By Roy Beck, Wednesday, February 11, 2009, 8:58 PM EST - posted on NumbersUSA
House Speaker Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Reid and the Obama White House were absolutely certain about one thing for the House/Senate negotiating committee on the Stimulus Bill: There was to be no special restriction to keep illegal aliens from getting new jobs created by the bill at a cost of $250,000 to $500,000 each.
The Democratic leadership of our federal government made it clear that there has been no change from eight years of a Republican White House that let the Chamber of Commerce call the shots on immigration.
Pelosi, Reid and Obama gave the U.S. Chamber of Commerce exactly what it wanted -- freedom for unscruplous businesses to continue to hire illegal aliens at the same rate as in the past, and to use the hundreds of billions of Stimulus dollars to do it.
Rep. Calvert (R-Calif.) was the one who inserted E-Verify language into the Stimulus Bill in the House Appropriations Committee. Tonight, he stated the sad betrayal of the American workers. His words take on a partisan tone. As a studiously non-partisan organization, NumbersUSA is uncomfortable when issues are stated in partisan ways. But in this case, there is no question but that the national Democratic leadership sold out the interests of the American working man and woman.
Tonight, behind closed doors with no input from House Republicans, Speaker Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Reid crafted the so-called compromise on the stimulus bill. What we now know is that while billions of American taxpayer dollars are going to be spent, there is no assurance that the jobs created will go to American workers. The two amendments that had been accepted by the House Appropriations Committee were stripped without discussion or debate.
-- Rep. Ken Calvert of California
The House of Representatives had included two provisions in its Stimulus bill to make sure that the huge sums of money would create jobs only for legally authorized workers. One provision reauthorized the current voluntary E-Verify program which expires March 6. The other required local government or business receiving stimulus funds to run their new hires through the electronic 99.5%-accurate E-Verify system. There were no publicly stated objections to this.
But the U.S. Senate repeatedly brushed aside Alabama Sen. Sessions' efforts to introduce the same protections into its Stimulus bill.
When the House and Senate negotiators sat down, the leader of the House, Rep. Pelosi, tossed aside the will of the Members of the House of Representatives and did the bidding of the most unscrupulous businesses of America.
The American people have repeatedly voiced their support for employment verification and yet we find that once again special interests win out. The one candle in the darkness of this disastrous bill was the reauthorization and requirements to use E-Verify. Now all we are left is a bill that places illegal immigrant interests above those of hard working American families and leaves the bill at the foot of future generations.
-- Rep. Calvert
Friends, this is an injustice that will come to plague the perpetrators as time moves on.
But the extent to which the U.S. Chamber of Commerce can continue to call the shots on using illegal foreign workers and importing additional authorized foreign workers will depend on how hard each of you reading this will work to spread this story in every newspaper, talk show and website.
These closed-door affronts to fair-play and compassion were executed because the leaders believed they will get by with it.
.... because they believe the American people are too tired, too dispirited and too baffled by the complexity of the trillions of dollars of bail-outs to hold their leaders accountable.
I hope you will use our free fax-sending system to make your opinions known.
The negotiated Stimulus Bill is expected to come to a vote in the House and Senate this week and then go to Pres. Obama for his signature by next Monday.
ROY BECK is Founder & CEO of NumbersUSA
P.S. As you write your comments, please try to stay civil. It will be difficult because you will be so angry. But what we all need to hear is quick stories of what you have done to spread this tale of betrayal to others. Let's be inspired to greater action by each other's deeds large and small.
Mark1003 of IN
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 8:43am
When the rights of ill-legals supercede the rights of Americans, It is time to take action while we still have an America. We should form our own group that trades with other like minded people and businesses. They will not have a job long if We do not purchase from businesses.
Walter 5484 of TX
Sun, 02/15/2009 - 6:05pm
How about setting up a fax to send to the 3 traitorous Republican Senators to tell them how we feel about their conduct.
NumbersUSA Moderator: They are hearing it from their own constituents.
Ronald6841 of TX
Tue, 02/17/2009 - 2:39pm
They ALSO need to hear it from every thinking conservative in the entire U.S.A. These RINOs need to be fired!
Robert8754 of GA
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 10:22am
Send your comments of disappointment to the "three traitorous Republican Senators" by googling their names, accessing their websites, and using their comments section. I used this method. Don't expect a response because one of them indicated that they do not respond to out of state commenters
Tracy4719 of TX
Thu, 02/26/2009 - 9:18pm
Now that's an idea! Will do my duty and spread the word. Thanks.
