I do not understand why so illegals get jobs thatv hard working americans need to feed their families send those other back to their own country

I never thought that this great country's politicians would ever turn their back on their own people. When I enlisted in the army and I took an oath to protect my county from its enemies both forein and domestic and what congress is doing is criminal at the very least. What part of illeagel don't they understand!!!! They say the just want a better life, well so does a bank robber, but they arrest them. If the goverment is so determined to help Mexico than We should own it becase we are sure paying for it. At around 26 Billion a year that goes back.

Thanks Ken, SGT 18th Airborne Corp.

I cannot believe that, yet again, the legislature is giving away our tax dollars to people who are not in this country legally. Let them enter legally, be a citizen or be on the road to citizenship, pay taxes and then they deserve all the rights afforded to its citizens by the United States. As far as giving away thousand of jobs to illegal aliens, again, that is shameful. The thousands and thousands of United States citizens need those jobs and they should get them, before an illegal alien.

I cannot believe that more people are not upset about this. This country has to stop giving away our money.

LaRAZA now has an official seat on Obama's cabinet. Yes, he appointed a LaRAZA official to be part of his CABINET!! Now watch as Obama stops the fence from being finished and while he make ALL illegals AND their EXTENDED families LEGAL so they can vote. What do we think will change unless EVERY method is used to protect OUR TAX MONEY being spent for even more illegal immigration.

Yes, E-Verify should be 'MANDATORY'. And yes,it could have been a mandatory requiremtnt. However, the Amendment which WOULD have prevented illegals from benefiting from Obamas Pork filled 'Stimulus' bill WAS PREVENTED FROM BEING BROUGHT UP FOR EVEN A VOTE.

NO, the Democrats (and obviously SENATORS SPECTOR from PA.; and SENATORS SUSAN COLLINS & OLYMPIA SNOWE both from MAINE) didn't want their votes recorded that would show they are FOR Illegals benefiting with our tax dollars; and show that they do not want to protect 'Americans' jobs.

Their offices should be bombarded with calls and faxes NOW. Numbersusa has all of their numbers; Washington & local offices. Fax them for free AND call them all.

Additionally ... We need our OWN march on Washington. We, 'The Silent Majority', need to become as "LOUD and VISIAL" to the public & all of our Representatives in Washington as the pro-illegals.

A March IS being planned for May 30th ... will 'WE THE PEOPLE' be there FINALLY, or, are we going to remain 'SILENT' where nothing will change?

Go to: http://www.resistnet.com/group/wethepeoplemarchonwashington

Seams like everyone but the government and illegals are for e-verify. I guess our government really doesn't want Americans to have jobs because they must have them working for them too!

Because the so-called "stimulus bill" won't pass without the 3 turncoat Republican senators, I e-mailed those 3 (Collins, Specter, and Snowe) asking why E-verify wasn't part of it. As citizens, we have the right to contact these people even if we aren't constituents.

In addition to sending the faxes and making the calls. Let them KNOW in no uncertain terms that you are also watching their voting record on every issue and that you keep track and come time for re-election that you'll be working on the campaign for their opponent. If enough of us start doing that they will sit up and take notice.

It's time for us to no longer just sit back and let this garbage happen. it's time to TAKE BACK OUR COUNTRY from those who are a path to ruin it.

I posted a similar comment on a similar blog here...

I am so fed up with my senators (PA), one is democrat the other republican.

I have asked both of them, "please write a new, bipartisan, stim. bill, with NO pork." With that request I told them I would form a committee to oppose their reelection if the current package goes forward.

Instead of just telling people to vote, vote their conscience, or try to convince them who to vote for, it's time to show these two senators they really need to listen to the majority.

The Illinois governor learned that the hard way, so may others.

I would appreciate any comments.

Do away with the chamber of commerce. They are and always have been self serving people in their commumity. They try and often succeed in pushing their agenda in building programs work regulations and businesses in their towns and cities. They are the self appointed regulators of everything they want and to h*** with the people who really make their cities and towns work. Put them in the bread lines and take their stolen power away from them.

There are a few who honor their commitment to the American people, but most members of the Senate have become lazy and corrupt. The same is unfortunately true of the media. They have all learned that power and wealth will be given to those who deny the truth and support the business call for an unending supply of cheap immigrant labor, legal and illegal. We are losing our jobs, our standard of living, our quality of life, and our respect for the law. We have been sold out by those we elected and by those we counted on to tell us the truth. We don't lose to those crooks because we are wrong. We lose because they have succeeded in keeping the American people in the dark. Lincoln said "you cannot fool all of the people all of the time." Those who are running this country into the ground for personal gain are betting that Abe Lincoln was wrong. It is up to us all to turn the tide and show them that he was right. Flood Congress with faxes and phone calls and emails. Spread the truth to family and friends. Give them the facts that the media hide.

It would appear that the leaders have ignorned the wishes of the native born americans and its really sad because so many jobs have been shipped overseas while the CEOs have been voted millions for doing what I honestly believe is an act of treason.The middle class American working man is going the way of the purple goose.Does Congress really Care? Our way of life is changing forever. I have never been so disappointed in the The United States Congress, as I am today. Bob Murphy

I canot understand why the Senate will not support the E-Verify ammendment. Are they all traitors? Most true loyal Americans do support e-Verify. And we should all tell Senator reid "NO AMNESTY!".

Dorothy I feel as you do, wondering why the most logical solution to the problem of unemployed AMERICAN’S is not being utilized. In the past it was common for corporation’s & small business to train & promote from within which had a dual effect of instilling loyalty to the company while keeping America a self sustaining nation. Suddenly this practice went out the door when corporations got GREEDY. Government granting corporation’s an ever increasing allotment of foreign cheap labor visas, American Student’s graduating from University’s could not get their foot in the door of most corporation’s and count on further training or continue in their field of study while being employed... NOT study for years only to be called upon to train their replacement! Government has gone off the tracks and completely lost any sense of sanity as to what is good for America and it‘s workers. Greed and continual reliance on foreign cheap labor has sounded the death knell for American’s looking to succeed in the job market. Restaurants, fast food places, markets the list of jobs stolen from American’s by illegal’s, and the plethora of visa’s granted foreigner’s has caused the economy to be in a much worse place than if those foreigner’s were not taking the jobs American’s depend on during a DEPRESSION and folks I do not want to sound like an alarmist, though that is were we are headed fast! And remember this, during the last deep depression Lawyer’s & doctor’s washed dishes in order to survive.

Thank you for posting this informative article.

The reluctance of Congress to implement E-Verify or similar protections more widely suggests to me that perhaps Congress does not appreciate the actual extent of the economic disenfranchisement of Americans in the domestic workplace at this time of soaring unemployment.

For example, in light of the unemployment statistics you cited, the theoretical basis for temporary H-1B and H-2B visas no longer seems to exist. Most other nations give employment priority to job applicants who are either citizens or actively seeking legal immigration to become citizens. If they can't find enough candidates in a given occupation, employers in those nations must initiate genuine training programs to train citizens to fill those jobs.

Perhaps the creation of an H-1B and H-2B entity business index and a corresponding "training program" index to mandate the reporting of the actual number of H-1B and H-2B visa holders working at any given firm to the SEC or other governmental agency would be useful?

I sent the faxes in to my senators and reps with this added comment:

It is critical that we protect Oregon jobs for Americans only. Now that the fantasy of "never-ending globalized work" has hit the fan, everyone can see that each and every job is a precious object to hold and protect for one's own people. Do not let foreigners pronounce themselves to be "immigrants" (audacious!), then steal work away from Americans. We need representatives who represent US!