Thread: NumbersUSa Update on no amnesty letter to Pelosi -imp.

From: Roy Beck, President, NumbersUSA
Date: Thursday 29MAR07 1:15 a.m. EDT


List of pledged NO AMNESTY signers -- If your Rep. not on list, PHONE today

"I am starting to get people calling me. YA’LL ROCK!"
-----Congressional Staffer, after getting new signatures for Pelosi letter an hour after you all got our Action Alert on Thursday afternoon to phone your U.S. Representative to sign the NO AMNESTY letter (YOUR PHONE CALLS AND FAXES WORK!!!)

"Some of my contacts have suggested that NumbersUSA try to space out some of its requests for calling/faxing."
-----A state immigration reform leader about almost daily Alerts from NumbersUSA

FRIENDS, WE HAVE TO ACT WHEN THE ACTION IS MOST NEEDED ...

... AND THAT IS NOW

I have dismal news from the Senate. (See below.) Today, Republican Senators need yet another round of calls.

First, click on this link to see all the U.S. Representatives who have now signed on to a letter to Speaker Pelosi urging her to oppose any attempt to pass an amnesty in the U.S. House. With Republicans caving in the Senate, we must build up 218 Republicans and Democrats in the House to stop this amnesty.

HERE ARE THE LETTER SIGNERS:
www.numbersusa.com/hottopic/pelosiletter.html

Our Online Content Manager, Mike Betsch, is updating this list regularly as additional Members sign the letter.

If your own Representative is not on the list of signers, follow the directions lower in this email for what to say when you call.

Capitol Switchboard
202-224-3121

We truly regret that at times we seem to be coming at you constantly with requests for action. This is one of those months.

But our battle is not one in which we have a lot of control over when the skirmishes happen. When the danger is high, we come to you for help. Even if twice a day.

It looks like the letter will be sent to Pelosi this weekend. So, your Representative has only a short time to be listed as a definite opponent of amnesty.


GOP SENATORS REACHED AN AMNESTY AGREEMENT?


After making your call to your Representative to sign the NO AMNESTY letter, please call Republican Senators from your state or a nearby state (especially the smaller states).

Senate staffers have informed us that the immigration negotiation meetings planned for Senators Thursday and Friday have been cancelled.

What does that mean?

That could mean that the White House and Republican Senators couldn't come to agreement.

But based on a number of indicators, it appears far more likely that the negotiating sessions were cancelled because the White House and at least 20 Republican Senators have come to an agreement on a "comprehensive" immigration bill they will all support. And they hope that it is close enough to the Kennedy amnesty that those 20-plus Republicans and all but a few Democrats can pass it.

Staffers of some of the Republican Senators you've called have been honest about their boss having no intention of supporting any kind of amnesty.

But it is pretty clear that while their staffers are pledging to you that it is impossible to think of their boss voting for an amnesty, their boss has in fact been part of the closed-door negotiations for this bill that seems all but guaranteed to have an amnesty.

I'll give you more on this dire situation later in the day.

I know that many of you are questioning if we are crying wolf -- and doing it too often. I hope that will prove true -- that the danger of further flooding this country with foreign labor is not nearly so great as we currently believe. But if so, I feel certain it will be because constituency pressure backed these Senators off their amnesty course.

Constituency pressure -- That would be YOU.


WHAT TO SAY ON THE PHONE TO HOUSE MEMBERS ABOUT THE LETTER


Be polite and quick with your call to the congressional office. Here are some of the points and questions you may ask:

1. Has Rep. xmxmx signed the letter to Speaker Pelosi urging opposition to any amnesties for illegal aliens?

2. (If the answer is "no" or "don't know," tell the staffer to get more information on the letter from Emily in Rep. Bilbray's office.)

3. Nobody in our District can have any assurance that Rep. xmxmxm will vote against an amnesty unless he/she signs this letter.

4. The news media and internet are filled with reports that a backroom agreement on an amnesty is right around the corner. If Rep. xmxmxm's name is not on that letter, I have to assume that he/she is staying favorable to this backroom amnesty deal.