Don9868 of IN
Sat, 02/14/2009 - 10:11pm
The Chamber of Commerce members might have an ulterior motive for their fight at Federal and State levels against e-verify.I understand they have filed suit at both levels of government to block immigration enforcement.I wonder just how many
Chamber of Commerce members might be in the same catagory with this example.
This was reported in the SouthBend Tribune on February 04,09.
Doug Jaques is president of Janco. He is also on the Board of Directors for the St. Joseph Co. Chamber of Commerce. The South Bend Tribune reported that Jaques was fined $30,000 and Janco was fined $210,000 for knowingly employing illegal aliens.
Link to SBTrib article: http://www.southbendtribune.com/apps/pb ... 9902040320
Maynard7549 of CA
Sat, 02/14/2009 - 4:52pm
It is known that approximately 8.7 million illegals now hold jobs, within our United States, that they illegally obtained, using forged, and/or stolen identities. It is against our existing laws, for an illegal to be employed, by anyone, anywhere, within our United States.
These are jobs that Americans will do. Jobs in construction, manufacturing, and food processing.
E-Verify will give these jobs back to unemployed American citizens.
The current unemployment rate among blacks is 12.6%
Blacks suffer the most from the many millions of illegals competing for the same jobs
In the last 22 years, since the Reagan one-time amnesty, over 26 million illegals have been apprehended, after they crossed the border into our United States.
UNITED STATES BORDER APPREHENSIONS (Source DHS/CBP)
1987--1,190,488------1995--1,394,554------2003----931,557
1988--1,008,145------1996--1,649,986------2004--1,160,395
1989----954,243------1997--1,412,953------2005--1,189,075
1990--1,169,939------1998--1,555,776------2006--1,089,902
1991--1,197,875------1999--1,579,010------2007----876,704
1992--1,258,482------2000--1,676,438------2008----723,825
1993--1,327,259------2001--1,266,213------2009----
1994--1,094,717------2002----955,310
However, less than 1, out of 4, illegals, crossing into our United States, are estimated to have been apprehended.
Lack of E-verify in the Stimulus Bill only entices even more illegals to enter our country!!
E-Verify will rectify this problem, but first, it needs to be enacted.
There are now 11.6 million unemployed American citizens, and that number is growing.
WE CANNOT ALLOW ILLEGALS TO TAKE, OR RETAIN, JOBS, THAT RIGHTFULLY BELONG TO UNEMPLOYED AMERICANS.
TAKE MATTERS INTO YOUR OWN HANDS AMERICANS!
BOYCOTT, PICKET, AND REPORT, ANY BUSINESS EMPLOYING ILLEGALS!!!
REPORTILLEGALS.COM - (866) 347-2423
Toll Free Numbers For Congress 1-800-828-0498, 1-800-459-1887, 1-800-614-2803,
1-866-340-9281, 1-866-338-1015, 1-866-220-0044, 1-877-851-6437
Direct Phone, and FAX numbers, and email addresses for Congress - http://tinyurl.com/dym2b
Kenneth7026 of PA
Sat, 02/14/2009 - 10:35am
I hope that some one from this site reads these comments...give us the run down on the votes, all who voted for, against, and those that thought too little of the American people to show up...then we need to fallow up on it. Wake up American people, they are killing us!!!
NumbersUSA Moderator: We read every comment. NumbersUSA only tracks immigration-related votes - so we aren't tallying the final vote on the stimulus. The decision to strip the package of the E-Verify protections was made in conference committee (no votes to tally). What we do know is that Pelosi and Reid made it clear in conference that E-Verify was not to be included in the final bill. You can track all immigration actions of Congress here.
Dana4333 of MA
Wed, 02/25/2009 - 2:12am
How can we go after Pelosi and Reid that will make any difference? Faxing, sending letters, emails, calling their offices, nothing seems to get through to them.
What other tools can we utilize to get them or any of the others to understand we are serious and need to be heard?
NumbersUSA Moderator: We get to them by pressuring our own Members of Congress. We have to let our Members know that their leadership is leading them astray.
Sherry1006 of WA
Sat, 02/14/2009 - 12:17am
Lord in Heaven!!!! I hope this entire page gets sent to everyone involved in this disgusting choice. I am all for ridding our country of both political parties and starting over. I am sick of our government doing everything for foreigners and letting our country go down the tubes. American's for America FIRST should be the motto. I also heard today they want to pass a bill in Washington to give free college educations to illegal alien students to help them learn more about living here. No one gave me or my son a free ride through college. We earned it and got loans. Why should we educate foreigners with our tax dollars? No way! Our government needs to put AMERICAN'S first. Fix our country and educate our kids. No other country will welcome American's and educate our kids for free so why should we? I do not want my tax dollars spent on anyone but an American.
