A new poll conducted by Zogby finds that while many minority voters do support an amnesty, the majority favor enforcement efforts that encourage illegal aliens to go home. The full details of the poll can be found on the Center for Immigration Studies website.
The Senate passed legislation today that is the first part of a Jobs package aimed at helping America's 15 million unemployed. But the first bill, H.R.2847, will offer tax credits to employers who hire new workers, including illegal aliens.
Roy Beck, executive director of Numbers USA, a group that advocates for strict limits on immigration, said strategists who urge a softer stance will be hard-pressed to find "any Republicans who want to stay in office who want to take their advice."
Ten illegal aliens who were working as bricklayers at the new Cobb County Courthouse were fired after it was learned of their immigration status. Georgia is one of 10 states with a mandatory E-Verify law in place, requiring state agencies and contractors to use the workplace verification system.
The Minnesota State House passed a $1 billion stimulus bill that includes an E-Verify amendment, mandating state contractors who will receive money through the bill to use the system. The amendment was offered by Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Delano) and was approved 107-to-25 before the bill's final approval.
The Kentucky House approved an E-Verify bill last week that would require government contractors to use E-Verify for all new hires. The bill passed the House 93-to-3 and moves to the Senate for its approval.
Businesses near Columbia, S.C. face fines after the state's Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation performed 89 audits and found companies not complying with the state's E-Verify law. A car dealership in Hardeeville, S.C. was slapped witha fine of $5,900.
Allegations that illegal immigrants were working on the $63 million courthouse project came to light last week when a bricklayers union organizer questioned the county.
The unemployment rate among immigrants in the U.S. outpaced that of native-born workers last month, with the gap particularly pronounced among women.
Some 11.8% of foreign-born workers were unemployed in January, compared to 10.3% of native workers, the Labor Department said Friday. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703894304575047321179743554.html
By Sara Murray and Miriam Jordan -- The Wall Street Journal
The overall unemployment rate dropped to 9.7% in January, but the job market shed 20,000 more jobs than it created. For the second straight month, the number of jobs lost outnumbered the jobs created, while 7 to 8 million illegal aliens remain in the U.S. workforce.
Majority Leader Harry Reid has said the Senate's focus will be on passing a jobs bill with bi-partisan support. Eight Republican Senators, led by Sen. Jeff Sessions, sent Sen. Reid a letter on Thursday asking him to include immigration-related provisions in the jobs bill.
Last month we noticed that one of our active members: John Buck, Regional Organizer American Federation of Citizen Union Workers P.A.C., was sharing and leaving outstanding comments on our blogs and news stories and leaving Facebook posts about union leadership. John has been a member since January 17, 2009 and has sent more than 135 faxes to Congress. I wanted John to share his stories and e-mails to me with you.
After receiving numerous complaints from trade unions, Baltimore County Council Members have unanimously passed a resolution urging County Executive James Smith to enact an E-Verify mandate for companies that receive county contracts. Unions claim that contractors who hire illegal aliens are winning contracts with lower bids.
The poultry plant in Postville, Iowa which was home to one of the nation's largest immigration worksite enforcement actions in history is preparing to hire 150 new workers. In May of 2008, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials arrested close to 400 illegal workers.
The candidates were asked whether they would force employers to use the E-verify system to ensure that only legal citizens are hired.
Medina: No. "We have a process in Texas.  . . .  We use the I-9 forms.  . . .  Also, the Texas driver’s license is an acceptable form of identification . . . yet in Texas we are issuing Texas driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants. Stop issuing Texas driver’s licenses toward illegal immigrants would go a long way."
With more than 15 million Americans unemployed, Pres. Barack Obama discussed his plan to put them back to work during his first State of the Union Address. But Pres. Obama failed to mention any type of Immigration Suspension, insisting on the continued importation of 125,000 foreign workers per month.
A new study commissioned by the Chicago Urban League and the Alternative Schools Network reveals the negative impacts of illegal immigration on low-skilled American workers, specifically teens and young adults.
In an op-ed piece published by the Daily Caller, Rep. Gary Miller criticizes the Administration and Congressional leadership for not doing enough for America's 15 million unemployed. Specifically, Rep. Miller says that the Gutierrez Amnesty bill introduced in the House would "jeopardize millions of jobs for Americans and legal residents."
The Indiana Senate's Committee on Pensions and Labor will vote Wednesday on SB 213 that would require state agencies and local governments to use E-Verify to check the worker eligibility of all new hires.
Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), who also serves as the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, criticized Pres. Obama's 'catch-and-release' immigration policy after learning of an incident in Massachusetts. The policy of allowing suspected illegal aliens to go back to work keeps jobs away from American workers.
Charles' blog raises even more questions about why the SEIU is fighting so hard for illegal foreign workers while its current union members find it so hard to keep their jobs in the face of foreign labor competition. The SEIU led the way last week in sponsoring the pro-amnesty march in Washington and in attacking NumbersUSA's freedom of speech and mobility.
