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On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 7 to H R 5818

Voted in favor of preventing illegal aliens from receiving federal housing funds in 2008
Rep. ZZlastnameZZ vote in favor of an amendment to H.R. 5818, the Neighborhood Stabilization Act of 2008. This amendment would prevent illegal aliens from receiving Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funds pursuant to this act. The amendment passed by a vote of 391-33 (8 May 2008; 11:30 am).

Pro-amnesty marches indicate crumbling of inevitability

Updated: July 19th, 2008, 5:27 pm

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  by  Roy Beck
I just returned from an interview at CNN for their report on today's marches across the nation in favor of an amnesty. Reporters told me the turnout is very small -- with only a couple of dozen showing up for the Washington D.C. rally. The marches help put America's choices this year in stark relief: Either legalize the illegal aliens so they can STAY (what the marchers want) or pass the SAVE Act to take away nearly all legitimate jobs so the illegal aliens will LEAVE (what most Americans want).

Senate GOP Introduces New Immigration Package and Caucus

Sen. Sessions (R-Ala.) presents his new immigration bills

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Senate Republicans on Wednesday held a press conference to showcase a package of 15 bills designed to make critical improvements to America’s immigration system. The coalition, led by Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), called for full Senate consideration on each of the bills as amendments to any legislative vehicle deemed appropriate by Senate Republicans this year.

Among Black Students, Many Immigrants

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"Among students at 28 top U.S. universities, the representation of black students of first- and second-generation immigrant origin (27 percent) was about twice their representation in the national population of blacks their age (13 percent). Within the Ivy League, immigrant-origin students made up 41 percent of black freshmen..." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/30/AR2007043000106.html

The Associated Press; April 30, 2007

In Diversity Push, Top Universities Enrolling More Black Immigrants

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"Black American scholars such as Henry Louis Gates and Lani Guinier, two Harvard University professors, have said that white educators are skirting long-held missions to resolve historic wrongs against native black Americans by enrolling immigrants who look like them..." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/05/AR2007030501296.html

The Washington Post; March 6, 2007

Some blacks say Latino immigrants taking their jobs

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"'This issue is not new; this preference for immigrant workers over native African-American workers is historical,' said Frank Morris, a former associate dean at the University of Maryland, College Park. Morris was also president of the Tacoma branch of the NAACP during the 1960s..." http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003055714_latinosvblacks12m.html

The Seattle Times; June 12, 2006

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