Mary5974 of OR
Sat, 02/14/2009 - 12:07am
There is one major problem with Numbers USA during this crucial time. It’s a war against Republicans and Democrats; but truly you don’t believe that. It's a fight to keep American jobs and stand for our constitutional laws. I am not a Republican, nor have I ever been. I vote independently for the person, not the party. When I retell the voice of reason of Numbers USA to my friends, they visit the website & email me to tell me that they don’t want to hear rhetoric from a bunch on Republicans on any issue; considering the U.S. experience of the last 8 years of the Bush-Chaney Administration I don’t blame them. This is not a very bipartisan argument from an outside point of view. If we as a group of citizen under Roy Beck’s leadership offer EVERYONE a bipartisan letter then we’ll have more Americans involved in this effort against illegal immigration. Please stop attacking Democrats. Attack Congress as a WHOLE. This issue has been going on long before the Democrats took control of the House & Senate. The verbal slam against any party at this time is like shooting ourselves in the foot. We’ve got to stand together on this or we will never have respect or meaning for the cause. It really doesn't matter how you voted, either Democrat or Republican, but who you chose to sit in the seat to represent you is the greatest significance.
NumbersUSA Moderator: Thank you for the words of caution, Mary. NumbersUSA is strictly non-partisan. We have allies and adversaries on both sides of the aisle. Our staff and membership is made up of people across the political spectrum.
Our non-partisanship does not require us to pull punches. We assign credit and blame where it is due, regardless of party. In this case, there is little doubt that Democratic leadership - particularly Pelosi, Reid, and Obama - prevent our allies from including E-Verify in the bill. That doesn't mean all Democrats are against us or that all Republicans are against us. We aren't blaming the Democrat Party - we are blaming its leaders -- along with some Republicans as well.
Kristian6888 of TN
Sat, 02/14/2009 - 3:17am
Mary, The facts are the facts. The Democrats wanted control and promised change. However they are continuing the same hurding through of both legal alien workers and Illegal alien workers, at the expense of American workers. The reason the finger at the moment is being pointed at the Democrats is because they are in control and could easily pass the bills necessary to stop illegal aliens from having the opportunity of benefiting from this so called stimulus bill. I work 2 jobs and pay a heck of a lot of taxes and I'm p.o.'d at both parties for getting the country in the shape it's in but call it like it is. Democrats certainly had no problem complaining about the mess the Republicans cause and If you think The rest of us are gonna sit back and let the new guy in office do what the last one did, then you are nuts. I want to see this change and not for the worse. I didn't vote for Obama but I will support him as long as he does what is in our best interests but when he isn't then I'm gonna treat him and complain about him just like I did about Bush. I'm sick of the bipartisan crap, the reason there are more party's than one is for checks and balance. To make sure the other guy isn't doing something under handed. So, I don't see being bipartisian as being such a rosey thing. Politicians need to work together and pass bill that are in the best interest of AMERICAN'S not be buddy buddy and say "Oh well, let's comprimise just so we can get this bill passed" That is total and utter stupidity. However, so you can't say I'm attacking one party or the other, let me state this in a crystal clear way. BOTH party's are to blame. As well as who ever it is that keeps these crooks in office.
Nina6974 of MT
Fri, 02/13/2009 - 9:21pm
Please refer to the 2008 presidential election results. Especially those of you who are feeling our war is 'hopeless'. You can plainly see that the counties in red encompass a large percentage of the US. These are the ones that would agree with us. Even in predominately blue states there are a lot of red counties. It is at the local level folks that we need to press our advantages.
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/2008/
NumbersUSA Moderator: Nina, don't be too quick to assume that this is a red/blue issue. NumbersUSA is proof that this is truly a non-partisan issue. The powerful elites on both sides of the aisle are too often against us (we saw this when the Republicans were the majority, and now again with the Democrats), but NumbersUSA members span across the political spectrum.
Nina6974 of MT
Fri, 02/13/2009 - 9:15pm
My fiance has made a very enlightening point I wish to share with you all. We need to continue the fight in Washington but Washington is not where we are going to win the war. The war is going to be won at the local and state levels. When states start taking back their state rights and standing up to the federal government that's when we will see real change in this country.
