From: Roy Beck, President, NumbersUSA
Date: Sunday 25AUG07 11:55 p.m. EDT
Monday begins TV ad campaign to expose human face of victims of extreme immigration
DEAR FRIENDS,
The ad is something else!
It reminds viewers that there are real victims to the federal government's policy of importing or allowing more than a million foreign workers (both legal and illegal) into this country each year.
If you are reading this Monday mid-morning, you should also have in your in-box an email from us asking you to sign a petition and to watch the new TV immigration ad that begins running Monday in every region of the country.
You will see across the top of that email that we are asking you to spread that email far and wide.
I am sending this email to you to say how very important it is that you expose as many people as possible to the pre-Labor Day ad and petition campaign. So, please forward that email and/or fill in as many email addresses as possible on the 'refer' list that you'll see after you sign the petition.
I think you will be excited to see that this calm but explosive TV ad will finally be raising the issue of discrimination against American workers in a highly public way.
Already, more than 27 million U.S. jobs are being filled by foreign workers, even though 54 million working-age Americans don't have a job.
This is an extended ad campaign by the Coalition for the Future American Worker. It is starting out in Boston, South Carolina, Mississippi, Ohio, Michigan, Iowa, Austin and San Jose/San Francisco. Those of you in those areas will hear from us about specific actions you can take in your local area that will augment the power of this ad campaign.
If you don't find the petition/ad email, you can look at both the petition and the ad at:
www.ReformUS.org
I hope you are as excited as we are and will open that petition/ad email right now.
THANKS,
P.S. As we close in on the end of August, donations from activists have not yet met the monthly goal for maintaining our minimum level of operations.
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From: Roy Beck, President, NumbersUSA
Date: Sunday 25AUG07 11:55 p.m. EDT
Monday begins TV ad campaign to expose human face of victims of extreme immigration
DEAR FRIENDS,
The ad is something else!
It reminds viewers that there are real victims to the federal government's policy of importing or allowing more than a million foreign workers (both legal and illegal) into this country each year.
If you are reading this Monday mid-morning, you should also have in your in-box an email from us asking you to sign a petition and to watch the new TV immigration ad that begins running Monday in every region of the country.
You will see across the top of that email that we are asking you to spread that email far and wide.
I am sending this email to you to say how very important it is that you expose as many people as possible to the pre-Labor Day ad and petition campaign. So, please forward that email and/or fill in as many email addresses as possible on the 'refer' list that you'll see after you sign the petition.
I think you will be excited to see that this calm but explosive TV ad will finally be raising the issue of discrimination against American workers in a highly public way.
Already, more than 27 million U.S. jobs are being filled by foreign workers, even though 54 million working-age Americans don't have a job.
This is an extended ad campaign by the Coalition for the Future American Worker. It is starting out in Boston, South Carolina, Mississippi, Ohio, Michigan, Iowa, Austin and San Jose/San Francisco. Those of you in those areas will hear from us about specific actions you can take in your local area that will augment the power of this ad campaign.
If you don't find the petition/ad email, you can look at both the petition and the ad at:
www.ReformUS.org
I hope you are as excited as we are and will open that petition/ad email right now.
THANKS,
P.S. As we close in on the end of August, donations from activists have not yet met the monthly goal for maintaining our minimum level of operations.
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Oklahoma no longer OK for Illegal Aliens
Every State needs to [do] this!!!!
Oklahoma's Governor Brad Henry has signed a sweeping immigration Reform bill:
House Bill 1804 that its sponsor believes will go a long way in dealing with the illegal alien problem in the state.
House Bill 1804 was passed by overwhelming majorities in both the House and Senate of the Oklahoma Legislature. T he measure's sponsor, State Representative Randy Terrill, says the bill has four main topical areas: it deals with identity theft; it terminates public assistance benefits to illegal; it empowers state and local police to enforce federal immigration laws; and it punishes employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens.
Oklahoma is no longer "O.K ." for illegal aliens, Terrill observes. "When you put everything together in context," he contends, "the bottom line is illegal aliens will not come here if there are no jobs waiting for them, they will not stay here if there is no government subsidy, and they certainly won't stay here if they know that if they ever encounter our state and local law enforcement officers, they will be physically detained until they're deported. And that's ex actly what House Bill 1804 does."
The Oklahoma legislator is pleased the bill he sponsored into law was signed by Governor Henry and believes it will go a long way to curb the illegal immigration problem in the state. "I would remind people that states are separate sovereigns in our federal system," Terrill points out. "Anyone who doesn't understand that needs to go back and take an American federal government class in college," he says.
As a result of that sovereignty, the Oklahoma lawmaker insists, "we have as much right - in fact, I would argue, a responsibility - to protect our tax payers against that sort of egregious waste, fraud and abuse as the federal government should have a responsibility to protect that international border, but doesn't do that."
Terrill says as long as the federal government refuses to do its job of protecting the international borders of the United States, states like Oklahoma must take action to deal with the problem that is costing taxpayers in the state $200 million a year in public benefits, law enforcement costs, and other resources.
&nb sp; 14 GOOD REASONS TO DEPORT ILLIGAL ALIENS
(websites provided for verification)
Hope these 14 reasons are forwarded over and over again until they are read by the majority of Americans. Then they will have something to yell at their U.S. Congress members.
1. $11 Billion to $22 billion is spent on welfare to illegal aliens each year. https://tinyurl.com/zob77
2. $2.2 Billion dollars a year is spent on food assistance programs such as food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches for illegal aliens. https://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html
3. $2.5 Billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal aliens. https://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html
4. $12 Billion dollars a year is spent on primary and secondary school education for children here illegally and they cannot speak a word of English! https://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.0.html
5. $17 Billion dollars a year is spent for education for the American-born children of illegal aliens, known as anchor babies. https://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html
6. $3 Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens. https://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html
7. 30% percent of all Federal Prison inmates are illegal aliens. https://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html
8. $90 Billion Dollars a year is spent on illegal aliens for Welfare & social services by the American taxpayers. https://premium.cnn.com/TRANSCIPTS/0610/29/ldt.01.html
9. $200 Billion Dollars a year in suppressed American wages are caused by the illegal aliens. https://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html
10. The illegal aliens in the United States have a crime rate that's two and a half times that of white non-illegal aliens. In particular, their children, are going to make a huge additional crime problem in the United States https://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0606/12/ldt.01.html
11. During the year of 2005 there were 4 to 10 MILLION illegal aliens that crossed our Southern Border also, as many as 19,500 illegal aliens from Terrorist Countries. Millions of pounds of drugs, cocaine, meth, heroine and marijuana, crossed into the U. S. from the Southern border. Homeland Security Report: https://tinyurl.com/t9sht < https://tinyurl.com/t9sht
12. The National Policy Institute "estimated that the total cost of mass deportation would be between $206 and $230 billion or an average cost of between $41 and $46 billion annually over a five year period." https://www.nationalpolicyinstitute.org/pdf/deportation.pdf
13. In 2006 illegal aliens sent home $45 BILLION in remittances back to their countries of origin. https://www.rense.com/general75/niht.htm
14. "The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration: Nearly One Million Sex Crimes Committed by Illegal Immigrants in the United States ". https://www.drdsk.com/articleshtml
So using the LOWEST estimates, the annual cost OF ILLEGAL ALIENS is $338.3 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR!
So if deporting them costs between $206 and $230 BILLION DOLLARS, Start getting rid of em'. We'll be ahead after the 1st year!!!
Please pass this on. Americans need to wake up!
--
Hawk Smessaert
Hawk's Firearms Instruction
www.havegunwilltravel.net
ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF FREEDOM...
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Oklahoma no longer OK for Illegal Aliens
Every State needs to [do] this!!!!
