Hello Sally Baptiste: I changed the title of your e-mail from More Discrimination Against Americans!! to More Discrimination Against Hard-Working Immigrants!! to demonstrate how is REALLY being discriminated against.
You may view more about my pro-immigration and pro free-market views by going to the following hyperlinks: 1) RE: "Buy American" is UN-American - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SemCountyLibs/message/2126 2) Americans Against the American Dream: To Be Anti-Immigration Is to Be Anti-America - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SemCountyLibs/message/2122 3) "Buy American" is UN-American - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SemCountyLibs/message/2105 4) The Case for Open Immigration Policy : Down with Xenophobia! - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SemCountyLibs/message/2070 I am glad you sent me this e-mail. I will be sending communication in support of ALL these pro-immigration bills before Congress. I shall now comment on each one of them. > 1) H.R. 5882 -- gives green cards to 550,000 foreign workers and their > extended families. > The bill, is H.R. 5882: "To recapture > employment-based immigrant visas lost to bureaucratic delays and to prevent > losses of family- and employment-based immigrant visas in the future." You may view information about this bill by going to the http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_5882.html hyperlink. According to the hyperlink, this bill: 1) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish the fiscal year worldwide level of employment-based immigrants at 140,000 plus: (1) the previous year's unused visas; and (2) the number of unused visas from FY2002-FY2007. 2) Establishes the fiscal year worldwide level of family-sponsored immigrants at 480,000 minus the number of certain aliens not subject to direct numerical limitations plus: (1) the previous year's unused visas; and (2) the number of unused visas from FY2002-FY2007. (States that such annual level shall not be less than 226,000.)] This is a good bill. I support it because it is in alignment with freedom of association between foreign employees and employers. Below are some more comments from the http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_5882.html hyperlink expressing praise for this much needed bill: 1) This is the real problem for H-1B worker. There is only 140,000 EB-Base visa/year but it has a lot of unused number left every year. On another hand, EB-base visa is backlog to 3,5,7 years. Even the H-1B CAP increase to 195,000/year, the EB-base Visa number is 140,000/year or less, What will be the final solution for those H-1B works? And how about 29-month OPT students? This bill make sure 140,000 visa number will be all used for the right workers. So it is great! 2) Yes, this is definitely great news. I am a registered nurse and have worked really hard to pass all the needed exams to become a registered nurse and to pass the English test, and now me and my family is in uncertain situation because of all these delays, in fact all our life suspended and depends on the outcome of the debates. Besides, I am affraid that my test results may become out-of date due to the delay of my immigration to the USA. So, I will be praying for the success of this bill!!! 3) to h1b worker, let us be optomistic about this, let's look forward for the passing of this bill and support the uscis who are doing all the best they can to meet the needs of the US citizen. they increased the number of their employees for the past few months just to deal with it and let's hope they will work faster now so that visas will not be wasted. let us pray and support this bill!!! 4) This is one of the best solutions that the house and the congress can do immediately for the broken immigration system of the US. Best wish the bill can pass ASAP!!! So... this bill does not really increase the number of legal immigrants that are allowed to be here. It merely allows the use of those unused visas. > 2) H.R. 5924 -- lifts the cap for foreign nurses and therapists until 2011. You can read about this bill by going to the http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_5924.html hyperlink. The real thing this bill does, as stated in the hyperlink is: It would provide relief for the shortage of nurses in the United States. It is common knowledge that this nation suffers from a nursing shortage. That means less nurses to attend to sick people. So, you, the consummate xenophobe, wish to go against this bill that would relieve our nursing shortage here in the United States. That makes little sense. I will now show more comments from the http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_5924.html hyperlink: 1) There are thousands of new foreign graduates from US qualified Nursing programs every year holding RN licenses, but cannot legally work after OPT expired due to such backlog. They will have to leave US if there is no available visa number even they graduated from US nursing schools, passed all the exams, held valid RN licenses and obtained one year OPT experience in US hospitals. This bill will help them working in the US. NOTE: So, without this bill being passed, many qualified individuals will not be able to work as nurses here in the United States merely because they are foreigners. 