5. NumbersUSA says everybody who signs the letter will see their amnesty grade rise on the Immigration Report Card.

Emphasize the urgency of getting the name on the letter before the weekend.
in this email:
1. What to say on phone when asking own Representative to sign NO AMNESTY letter

2. Open-Borders activists have designated Thursday as their national phone days. They are outnumbering us. Please counteract.

3. Text of letter to Speaker Pelosi
.
actions in brief:
1. Go to your Action Buffet and SEND FAX urging your Representative to sign NO AMNESTY letter to Pelosi.
NumbersUSA.com/actionbuffet

2. Phone your Representative and emphasize the importance of signing the NO AMNESTY letter to Pelosi this week.

202-224-3121

3. Phone your Senator and ask him/her to start a letter like the one in the House
.
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OPEN BORDERS CALLERS ARE HAMMERING
CONGRESSIONAL PHONE LINES TODAY


Today (Thursday) has been designated by the Open Borders groups as:

National Call In Day

They are concentrating their members' efforts to create an image of a huge national movement to pass the STRIVE Act -- the amnesty sponsored by Guttierez/Flake.

Alerts sent to Open Borders activists complain that you all have "INUNDATED" Congress "with Anti-Immigration Calls" ever since the Guttierez/Flake amnesty was announced.

So, after a week of overwhelming opposition calls to the amnesty, the congressional offices today have been hearing almost entirely from the pro-amnesty people -- and are slated to on Thursday, as well.

Starting now, and through the week, please make sure that your congressman's and senator's offices hear mostly from anti-amnesty constituents.

Call now.


TEXT OF 'NO AMNESTY' LETTER TO SPEAKER PELOSI


The Honorable Nancy Pelosi
Speaker
U.S. House of Representatives
Office of the Speaker
H-232, US Capitol
Washington, DC 20515

Dear Speaker Pelosi:

We are Democratic and Republican Members who are united in asking you not to bring amnesty legislation to the House floor.

Citizenship is the greatest honor and responsibility our country can offer. Millions of people around the world play by the rules, obey the law, and often wait years for the opportunity to legally immigrate.

When Congress granted permanent residence to millions of illegal immigrants in 1986, we required them to wait, pay a fine, and “learn” English. The result was legally and publicly recognized as amnesty.

Amnesty hurts vulnerable American workers, burdens American taxpayers, and rewards lawbreakers. It encourages more illegal immigration. And it tells all those who have patiently waited abroad for their turn to come to the United States that they are foolish.

The United States has the most generous legal immigration system in the world. We should take the side of American workers and taxpayers, legal immigrants and the rule of law. Please oppose any effort to put illegal immigrants on the path to amnesty.


Sincerely,

Signers of No-Amnesty Letter
to House Speaker Pelosi

Aderholt, Robert (R-AL)
LoBiondo, Frank (R-NJ)
Akin, Todd (R-MO) Lucas, Frank (R-OK)
Alexander, Lamar (R-TN)
Lungren, Dan (R-CA)
Bachus, Spencer (R-AL)
Manzullo, Donald (R-IL)
Baker, Richard (R-LA)
Bilbray, Brian (R-CA)
Boozman, John (R-AR)
Boyda, Nancy (D-KS)
Brown, Henry (R-SC)
Brown-Waite, Virginia (R-FL)
Buchanan, Vern (R-FL)
Burgess, Michael (R-TX)
Burton, Dan (R-IN)
Campbell, John (R-CA)
Cantor, Eric (R-VA)
Carter, John (R-TX)
Chabot, Steve (R-OH)
Cubin, Barbara (R-WY)
Culberson, John (R-TX)
Davis, David (R-TN)
Deal, Nathan (R-GA)
Drake, Thelma (R-VA)
Duncan, John (R-TN)
Feeney, Tom (R-FL)
Forbes, Randy (R-VA)
Foxx, Virginia (R-NC)
Franks, Trent (R-AZ)
Gallegly, Elton (R-CA)
Garrett, Scott (R-NJ)
Gingrey, Phil (R-GA)
Goode, Virgil (R-VA)
Goodlatte, Robert (R-VA)
Graves, Sam (R-MO)
Hunter, Duncan (R-CA)
Issa, Darrell (R-CA)
Johnson, Sam (R-TX)
Jordan, Jim (R-OH)
Keller, Ric (R-FL)
King, Steve (R-IA)
LaTourette, Steven (R-OH)
Marchant, Kenny (R-TX)
Marshall, Jim (D-GA)
McCaul, Michael (R-TX)
Mica, John (R-FL)
Miller, Gary (R-CA)
Brown-Waite, Virginia (R-FL)
Miller, Jeff (R-FL)
Musgrave, Marilyn (R-CO)
BurMyrick, Sue (R-NC)
Paul, Ron (R-TX)
Platts, Todd (R-PA)
Poe, Ted (R-TX)
Price, Tom (R-GA)
Rehberg, Dennis (R-MT)
Rogers, Harold (R-KY)
Rohrabacher, Dana (R-CA)
Royce, Ed (R-CA)
Saxton, Jim (R-NJ)
Sensenbrenner, James (R-WI)
Sessions, Jeff (R-AL)
Shays, Christopher (R-CT)
Simpson, Mike (R-ID)
Smith, Lamar (R-TX)
Sullivan, John (R-OK)
Tancredo, Tom (R-Co}
Wilson, Joe (R-SC)

