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Republican Elites to Congressional Republicans: Pass Amnesty, Allow in "Needed" Foreign Workers
Over 100 Republican donors, fundraisers and former Party officials wrote Republican members of Congress on Tuesday to urge them to pass an amnesty and overhaul the nation's "broken" immigration system. The letter is one element of a campaign to lobby Republican legislators as they return to their districts for August recess.
Sessions: GOP Elite Pro-Amnesty View Is "Nonsense"
Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) sent a memo this morning to all Congressional Republicans calling the "GOP elite" pro-amnesty and pro-open border immigration view "nonsense."
The same set of GOP strategists, lobbyists, and donors who have always favored a proposal like the Gang of Eight immigration bill argue that the great lesson of the 2012 election is that the GOP needs to push for immediate amnesty and a drastic surge in low-skill immigration.This is nonsense.
Rubio & Alexander: Unpopularity shows House Republicans that pro-amnesty not good way to advance career
Last night across the street from our NumbersUSA offices, I could literally "read the writing on the wall" for Republicans who are following the advice of their national party leaders, consultants and corporate fund-raisers to flood America's labor markets with foreign workers.
The words "Sen. Alexander under fire on immigration" scrolled across the electronic news screen that wraps around the corner of the complex that contains the local ABC TV station and Politico.
August recess key to stopping amnesty and immigration expansion
During the August recess, watch out for Members of Congress who try to change the subject from amnesty and immigration expansion to something else. They may be taking a page out of the Obama-Rubio-GOP House Leadership amnesty playbook.
Employment Agency Cites Job Shortage in Tech Industry
Bright, a company that collects resumes and attempts to match job seekers to open jobs, has found a large number of tech workers are looking for work in STEM fields despite claims that there is a shortage of high-skilled workers. According to its own analysis, Bright says they found evidence of labor shortages in a few specific engineering fields, but for the most part, there is a large available pool of high-skilled candidates for tech employers to choose from.
Cantaloupe Growers Lobby Congress on Immigration Reform
“The vast majority of Republicans in the House do not have any kind of electorate that is pushing for this,” said Roy Beck, president of NumbersUSA, a group that opposes a path to citizenship. If a House Republican supports an immigration-law rewrite “it would be the perfect opportunity for a challenger” in a primary in 2014, he said.http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-24/cantaloupe-growers-lobby-congress-on-immigration-reform.html
DHS Ignores Detailed Border Analysis
A new investigative report from the Arizona Republic has found that the Department of Homeland Security has refused to consider academic analysis of the situation along the Southwest border with Mexico and has refused to move forward with proposed analysis that would provide the agency with much needed data. The report states, "DHS officials don't want to know, and don't want the public to know" what's really happening along the border.
Rep. Bob Goodlatte floats pathway to legalization
House Reps. Express Support for DREAM Amnesty during Immigration Hearing
Reps. Mike Coffman (R-Colo.), Jeff Denham (R-Calif.), Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), and Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) all testified in support of a DREAM-like amnesty before the House Immigration Subcommittee on Tuesday. The hearing was called by Subcommittee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) with the purpose of educating subcommittee members before legislation that would grant amnesty to illegal-alien children is introduced by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.).