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How to stop the AgJobs amnesty
By
Chris Kelly
· April 18, 2005 04:10 PM
From a FAIR action alert: Thanks for reaching out to your senators last week and urging opposition to AgJOBS and other immigration liberalizing amendments. Believe me, your faxes and phone calls are making a HUGE impact! We held off amnesty last week, but the fight is far from over! You can send free FAXes about these amnesties at that link. Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID) is trying to attach the AgJobs amnesty to a spending bill for Iraq and Afghanistan. This isn't the first time he and Sen. Ted Kennedy have tried something like this. Note that even Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) is opposed to AgJobs: Opposition to the proposal is not limited to the GOP. One of Craig's harshest critics on the Senate floor was Democrat Dianne Feinstein of California, who said the program offered "nirvana" to Mexican workers who might be contemplating crossing the border illegally to seek work in the United States. My links on AgJobs start here. Note that Rep. Chris Cannon (R-UT) is one of the authors of the House version of AgJobs. On 9/14/04 the Salt Lake Tribune printed "Cannon drums on immigration despite voters": ...a survey of Cannon's financial disclosures since 1996 shows Washington, D.C., and out-of-state interests steadily replacing his Utah support. Eight years ago, 85 percent of the individuals backing Cannon hailed from Utah; today locals comprise just 16 percent of his donor base. If you want to stop AgJobs and the other amnesties, please contact your representatives. UPDATE: AgJobs has failed. But, see this: ...Noting that President Bush and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) "continue to stress the importance of addressing comprehensive immigration reform this year," Craig pledged to continue working with his measure's co-sponsor, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.), "to bring this before the Senate sooner rather than later..." You can see how your senators voted here. |