S. 1038: Sponsors (2009)
2009: Sponsored S. 1038, AgJOBS Act of 2009, introduced by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.).
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AgJOBS Act of 2009
NumbersUSA's Position:
OpposeS. 1038, AgJOBS Act of 2009, would encourage more illegal immigration by rewarding certain illegal aliens who work in agriculture with amnesty.
AgJOBS Act of 2009
NumbersUSA's Position:
OpposeH.R. 2414, AgJOBS Act of 2009, would encourage more illegal immigration by rewarding certain illegal aliens who work in agriculture with amnesty.
CLEAR Act of 2009
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportH.R. 2406, CLEAR Act of 2009, would make sure local law enforcement agencies are reimbursed for the costs associated with incarcerating illegal aliens. The CLEAR Act also recognizes local law enforcement's authority to help enforce immigration law, improves information sharing between local law enforcement agencies and the federal government, and requires the federal government to expeditiously remove criminal illegal aliens.
Senate Votes to Give Credit Cards to Illegal Aliens
Senator David Vitter's amendment to prevent illegal aliens from applying for credit cards was defeated during a roll call vote on Wednesday, 28-65. The amendment would have required credit card applicants to show a valid social security card along with an identification that is compliant with REAL ID.
Rhode Island House Passes E-Verify
The Rhode Island state house passed a mandatory E-Verify bill on Tuesday, but the measure now goes to the state Senate where it's failed the last two years. The bill would require private employers to use E-Verify, which expands an executive order, which requires government contractors to use the workplace verification tool.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1066 to S.Amdt. 1058 to H.R. 627 (Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights Act of 2009)
Supported an amendment to prevent illegal aliens from acquiring credit cards in 2009
Obama budget nixes aid for jailing illegal immigrants
President Obama voted in the Senate to provide additional funding for a program targeted for elimination by his budget that provides states a federal subsidy to offset the costs of jailing illegal immigrants.
Luis Gutierrez -- No Turning Back
The strategy is designed to project the most sympathetic image possible -- illegal day laborers hanging outside the 7-Eleven are a harder sell -- and to show that the issue is more complicated than illegal vs. legal, more gut-wrenching than statistical arguments over labor supply. Let there be citizens with cancer in front of the cameras, children separated from their parents. The more tragic or appalling the story, the better.
Dismissal of Guilty Pleas Is Sought for Immigrants
The immigration lawyers’ national bar association called on the Justice Department on Tuesday to consider dismissing the guilty pleas of nearly 300 illegal immigrant workers arrested in a meatpacking plant raid in Iowa last year, one day after the Supreme Court rejected a statute that prosecutors used to pressure them.
