Thread: TEXAS: YOUR VOICES NEEDED NOW - IMMIG. BILLS NEED HEARINGS!

From: Immigration Reform Coalition of Texas (IRCOT)
Subject: Your Voice Needed Now - TX Immigration Bills Need Hearings
Date: 3/24/2009 2:23:15 P.M. Pacific Standard Time
From: action@ircot.com

IRCOT ACTION ALERT - 3/24/09

PRESSURE NEEDED TO PUSH BILLS

81st Legislative Session
http://www.ircot.com

TEXAS HOUSE & SENATE COMMITTEE CHAIRS MUST HEAR YOUR VOICES LOUD & CLEAR

CITIZENS NEED TO DEMAND PUBLIC HEARINGS ON VITAL IMMIGRATION BILLS NOW

Two (2) EXTREMELY important bills were assigned to the Senate Transportation & Homeland Security Committee. Senator John Carona (R-Dallas) serves at the committee Chair. We have received a favorable opinion from the Texas Attorney General on both of the following bills which is a HUGE plus for our side. Now the challenge is to get them scheduled for a hearing and have them voted "favorably" out of committee.

WE NEED YOUR HELP TO PASS MUCH NEEDED LEGISLATION THIS SESSION!

PLEASE CONTACT SENATOR CARONA AND REQUEST (IN A POLITE BUT FIRM TONE) SPEEDY AND FAIR HEARINGS ON THE FOLLOWING BILLS:

SENATE - TRANSPORTATION & HOMELAND SECURITY:
Carona, John, Chair (R)
Phone (512) 463-0067; Fax (512) 463-9997
E-Mail committee contact: adam.burklund_sc@senate.state.tx.us

SB 357 - PATRICK, DAN (R) - relating to the suspension of certainlicenses held by employers for the knowing employment of persons notlawfully present in the U.S.

SB 358 - PATRICK, DAN (R) - relating to the enforcement of state &federal laws governing immigration by certain governmental entities(i.e., "sanctuary city" policies).

UNFORTUNATELY, A BIGGER BATTLE LOOMS IN THE HOUSE STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE (where our bills were sent to ROT last session).

Once again, most of our important immigration bills were sent to the Texas House State Affairs Committee by Speaker Straus. He appointed his supporter, Rep. Burt Solomons (R-Carrollton) as Chair of that powerful committee.

It seems Rep. Solomons is a little confused as to just how IMPORTANT this issue is to U.S. CITIZENS residing in Texas -- the people he was elected to serve and protect.

To add insult to injury, Rep. Solomons introduced HB 3949 - relating to the requirement that applicants for certain licenses be eligible for employment in the U.S. Then he got it assigned to his own State Affairs Committee.

AMAZINGLY..... on page 2 of Solomons' bill, an EXCEPTION is made for "...an applicant for a horse or greyhound license... ." Interesting.... Speaker Joe Straus' family is involved in the horse racing business in San Antonio, TX.

It seems some committee Chairs have made it their mission to see that important immigration bills DIE again in committees by not giving them SPEEDY & FAIR hearings. Some( it seems) would rather leave the gates wide open, robbing CITIZENS (residing in Texas) of not only much need jobs -- but also their safety and security.

WHAT CAN YOU DO TO END THIS MADNESS??

PLEASE ACT NOW!

CALL, FAX, EMAIL Chairman Solomons & forward this alert to all your Texas contacts asking them to do the same.

Rep. Burt Solomons (R-Carrollton)
Chairman, House State Affairs Committee
Phone: 512-463-0814 (Committee Office)

Send a Free Fax (service provided by our friends at the Peter Morrison Report):

http://www.morrisonreport.com/fax_test/ ... p?faxID=73

OR via e-mail to Solomons at: burt.solomons@house.state.tx.us

Tell him to give the following bills (listed in priority) a SPEEDY and FAIR hearing. Let him know that you want them voted "favorably" out of his committee:

HB 266 - BERMAN, LEO (R) - regulating the provision of benefits & services to, and verification of employment status of, immigrants and to enforcing laws relating to immigrants; providing civil & criminal penalties

HB 276 - ZERWAS, JOHN (R) - requiring that state agencies report the cost of services and benefits provided to unlawful immigrants

HB 404 - HARLESS, PATRICIA (R) - relating to the enforcement of state & federal laws governing immigration by certain governmental entities (i.e., "sanctuary city" policies)

HB 658 - JACKSON, JIM (R) - relating to requiring governmental entities to participate in the federal E-Verify work authorization program

HB 1061 - JACKSON, JIM (R) - relating to the requirement of citizenship or unlawful presence in the U.S. for issuance or renewal of certain occupational licenses, driver's licenses, identification cards.

HB 622 - HARLESS, PATRICIA (R) - relating to the suspension of certain licenses held by employers for the knowing employment of persons not lawfully present in the U.S.

THEN....... Call Solomons at: 512-463-0478 (Rep. Office)

Tell him "NO" to his HB 3949!

Finally, urge your Representatives to support the above listed bills as well. Contact information can be found here: http://www.ircot.com/urgent_action.htm

WE NEED YOUR HELP TO SAVE TEXAS....THANKS FOR BEING IN THE TRENCHES WITH US THIS SESSION!!


IRCOT CO-FOUNDING ORGANIZATIONS:
(Names listed in alphabetical order)
Central Texans for Secure Borders (CTSB) - Austin & Surrounding Areas
Citizens for Immigration Reform (CFIR) - Dallas/Ft. Worth
Texans for Immigration Reform (TFIR) - Houston

OUR SPECIAL FRIENDS AT:
Peter Morrison Report

IRCOT PARTNERS:
Texas Border Volunteers
Texas Minutemen
US Border Watch
Women on the Wall (US-TX)

THESE ORGANIZATIONS SHARE OUR VIEWS & GOALS ON IMMIGRATION REFORM:
ALIPAC
AMERICAN PATROL
FAIR
IRLI
JUDICIAL WATCH
NUMBERS USA

EAGLE FORUM
TEXAS EAGLE FORUM

CLICK HERE & CONTACT YOUR LEGISLATORS
(See Contact link given above)

Let them know that you expect them to pass legislation THIS SESSION which will protect Texas CITIZEN taxpayers from the increasing burden of providing services & benefits to illegal aliens FLOODING into Texas!

FINALLY.....
Contact the Speaker of the House, the Lt. Governor (President of the Senate), and Governor Perry.

Let them know that you expect them to do EVERYTHING possible to get MANY of the strong immigration bills which we support passed this session...period!

Lt. Governor
David Dewhurst
Phone: (512) 463-0001
Fax: (512) 463-0677
E-mail:
http://www.ltgov.state.tx.us/contact.php

Speaker of House
Joe Straus
Phone: (512) 463-1064
Fax (512) 463-1064
E-mail: Joe.Straus@house.state.tx.us
OR click Here
to fax FREE via the Peter Morrison Report
http://www.morrisonreport.com/fax_test/ ... p?faxID=21

Governor Rick Perry

E-mail Governor Perry
http://governor.state.tx.us/contact/contact.aspx

Phone: 1-800-843-5789 OR (512) 463-2000
Fax: (512) 463-1849

Mail: Office of the Governor
P.O. Box 12428 - Austin, TX 78711

[For additional information about these and other immigration bills before the Texas Legislature this session, please see "ALIPAC Activism and Focus Campaigns": Texas (2009) at
http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-147125.html ]


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Please take these steps to save Texas, since it is a gateway for illegal aliens headed to your state.

Thanks!

Dixie

I just did mine for the day