2) It is time for a bill like this to be passed by the government. This country is in dire straits due to the huge shortage of nurses. The nurse to patient ratio in many hospitals is 1:6 and this is very unsafe for patients. We need more nurses and we should all support this bill together. NOTE: If the xenophobes have their way, I guess we will be having many sick people in hospitals without the needed care of a nurse. So much for compassion from the xenophobes. > 3) H.R. 5950 -- would require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to > give full medical and mental health care to all immigration alien detainees > in DHS custody. In see... so now illegal immigrants - whose only crime is that they come here to work - are not only subjected to the inhumane treatment of being hered like animals by the INS. But now... the xenophobes wish to not provide medical care to an illagl once in custody and against his/her will. I will support this bill. Perhaps if we have an open immigration policy, the need to even consider this bill would not even have taken place. > 4) H.R. 6020 -- would grant amnesty to illegal aliens who serve in the > military. It will also give > amnesty to their families. So... at a time when this nation is having troop shortages to help promote individual rights and liberties in the Middle East... and when we have individuals in the armed forces that are having to serve more time beyond there initial enlistement period.... and when such individuals are having to be sent back to do about 4 - 5 tours of duty.... you want to go ahead and not grant amnesty to an illegal alient who is willing to risk his/her life to this nation, the xenophobes wish to go ahead and not grant amnesty to such an individual. This makes little sense to me. We would not be having such a troop shortage had this nation gone ahead and simply open the armed forces to 100% foreigners and integrate them into the armed forces. At a time when we are facing troop shortages, this nation should be willing to open its armed forces to ANY qualified applicant - foreign or domestic - and grant AUTOMATIC green card stataus for that person and his/her family to enter the United States. What's funny is that the French Foreign Legion, which you may read about in the http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SemCountyLibs/message/677 hyperlink, is composed of more than 50% non-French individuals. Our armed forces have been having recruitment problems. What this shows is that this nation is relatively wealthy to the point where many US citizens will not want to take the risk of losing life or limb and thus will choose more attractive and less risky employment opportunities. This recruitment problem has an easy solution: Do what the French Foreign Legion does - accept job applicants that are NOT citizens or residents of the Armed Forces of that nation. The French Foreign Legion is a professional fighting force of the French government that is composed of more that 50% non-French individuals from over 100 countries. The French Foreign Legion has recruitment centers throughout France and every year individuals from all over the word who are not French citizens or residents flock to these recruitment centers to apply. Many wind up getting turned down. The interesting thing is that once you serve in the French Foreign Legion for 5 years, you are eligible to become a citizen of France! I think the United States should do a similar thing and start accepting non-US citizens and non-US residents into the Army and Marine Corps. Offering these individuals the chance for US citizenship after serving perhaps 2 to 4 years in the Army or Marine Corps, with some additional financial incentives, should solve the recruitment problems of the United States Army and Marine Corps. Many individuals throughout the world would JUMP at such an opportunity! But... the xenophobes would rather see a native American be re-cycled into multiple tours of duty into dangerous war-torm areas beyond the term of enlistment than to have to rely on 100% foreigners to meet our armed forces needs. I WILL definitely be contacting my elected officials in Congress, but I will be asking them to vote in favor of HR 5882, HR 5924, HR 5950 and HR 6020 for the reasons state above. Thank you once again for sending me this information..... Franklin Perez (No Party Affiliation) Florida State House Candidate (District 33) - Year 2008 Libertarian and Independent! Not Beholden to Party Politics! http://www.geocities.com/fperez1776 (407) 694-7805 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: More Discrimination Against Americans!! Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:42:06 +0000 * * * American Voter Alert * * * Once again Americans are being sold-out by the elected elite. Please read the following information on HR 5882, HR 5924, HR 5950 and HR 6020 and contact your elected elite in DC and oppose the discrimination of the American worker in America. Unemployment is climbing, cost of living is increasing, but the elected elite continute to import cheap labor to take American jobs away from Americans!! This is outrageous! The elected elite support corporate America and the various special interest groups over the American people. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE NO REPRESENTATION IN AMERICA!! To contact your lawmaker in the House of Representatives, call the U.S. Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121, provide the operator with your home zip code and they will connect you with his or her office. Thank you! Sally Baptiste NPA American Voter -------------- Forwarded Message: -------------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: massive worker visa bill possible this week Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:33:55 +0000 <<<<< JOB DESTRUCTION NEWSLETTER No. 1914 -- 9/10/2008 >>>>> Congress plans to hand out large numbers of employment based green cards by recapturing visas from previous years that were not issued. If the House passes the bill, as many as 550,000 workers could come into the U.S. as well as their families. The bill, is H.R. 5882: "To recapture employment-based immigrant visas lost to bureaucratic delays and to prevent losses of family- and employment-based immigrant visas in the future." OK, so here is the really bad news -- THE BILL COULD PASS AS EARLY AS TODAY! To read the bill go here: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-5882 Any and all of these awful pieces of immigration legislation will be up for consideration: 1) H.R. 5882 -- gives green cards to 550,000 foreign workers and their extended families. 