If we can get the state to use E-Verify when employing workers it doesn't matter what the Feds say. So we would need to 'march' on the state capitols of each of our states instead of Washington. Send out the emails, calls and faxes to stare representatives and governors demanding they support E-Verify. Here is one of our favorite examples of how grass roots enforcement of justice can work.
Sheriff Joe in Maracopa Arizona has been ridiculed by liberals for his down to earth law enforcement. He puts pink uniforms on the inmates because they are cost effective. He makes them grow their own food and live in tents. He doesn't have an illegal immigration problem.
Blue Servo in partnership with the Texas Border Sheriff's Coalition, is another grass roots organization working together to spot illegals crossing the borders. This is the type of efforts by American citizens just like you and I that will win this war despite Washington DC.
NumbersUSA Moderator: We definitely need people to pay attention to what is happening at the state and local level. We'll be running out new tools to help you do that very soon.
Joseph8594 of PA
Fri, 02/13/2009 - 8:15pm
Add to this slap in the face the fact that in essence we are basically just bribing the banking industry to hire Americans over cheap foreign labor and then hoping for the best.
If there ever was a time where it was so patently obvious that both parties are serving a single goal at the behest of the elite, this would be it.
Buy a gun and some gold, you are going to need both.
Sherry1006 of WA
Sat, 02/14/2009 - 12:21am
Amen!
Vince0041 of PA
Fri, 02/13/2009 - 7:35pm
OK, this is war, and we just lost a big battle. BUT: IF we can tell the rest of America what the cowards in congress just did, public opinion will swing.
We need a full court press. Calling and faxing just isn't doing the trick.We need to step up the fight.
EVERY one of us needs to email everyone we know and spread this news that the MSM refuses to report.
We need to put 100,000 people in DC to protest this congress's disrespect of American citizens.
We need to flood the capitol with so many calls, faxes and internet activity that it will constitute a denial of service attack. Ditto for the MSM offices.
There are almost a million NumbersUSA members, and probably several million more who are members of other organizations who agree with our positions. How many people watch Lou Dobbs? We are a force to be reckoned with if we can all move in the same direction.
Gary5914 of CO
Fri, 02/13/2009 - 4:12pm
Well,Presidents Pelosi,Reid and Obama have gotten what they wanted...The official dismantling of the American Middle Class,the continued destruction of the American Citizen/Worker and their Families.Illegal Aliens now have more rights and power than American Citizens do in their own country.I suspect ICE will not be around too much longer,either.This country has been reduced to a Brand Name Logo for incompetence,corruption,and hypocracy,coupled with a frightening military machine. Roy,you fought a good fight.
Orville 4162 of FL
Fri, 02/13/2009 - 2:47pm
I think that I remember that before 1965 we had the best immigration laws in the world as they were fair and nondestructive to our citizens.
NumbersUSA Moderator: The law was changed in 1965 in order to do away with quotas that discriminated against certain regions of the world. The American people were promised that the overall numbers would not increase -- they have been going up ever since.
Michael2817 of CA
Fri, 02/13/2009 - 1:28pm
Without Enforcement of immigration laws and legally replacing Citizens for cheaper foreign nationals, what kind of country will this be?
Is this the way to stimulate our nation by leaving the citizens poor and hungry?
Is this the change that was promised and is there more "CHANGE" to come?
Is this the Democratic plan to replace America Citizens with new a kind of Citizens/Non_Citizen they can control and let the rest of us die on the streets?
Gloria2607 of HI
Fri, 02/13/2009 - 2:58pm
"The End of the World as we ONCE KNEW IT."
Obama is going to break a lot of hearts. It's time for a change we can believe in, was his slogan, WOW, I didn't want this kind of change, what happen to our rights, too many people working 2-3 jobs to pay attention to Congress sneaky bills. More changes for the worse to come, I sure "Yes we can", has a WHOLE NEW MEANING, I am afraid it will get worse.
They have already set up Military camps in Texas, so when Mexico falls, they will have a place to live and will given help from FEMA. Also, they are sitting up Military camps in New Orleans, and there have been reports of bombing practices after 10 pm in the area.
Julia1183 of CA
Fri, 02/13/2009 - 12:02pm
Seems to me I read that contrary to false claims made by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other pro-amnesty groups seeking to get rid of all kind of enforcement measures.......there has not been one single legitimate worker found to have EVER been "fired" due to an "error" with the E-Verify System.
Not one, not anywhere.
I think this needs to be emphasized.