Oklahoma's Governor Brad Henry has signed a sweeping immigration Reform bill:
House Bill 1804 that its sponsor believes will go a long way in dealing with the illegal alien problem in the state.
House Bill 1804 was passed by overwhelming majorities in both the House and Senate of the Oklahoma Legislature. T he measure's sponsor, State Representative Randy Terrill, says the bill has four main topical areas: it deals with identity theft; it terminates public assistance benefits to illegal; it empowers state and local police to enforce federal immigration laws; and it punishes employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens.
Oklahoma is no longer "O.K ." for illegal aliens, Terrill observes. "When you put everything together in context," he contends, "the bottom line is illegal aliens will not come here if there are no jobs waiting for them, they will not stay here if there is no government subsidy, and they certainly won't stay here if they know that if they ever encounter our state and local law enforcement officers, they will be physically detained until they're deported. And that's ex actly what House Bill 1804 does."
The Oklahoma legislator is pleased the bill he sponsored into law was signed by Governor Henry and believes it will go a long way to curb the illegal immigration problem in the state. "I would remind people that states are separate sovereigns in our federal system," Terrill points out. "Anyone who doesn't understand that needs to go back and take an American federal government class in college," he says.
As a result of that sovereignty, the Oklahoma lawmaker insists, "we have as much right - in fact, I would argue, a responsibility - to protect our tax payers against that sort of egregious waste, fraud and abuse as the federal government should have a responsibility to protect that international border, but doesn't do that."
Terrill says as long as the federal government refuses to do its job of protecting the international borders of the United States, states like Oklahoma must take action to deal with the problem that is costing taxpayers in the state $200 million a year in public benefits, law enforcement costs, and other resources.
&nb sp; 14 GOOD REASONS TO DEPORT ILLIGAL ALIENS
(websites provided for verification)
Hope these 14 reasons are forwarded over and over again until they are read by the majority of Americans. Then they will have something to yell at their U.S. Congress members.
1. $11 Billion to $22 billion is spent on welfare to illegal aliens each year. https://tinyurl.com/zob77
2. $2.2 Billion dollars a year is spent on food assistance programs such as food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches for illegal aliens. https://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html
3. $2.5 Billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal aliens. https://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html
4. $12 Billion dollars a year is spent on primary and secondary school education for children here illegally and they cannot speak a word of English! https://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.0.html
5. $17 Billion dollars a year is spent for education for the American-born children of illegal aliens, known as anchor babies. https://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html
6. $3 Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens. https://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html
7. 30% percent of all Federal Prison inmates are illegal aliens. https://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html
8. $90 Billion Dollars a year is spent on illegal aliens for Welfare & social services by the American taxpayers. https://premium.cnn.com/TRANSCIPTS/0610/29/ldt.01.html
9. $200 Billion Dollars a year in suppressed American wages are caused by the illegal aliens. https://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html
10. The illegal aliens in the United States have a crime rate that's two and a half times that of white non-illegal aliens. In particular, their children, are going to make a huge additional crime problem in the United States https://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0606/12/ldt.01.html
11. During the year of 2005 there were 4 to 10 MILLION illegal aliens that crossed our Southern Border also, as many as 19,500 illegal aliens from Terrorist Countries. Millions of pounds of drugs, cocaine, meth, heroine and marijuana, crossed into the U. S. from the Southern border. Homeland Security Report: https://tinyurl.com/t9sht < https://tinyurl.com/t9sht
12. The National Policy Institute "estimated that the total cost of mass deportation would be between $206 and $230 billion or an average cost of between $41 and $46 billion annually over a five year period." https://www.nationalpolicyinstitute.org/pdf/deportation.pdf
13. In 2006 illegal aliens sent home $45 BILLION in remittances back to their countries of origin. https://www.rense.com/general75/niht.htm
14. "The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration: Nearly One Million Sex Crimes Committed by Illegal Immigrants in the United States ". https://www.drdsk.com/articleshtml
So using the LOWEST estimates, the annual cost OF ILLEGAL ALIENS is $338.3 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR!
So if deporting them costs between $206 and $230 BILLION DOLLARS, Start getting rid of em'. We'll be ahead after the 1st year!!!
Please pass this on. Americans need to wake up!
--
Hawk Smessaert
Hawk's Firearms Instruction
www.havegunwilltravel.net
ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF FREEDOM...
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This s not nonsense my friend, it s called Reality. If Charles Bronson or Clint Eastwood re Precidents?..The numbers would definitely be different though....IMHO.||thumbs_up.gif' border=0>
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Immigration to Add 100+ Million to U.S. Population by 2060
Center for Immigration Studies : August 30 , 2007
"Whatever one thinks of population growth, the projected 167 million growth in the nation's population in the next 53 years is very large. It is larger than the entire U.S. population in 1950, and it is more than the combined total populations of California, Texas, New York, Florida, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Georgia, and New Jersey." CLICK HERE TO VIEW FULL REPORT
This study uses Census Bureau data to project how different levels of immigration impact population size and the aging of American society. The findings show that the current level of net immigration (1.25 million a year) will add 105 million to the nation's population by 2060. While immigration makes the population larger, it has a small effect on the aging of society.
Among the findings:
* Currently, 1.6 million legal and illegal immigrants settle in the country each year; 350,000 immigrants leave each year, resulting in net immigration of 1.25 million.
* If immigration continues at current levels, the nation's population will increase from 301 million today to 468 million in 2060 -- a 167 million (56 percent) increase. Immigrants plus their descendents will account for 105 million (63 percent) of the increase.
* The total projected growth of 167 million is equal to the combined populations of Great Britain, France, and Spain. The 105 million from immigration by itself is equal to 13 additional New York Cities.
* If the annual level of net immigration was reduced to 300,000, future immigration would add 25 million people to the population by 2060, 80 million fewer than the current level of immigration would add.
* The above projection follows exactly the Census Bureau's assumptions about future birth and death rates, including a decline in the birth rate for Hispanics, who comprise the largest share of immigrants.
* Net immigration has been increasing for five decades; if immigration continues to increase, it will add more than the projected 105 million by 2060 that will be added if immigration levels stay the same.
* While immigration has a very large impact on the size of the nation's population, it has only a small effect on slowing the aging of American society.
* At the current level of net immigration (1.25 million a year), 61 percent of the nation's population will be of working age (15-66) in 2060, compared to 60 percent if net immigration were reduced to 300,000 a year.
* If net immigration was doubled to 2.5 million a year it would raise the working-age share of the population by one additional percentage point, to 62 percent, by 2060. But at that level of immigration, the U.S. population would reach 573 million, double its size in the 2000 Census.
* The nation's ongoing debate over immigration generally has not focused on the effect it has on U.S. population size. Yet, increasing the nation's total population is one of immigration's clearest and most direct effects. Supporters of low immigration point to the congestion, sprawl, traffic, pollution, loss of open spaces, and greenhouse gas emissions that could be impacted by population growth. Supporters of high immigration argue that population growth may create more opportunities for businesses, workers, and consumers. Whatever one thinks of population growth, the projected 167 million growth in the nation's population in the next 53 years is very large. It is larger than the entire U.S. population in 1950, and it is more than the combined total populations of California, Texas, New York, Florida, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Georgia, and New Jersey. Even the impact of immigration by itself is enormous. The 105 million immigration will add to the population by 2060 is more than all of the population growth that occurred in United States in the first 130 years of the nation's history after independence. Our findings are consistent with projections done by the U.S. Census Bureau and others. Since we have used Bureau projections of death and birth rates by race and simply varied the immigration component, this is to be expected. The Methodology Appendix at the end of the report explains in detail how the projections were created. We provide many alternative levels of immigration, leaving the reader free to judge how different immigration levels impact population size and the age structure. This report makes clear that immigration has a very large impact on the nation's population. The question is not whether immigration levels are a key determinant of population increase -- they are. The question is what costs and benefits will the increase bring. How we answer these questions will to a significant extent determine which immigration policy we pursue.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW FULL REPORT
Source: https://numbersusa.com
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Immigration to Add 100+ Million to U.S. Population by 2060
Center for Immigration Studies : August 30 , 2007
"Whatever one thinks of population growth, the projected 167 million growth in the nation's population in the next 53 years is very large. It is larger than the entire U.S. population in 1950, and it is more than the combined total populations of California, Texas, New York, Florida, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Georgia, and New Jersey." CLICK HERE TO VIEW FULL REPORT
This study uses Census Bureau data to project how different levels of immigration impact population size and the aging of American society. The findings show that the current level of net immigration (1.25 million a year) will add 105 million to the nation's population by 2060. While immigration makes the population larger, it has a small effect on the aging of society.