2) H.R. 5924 -- lifts the cap for foreign nurses and therapists until 2011. 3) H.R. 5950 -- would require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to give full medical and mental health care to all immigration alien detainees in DHS custody. 4) H.R. 6020 -- would grant amnesty to illegal aliens who serve in the military. It will also give amnesty to their families. Three articles are included below. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ http://www.numbersusa.com/content/nusablog/beckr/september-7-2008/us-house-l eaders-plan-vote-big-foreign-w.html US House Leaders Plan Vote on Big Foreign Worker Increase This Week -- Despite 5-Year Unemployment High By Roy Beck, Sunday, September 7, 2008, 5:42 PM Here's another entry in the contest to find out whether many politicians are just stupid or are cynically evil: THE CRISIS: The feds announced last week that our official unemployment rate has soared to 6.1%, the highest since September 2003. THE CARING RESPONSE IN WORDS: Anticipating and reacting to the economic uncertainty in so many households, both Presidential Nominating Conventions were full of promises to help the beleaguered American worker. THE ACTUAL STAB IN THE BACK: But this week, we get to see what ACTIONS the politicians plan for us. First out of the blocks, the Democratic Leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives is responding this week by trying to shove through a bill -- H.R. 5882 -- which would provide about 550,000 permanent green cards to foreign workers next year. And those would be ABOVE the 1 million permanent green cards already planned! Folks, this is not just rhetoric. This is the House leadership trying to pass this bill to permanently give away hundreds of thousands more American jobs to foreign workers. Unless you make a phone call before Wednesday, this legislation is almost guaranteed to pass because it is backed by the richest, most powerful corporate lobbying interests in town, by the House Democratic leadership and by a large number of corporate-lobby-inspired Republicans. AMERICANS NEED JOBS -- NOT FOREIGN WORKERS Let's take a quick look at the employment statistics that don't seem to matter to Members of Congress who are pushing H.R. 5882: The official unemployment rate soared 0.4 percentage point to 6.1%, the highest since September 2003. The unemployment rate was under 5% as recently as February. Remember that the unemployment rate only measures those who are looking for work and can't find it. Millions more have just stopped looking. 342,000 jobs were simply eliminated throughout the economy last month. And the number of people officially looking for work and unable to find it rose by 592,000. Manufacturing firms cut 61,000 jobs, the biggest drop since July 2003. Construction employment was down by 8,000. Service-sector employment fell 27,000. Business and professional services companies shed 53,000 jobs--the seventh drop in eight months. Retail trade cut 19,900 payrolls, the ninth-straight decline. Even temporary employment fell by 36,900. With that kind of news, what kind of person would schedule a vote this week to offer an EXTRA 550,000 permanent green cards next year? Read on. REP. ZOE LOFGREN IS THE ENEMY OF UNEMPLOYED WORKERS There are so many Members of Congress who work primarily for the interests of the cheap-labor lobbyists, it is difficult to single out just one to be the face of all that is idiotic, cynical and callous about our immigration policies. But Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) gets to be that face this week. She is chair of the House immigration subcommittee. She long has served on that committee, doing the bidding of the corporations in her Silicon Valley District. But her decision to move H.R. 5882 through the Judiciary Committee is not just about getting more higher skilled foreign workers instead of hiring American tech workers. No, this time she's bringing in foreign workers to take nearly every kind of job in America. The only criteria really is that you have a couple of years experience in the type of job you would be taking from an American worker. These 550,000 extra greencards would be for engineers, health workers, construction workers, service workers, manufacturing workers -- well, they would go to foreign workers who do all the kinds of jobs that have been disappearing! If you -- or anybody you know -- works in any of these sectors, you had better act fast because Rep. Lofgren and her followers have every intention of giving away more of the declining number of jobs in your occupations. If there were any sanity or compassion for struggling American workers, Congress would not be considering increasing greencards but instead would be considering reducing the already high 1 million greencards a year to something more like the traditional average of just a quarter-million. Feel free to call Rep. Lofgren and express your opinion through the congressional switchboard at: 202-224-3121 You can also use that number to reach your own Representative and ask if he/she is aware of the insanity planned for the House Judiciary Committee this week. And be sure to check your Action Buffet corkboard for other actions you can take. FALSE