NumbersUSA Moderator: You are absolutely correct -- and, yes, it needs to be emphasized over and over again.
Mary4171 of GA
Fri, 02/13/2009 - 2:38am
I visit pro amnesty sites like La Raza, to see what they're up to. Usually I can find anything I want to in English on that site....however, while trying to find out their part in trying to kill E-Verify, I found something, but it is in Spanish. I have translated best I can (sorry) but you get the gist. They are basically encouraging their members to call congress to pass a bill for "all workers" and they lie about E-Verify's 99.5% accuracy rate, saying it discriminates....etc....
NumbersUSA Moderator: Thank you, Mary.
Steven 4010 of AZ
Fri, 02/13/2009 - 1:08am
This is a outrage that's all I'm going to say about it. The Democrats should be ashamed about what they have done by passing this bill.
MD2510 of MA
Thu, 02/12/2009 - 9:34pm
Lou Dobbs did excellent coverage of E-Verify provision today. Roy had a brief comment and was followed by very hard-hitting interviews with Sen Jeff Sessions and Rep Lamar Smith. After watching that coverage, it came out so clearly how utterly ridiculous the no-E-Verify position of the Hispanic Lobby and the US Chamber of Commerce is. Their very lame argument was that E-Verify would delay the effects of the stimulus - as if the stimulus is some kind of magical therapy that will act in days and even the 15 minutes it takes to make that legal worker check is going to make this long term package fall apart. Not that I think it will do anything anyways but at least the money will go to Americans.
As Roy said, it is UNBELIEVABLE and I would add BIZARRE...
Don9868 of IN
Thu, 02/12/2009 - 7:45pm
Called and faxed everything posted on my action Buffet.Sent a note to CNN and FOX asking for more reporting on the Democratic leaderships stance against American workers, by making sure e-verify and other pro-American amendments were kept out of the stimulus bill. I put Obama's name in the mix also. The illegal immigration problem is an American issue but the democrat leadership and Senate chose illegal immigrants and the Chamber of Commerce over American workers. The other party could have done more also. I'm still working at the Indiana state level on e-verify SB-0580.
One staffer in Senator Bayh's office was a little short with me today, she cut me off to inform me she was well aware of my position that she had a stack of them in the office. It's hard to remain civil at times.I got in one more point that if some democrat's and their leadership didn't change on this issue that their majority might be short lived.
The link I received on Radio talk shows would not work? Message said there was an error when i clicked on the link?
Thanks NumbersUSA for your work and everybody that post on the blog.Some of the information is very useful. I'm in this fight for the duration.
Julia1183 of CA
Thu, 02/12/2009 - 6:10pm
I would love to hear that the senate would surprise us with mostly "NO" votes on the Stimulus bill....due to all the news coming out about it; including the omission of E-Verify!
Or I would like to hear that Senator Jeff Session's was able to re-attach the amendments?!?
I still do not think the majority of average citizens are even "aware" of this situation at all.....and just "assume" any created jobs would be given to citizens or legal immigrants.
:(
NumbersUSA Moderator: We have to keep putting the news out there. Pick your favorite NumbersUSA blog, video, news, or issue page and send an email blast to your friends and family.
Matthew3839 of IL
Thu, 02/12/2009 - 3:45pm
I have been telling my friends, co-workers, and family about this.
Jim3089 of CA
Thu, 02/12/2009 - 3:32pm
Roy had a good point, as usual. We need to call and write our Congressional Reps, but we also need to contact our local and national media outlets.
It is VERY frustrating when our Reps. ignore us, but if we can also get the media to report on this, we WILL get more and more people contacting Congress. Sooner or later, with so many of us calling, they WILL start represnting us. If they don't, they will be in the unemployment line.
A) Call NOW and tell your Cong. Reps, 1) NO amnesty for illegal aliens and 2) urge them to pass the SAVE Act which will mandate employers to use E-Verify.
B) Then, contact your local and nat'l media and report to them how the "Stimulus Bill" will allow illegal aliens to be hired instead of Americans, etc. I've included website links below to FoxNews and CNN. Each link has a way to contact any or all of the news shows and reporters at these 2 networks. It takes a little time to do but I feel encouraged because I wrote to Fox News on Monday about E-Verify not being in the bill and today they're reporting on it. Coincidence? Maybe. Anyways, here are the websites:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,77538,00.html or call 1-888-369-4762
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/cnntv/ Easy to copy, paste and send your comments.
