Thread: PLEASE HELP GET LONG-TERM E-VERIFY EXTENSION!!! URGENT!

Federation for American Immigration Reform Action Alert
One Last Chance to Include a Long-Term E-Verify Extension in the
Omnibus Appropriations Bill. Call Your Senators NOW!!

Late last night, Senate Leadership announced they would postpone a final vote on the Omnibus Appropriations Bill to allow more Republican amendments. FAIR has learned that one of these amendments may be Senator Sessions' Amendment reauthorizing E-Verify for five years. Please call your Senators now and tell them to support this amendment!

All week, the Senate has been debating a $410 billion Omnibus Appropriations bill (H.R. 1105) to fund the federal government until September 30, 2009. While the bill contains a short-term, six-month extension of E-Verify, true immigration reformers want a long-term extension of the program to keep it from being used as a political football. Senator Sessions has introduced an amendment to the Omnibus bill (#604) that would extend the program five more years until September 2014. On Thursday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) asked to pull up the Sessions' Amendment for debate. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), however, blocked the amendment. This is the fourth time in four weeks Senator Reid has blocked a long-term extension of E-Verify.

While this appeared to be a setback, our friends in the Senate did not give up. Republican Leadership continued to demand more votes on amendments, and on Thursday night — not having enough votes to end debate (cloture) — Senator Reid finally agreed to allow Repubicans to offer additional amendments. WE BELIEVE THAT THE SESSIONS E-VERIFY AMENDMENT WILL BE ON THIS LIST!

Please call your Senators IMMEDIATELY and tell them:

1. You demand that the Senate allow a vote on Senator Sessions' E-Verify Amendment reauthorizing E-Verify for five years (Amendment #604);
2. Tell them E-Verify is a critical program that protects American jobs by ensuring that employers hire only workers authorized to work in the U.S.;
3. You insist that your Senators vote in favor of the Sessions' Amendment; and
4. You will not be fooled by a mere six-month extension of the program. E-Verify, already used by over 100,000 employers, has been proven effective and deserves long-term (if not permanent) reauthorization. It does not deserve to be held hostage to amnesty legislation.

There is no time to waste! The Senate will likely hold a final vote on the Omnibus Appropriations Bill late Monday evening. That gives us only a few days to make a difference.

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I have called! Got thru to Bob Etheridge, and Richard Burr. Kay Hagah's voice mail is full, as usual!

i've called and also sent emails too. if we can get through by fax, email and phone we can bombard them on all sides and let them know how vital it is in the state of this economy to be certain that all jobs are going to legal citizens of this country!