The jobless rate for December remained at a steady 10%, but 85,000 more jobs were cut during the month. The number of job cuts was higher than expected and a retreat from November's data when 4,000 jobs were created according to the labor department.
NumbersUSA members have contributed nearly 100 comments on why they think their national religious leaders are aggressively lobbying for more foreign workers while a new Zogby poll finds that large majorities of Christians and Jews oppose importing more immigrant workers. Take a look at the comments . . .
Mayor R. Rex Parris of Lancaster, Calif., located about 60 miles north of Los Angeles, is requiring the city's businesses to verify the eligibility of its new hires using E-Verify.
Under the current immigration law and enforcement regime, the United States is experiencing a higher rate of immigration, legal plus illegal, than ever before in our history, and it is driving a destructive population increase. At current levels, conservative estimates see our population reaching half a billion by mid-century and possibly 1 billion by 2100.
Vanderbilt political science professor Carol Swain testified to a Congressional Forum about the negative impacts of America's immigration policies on native-born minorities. Armed with convincing statistics, Prof. Swain discussed the higher-than-normal unemployment rates among America's Black and Hispanic populations and how illegal workers keep lesser-educated Americans from obtaining jobs with a fair wage.
In response to Rep. Gutierrez's introduction of a comprehensive immigration reform bill (H.R. 4321), Rep. Phil Gingrey is calling for a reform plan that would reduce the importation of foreign workers, not increase it like Gutierrez's bill likely would.
Former Virginia Rep. Virgil Goode used an op-ed published on several conservative websites to call for an immigration moratorium. Goode joins NumbersUSA and several Republican Congressmen who made the same call during a Congressional Forum last month.
Judiciary Committee Republicans examined enforcement data and the impact of illegal immigration on American jobs at a forum entitled, "American Jobs in Peril: The Impact of Uncontrolled Immigration."
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) discussed the impact high immigration levels have on the American workforce and suggests immediate action by Congress to review current policy.
(Courtesy: Center for Immigration Studies)
Judiciary Committee Republicans examined enforcement data and the impact of illegal immigration on American jobs at a forum entitled, "American Jobs in Peril: The Impact of Uncontrolled Immigration."
Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas) discussed the impact high immigration levels have on the American workforce and suggests immediate action by Congress to review current policy.
(Courtesy: Center for Immigration Studies)
"Governments which serve their own people survive and thrive,” said President Obama in Moscow on July 7. He should heed his own advice.
Judiciary Committee Republicans examined enforcement data and the impact of illegal immigration on American jobs at a forum entitled, "American Jobs in Peril: The Impact of Uncontrolled Immigration."
Ranking Member Lamar Smith (R-Texas) discussed the impact high immigration levels have on the American workforce and suggests immediate action by Congress to review current policy.
(Courtesy: Center for Immigration Studies)
A report from the United States Census Bureau revealed that 1 in every 6 workers in the United States is foreign born. It's the highest proportion since immigration levels were reduced in the 1920s.
In a blog published on his website, Pat Buchanan commented on the fact that immigration was not even considered at last week's Job Summit hosted by the White House. Buchanan said an immigration suspension would have "the most immediate and dramatic impact."
Former House Member and immigration enforcement activist Tom Tancredo has filed the paperwork for a ballot initiative in Colorado that would require businesses to use E-Verify.
For the first time in two years, the unemployment rate dropped, going from 10.2% in October to 10% in November. Despite the drop, the United States still lost more jobs than it created, and as President Obama looks for a low cost solution to the jobs depression, he refuses to consider an immigration suspension.
In a bold, aggressive op-ed today in Politico, Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) challenged the sincerity of the President's Jobs Summit today because it is unlikely to look at putting up to 8 million unemployed Americans back to work by removing illegal aliens from their jobs.
Wonder why Washington politicians gathering in Jobs Summits on Thursday show NO interest in pushing illegal aliens out of their jobs in order to put millions of unemployed Americans back to work? A major pro-amnesty coalition has just provided one answer. An article promoted on its website says that illegal aliens are better workers than Americans. If somebody has to be unemployed, it should be the less-desirable American workers who don't have jobs, the article says. Unbelievable? Read on . . .
"So when the federal government has been engaged in enforcement, the boon to American workers has been obvious," says Rep. Steve King of Iowa. The federal government can quickly find jobs for millions of jobless Americans through immigration enforcement, he says: "You don’t have to look any further then when ICE conducted worksite enforcement to see the effects."
In a congressional forum Thursday, NumbersUSA President Roy Beck urged Members of Congress to immediately introduce and pass legislation to suspend most immigration in light of the nation's 10.2% U-3 unemployment rate. Three other experts testified that unemployment among Americans is so bad that there is no doubt that every job emptied by pushing an illegal foreign worker out of it would quickly be filled by an American.
NumbersUSA Founder and President Roy Beck will be testifying on Thursday in front of a Congressional Forum. House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lamar Smith (R-Texas) called the forum - American Jobs in Peril: The Impact of Uncontrolled Immigration - to explore the relationship between high immigration and unemployment.