Freshman Democrats:

Boyda, Nancy {D-Ks}

Freshman Republicans:

Buchanan, Vern (R-FL)
Davis, David (R-TN)
Jordan, Jim (R-OH)

two democrat, Boyda, Nancy (D-KS) name is twice on the list. Good for her for being on America's side.

The Enemy is now 36.



H.R.1645
Title: To provide for comprehensive immigration reform, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. [IL-4] (introduced 3/22/2007) Cosponsors (36)
Latest Major Action: 3/22/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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COSPONSORS(36), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]: (Sort: by date)
Rep Baca, Joe [CA-43] - 3/22/2007 Rep Becerra, Xavier [CA-31] - 3/22/2007
Rep Cardoza, Dennis A. [CA-18] - 3/22/2007 Rep Crowley, Joseph [NY-7] - 3/22/2007
Rep Cuellar, Henry [TX-28] - 3/22/2007 Rep Davis, Danny K. [IL-7] - 3/28/2007
Rep Diaz-Balart, Lincoln [FL-21] - 3/22/2007 Rep Diaz-Balart, Mario [FL-25] - 3/22/2007
Rep Ellison, Keith [MN-5] - 3/28/2007 Rep Emanuel, Rahm [IL-5] - 3/22/2007
Rep Flake, Jeff [AZ-6] - 3/22/2007 Rep Fortuno, Luis G. [PR] - 3/22/2007
Rep Giffords, Gabrielle [AZ-8] - 3/22/2007 Rep Gonzalez, Charles A. [TX-20] - 3/22/2007
Rep Grijalva, Raul M. [AZ-7] - 3/22/2007 Rep Hastings, Alcee L. [FL-23] - 3/28/2007
Rep Hinojosa, Ruben [TX-15] - 3/22/2007 Rep Honda, Michael M. [CA-15] - 3/26/2007
Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] - 3/22/2007 Rep LaHood, Ray [IL-18] - 3/22/2007
Rep McGovern, James P. [MA-3] - 3/28/2007 Rep Napolitano, Grace F. [CA-38] - 3/22/2007
Rep Ortiz, Solomon P. [TX-27] - 3/22/2007 Rep Pastor, Ed [AZ-4] - 3/22/2007
Rep Radanovich, George [CA-19] - 3/22/2007 Rep Reyes, Silvestre [TX-16] - 3/22/2007
Rep Rodriguez, Ciro D. [TX-23] - 3/22/2007 Rep Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [FL-18] - 3/22/2007
Rep Roybal-Allard, Lucille [CA-34] - 3/22/2007 Rep Salazar, John T. [CO-3] - 3/22/2007
Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL-9] - 3/22/2007 Rep Serrano, Jose E. [NY-16] - 3/22/2007
Rep Sires, Albio [NJ-13] - 3/22/2007 Rep Solis, Hilda L. [CA-32] - 3/22/2007
Rep Velazquez, Nydia M. [NY-12] - 3/26/2007 Rep Weiner, Anthony D. [NY-9] -

Where's all the so-called Blue Dog Democrat signatures? Why in the heck hasn't Rep. Heath Shuler (D-NC) signed the letter?

Man the phones again today!