Among the findings:
* Currently, 1.6 million legal and illegal immigrants settle in the country each year; 350,000 immigrants leave each year, resulting in net immigration of 1.25 million.
* If immigration continues at current levels, the nation's population will increase from 301 million today to 468 million in 2060 -- a 167 million (56 percent) increase. Immigrants plus their descendents will account for 105 million (63 percent) of the increase.
* The total projected growth of 167 million is equal to the combined populations of Great Britain, France, and Spain. The 105 million from immigration by itself is equal to 13 additional New York Cities.
* If the annual level of net immigration was reduced to 300,000, future immigration would add 25 million people to the population by 2060, 80 million fewer than the current level of immigration would add.
* The above projection follows exactly the Census Bureau's assumptions about future birth and death rates, including a decline in the birth rate for Hispanics, who comprise the largest share of immigrants.
* Net immigration has been increasing for five decades; if immigration continues to increase, it will add more than the projected 105 million by 2060 that will be added if immigration levels stay the same.
* While immigration has a very large impact on the size of the nation's population, it has only a small effect on slowing the aging of American society.
* At the current level of net immigration (1.25 million a year), 61 percent of the nation's population will be of working age (15-66) in 2060, compared to 60 percent if net immigration were reduced to 300,000 a year.
* If net immigration was doubled to 2.5 million a year it would raise the working-age share of the population by one additional percentage point, to 62 percent, by 2060. But at that level of immigration, the U.S. population would reach 573 million, double its size in the 2000 Census.
* The nation's ongoing debate over immigration generally has not focused on the effect it has on U.S. population size. Yet, increasing the nation's total population is one of immigration's clearest and most direct effects. Supporters of low immigration point to the congestion, sprawl, traffic, pollution, loss of open spaces, and greenhouse gas emissions that could be impacted by population growth. Supporters of high immigration argue that population growth may create more opportunities for businesses, workers, and consumers. Whatever one thinks of population growth, the projected 167 million growth in the nation's population in the next 53 years is very large. It is larger than the entire U.S. population in 1950, and it is more than the combined total populations of California, Texas, New York, Florida, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Georgia, and New Jersey. Even the impact of immigration by itself is enormous. The 105 million immigration will add to the population by 2060 is more than all of the population growth that occurred in United States in the first 130 years of the nation's history after independence. Our findings are consistent with projections done by the U.S. Census Bureau and others. Since we have used Bureau projections of death and birth rates by race and simply varied the immigration component, this is to be expected. The Methodology Appendix at the end of the report explains in detail how the projections were created. We provide many alternative levels of immigration, leaving the reader free to judge how different immigration levels impact population size and the age structure. This report makes clear that immigration has a very large impact on the nation's population. The question is not whether immigration levels are a key determinant of population increase -- they are. The question is what costs and benefits will the increase bring. How we answer these questions will to a significant extent determine which immigration policy we pursue.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW FULL REPORT
Source: https://numbersusa.com
||an_clap.gif' border=0>This is all GREAT. But, ALSO, CONTACT your representatives!!!!!!!!!! Bitching here is a START, but we HAVE to let our reps know how we demand they vote for us! GL
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||an_clap.gif' border=0>This is all GREAT. But, ALSO, CONTACT your representatives!!!!!!!!!! Bitching here is a START, but we HAVE to let our reps know how we demand they vote for us! GL
August 31, 2007 PrintSaveE-mailSize: +/–Truckers outraged at impending opening of Mexican border Calls and letters are flooding into the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association from truckers expressing everything from dismay, to outrage, to genuine fear for their livelihood with the opening of the border to Mexican motor carriers.
The message has been loud and clear from Congress to the Bush administration that this program is not to move forward without being thoroughly checked. The fact that it’s being shoved through without complying with the letter of the law is not sitting well with a lot of truckers – truckers like Gail Daugherty.
Daugherty, a 20-year plus OTR driver and one who makes frequent trips to Laredo, TX, has seen first hand the trucks and trailers operating in the commercial zone under the current cross-border agreement.
“The gall of this administration to wait until Congress is out of session is appalling,” said Daugherty. “We were promised nothing was going to happen until all the i’s were dotted and the t’s were crossed. What a crock!”
A complicated web of regulations governs the U.S. trucking industry – regulations that many truckers fear their Mexican counterparts may not be subject to.
“Why in God’s name would they allow this, when the truckers in this country must abide by the rules and regulations,” trucker Rob Morris pointed out in a letter to Land Line.
“Each state has its laws governing big rigs that haul in their state – axle requirements, permits, length of loads, weights, hazardous material bans and laws. Certain kinds of brakes are not allowed, width of load, flagged shipments.”
Dave Faltermeier has seen firsthand how the enforcement community may handle a driver who cannot communicate in English.
“I’ve had enough, and enough is enough,” Faltermeier wrote to Land Line. “I was at the Harrisonville Scale in Harrisonville, MO, last summer down on Highway 71, and was inside the scale house, when there was a driver in there, from God knows where, who couldn’t even speak English and properly communicate with the scale attendant whatsoever. It was so bad that he just let the driver go, on his way and gave up even trying.
“Of course I ended up getting a measly logbook violation, for being a few hours behind, go figure.”
Freight demand and rates are already down in the U.S. and truckers are worried what impact the competition from Mexican motor carriers, whose drivers will most certainly make far less than their U.S. counterparts, will have.
OOIDA member James Thomas of Barry, Ontario, says rates for Canadian truckers who pick up back-hauls in the states are already depressed.
He fears opening the southern border will make things worse.
OOIDA encourages truckers with concerns about the cross-border program to immediately contact their U.S. lawmakers. If there’s only time for a phone call or two, the Association recommends calling your two U.S. Senators.
The U.S. Capitol Switchboard phone number is (202) 224-3121. If you don’t know who your U.S. lawmakers are, you can call the OOIDA Membership Department 1-800-444-5791 and they will look the information up for you.
– By Jami Jones, senior editor
jami_jones@landlinemag.com
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August 31, 2007 PrintSaveE-mailSize: +/–Truckers outraged at impending opening of Mexican border Calls and letters are flooding into the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association from truckers expressing everything from dismay, to outrage, to genuine fear for their livelihood with the opening of the border to Mexican motor carriers.
The message has been loud and clear from Congress to the Bush administration that this program is not to move forward without being thoroughly checked. The fact that it’s being shoved through without complying with the letter of the law is not sitting well with a lot of truckers – truckers like Gail Daugherty.
Daugherty, a 20-year plus OTR driver and one who makes frequent trips to Laredo, TX, has seen first hand the trucks and trailers operating in the commercial zone under the current cross-border agreement.
“The gall of this administration to wait until Congress is out of session is appalling,” said Daugherty. “We were promised nothing was going to happen until all the i’s were dotted and the t’s were crossed. What a crock!”
