Dear NumbersUSA Twitter Activists,
Tomorrow at 2 p.m. eastern time, NumbersUSA will join other organizations in a Stop Amnesty "Tweet Up." The goal of the Tweet Up is to get the hashtag #StopAmnesty trending and to overwhelm Senators' twitter accounts with tweets detailing the flaws of the amnesty bill.
We ask that at 2 p.m. Eastern time/ 1 p.m. Central time/ noon Mountain time/ 11 a.m. Pacific time, you use the hashtag #StopAmnesty and tweet messages to your Senator. We also ask that you stay engaged on Twitter and promote the message as much as you can.
Tweet yourself, retweet others, reply to naysayers, etc. - just make sure you are using #StopAmnesty!
Please keep an eye on these twitter pages belonging to other groups who will be participating. Experts from Center for Immigration Studies, Eagle Forum, Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), Heritage Action, Heritage Foundation, ProEnglish, and Americans4Work will be tweeting about the bill.
The main points we hope you push in your tweets are these:
- The CBO report finds that S 744 will decline wages of legal workers for 12 years and will increase unemployment for 6 years while only stopping 25% of illegal immigration.
- The bill will bring millions of new workers, with every skill level, at a time when 20 million Americans cannot find a full time job. There is no labor shortage.
- This bill was written by special interests who want cheap labor and do not care about the welfare of immigrants.
- The bill will weaken current law. It fails to build a border fence and implement an entry/exit system - both of which have already been mandated by Congress.
- Law enforcement is overwhelmingly against the bill including the President of the ICE workers union.
- No matter what amendments may be agreed to today, the bill is still amnesty first and enforcement later, maybe. Members of the Gang of 8 have admitted this and refuse to tie border security to amnesty.
- The American people disagree with that sequence. They want enforcement FIRST.
Sources, links, and helpful graphics to tweet:
- Non-Partisan CBO Confirms Worst Fears of Schumer-Rubio-Obama Amnesty: link.
- Crime pays under S744: link
- Bill will add 46 million immigrants in 20 years according to CBO study: link
- Senate Immigration Bill Weakens Enforcement, National Security: link
- CBO Projects the Gang of Eight Bill Fails to Stop Illegal Immigration: link
- Rubio's Amnesty hurts the American Worker: link
- CNN Poll finds 62% of Americans say that border security should be the main focus of U.S. immigration policy: link
- What will happen to the 3.5 million people Schumer-Rubio doesn't legalize: link
- CBO Report: Amnesty hurts American Workers: link
- Chart- number of unemployed far outstrips job openings across the board: link
- CBO study finds wages would drop under Senate immigration bill: link
- The Schumer-Rubio Higher Unemployment, Lower Wages, and Illegal Immigration Preservation Act: link
- CBO finds bill will only stop 25% of illegal immigration: link
All Senators' Twitter handles are listed below:
Alabama @SenShelbyPress & @SenatorSessions
Alaska @lisamurkowski & @SenatorBegich
Arizona @SenJohnMcCain & @JeffFlake
Arkansas @SenMarkPryor & @JohnBoozman
California @SenFeinstein & @SenatorBoxer
Colorado @MarkUdall & @SenBennetCO
Connecticut @ChrisMurphyCT & @SenBlumenthal
Delaware @SenatorCarper & @ChrisCoons
Florida @SenBillNelson & @marcorubio
Georgia @SaxbyChambliss & @SenatorIsakson
Hawaii @brianschatz & @maziehirono
Idaho @MikeCrapo & @SenatorRisch
Illinois @SenatorDurbin & @SenatorKirk
Indiana @SenDonnelly & @SenDanCoats
Iowa @ChuckGrassley & @SenatorHarkin
Kansas @SenPatRoberts & @JerryMoran
Kentucky @McConnellPress & @SenRandPaul
Louisiana @SenLandrieu & @DavidVitter
Maine @SenAngusKing & @SenatorCollins
Maryland @SenatorBarb & @SenatorCardin
Massachusetts @SenMoCowan & @SenWarren
Michigan @SenCarlLevin & @Stabenow
Minnesota @amyklobuchar & @alfranken
Mississippi @SenThadCochran & @SenatorWicker
Missouri @clairecmc & @RoyBlunt
Montana @MaxBaucus & @jontester
Nebraska @SenatorFischer & @Mike_Johanns
Nevada @SenatorReid & @SenDeanHeller
New Hampshire @SenatorShaheen & @KellyAyotte
New Jersey @SenatorMenendez
New Mexico @MartinHeinrich & @SenatorTomUdall
New York @ChuckSchumer & @SenGillibrand
North Carolina @SenatorBurr & @SenatorHagan
North Dakota @SenatorHeitkamp & @SenJohnHoeven
Ohio @SenSherrodBrown & @robportman
Oklahoma @jiminhofe & @TomCoburn
Oregon @RonWyden & @SenJeffMerkley
Pennsylvania @SenBobCasey & @SenToomey
Rhode Island @SenJackReed & @SenWhitehouse
South Carolina @GrahamBlog & @SenatorTimScott
South Dakota @SenJohnsonSD & @SenJohnThune
Tennessee @SenAlexander & @SenBobCorker
Texas @SenTedCruz & @JohnCornyn
Utah @SenOrrinHatch & @SenMikeLee
Vermont @SenatorLeahy & @SenatorSanders
Virginia @timkaine & @MarkWarner
Washington @PattyMurray & @CantwellPress
West Virginia @SenRockefeller & @Sen_JoeManchin
Wisconsin @SenatorBaldwin & @SenRonJohnson
Wyoming @SenatorEnzi & @SenJohnBarrasso
Please forward this message to your tweeting friends and family who are also against this atrocious amnesty bill. We will be sending a reminder alert tomorrow.
Thank you for your
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