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300 Amendments Filed for Senate Judiciary Markup of Gang of Eight Amnesty Bill
Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which will begin marking up the Gang of Eight's amnesty bill (S.744) on Thursday, have filed 300 amendments that propose changes to the 867-page legislation. The lion's share of amendments were offered by Republicans on the committee; in fact, the committee's Ranking Member, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), offered almost as many amendments (77) as the committee's entire Democratic delegation (93).
Only 30% of Voters Believe Government Will Secure Border if Amnesty Passes
A new Rasmussen Reports poll has found that only 30% of American voters believe the federal government will actually secure the border if Congress passes an immigration reform bill. This shows an ever-increasing pessimism from Americans that the government is serious about securing our nation's borders: in March, 38% said the federal government would secure the borders if legislation passes and in January, the figure was 45%. In the same poll, only 7% of voters consider it "very likely" that the border will be secured, while 24% consider it "not at all likely."
Immigration Polling: Bad News for Red-State Democrats
Numbers USA, a group that favors “lower immigration levels” and opposes the Gang of Eight’s bill, recently commissioned polling in states such as Alaska, Arkansas, Louisiana, and North Carolina, all of which voted for Mitt Romney, where incumbent Democrats are seeking reelection in 2014. The results, obtained by National Review Online, indicate that likely voters in those states do not support the major policies in the Gang’s bill, particularly its lack of a strong border-security and enforcement trigger, and would be unlikely to back a politician who does.
Actors, musicians play role in pushing immigration bill
American Workers in Georgia Sue Farmers for Hiring Foreign Workers over Unemployed U.S. Workers
A group of Americans, mostly Black Americans, in Georgia are suing several farm employers because they say the farmers prefer cheaper, foreign labor over U.S. workers. The workers claim that farmers, including Stanley Farms - one of the largest growers of Vidalia onions, that they were mistreated and paid less than workers from Mexico.
Immigration rivals agree; Senate bill will legalize more than 30 million migrants
Heritage's $6.3 trillion based on amnestied illegal aliens doing as well as today's U.S. citizens of same education level
Many senators are doing everything possible to pretend there would be no price tag for making some 80 federal welfare programs plus all entitlements available to millions of mostly low-education, low-skill illegal aliens.
The Senators have heard from lots of billionaires and special-interest lobbyists who stand to make money off the cheap-labor aspect of the amnesty.
Now, each Senator needs to hear from thousands of taxpayers who say NO to subsidizing that "cheap" labor with $6.3 trillion of taxpayer funds.
Heritage: Amnesty will Cost U.S. Taxpayers $6.3 Trillion
Earlier today, the Heritage Foundation released its analysis on the fiscal costs to U.S. taxpayers should the Gang of Eight's amnesty bill pass in Congress. The study found that an amnesty for the nation's 11 million illegal aliens would cost taxpayers $6.3 trillion over the lifetime of the illegal aliens. The study compared dozens of ways that the government would collect taxes and fees from amnestied illegal aliens against the benefits they would receive from the federal government.
Tech Lobby Increasing Intensity on Amnesty Bill
Now that the tech industry has secured provisions in the Gang of Eight's amnesty bill that provides massive increases in both green cards and guest-worker visas for high-skilled workers, their lobbying arm is putting a full-court press on Congress to pass the bill. Most recently, television ads paid for by the tech industry have been launched in states where moderate Democrats and Republicans live to provide cover for a potentially damaging vote in support of the Gang's bill.