A complicated web of regulations governs the U.S. trucking industry – regulations that many truckers fear their Mexican counterparts may not be subject to.
“Why in God’s name would they allow this, when the truckers in this country must abide by the rules and regulations,” trucker Rob Morris pointed out in a letter to Land Line.
“Each state has its laws governing big rigs that haul in their state – axle requirements, permits, length of loads, weights, hazardous material bans and laws. Certain kinds of brakes are not allowed, width of load, flagged shipments.”
Dave Faltermeier has seen firsthand how the enforcement community may handle a driver who cannot communicate in English.
“I’ve had enough, and enough is enough,” Faltermeier wrote to Land Line. “I was at the Harrisonville Scale in Harrisonville, MO, last summer down on Highway 71, and was inside the scale house, when there was a driver in there, from God knows where, who couldn’t even speak English and properly communicate with the scale attendant whatsoever. It was so bad that he just let the driver go, on his way and gave up even trying.
“Of course I ended up getting a measly logbook violation, for being a few hours behind, go figure.”
Freight demand and rates are already down in the U.S. and truckers are worried what impact the competition from Mexican motor carriers, whose drivers will most certainly make far less than their U.S. counterparts, will have.
OOIDA member James Thomas of Barry, Ontario, says rates for Canadian truckers who pick up back-hauls in the states are already depressed.
He fears opening the southern border will make things worse.
OOIDA encourages truckers with concerns about the cross-border program to immediately contact their U.S. lawmakers. If there’s only time for a phone call or two, the Association recommends calling your two U.S. Senators.
The U.S. Capitol Switchboard phone number is (202) 224-3121. If you don’t know who your U.S. lawmakers are, you can call the OOIDA Membership Department 1-800-444-5791 and they will look the information up for you.
– By Jami Jones, senior editor
jami_jones@landlinemag.com
Thats right Bandit...Call send faxes whatever...More info @ numbersusa.com & on my main forum for more info @ the URL @ the top of the page.||an_bomb.gif' border=0>||an_cannon.gif' border=0>||Peace_5.gif' border=0>
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Thats right Bandit...Call send faxes whatever...More info @ numbersusa.com & on my main forum for more info @ the URL @ the top of the page.||an_bomb.gif' border=0>||an_cannon.gif' border=0>||Peace_5.gif' border=0>
Wen782 wrote: 21m ago
Hey Tigger... nice thinkin' pal, but I doubt that the US will allow itself to become a 3rd world country. Thanks, but no thanks. And find somewhere else to spread your stupidity, please.
I sent this note (long and windy) to George Voinovich and Sherrod Brown of Ohio. We'll see if I get anything back. Our government needs to be revamped and the good old boys and their bull need to go the way of the beta max. NAFTA is not fair trade. It's supposed to stand for North American Free Trade Agreement. It really means North America: F*** The Americans.
'As one of your constituents and a registered voter, I hope that I can count on you and the rest of the government to do the right thing and block the Mexican trucking company invasion into the US. I realize, and you know, that the public feels that the government is not here to help us, but maybe you can change our minds about at least the representatives we have in Ohio.
Sending the "best of the best" of the Mexican companies over here until they establish that they're ok and then sending whatever is leftover isn't going to help the US economy.
As it is, if you don't support ending the Mexican trucking companies coming here, you are turning your back on me, my husband and our community. My husband is an owner operator. His business would be affected by this. Perhaps not directly, but indirectly, as more money hungry companies stretch out to increase the profits and say heck with the little man.
We're not out to make a fortune doing this, we're out to survive and support our lifestyle and our home. You, as a member of the elected officials for our state, SHOULD be sponsoring that in the best way you can. That means not supporting this border crossing at free will.
I don't want to live in Mexico, and you should want to stay in office, so I would hope that you also would be against this happening. The US needs to make a stand, not keep standing up for lower cost and bigger profits and saying heck with the American public and worker.
Note that YOUR STATE has double the national average of foreclosures. Do you REALLY think that allowing Mexican trucking companies free reign here in the US (and Ohio) where many American truck drivers live will really help that situation? No.
It's time for the American public and government to stand up, stand strong and try to keep this country strong and proud, not allow it to become a third world country. (Source https://usatoday.com news story blogs)
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Wen782 wrote: 21m ago
Hey Tigger... nice thinkin' pal, but I doubt that the US will allow itself to become a 3rd world country. Thanks, but no thanks. And find somewhere else to spread your stupidity, please.
I sent this note (long and windy) to George Voinovich and Sherrod Brown of Ohio. We'll see if I get anything back. Our government needs to be revamped and the good old boys and their bull need to go the way of the beta max. NAFTA is not fair trade. It's supposed to stand for North American Free Trade Agreement. It really means North America: F*** The Americans.
'As one of your constituents and a registered voter, I hope that I can count on you and the rest of the government to do the right thing and block the Mexican trucking company invasion into the US. I realize, and you know, that the public feels that the government is not here to help us, but maybe you can change our minds about at least the representatives we have in Ohio.
Sending the "best of the best" of the Mexican companies over here until they establish that they're ok and then sending whatever is leftover isn't going to help the US economy.
As it is, if you don't support ending the Mexican trucking companies coming here, you are turning your back on me, my husband and our community. My husband is an owner operator. His business would be affected by this. Perhaps not directly, but indirectly, as more money hungry companies stretch out to increase the profits and say heck with the little man.
We're not out to make a fortune doing this, we're out to survive and support our lifestyle and our home. You, as a member of the elected officials for our state, SHOULD be sponsoring that in the best way you can. That means not supporting this border crossing at free will.
I don't want to live in Mexico, and you should want to stay in office, so I would hope that you also would be against this happening. The US needs to make a stand, not keep standing up for lower cost and bigger profits and saying heck with the American public and worker.
Note that YOUR STATE has double the national average of foreclosures. Do you REALLY think that allowing Mexican trucking companies free reign here in the US (and Ohio) where many American truck drivers live will really help that situation? No.
It's time for the American public and government to stand up, stand strong and try to keep this country strong and proud, not allow it to become a third world country. (Source https://usatoday.com news story blogs)
September 10, 2007 PrintSaveE-mailSize: +/–SPECIAL REPORT: Cross-border program funding in jeopardy in Senate Monday, Sept. 10, 2007 – In a one-two punch directed at the cross-border trucking program with Mexico, the Senate will soon consider an amendment seeking to cutoff funding to the program.
The U.S. House of Representatives approved an amendment as part of its 2008 transportation appropriations legislation that calls to stop funding of the cross-border program.
U.S. Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-ND, announced today he will offer an amendment on Tuesday to stop the Bush Administration’s pilot program that now allows Mexican trucks to haul freight throughout the United States.
Dorgan will offer the amendment to the Senate’s FY 2008 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill. It would cut off funds for implementing the program, according to a press release issued by Dorgan.
Specifically, the amendment stipulates: “None of the funds made available under this act may be used to establish a cross-border motor carrier demonstration program to allow Mexico domiciled motor carriers to operate beyond the commercial zones along the international border between the United States and Mexico.”
Dorgan obviously is taking exception to how the program was launched.
“The Bush Administration rushed to implement the pilot program late last week – literally in the dark of night. It was launched just one hour after a required Transportation Department Inspector General’s report was issued,” Dorgan’s press release stated.
That report identified numerous problems with allowing the program to go forward.
“They didn't even wait for the ink to dry, much less read the report or consider the questions it raised,” Dorgan said.
He described the administration’s hurried action as “arrogant” and said that it “puts Americans at risk” because Mexican enforcement of truck and driver standards are “much less rigorous” than in the United States.