Jim3089 of CA
Thu, 02/12/2009 - 2:39pm
1) I've been watching Fox News this morning. Bill Hemmer and Jon Scott both had stories about how the American workers were going to lose approx. 300,000 jobs to illegal "immigrants" because E-Verify was stripped from the bill. Senator Sessions also talked about this on Fox. I thanked Fox News by email already.
2) Every time I leave a post on a blog or comment online on an immigration related news story, I end my comment with: A couple of good resources to visit are: NumbersUSA.com or Alipac.us They are working hard to take America back.
NumbersUSA Moderator: Thank you for sharing your actions. These are great ideas that others can borrow.
Albert3441 of PA
Thu, 02/12/2009 - 12:29pm
I am not at all suprised that the Senate acted as it did, especially as I recall the big amnesty fights of 2006 and 2007. I had hoped (naively it seems) that the House would offer more resistance to the gutting of the E-verify amendments. I guess preventing the diversion of US taxpayer dollars to illegal aliens just wasn't a high-priority item there either.
This is, indeed, a sad day for US taxpayers. It ensures that it will be business as usual among the devotees of cockroach capitalism - at least for now. But as unemployment spreads and news stories begin to appear about how illegals are getting jobs paid for with the hard-earned dollars of taxpaying Americans while other Americans join the unemployment line, we might begin to see a change of attitude. After all, even senators have to stand for election from time to time.
Darrel4198 of ND
Thu, 02/12/2009 - 3:30pm
Does history repeat itself?
At the battle of Gettysburg Joshua Chamberlain from Maine was ordered to hold the flank and hill top at all costs. The troops from Maine under his command beat back several heroic charges by the confederate troops. In the end they held. This was critical in winning the battle and many feel preserved the Union.
Today 2 senators from Maine have retreated and given up the "hill top" to the forces that can destroy the factors of the United States that have made us a world power. And they have teamed up with a Senator Specter from Pennsylvania.
If Chamberlain had retreated from the hill top the confederate army would have had high ground and very likely won the battle. The Union would have lost the war and formed a group of loosely joined states or countries. We would have resembled Europe and never would have have the union of will and strength to save the rest of the world in the 2 world wars.
Socialism will very likely result from the intrusion of nearly $800 billion into the "business" of our country.
Senators Snowe and Collins stand up and charge! You can retain the noble heritage of Maine.
NumbersUSA Moderator: What a great message to send Snowe and Collins!
James7427 of IA
Thu, 02/12/2009 - 11:32am
Mr. Beck,
I would like to make a recommendation. I am no where near the expert that you and your staff are on legislative matters, so admittedly this recommendation might not be sound. As you are well know, the mass Senate amnesty of 2007 and two smaller amnesties that year were defeated largely by a public backlash, which NumbersUSA and ALIPAC formed the core of and many others not part of these groups joined in with us thanks largely to the effors of Tom Tancredo on the Hill and Lou Dobbs and many talk radio hosts in the media. With E-Verify set to expire on 6 March, I recommend that we soon lauch an utterly relentless campaign of phoning and faxing to our Congressional delegates. We should continue such a campaign until E-Verify is renewed, even if it does expire first. And like you are suggesting right now, we need to use are allies in the media like Lou Dobbs to get others informed and participating. What do you think?
James Bowen
NumbersUSA Moderator: E-Verify has been our focus during the Stimulus debates and it will be our focus moving forward. The blitz is already on. Keep calling, keep faxing -- visit a local Congressional office. Make them defend their omissions to your face.
James7427 of IA
Thu, 02/12/2009 - 6:58pm
You bet I'll keep calling and faxing.
Art7723 of PA
Thu, 02/12/2009 - 11:13am
If the legal citizens of this nation do not unite as one very soon then we are all looking at the last days of the United States of America. Obama and many of the politicians have a much larger plan in store. All this is purposely completed by the plans of very smart people. The American people have been too wrapped up in their own little world to actually see what the large scope of plan that is being played out. Time to wake up and realize that their next step will be even worse. Pepsico (Pepsi), Islamic owned has and is buying all of our food supplier companies. David killed a giant with a stone and a sling shot. There are other ways to kill a giant. Just cut off his food supply!!!
NumbersUSA Moderator: Does Pepsico actually make food? And seriously, Obama's inaugural address contained nationalist language that at least gives us some reason to hope.
See Roy's blog on the subject:
http://www0.numbersusa.com/content/nusablog/beckr/january-20-2009/hopeful-sign-obamas-visionary-words-have-room-immigration-reduction.h
Ernie3186 of WA
Thu, 02/12/2009 - 10:42am
I just emailed a link to Roy's report to Bill O'Reilly.
