Dear President Obama:
I want to ask you to do a Comprehensive Immigration Reform for the people that is already here in this wonderful country, they need it and deserve it. They want it because they want to keep working for this country, because they want to have all the rights and obligations that any person has, and because they want to give an opportunity of better life to their families. Now it is the time.... SI, SE PUEDE!!!!
I am promise you, you won't regret it!!!
Comments (4)
They deserve it , why? Entitled?
Rights? Those are in the constitution; for citizens.
Being here outside of the law doesn't give any rights; it make them criminals.
Yeah, we need some details here. If by comprehensive immigration reform you mean "amnesty", then you'll have trouble -- America is a place where people believe in the rule of law. If one were to want a place where you can just bribe the police to make them "forget about it", then they should go to Mexico.
There IS a difference between the two countries ... for now.
I would normally agree, but we won't fix this problem with fences 500 feet high. Most immigrants do jobs that American's don't want to do (not for long). I've been thinking about this and to set up citizenship, let immigrants PAY TAXES like everyone else. Rack up debt just trying to survive here, especially with the upcoming hyperinflation. Soon enough, it won't be very attractive to immigrate to the U.S. if the free ride isn't much fun. NO FREE RIDES.
Federation for American Immigration Reform
Earlier Today, House Appropriators Rejected E-Verify Amendments; Reps. Price,
Obey, and Wasserman-Schultz Spoke Against These Provisions
Earlier this morning, the House Appropriations Committee met to write
the annual Homeland Security spending bill and the annual bill that
funds Congress for the coming year. At the "mark-up," the
Committee rejected two E-Verify related amendments to the Homeland
Security bill and another related to the Legislative Branch spending
bill. E-Verify is an electronically operated system that ensures
American jobs go to American workers by allowing employers to quickly
check the work authorization status of their new hires.
Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA) -- a true immigration reformer --
offered an amendment to the Homeland Security bill to extend
E-Verify. While that bill already contains a short, two-year
reauthorization of E-Verify, Congressman Calvert knows the true value
of the program and sought a longer extension of E-Verify. After
Calvert spoke in support of his amendment, Appropriations Homeland
Security Subcommittee Chairman, Rep. David Price (D-NC), spoke against the
amendment. Rep. Price urged the entire Committee to vote
against the amendment. Then, the Committee Chairman, Rep. David
Obey (D-WI), spoke against the amendment, as well. Obey argued
that the Homeland Security spending bill shouldn't contain an E-Verify
authorization at all!
Immediately following the rejection of the Calvert Amendment, another
true immigration reformer -- Representative Jack Kingston (R-GA)
-- offered an amendment to the Homeland Security bill to require
companies who contract with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to use
E-Verify. This common sense amendment would have ensured that contractors who
do business with DHS -- the same agency
tasked with enforcing our immigration laws -- do not hire illegal
aliens. Congressman Price AGAIN spoke in opposition to the
Kingston amendment, erroneously claiming that E-Verify is inaccurate
and that the program would be unable to handle the expansion to DHS
contractors. Even though Congressman Kingston pointed out that
DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano stated last month that the program
could indeed handle a large-scale expansion, and that the program has
an incredible accuracy rate of 99.6%, the House Appropriations
Committee still rejected the amendment!
Later in the morning, Congressman Kingston attempted to attach a
similar E-Verify amendment to the Legislative Branch spending
bill. This provision would have required contractors who do
business with the U.S. Congress to use E-Verify. This time,
Appropriations Legislative Branch Subcommittee Chairwoman Debbie
Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL) urged the Committee to reject the Kingston
Amendment.
In speaking out against these amendments, Reps. Price, Obey, and
Wasserman-Schultz effectively urged their colleagues to not only put
the E-Verify program in jeopardy, but also ensure that illegal aliens
can continue to work on federal contracts with DHS and the U.S.
Congress!
We need you to call the following Members of Congress who spoke
against E-Verify TODAY:
Rep. David Price: (202) 225-1784
Rep. David Obey: (202) 225-3365
Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz: (202) 225-7931
Tell these Members that they need to get their facts straight.
Tell them:
* 14.5 million Americans are out of work and millions more are
underemployed.
* Americans, not illegal aliens, should be hired for any available
jobs.
* E-Verify is highly effective, and it works to protect American
jobs!!!
* Congress needs to start standing up for American workers, and
not special interests!!
Also, please call Rep. Calvert and Rep. Kingston, and thank them for
standing up on behalf of American Workers!
Rep. Ken Calvert: (202) 225-1986
Rep. Jack Kingston: (202) 225-5831