A crash of a Mexican truck earlier today in northern Mexico made the point that the need is for caution, not speed, in allowing Mexican trucks to travel throughout the United States, Dorgan said. A truck loaded with 25 tons of explosives collided with another vehicle according to The Associated Press. The ensuing explosion left 37 dead and a 65-foot crater in the road.
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association issued a national Call to Action urging members to contact their senators in support of Dorgan’s amendment.
Call the U.S. Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and give them your home ZIP code to be connected with the senators from your state.
– By Jami Jones, senior editor
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September 10, 2007 PrintSaveE-mailSize: +/–SPECIAL REPORT: Cross-border program funding in jeopardy in Senate Monday, Sept. 10, 2007 – In a one-two punch directed at the cross-border trucking program with Mexico, the Senate will soon consider an amendment seeking to cutoff funding to the program.
The U.S. House of Representatives approved an amendment as part of its 2008 transportation appropriations legislation that calls to stop funding of the cross-border program.
U.S. Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-ND, announced today he will offer an amendment on Tuesday to stop the Bush Administration’s pilot program that now allows Mexican trucks to haul freight throughout the United States.
Dorgan will offer the amendment to the Senate’s FY 2008 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill. It would cut off funds for implementing the program, according to a press release issued by Dorgan.
Specifically, the amendment stipulates: “None of the funds made available under this act may be used to establish a cross-border motor carrier demonstration program to allow Mexico domiciled motor carriers to operate beyond the commercial zones along the international border between the United States and Mexico.”
Dorgan obviously is taking exception to how the program was launched.
“The Bush Administration rushed to implement the pilot program late last week – literally in the dark of night. It was launched just one hour after a required Transportation Department Inspector General’s report was issued,” Dorgan’s press release stated.
That report identified numerous problems with allowing the program to go forward.
“They didn't even wait for the ink to dry, much less read the report or consider the questions it raised,” Dorgan said.
He described the administration’s hurried action as “arrogant” and said that it “puts Americans at risk” because Mexican enforcement of truck and driver standards are “much less rigorous” than in the United States.
A crash of a Mexican truck earlier today in northern Mexico made the point that the need is for caution, not speed, in allowing Mexican trucks to travel throughout the United States, Dorgan said. A truck loaded with 25 tons of explosives collided with another vehicle according to The Associated Press. The ensuing explosion left 37 dead and a 65-foot crater in the road.
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association issued a national Call to Action urging members to contact their senators in support of Dorgan’s amendment.
Call the U.S. Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and give them your home ZIP code to be connected with the senators from your state.
– By Jami Jones, senior editor
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Subject: America Needs A Leader Like This!
Prime Minister John Howard - Australia
Muslims who want to live under Islamic Sharia law were told on Wednesday to get out of Australia , as the government targeted radicals in a bid to head off potential terror attacks.
A day after a group of mainstream Muslim leaders pledged loyalty to Australia and her Queen at a special meeting with Prime Minister John Howard, he and his Ministers made it clear that extremists would face a crackdown. Treasurer Peter Costello, seen as heir apparent to Howard, hinted that some radical clerics could be asked to leave the country if they did not accept that Australia was a secular state, and its laws were made by parliament. 'If those are not your values, if you want a country which has Sharia law or a theocratic state, then Australia is not for you', he said on National Television.
'I'd be saying to clerics who are teaching that there are two laws governing people in Australia : one the Australian law and another Islamic law that is false. If you can't agree with parliamentary law, independent courts, democracy, and would prefer Sharia law and have the opportunity to go to another country, which practices it, perhaps, then, that's a better option', Costello said.
Asked whether he meant radical clerics would be forced to leave, he said those with dual citizenship could possibly be asked to move to the other country. Education Minister Brendan Nelson later told reporters that Muslims who did not want to accept local values should clear off. 'Basically people who don't want to be Australians, and who don't want to live by Australian values and understand them, well then, they can basically clear off', he said.
Separately, Howard angered some Australian Muslims on Wednesday by saying he supported spy agencies monitoring the nation's mosques. Quote: 'IMMIGRANTS, NOT AUSTRALIANS, MUST ADAPT. Take It Or Leave It. I am tired of this nation worrying about whether we are offending some individual or their culture. Since the terrorist attacks on Bali , we have experienced a surge in patriotism by the majority of Australians.'
'However, the dust from the attacks had barely settled when the 'politically correct' crowd began complaining about the possibility that our patriotism was offending others. I am not against immigration, nor do I hold a grudge against anyone who is seeking a better life by coming to Australia . However, there are a few things that those who have recently come to our country, and apparently some born here, need to understand. This idea of Australia being a multi-cultural community has served only to dilute our sovereignty and our national identity. And as Australians, we have our own culture, our own society, our own language and our own lifestyle.
This culture has been developed over two centuries of struggles, trials and victories by millions of men and women who have sought freedom.
We speak mainly ENGLISH, not Spanish, Lebanese, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, or any other language. Therefore, if you wish to become part of our society . Learn the language!
Most Australians believe in God. This is not some Christian, right wing, political push, but a fact, because Christian men and women, on Christian principles, founded this nation, and this is clearly documented. It is certainly appropriate to display it on the walls of our schools. If God offends you, then I suggest you consider another part of the world as your new home, because God is part of our culture.
We will accept your beliefs, and will not question why. All we ask is that you accept ours, and live in harmony and peaceful enjoyment with us.
If the Southern Cross offends you, or you don't like 'A Fair Go', then you should seriously consider a move to another part of this planet. We are happy with our culture and have no desire to change, and we really don't care how you did things where you came from. By all means, keep your culture, but do not force it on others.
This is OUR COUNTRY, OUR LAND, and OUR LIFESTYLE, and we will allow you every opportunity to enjoy all this. But once you are done complaining, whining, and griping about Our Flag, Our Pledge, Our Christian beliefs, or Our Way of Life, I highly encourage you take advantage of one other great Australian freedom, 'THE RIGHT TO LEAVE'. If you aren't happy here then LEAVE. We didn't force you to come here. You asked to be here. So accept the country YOU chose.'
Maybe if we circulate this amongst ourselves, American citizens will find the backbone to start speaking and voicing the same truths.
If you agree, please SEND THIS ON.
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Subject: America Needs A Leader Like This!
Prime Minister John Howard - Australia
Muslims who want to live under Islamic Sharia law were told on Wednesday to get out of Australia , as the government targeted radicals in a bid to head off potential terror attacks.
A day after a group of mainstream Muslim leaders pledged loyalty to Australia and her Queen at a special meeting with Prime Minister John Howard, he and his Ministers made it clear that extremists would face a crackdown. Treasurer Peter Costello, seen as heir apparent to Howard, hinted that some radical clerics could be asked to leave the country if they did not accept that Australia was a secular state, and its laws were made by parliament. 'If those are not your values, if you want a country which has Sharia law or a theocratic state, then Australia is not for you', he said on National Television.
'I'd be saying to clerics who are teaching that there are two laws governing people in Australia : one the Australian law and another Islamic law that is false. If you can't agree with parliamentary law, independent courts, democracy, and would prefer Sharia law and have the opportunity to go to another country, which practices it, perhaps, then, that's a better option', Costello said.
Asked whether he meant radical clerics would be forced to leave, he said those with dual citizenship could possibly be asked to move to the other country. Education Minister Brendan Nelson later told reporters that Muslims who did not want to accept local values should clear off. 'Basically people who don't want to be Australians, and who don't want to live by Australian values and understand them, well then, they can basically clear off', he said.
Separately, Howard angered some Australian Muslims on Wednesday by saying he supported spy agencies monitoring the nation's mosques. Quote: 'IMMIGRANTS, NOT AUSTRALIANS, MUST ADAPT. Take It Or Leave It. I am tired of this nation worrying about whether we are offending some individual or their culture. Since the terrorist attacks on Bali , we have experienced a surge in patriotism by the majority of Australians.'