COME ON EVERYBODY! LET'S FLOOD THE NEWS MEDIA! Email a link to this page to Bill O'Reilly at oreilly@foxnews.com. Also link it to Lou Dobbs, CNN, and Sean Hannity at loudobbs.com, cnn.com, & hannity.com.
LETS FLOOD THE NEWS MEDIA AND WAKE ALL AMERICA UP!!!
Joyce and Keenan3817 of GA
Thu, 02/12/2009 - 9:05am
Instead of faxing Republicans who want EVerify in - please provide fax #'s to the Democrats who do not - they're they ones who need to be deluged with faxes to let THEM know how we feel!
Ernie3186 of WA
Thu, 02/12/2009 - 8:55am
I took the liberty of forwarding Roy Beck's report on to Sean Hannity, Lou Dobbs, and CNN. I hope they all widely broadcast the truth - on both radio & TV - about what a deceitful, under-handed sham this so-called Stimulus Bill has become!!!
NumbersUSA Moderator: Great idea!
Jeffrey3294 of NY
Thu, 02/12/2009 - 9:42am
PLEASE ALSO SEND THIS REPORT TO BILL O'REILLY!
NumbersUSA Moderator: That is something NumbersUSA members should be doing. We have our own media contacts, but it is a groundswell of popular demand that will get cable news shows to cover the story. You do not need to wait for us to act.
Vince0041 of PA
Thu, 02/12/2009 - 8:27am
Is there any chance that the House democrats that sponsored the SAVE Act could vote against this mess? Roy, can we flood congress with demands that this so called compromise bill be voted down?
NumbersUSA Moderator: Some, but not all. Keep visiting your action buffet to find more actions. If you run out, call some radio shows and write your local paper. Demand that this story be told.
William7555 of CT
Thu, 02/12/2009 - 8:21am
If the people have to right and the power to abolish the government under the Constitution, don't we at least have the right to abolish the so called American Chamber of Commerce?
Can we at least rename it to the Foreign Chamber of Commerce so that Americans won't be fooled into thinking they have American interests in mind?
The government should stay out of business, and business should stay out of government. One of the few constitutional mandates of the federal government is to protect our borders. They have failed at this since 1965. But not only failed... purposely failed to support and further other interests not of the American people.
NumbersUSA Moderator: What we CAN do is state these opinions to our local papers in letters to the editor, call in to radio talk shows, visit local Congressional offices. These are some of the tools available to us. Help us spread the word -- then tell us about it on the blog.
Jim3089 of CA
Thu, 02/12/2009 - 4:12am
The Congress is controlled AND the media is controlled. Neither one is telling the people what is really going on. They can only hide it for so long. When America wakes up, look out.
Carl V.0283 of IN
Thu, 02/12/2009 - 2:22am
ATTENTION NumbersUSA Moderator:
It may be in the interest of the NumbersUSA membership for NumbersUSA, FAIR or CIR to publish an article explaining the de-evolution/corruption of US Chambers of Commerce over the last couple of decades.
For those who do not know, what has happened to the USCoC is similar to what happened to bipartisan grassroots environmental groups like the Sierra Club or previously mainstream pro-assimilationist ethnic citizens groups like LULAC. The combination of large charitable donors and rabid ideologues with pro-Open borders agendas have hijacked these organizations. Basically the same thing happened with the US Chambers of Commerce. A cabal of extremist "Club for Growth" radical libertarian globalists have taken over a organization that was for decades mostly an example of reliably pragmatic Eisenhower Republican welfare-capitalism.
Now the sort of loonies who pen editorials for the WSJ demanding a constitutional amendment declaring "Open Borders" run the USCoC.
It started with a takeover of the national office in Wash DC. Over time the USCoC purged most local and state level affiliates of any remaining of old-fashioned main street focused good government patriotic Republican types. Or, being tired of supporting a national headquarters that no longer reflected the interests of local, state and regional businesses, lots of long time members just left.
An example of current the USCoC mindset was when now a decade ago local CoCs petitioned the national to work towards practical solutions to rising health care costs for older American workers including considering a Canadian style national health insurance system. This was because local businesses could no longer get reasonably priced health care insurance from their state non-profit Blue Cross affiliate. The brutally cold hearted response from CoC headquarters was to call for lower trade barriers so jobs can be shipped overseas and encourage the importation of cheap foreign laborers who will work with out benefits.
