Thread: Urgent: email from NumbersUSA

Senators invited to meet with illegal aliens this afternoon to persuade them to vote amnesty Wed.

UPDATE

Open-borders Senators have plummeted to a new low in advocating amnesty by aiding, abetting and harboring a group of illegal aliens in our United States Capitol today!

Sen. Durbin (D-Ill.), Sen. Lugar (R-Ind.) and Sen. Hagel (R-Neb.) have invited Senators and their staffers to a meeting at 3 p.m. today to learn why they need to pass the DREAM Act amnesty on Wednesday.

Briefing the Senators in the Capitol will be:


"Several students who would benefit from the DREAM Act"

Angela Kelley, Director, Immigration Policy Center

Melissa Lazarin, Director of Education Policy, First Focus

Alfred Campos, Federal Lobbyist, National Education Association

Stephanie Grosser, Outreach & Program Coordinator, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society

Kevin Appleby, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops

In case that isn't clear enough, anybody who "would benefit from the DREAM Act" is an illegal alien.

Should anybody in the world hold back from trying to come here illegally now that they see that illegal aliens can hang around our Capitol itself with no fear of arrest -- and be embraced by our elected officials.

Last week, the Senate voted to protect Sanctuary Cities and their policies to shield illegal aliens. Today, some Senators apparently are declaring the Capitol an illegal-alien sanctuary!

We have now reached this point where the immigration lawlessness that has characterized the border for 20 years, that has suffocated our Southwestern states, south Florida and hundreds of neighborhoods across the country has now moved into the federal Capitol itself -- invited by U.S. Senators!!!

If you think the champions of anarchy have gone too far this time, pick up a phone over lunch and call your two U.S. Senators and demand that they commit to vote NO on cloture tomorrow on S. 2205.

PHONE SENATE SWITCHBOARD AT:
202-224-3121

You can get all the direct phone numbers (in D.C. and in the state) for your own two Senators at:

We should havev taken several poor Americans that will be effected by the DREAM ACT.

Americans were not invited.

quote="agrneydgrl"]We should havev taken several poor Americans that will be effected by the DREAM ACT.[/quote]

Originally Posted by agrneydgrl

We should havev taken several poor Americans that will be effected by the DREAM ACT.

They should have presented several students who are struggling to get through school. There is definitely another side to this story than the poor and deserving illegal immigrants.

I have a family member who is a college student. Her father is disabled. In her freshman year, she received a Pell Grant that paid about 90% of her college expenses. She worked part-time at Wal-Mart during her freshman year (as she must).

When she applied for the Pell Grant for her sophomore year she had to report her earnings at Wal-Mart. Her Pell Grant was cut $1800- and was not enough to cover her college expenses.

She had to come up with $1800 to supplement the Pell Grant. To do that she has to work more hours. If she works more hours she will earn more and by next year will lose the entire Pell Grant.

She is alreadly working as many hours as she can reasonably work and still attend classes. Her grandparents have made up the difference and will have to pay that much or more for the next three years depending on how much the grant is cut.

It is at this point, that students get in a catch-22 and drop out of school. With no sarcasm intended, I actually wonder if she obtained one of those false i.d.'s and claimed to be here illegally she would qualify for more assistance; perhaps from LaRaza.

If the U.S. Government has the ability to pay for education this student should have priority over people who are in the country illegally.