'However, the dust from the attacks had barely settled when the 'politically correct' crowd began complaining about the possibility that our patriotism was offending others. I am not against immigration, nor do I hold a grudge against anyone who is seeking a better life by coming to Australia . However, there are a few things that those who have recently come to our country, and apparently some born here, need to understand. This idea of Australia being a multi-cultural community has served only to dilute our sovereignty and our national identity. And as Australians, we have our own culture, our own society, our own language and our own lifestyle.
This culture has been developed over two centuries of struggles, trials and victories by millions of men and women who have sought freedom.
We speak mainly ENGLISH, not Spanish, Lebanese, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, or any other language. Therefore, if you wish to become part of our society . Learn the language!
Most Australians believe in God. This is not some Christian, right wing, political push, but a fact, because Christian men and women, on Christian principles, founded this nation, and this is clearly documented. It is certainly appropriate to display it on the walls of our schools. If God offends you, then I suggest you consider another part of the world as your new home, because God is part of our culture.
We will accept your beliefs, and will not question why. All we ask is that you accept ours, and live in harmony and peaceful enjoyment with us.
If the Southern Cross offends you, or you don't like 'A Fair Go', then you should seriously consider a move to another part of this planet. We are happy with our culture and have no desire to change, and we really don't care how you did things where you came from. By all means, keep your culture, but do not force it on others.
This is OUR COUNTRY, OUR LAND, and OUR LIFESTYLE, and we will allow you every opportunity to enjoy all this. But once you are done complaining, whining, and griping about Our Flag, Our Pledge, Our Christian beliefs, or Our Way of Life, I highly encourage you take advantage of one other great Australian freedom, 'THE RIGHT TO LEAVE'. If you aren't happy here then LEAVE. We didn't force you to come here. You asked to be here. So accept the country YOU chose.'
Maybe if we circulate this amongst ourselves, American citizens will find the backbone to start speaking and voicing the same truths.
If you agree, please SEND THIS ON.
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(source https://numbersusa.com )
These Senators Won't Pledge Vote Against DREAM Amnesty
(September 18) Today, the Senate resumed consideration of H.R. 1585, the Defense Department authorization bill for fiscal year 2008. At some point during the debate over the next few days, open-borders senators will attempt to attach three proposals that, when taken together, would grant amnesty to millions of illegal aliens and dramatically increase the importation of foreign workers at a time 10 million Americans are looking for jobs and can't find employment.
The floor vote on the amendment containing the DREAM Act amnesty (SA 2237) may occur on Wednesday, September 19. It will take 41 NO votes to kill this amnesty and, at this point, not enough Senators have committed to help.
Click here to send free faxes.
SENATORS MOST IN NEED OF PHONE CALLS
The senators noted below voted NO on the Comprehensive Amnesty in June, but have not yet pledged to vote NO on the DREAM Act amnesty.
Phone them by contacting the Senate switchboard at 202-224-3121.
Alaska: Murkowski, Stevens
Arkansas: Pryor
Colorado: Allard
Idaho: Crapo
Indiana: Bayh
Iowa: Grassley, Harkin
Kansas: Brownback
Louisiana: Landrieu
Maine: Collins
Michigan: Stabenow
Minnesota: Coleman
Mississippi: Cochran
Missouri: Bond, McCaskill
Montana: Baucus, Tester
Nebraska: Nelson (Ben)
Nevada: Ensign
New Hampshire: Sununu
New Mexico: Bingaman, Domenici
North Dakota: Dorgan
Ohio: Brown, Voinovich
Oklahoma: Coburn
Oregon: Smith
South Dakota: *Johnson, Thune
Texas: Cornyn, Hutchison
Utah: Hatch
Vermont: Sanders
Virginia: Warner, Webb
West Virginia: Byrd, Rockefeller
Wyoming: Barrasso
(Senators in red print have pledged to vote YES on the amnesty.)
* Did not vote in June
During consideration of the Department of Defense authorization bill (H.R. 1585) this week, open-borders senators may attempt to attach three proposals that, when taken together, would give amnesty to millions of illegal aliens and dramatically increase the importation of foreign workers at a time 10 million Americans are looking for jobs and can't find employment. The floor vote on the amendment containing the DREAM Act amnesty (SA 2237) may occur as early as Wednesday, September 19.
PRO-AMNESTY IN JUNE AND STILL PRO-AMNESTY
The senators noted below supported amnesty in June and show every sign of voting for amnesty again this week. They have been blasted all summer for their anti-American worker, pro-lawlessness stance. Perhaps your phone calls today can help them decide against voting for amnesty again.
Arizona: McCain
Arkansas: Lincoln
California: Boxer, Feinstein
Colorado: Salazar
Connecticut: Dodd, Lieberman
Delaware: Biden, Carper
Florida: Martinez, Nelson (Bill)
Hawaii: Akaka, Inouye
Idaho: Craig
Illinois: Durbin, Obama
Indiana: Lugar
Maine: Snowe
Maryland: Cardin, Mikulski
Massachusetts: Kennedy, Kerry
Michigan: Levin
Minnesota: Klobuchar
Nebraska: Hagel
Nevada: Reid
New Hampshire: Gregg
New Jersey: Lautenberg, Menendez
New York: Clinton, Schumer
North Dakota: Conrad
Oregon: Wyden
Pennsylvania: Casey, Specter
Rhode Island: Reed, Whitehouse
Utah: Bennett
Vermont: Leahy
Washington: Cantwell, Murray
Wisconsin: Feingold, Kohl
(Senators in red print have pledged to vote YES on the amnesty.)
(source https://numbersusa.com )
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(source https://numbersusa.com )
These Senators Won't Pledge Vote Against DREAM Amnesty
(September 18) Today, the Senate resumed consideration of H.R. 1585, the Defense Department authorization bill for fiscal year 2008. At some point during the debate over the next few days, open-borders senators will attempt to attach three proposals that, when taken together, would grant amnesty to millions of illegal aliens and dramatically increase the importation of foreign workers at a time 10 million Americans are looking for jobs and can't find employment.
The floor vote on the amendment containing the DREAM Act amnesty (SA 2237) may occur on Wednesday, September 19. It will take 41 NO votes to kill this amnesty and, at this point, not enough Senators have committed to help.
Click here to send free faxes.
SENATORS MOST IN NEED OF PHONE CALLS
The senators noted below voted NO on the Comprehensive Amnesty in June, but have not yet pledged to vote NO on the DREAM Act amnesty.
Phone them by contacting the Senate switchboard at 202-224-3121.
Alaska: Murkowski, Stevens
Arkansas: Pryor
Colorado: Allard
Idaho: Crapo
Indiana: Bayh
Iowa: Grassley, Harkin
Kansas: Brownback
Louisiana: Landrieu
Maine: Collins
Michigan: Stabenow
Minnesota: Coleman
Mississippi: Cochran
Missouri: Bond, McCaskill
Montana: Baucus, Tester
Nebraska: Nelson (Ben)
Nevada: Ensign
New Hampshire: Sununu
New Mexico: Bingaman, Domenici
North Dakota: Dorgan
Ohio: Brown, Voinovich
Oklahoma: Coburn
Oregon: Smith
South Dakota: *Johnson, Thune
Texas: Cornyn, Hutchison
Utah: Hatch
Vermont: Sanders
Virginia: Warner, Webb
West Virginia: Byrd, Rockefeller
Wyoming: Barrasso
(Senators in red print have pledged to vote YES on the amnesty.)
