
(Under State & Federal Laws) With H.R. 2885 enacted
(State & Federal Enforcement)
Allow All Employers to Run All Existing Workers Through E-Verify NO
YES

Mandate for State & Local Governments to Run All Existing Employees Through E-Verify NO
YES

Mandate for State & Local Governments to Run Private Industry Existing Workers Through E-Verify If They Are Working on Government Contracts NO
YES

Mandate Federal "No-Match Letters" to Employers With Requirement to Fire Illegal-Alien Workers with Fictitious or Mismatched Social Security Numbers NO
YES

Mandate Federal Notification Letters to Identify and Fire Illegal-Alien Workers with Stolen Identities NO
YES


State & Local Enforcement Against Illegal Immigration
Type of Enforcement Current Enforcement
(Under State & Federal Laws) With H.R. 2885 enacted
(State & Federal Enforcement)
287(g) Agreements to arrest, detain, and turn illegal aliens over to federal authorities SOME
(Carrollton Police Department, Farmers Branch Police Department, Harris County Sheriff's Office) ALLOWED

Revoke business licenses, articles of incorporation, etc. of businesses that fail to comply with the federal E-Verify mandate "when and as required" to do so NO
ALLOWED

Workplace raids by state officials based on suspicion of hiring illegal aliens NO
NOT ALLOWED

Federal Support Center required to respond to state and local complaints about businesses suspected of employing illegal aliens NO
YES

Investigations and workplace raids of suspected employees using stolen or fraudulent documents NO
ALLOWED

Require state/local enforcement to determine legal status during legal contact and if there's reasonable cause to believe the individual may be in the country illegally NO
ALLOWED
(pending court challenge)
Anti-smuggling laws NO
ALLOWED

State anti-harboring laws NO
ALLOWED

State anti-sanctuary laws NO
ALLOWED

Prohibiting or regulating day labor sites NO
ALLOWED

Local zoning/overcrowding ordinances NO
ALLOWED

Deny in-state tuition to illegal aliens NO
ALLOWED

Deny public assistance/welfare to illegal aliens NO
ALLOWED






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THIS ALERT WAS SENT TO ME AND IS SPECIFIC TO TEXAS. I ASSUME OTHERS WERE SENT TO ALL STATES SPECIFIC TO THAT STATE. THERE ARE GRAPHS AND CHARTS THAT DID NOT COPY PROPERLY AND I DO NOT KNOW HOW TO MAKE THEM AS THEY WERE IN THE ORIGINAL EMAIL.. ONE NUMBER THAT I DID NOT SEE INCLUDED WAS THE NUMBER FOR THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMITTEE. IT IS 202-225-3951