Thread: AG JOBS AMNESTY BEING DEBATED NOW!!!!PLEASE TAKE ACTION!

HR 2419 is being debated now on CSPAN 2 . Please take action and CALL FAX AND EMAIL!!! THIS MUST BE STOPPED!!!!

H.R. 2419 is being debated, Numbers USA reports that Leader Reid has promised to attempt to attach the AgJOBS amnesty for illegal farmworkers to the farm bill during floor consideration. Despite the pleas of some open borders senators to forgo debate of additional amnesties this year, it appears another major Senate battle may be in the works as early as next week. CongressDaily reported this morning that although Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) supports "resolving immigration problems," he will "resist" efforts to add AgJOBS to the farm bill.

By and large, this is the same AgJOBS amnesty proposed last year, which, if enacted, would reward an estimated 1.5 million illegal aliens with amnesty (plus their spouses and children which could push the total to three million or more). This measure also would provide amnesty for employers who broke the law by hiring illegal aliens. Pro-amnesty advocacy groups are telling their members that Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) have promised them that AgJOBS will be attached to the farm bill this fall and be signed into law.

The Federal government offers the H-2A visa which allows farmers to import unlimited numbers of foreign agricultural workers for specific short-term work. Those complaining growers mostly bypass the H-2A visa program because they would have to pay an almost acceptable wage under the program, whereas wages for illegal aliens are far less.

Occasionally, a news story about "rotting crops" mentions that H-2A workers are available, but quotes growers as saying that going through legal channels of immigration is too cumbersome. NumbersUSA has worked with some of the most pro-farmer Members of Congress to streamline the H-2A program, make it faster, more dependable and remove a few somewhat outdated requirements. However, the farm group lobbyists have failed to support reforms and, instead, have put all their efforts into an amnesty for the illegal workers their clients already are hiring.


Call your senators to urge them to oppose an AgJOBS amnesty amendment on the farm bill: 202-224-3121.

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ALIPAC ACTION THREAD: http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-88376.html

PLEASE CALL AND LET THEM KNOW THAT NO MEANS NO!!!!!THIS ANOTHER BATTLE WE MUST WIN !!! FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION!!!!

Thanks April. I'm on it!

Originally Posted by butterbean

Thanks April. I'm on it!

Thank you butterbean!!

UNITED WE STAND PATRIOTS!!! TOGETHER WE CAN DO THIS!!!!

Thanks for the heads up, Aoril. I will call again.

Originally Posted by fedupDeb

Thanks for the heads up, Aoril. I will call again.

You're welcome!

Thank you DEB and EVERYONE who is calling , faxing and emailing! I know it gets tiresome doing this over and over, however your dedication is awesome and has paid off with win after win!!!! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!

I am on it and calling again also. To much is not enough.

Don't forget to check in with NumbersUSA. I had a new fax concerning AgJOBS on my board. The fax was sent to Sen. Burr & Sen. Dole.

Originally Posted by MW

Don't forget to check in with NumbersUSA. I had a new fax concerning AgJOBS on my board. The fax was sent to Sen. Burr & Sen. Dole.

Thanks MW! Will do! Please everyone use ALL avenues available to fight against this!

HERE ARE SITES TO SEND FREE FAXES AND EMAILS FROM:

http://capwiz.com/caps/dbq/officials/

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/home/

http://numbersusa.com/index

http://www.outsourcecongress.org/outsou ... ffers.html

Sorry, folks I think my ISP is causing me some connection grief.

(Woulda been here sooner if it weren't for that).

Anyway, I here, I'll help.