Today the USCoC is completely a creation of the worst of Wall Street & perhaps even more accurately "K-Street".
I can not find a link. But I remember either The New Republic or the Atlantic Monthly 6-7 years ago published an excellent article detailing the hijacking of the USCoC by far right-wing globalist whack-jobs.
What folks should be upset about is that the corporate MSM, especially Gannett based in McClean/Fairfax Co. VA not far from USCoC headquarters, knows full well what the agenda of today's USCoC is. Yet sadly, the previously mentioned Indianapolis Star routinely quotes the USCoC in regards to immigration matters and their economic impact as if the USCoC still represents the views of the majority of small and mid-size American businesses in the Midwest. Gannett does this because like the USCoC, they are an arrogant despotic agenda driven creature of the cesspool that is beltway Wash DC. This is an example of disgustingly dishonest, corrupt, and contemptuous hack journalism that intentionally misleads the its readership. A readership that increasingly consists of older Americans who still faithfully get the paper out of a sense of civic duty, who remember a very different USCoC from a different era and is confused like my aging parents as to what is happening.
NumbersUSA Moderator: Thank you, Carl. We immigration issue is certainly one in which the elite leaders are so clearly at odds with the majority of the people they are supposed to represent. Roy has asked us to make some noise. Please, everyone, share with us your stories about what you are doing to put our message out there.
Michele9699 of KS
Thu, 02/12/2009 - 1:36am
This is Treason!
Dorothy7665 of NE
Thu, 02/12/2009 - 1:16am
Thank you for providing this information.
Are there any additional bills pending that would re-implement an E-verification system more broadly in the future? Also, what reason has the Chamber of Commerce offered for its position?
NumbersUSA Moderator: We expect there to be. E-Verify is set to expire altogether in March. Roy discussed the Chamber's reasoning in his previous blog.
Wayne9734 of WI
Thu, 02/12/2009 - 1:15am
Obama announced on 10 pm news that he was VERY PLEASED with the package passed and expected to sign it within a few days.
WHEN are we as US citizens going to say "enought is enought"! The people elected are representing a small majority but that small majority is very loud and powerful.
Wayne6737 of AZ
Thu, 02/12/2009 - 10:09am
Wholeheartedly agree, it is time for a Washington TEA PARTY, the only way to infiltrate the most corrupt in the world. The election process has become so entwined and only successful with use of our tax money, with no regard for constituents input. We need a system to join the informed.
Roland5051 of RI
Thu, 02/12/2009 - 12:00am
Wait a minute, this isn't exactly passed as part of the stimulus bill, right? Doesn't it still have to pass the Senate and President signature?
Maybe my brain is so numb struck at the moment and I'm just not registering the obvious.
Please tell me that Yogi Berra is still chanting, "It isn't over until it's over".
Is it over?
Brian2941 of CA
Wed, 02/11/2009 - 11:45pm
WHAT A SHAME...OR BETTER...WHAT A SHAM!
SO MAD I COULD SPIT RIGHT NOW. SO MUCH FOR 'JOB CREATION' AS THE OBJECTIVE FOR THE STIMULUS...JOB CREATION FOR ILLEGALS!
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Laura7250 of GA
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 7:35pm
I just heard on the news
I just heard on the news here in north Ga. that Dalton has the highest unemployment rate in the whole state. 3rd largest in the USA. I don't blame anybody for wanting to come to the United States to live, it is a wonderful place. I don't have anything against any forienor ! I
just have something against anyone who comes here illegally.It's an "in your face" action and speaking for my self, I DON'T like it one little bit. If their were a half dozen pairs of gonads in WASHINGTON bigger than ENGLISH PEAS it wouldn't be happening. Where are you,you bunch of lily livered, panty twisted, forked tongue, sorry excuses for defenders of THE CONSTITUTION? If you, MR. PRESIDENT,CONGRESSMEN and SENATORS, knuckle under an refuse to do something meaningful, it means that you care nothing for the kind of country your children and grand-children will inherit. I don't know about anybody else but for me I would just LOVE to see just one MAJOR POLITICIAN stand up an say," I don't care who I make Mad and I don't care how many votes I loose, this is a desperate situation and I'm going to lead the fight to get it strightened out. By the way to all that are here illegally, THIS IS OUR COUNTRY and our FLAG an it has STARS and STRIPES. Please get that other one out of my face.It is time for America to Speak up GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!!!! "IN GOD WE TRUST" is our national motto. Oh! I could go on an on.