PRETENSES FOR PUSHING H.R. 5882 Rep. Lofgren and other pushers of H.R. 5882 think they have come up with a really clever way to get around the general public opposition to immigration increases. Their gimmick is "Recapturing Unused Employer-Sponsored Visas." You see, the law was changed in 1990 to triple the number of employer-sponsored permanent immigrants each year. The upper limit was set at 140,000. In fact, the feds have violated that limit several times since 1990 and given away more than 140,000 of these greencards. But in some years, they also have issued fewer than 140,000. The cheap-labor lobbyists came up with the idea to "recapture" the greencards that weren't issued just in the years when the numbers fell below 140,000. First of all, the law is written so that "unused" visas in one category are figured into how greencards are given in another category the following year. By current law, there are NO "unused visas." But there is an even more important matter here. The cap was set at the extremely high level of 140,000. But, still, there is a cap. There is not a floor. That is, the feds can decide in any given year that it would not be good for American workers to give out all 140,000 permanent work visas. And the cap is there to keep businesses from getting so many foreign workers in a single year that they traumatize a whole section of American workers. The cheap-labor lobbyists claim there are 550,000 greencards that weren't given out during certain of the last 18 years and that they should be given that many extra foreign workers next year. Every Member of the House Judiciary Committee should be phoned and told that 592,000 additional Americans were thrown onto the official unemployment rolls last month (and that doesn't count the millions already unemployed), and that the 550,000 jobs that H.R. 5882 would give to foreign workers ought to go to the unemployed Americans. And please don't let the congressional staff tell you that these foreign workers are needed because unemployed Americans are looking for different kinds of jobs. These 550,000 greencards would go to virtually every kind of foreign worker. And virtually every kind American worker is losing jobs right now. ROY BECK is the founder and CEO of NumbersUSA. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ http://www.rightsidenews.com/200809091909/border-and-sovereignty/congress-to -resume-consideration-of-five-immigration-bills.html Congress to Resume Consideration of Five Immigration Bills September 9, 2008 FAIR With just over three weeks remaining in the 110th session of Congress, sources on the Hill note that Democratic leadership in both chambers will attempt passage of five immigration-related bills. The House Judiciary Committee will consider four bills, while the Senate will take up reauthorization of E-Verify - the online, electronically operated system that allows employers to check the work authorization status of their new hires. Legislation to be considered when the House Judiciary Committee meets this week includes: H.R. 5882; H.R. 5924; H.R. 5950; and H.R. 6020. H.R. 5882 would "recapture" visas that the State Department did not issue in fiscal years 1992 through 2007. (Gallery Watch, August 1, 2008) Ranking Member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security and International Law Steve King (R-IA) has called this measure "fatally flawed," pointing out that the total number of "recaptured" employment-based and family-sponsored visas would amount to more than 555,000. (Id.) H.R. 5924 addresses perceived worker shortages in nursing and therapy fields by lifting the cap on employment-based visas for physical therapists and nurses until 2011. Rep. King has also expressed opposition to this bill, arguing that it would only exacerbate a shortage of nurses in other countries. King has said that the nursing shortage in the United States can be attributed to a lack of teachers at the graduate nursing level, a problem that won't be solved by "throwing money at it." (Id.) H.R. 5950 would require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) "to establish procedures for the delivery of medical and mental health care to all immigration detainees in...DHS custody." (Congressional Research Service Summary, May 1, 2008) These procedures would be required to provide care that addresses "all detainee health needs." (Id.) H.R. 6020 would grant any person who served honorably as a member of the U.S. armed forces in certain "contingency operations" the opportunity to become a naturalized citizen. (See H.R. 6020; Congressional Research Service Summary, May 8, 2008) Sections 4 and 6 of the bill waive several inadmissibility standards for aliens who served or are serving honorably in the military. The waiver also extends to their families, including parents and siblings. This means that an illegal alien, with a family member in the military, would be eligible for lawful permanent resident status. The categories of admissibility waived include the likelihood of becoming a public charge, entering the U.S. illegally for employment, entering the U.S. without permission, and presence in the U.S. without proper documentation. (H.R. 6020, Sec. 4(c) and Sec. 6(d)) The American Legion, which has expressed opposition to the bill, testified in May: "This would seem to reward law breakers and - possibly - illegal immigrants with a short cut to citizenship that is nothing less than an official pardon for illegal acts: an amnesty." (Testimony to Congress, May 20, 2008) On the Senate side, Congressional Quarterly (CQ) has reported that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is expected to bring a five-year E-Verify reauthorization to the floor at some point in September. The