* Did not vote in June
During consideration of the Department of Defense authorization bill (H.R. 1585) this week, open-borders senators may attempt to attach three proposals that, when taken together, would give amnesty to millions of illegal aliens and dramatically increase the importation of foreign workers at a time 10 million Americans are looking for jobs and can't find employment. The floor vote on the amendment containing the DREAM Act amnesty (SA 2237) may occur as early as Wednesday, September 19.
PRO-AMNESTY IN JUNE AND STILL PRO-AMNESTY
The senators noted below supported amnesty in June and show every sign of voting for amnesty again this week. They have been blasted all summer for their anti-American worker, pro-lawlessness stance. Perhaps your phone calls today can help them decide against voting for amnesty again.
Arizona: McCain
Arkansas: Lincoln
California: Boxer, Feinstein
Colorado: Salazar
Connecticut: Dodd, Lieberman
Delaware: Biden, Carper
Florida: Martinez, Nelson (Bill)
Hawaii: Akaka, Inouye
Idaho: Craig
Illinois: Durbin, Obama
Indiana: Lugar
Maine: Snowe
Maryland: Cardin, Mikulski
Massachusetts: Kennedy, Kerry
Michigan: Levin
Minnesota: Klobuchar
Nebraska: Hagel
Nevada: Reid
New Hampshire: Gregg
New Jersey: Lautenberg, Menendez
New York: Clinton, Schumer
North Dakota: Conrad
Oregon: Wyden
Pennsylvania: Casey, Specter
Rhode Island: Reed, Whitehouse
Utah: Bennett
Vermont: Leahy
Washington: Cantwell, Murray
Wisconsin: Feingold, Kohl
(Senators in red print have pledged to vote YES on the amnesty.)
(source https://numbersusa.com )
You Defeat Amnesty AGAIN in Senate !!
The Temporary Defeat of the DREAM Act Adds to Our Unbroken String of Victories
DEAR JIM M,
News Flash: You won AGAIN!!
After three hard weeks of battle, our 490,000 activist members overwhelmed our opponents. Last night we forced the open borders Senators to drop the so-called "DREAM Act" Illegal Alien Amnesty from the Defense Bill in the Senate.
Your faxes, phoning, and talk radio calls denied our opponents what they believed would be an easy victory. Although Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid promises to try it again within six weeks, this Nightmarish Amnesty is defeated in this go-around.
We were only able to defeat the DREAM Act Amnesty because enough of you donated in the past several months. But as I said above, our opponents pledge to come back at us again—within six weeks. And we must be ready.
We must NEVER allow this DREAM Act to become our nightmare by allowing millions of illegal aliens to claim automatic amnesty and even in-state college tuition and other taxpayer-supported benefits!
[For all of you who missed my monthly appeal last week, I'm recopying part of it below:]
Every month I need at least 1 out of 100 NumbersUSA members to make a donation. That's what keeps us beating much-higher funded lobbies like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Big Labor, and the ethnic lobbies.
> Please consider making another donation to NumbersUSA. We've won another battle—we need to KEEP winning.
<
Press Here To Donate
Did you know that NumbersUSA is outspent 300 to 1 by the Open Borders groups? Obviously, we need to meet and exceed our fundraising goals this month and every month to fight back.
I believe NumbersUSA is a tremendous "bargain" for our members who choose to donate. Listen to some recent comments:
Dear NumbersUSA,
I'm doubling my monthly donation NOW. We need to get 2-3 times more coming in a month. I hate to be asked for a donation as I'm sure others are, but this is critical. Please conduct a SPECIAL campaign to ask other to double—if they can't, have them ask other to join and donate. We must win this war!!!!!
—Tim Rafferty
------------------------
Roy,
I appreciate what you are doing. It really makes me feel good to be able to express my opinion to the people who make policies. For the first time in my life, I believe that my messages are being heard. When I receive letters from idiots, like Harry Reid, in response to my phone calls, and faxes, I know this system works. I am disabled, and retired, and don't have much for an income, but when I receive my next Social Security check, I'll be proud to donate. You people do a great service for America, and I'm proud to be a part of NumbersUSA.
—George Hayes
-------------------------
Hi Roy,
Just a note to say I really appreciate the good work you folks are doing to try to get the illegal alien mess under control. I also appreciate the way you say that you don't expect those who don't have the money to give to Numbers USA. It still is hard NOT to try very hard to give something to you folks. Maybe I will be able to in the future sometime. Thanks again for your good work.
—Wayne D. Teel
----------------------------------------
Dear Roy-
I wanted to thank you for the excellent work that you are doing with Numbers, USA! I can't stress how much I appreciate the faxes that you enable me to send. As a struggling lower-middle class American, I am thankful that your free faxes are available to me. I intend to do all that I can to participate in the activism of Numbers, USA, and on the issue of Amnesty and Illegal Immigration.
—Mark-John Kasperek
Press Here To Donate
Our opponents are more determined than ever to increase every form of immigration. Please help us stop them.
THANK YOU,
ROY BECK
https://NumbersUSA.com PRESIDENT
P. S. Remember, those of you who are unemployed, sick, or on a small fixed income should NOT feel obligated to help!
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You Defeat Amnesty AGAIN in Senate !!
The Temporary Defeat of the DREAM Act Adds to Our Unbroken String of Victories
DEAR JIM M,
News Flash: You won AGAIN!!
After three hard weeks of battle, our 490,000 activist members overwhelmed our opponents. Last night we forced the open borders Senators to drop the so-called "DREAM Act" Illegal Alien Amnesty from the Defense Bill in the Senate.
Your faxes, phoning, and talk radio calls denied our opponents what they believed would be an easy victory. Although Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid promises to try it again within six weeks, this Nightmarish Amnesty is defeated in this go-around.
We were only able to defeat the DREAM Act Amnesty because enough of you donated in the past several months. But as I said above, our opponents pledge to come back at us again—within six weeks. And we must be ready.
We must NEVER allow this DREAM Act to become our nightmare by allowing millions of illegal aliens to claim automatic amnesty and even in-state college tuition and other taxpayer-supported benefits!
[For all of you who missed my monthly appeal last week, I'm recopying part of it below:]
Every month I need at least 1 out of 100 NumbersUSA members to make a donation. That's what keeps us beating much-higher funded lobbies like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Big Labor, and the ethnic lobbies.
> Please consider making another donation to NumbersUSA. We've won another battle—we need to KEEP winning.
<
Press Here To Donate
Did you know that NumbersUSA is outspent 300 to 1 by the Open Borders groups? Obviously, we need to meet and exceed our fundraising goals this month and every month to fight back.
I believe NumbersUSA is a tremendous "bargain" for our members who choose to donate. Listen to some recent comments:
Dear NumbersUSA,
I'm doubling my monthly donation NOW. We need to get 2-3 times more coming in a month. I hate to be asked for a donation as I'm sure others are, but this is critical. Please conduct a SPECIAL campaign to ask other to double—if they can't, have them ask other to join and donate. We must win this war!!!!!
—Tim Rafferty
------------------------
Roy,
I appreciate what you are doing. It really makes me feel good to be able to express my opinion to the people who make policies. For the first time in my life, I believe that my messages are being heard. When I receive letters from idiots, like Harry Reid, in response to my phone calls, and faxes, I know this system works. I am disabled, and retired, and don't have much for an income, but when I receive my next Social Security check, I'll be proud to donate. You people do a great service for America, and I'm proud to be a part of NumbersUSA.
—George Hayes
-------------------------
Hi Roy,
Just a note to say I really appreciate the good work you folks are doing to try to get the illegal alien mess under control. I also appreciate the way you say that you don't expect those who don't have the money to give to Numbers USA. It still is hard NOT to try very hard to give something to you folks. Maybe I will be able to in the future sometime. Thanks again for your good work.
—Wayne D. Teel
----------------------------------------
Dear Roy-
I wanted to thank you for the excellent work that you are doing with Numbers, USA! I can't stress how much I appreciate the faxes that you enable me to send. As a struggling lower-middle class American, I am thankful that your free faxes are available to me. I intend to do all that I can to participate in the activism of Numbers, USA, and on the issue of Amnesty and Illegal Immigration.
—Mark-John Kasperek
Press Here To Donate
Our opponents are more determined than ever to increase every form of immigration. Please help us stop them.
THANK YOU,
ROY BECK
https://NumbersUSA.com PRESIDENT
P. S. Remember, those of you who are unemployed, sick, or on a small fixed income should NOT feel obligated to help!
klynch67 wrote: 3m ago
READ THIS IF YOU ARE A CITIZEN
The story slanters are at it again. I watched GMA and seen a story about Hispanics taking over the town from it’s a wonderful life. The mayor was saying “ just get used to it”. The GMA staff painted everyone opposed as being racist or mean. Typical propaganda in preparation for the attempt by congress to sneak the Dream ACT in under the radar. We will not stand for it.
We the people who are opposed to illegal immigration are not racist or mean. First, illegal immigrant is not a race. It is a legal status. You can be white and illegal. We have immigration laws for a reason. We need to account for the number of people coming into this country so we can build hospitals, schools, housing, etc. In border states, the flood of illegals is overwhelming hospitals who have to provide them free care. It is overcrowding schools where kids have to get a poor education just to accommodate the flood of illegal children. Housing is overwhelmed with 6-7 families living in one apartment. Social programs can not keep up. Cities are going bankrupt. Crime is running rampant. People are dying.
We also have immigration laws to keep out terrorists, drug dealers, rapists, murders, gang bangers, etc. Having a background check is part of the LEGAL process. Families who want to work and who do not have criminal records should be let in through the legal process. The criminals should be kept out.
Lawmakers are trying to give illegals rights that even citizens do not have. Free college tuition to illegal children. Free lawyers. Free housing. They already get free healthcare at any emergency room. They get free education for their kids. They do not pay taxes, and most of their money goes back to Mexico. THIS IS UNFAIR TO CITIZENS.
These people break the law by sneaking into this country. Politicians want to reward these criminals with free everything and citizenship just to get another voter. They try to gain sympathy by saying they are just here to feed their family. Well ,if I rob a bank to feed my family, I will go to jail. We have a legal citizenship process.these people can come here legally or not at all.
As a citizen, I will not stand by while politicians let illegals take over this country. They break our laws coming here and demand everything be in Spanish, fly the Mexican flag, get everything free, take jobs from citizens, have no regard for the law or our country, etc. It is time to rise up again and stop the dream act and send the politicians another message. It is obvious by them ignoring the outrage over the amnesty bill that they do not care what Americans want, just how much special interest will pay them for their vote.
We need to start the flood of calls to our politician again!!!
https://www.numbersusa.com
https://www.conservativeusa.org/mega-cong.htm Source: https://usatoday.com News story blogs
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klynch67 wrote: 3m ago
READ THIS IF YOU ARE A CITIZEN
The story slanters are at it again. I watched GMA and seen a story about Hispanics taking over the town from it’s a wonderful life. The mayor was saying “ just get used to it”. The GMA staff painted everyone opposed as being racist or mean. Typical propaganda in preparation for the attempt by congress to sneak the Dream ACT in under the radar. We will not stand for it.
We the people who are opposed to illegal immigration are not racist or mean. First, illegal immigrant is not a race. It is a legal status. You can be white and illegal. We have immigration laws for a reason. We need to account for the number of people coming into this country so we can build hospitals, schools, housing, etc. In border states, the flood of illegals is overwhelming hospitals who have to provide them free care. It is overcrowding schools where kids have to get a poor education just to accommodate the flood of illegal children. Housing is overwhelmed with 6-7 families living in one apartment. Social programs can not keep up. Cities are going bankrupt. Crime is running rampant. People are dying.
We also have immigration laws to keep out terrorists, drug dealers, rapists, murders, gang bangers, etc. Having a background check is part of the LEGAL process. Families who want to work and who do not have criminal records should be let in through the legal process. The criminals should be kept out.
Lawmakers are trying to give illegals rights that even citizens do not have. Free college tuition to illegal children. Free lawyers. Free housing. They already get free healthcare at any emergency room. They get free education for their kids. They do not pay taxes, and most of their money goes back to Mexico. THIS IS UNFAIR TO CITIZENS.
These people break the law by sneaking into this country. Politicians want to reward these criminals with free everything and citizenship just to get another voter. They try to gain sympathy by saying they are just here to feed their family. Well ,if I rob a bank to feed my family, I will go to jail. We have a legal citizenship process.these people can come here legally or not at all.
As a citizen, I will not stand by while politicians let illegals take over this country. They break our laws coming here and demand everything be in Spanish, fly the Mexican flag, get everything free, take jobs from citizens, have no regard for the law or our country, etc. It is time to rise up again and stop the dream act and send the politicians another message. It is obvious by them ignoring the outrage over the amnesty bill that they do not care what Americans want, just how much special interest will pay them for their vote.
We need to start the flood of calls to our politician again!!!
https://www.numbersusa.com
https://www.conservativeusa.org/mega-cong.htm Source: https://usatoday.com News story blogs
mariegail wrote: 6h 54m ago
Gringos, the people YOU elect allows us to live in the U.S. and have our own language, free medical care, free food, low rent housing, plus we pay NO taxes. But, we do file an income tax return to get free money from YOUR IRS by claiming child credits. How do we file an income tax return without a valid SS #. We just have Your IRS issue us a Tax ID number with a wink and a nod and no questions asked or we just use fake S.S. numbers. Either way is ok with your IRS.
You elect good leaders who give us a superior lifestyle at no cost to us. It is like we all win the lotto and become instant millionaires when we cross the border. What is funny is the fact that your elected officials make you the U.S. citizens pay our way. Our “Good Old Gringos” then push for our amnesty, which keeps you busy, trying to prevent that so you have no fight left to do away with the thousands of benefits your leaders have already given us. Your leaders are very clever and dupe the idiotic U.S. citizens into keeping them in office and us on our FREE ride. If any Gringos complain, we just say racist Americans and you hide in a corner like a scared mouse. Free food, housing, money is just a tiny bit of what we are given already and you know, we WILL get your SS.
But, please keep electing our “Good Old Gringos” and you had better learn Spanish because we don’t want to learn English. (Source: https://usatoday.com news story blogs)
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mariegail wrote: 6h 54m ago
Gringos, the people YOU elect allows us to live in the U.S. and have our own language, free medical care, free food, low rent housing, plus we pay NO taxes. But, we do file an income tax return to get free money from YOUR IRS by claiming child credits. How do we file an income tax return without a valid SS #. We just have Your IRS issue us a Tax ID number with a wink and a nod and no questions asked or we just use fake S.S. numbers. Either way is ok with your IRS.
You elect good leaders who give us a superior lifestyle at no cost to us. It is like we all win the lotto and become instant millionaires when we cross the border. What is funny is the fact that your elected officials make you the U.S. citizens pay our way. Our “Good Old Gringos” then push for our amnesty, which keeps you busy, trying to prevent that so you have no fight left to do away with the thousands of benefits your leaders have already given us. Your leaders are very clever and dupe the idiotic U.S. citizens into keeping them in office and us on our FREE ride. If any Gringos complain, we just say racist Americans and you hide in a corner like a scared mouse. Free food, housing, money is just a tiny bit of what we are given already and you know, we WILL get your SS.
But, please keep electing our “Good Old Gringos” and you had better learn Spanish because we don’t want to learn English. (Source: https://usatoday.com news story blogs)
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