bill - H.R. 6633, the Employee Verification Amendment Act - overwhelmingly passed the House by a vote of 407 to 2 just prior to the August recess. In addition to the five-year reauthorization, H.R. 6633 contains language requiring DHS and the Social Security Administration to enter into a reimbursement agreement in regards to funding the operation of E-Verify. (Sec. 3(a)) The legislation also requires the Government Accountability Office to conduct two studies on E-Verify to determine what causes errors in non-confirmations and the economic impact of the program on small businesses. (Sec. 5 and 6) Several other E-Verify reauthorizations have been proposed in the Senate, including S. 3257, sponsored by Arlen Specter (R-PA), which would extend E-Verify for five years and reauthorize several other visa categories. (CQ Today Online News, August 21, 2008; S. 3257) Senator Robert D. Menendez (D-NJ) - who has put a legislative hold on Specter's bill - has introduced S. 3414 which reauthorizes E-Verify for five years, but also includes a provision that would recapture visas that the State Department did not issue in fiscal years 1992 through 2007. (CQ Today Online News, August 21, 2008; S. 3414 Sec. 2) CQ reports that Menendez supports H.R. 6633 and that Specter, along with other Republicans, has petitioned Majority Leader Reid to bring forward an E-Verify reauthorization free of other programs. (Id.) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13253.html Tech industry launches lobbying blitz By: Chris Frates September 8, 2008 04:52 PM EST With months of hard work on the line, the high-tech industry orchestrated an intense lobbying blitz over the August recess to persuade lawmakers to pass tax credits this month for renewable energy and research and development projects. In their push for the tax credits, the techies have many friends. Businesses, investors, environmental and labor groups, trade associations and utilities all back the credits. And the Clean Energy Now coalition sees the next three weeks as critical. "We are looking at September as the last, best chance," said the Sierra Clubs top lobbyist, Melinda Pierce, whos been helping lead the coalitions push. Before the August recess, supporters sensed that lawmakers were close to a deal when the debate over offshore drilling threw it off track. But with energy still looming large as a national issue, supporters sense an opportunity, especially with Democratic leaders talking about addressing it before Congress breaks for the fall campaign, Pierce said. Coalition members have been busy calling, e-mailing and visiting lawmakers. On Aug. 21, about 200 organizations sent letters to House and Senate leaders of both parties, asking them to extend the renewable tax credits in September. The Sierra Club has urged its members to contact their lawmakers, write letters to the editor, attend town hall meetings and set up in-district meetings with local lawmakers, Pierce said. "We thought putting on the human face, putting the constituent calls out would be a very powerful counter to -- the oil and gas advertising that is all over the districts," Pierce said. Still, the renewable coalition is advertising as well. Clean Energy Now bought ads in newspapers in Denver and St. Paul, Minn., the cities that hosted the Democratic and Republican national conventions. It also placed ads in convention editions of Capitol Hill publications and hosted events in both convention cities, said Gregory Wetstone, the American Wind Energy Associations senior director for government and public affairs. "People begin to start reengaging at the conventions," Wetstone said. In September, the coalition is planning to run more ads inside the Beltway, including in the Metro subway system. The wind association will also be paying for sponsorships on National Public Radio and bringing in chief executives to make their own pitches, Wetstone said. Tech companies are also fighting for research and development tax credits that fund work in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and other fields. In July, the R&D Credit Coalition sent letters to congressional leaders from more than 2,000 employees whose jobs largely depend on the credit. >From 75 percent to 90 percent of the R&D tax credits are used for salaries, said coalition spokesman Jim Hock. The groups members visited more than 75 lawmakers offices over the congressional break. And, he said, senior executives will continue to call lawmakers urging them to pass the credit. "Research is the foundation of our innovation economy, and this credit is a critical tool to make sure that Americas companies are more competitive vis-à-vis their global competition," Hock said. Immigration is also on the communitys radar. Tech companies and others have been pushing legislation to allow the federal government to roll over unused green cards from year to year. The State Department estimates there are 500,000 unused green cards, dating back to 1990, said Robert Hoffman, co-chairman of Compete America, a coalition that lobbies for high-skilled immigration reform. "If it works for AT&T [cell phone plans], itll work for the federal government. Itll work for green card holders," Hoffman said. "Were not increasing legal immigration by one visa. Were just ensuring that every available visa is used every year." Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) is sponsoring the measure that passed the House Judiciary Committees immigration subcommittee before recess. And Hoffman said his group hopes it will go before the full panel in September. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) is pushing similar legislation in the Senate. 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