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June 11, 2013

The U.S. Senate voted this afternoon on the Motion to Proceed with the Gang of Eight amnesty bill, S. 744. Normally, we would not score a vote on the Motion to Proceed, however, this bill is SO dreadful that it should not even be up for a vote.
Only 15 Senators voted to keep this terrible legislation from coming to the Senate floor, and many might try to tell you that they voted “yes” so that they can bring their ideas, through amendments, to the bill. We disagree with that tactic. The Senate needs to scrap S. 744 and start over. 

You can see how your Senator voted here — we need you to hold them accountable!
We know many Senators are not answering their phones, so be sure to enter your zip code below to e-mail your Senator with our provided talking points about their vote on the Motion to Proceed to S. 744. Then call your Senator, and if they voted yes, tell them you are disappointed that they would vote to bring this terrible, promise-breaking amnesty bill to the floor. If they voted no, do all you can to support him or her for this courageous vote! 
Pressure to vote for this bill is incredibly intense in Washington, D.C. The Senators, well-funded corporations and special interests supporting this bill are so desperate to pass it that they are either intentionally lying to mislead the American people, or they haven’t read the bill.  That’s easy to do with a bill that is more than 1,000 pages long. 
One lie we’re hearing is that amnestied aliens will have to learn English.  As our friends at Pro English explain in this alert, that is completely untrue.
This document outlines the top twelve reasons Senators should oppose the Gang of Eight bill.  It contains excellent citations and resources.  Please share it with your Senators and other activists.  The top twelve reasons are:

1. Fails to secure the border.
2. Unfairly grants legal status to millions of illegal immigrants ahead of those following our laws.
3. Threatens to bankrupt our already strained entitlement system.
4. Contains dangerous loopholes that threaten national security.
5. Cedes control of immigration law to the Secretary of Homeland Security and other unelected bureaucrats.
6. Rewards criminals and punishes law enforcement.
7. Expands government by creating new bureaucracies, authorizing new spending, and calling for endless regulations.
8. Breaks our already dysfunctional legal immigration system.
9. Contains earmark that benefits specific states, industries and interest groups.
10. Dismantles domestic enforcement of our immigration laws.
11. It is over 1,000 pages long.

The Gang of Eight Oppose All Amendment that “upset” the “delicate balance.” (In other words, there is no fixing this bill!)

Senate amnesty bill like adding Top 20 U.S. cities full of foreign workers in first decade -- 33 MILLION

Senate amnesty bill like adding Top 20 U.S. cities full of foreign workers in first decade -- 33 MILLION

By Roy Beck, Monday, April 29, 2013, 8:34 AM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA

33 million!!!!!
That's the number our analysts came up with after nearly two weeks deciphering the 844-page bill created by the "Senate Gang of Eight" to give amnesty to illegal aliens.
 33 million lifetime work permits to be given to foreign citizens in the first decade after the bill passes.
As bad as the amnesty is, the Gang of Eight legislation is much more than an amnesty. 
AMNESTY IS JUST THE TROJAN HORSE WITH FAR WORSE DANGERS INSIDE THE BILL
Unbelievably, the 11 million illegal aliens to be given work permits are merely the visible Trojan Horse. That's right, the 11-million amnesty -- as bad as it is -- amounts to the best face of the bill.
Wrapped inside that amnesty bill is something even worse -- WORK PERMITS FOR 22 MILLION FOREIGN CITIZENS in the frist decade, in addition to the 11 million illegal aliens!
11 million + 22 million = 33 million.
In every decade after that, it appears the bill may be forcing another 20 million lifetime work permits, but we're still working on those numbers.
"33 million" is the number that should start every conversation about the "comprehensive immigration reform" bill being rushed through the Senate Judiciary Committee by Chairman Pat Leahy (D-Vermont).
And it's the number that has to stop this bill before it can do unalterable damage to our country. No matter what your Members of Congress may think about giving an amnesty to 11 million, they can't possibly justify immediately over the next decade adding 33 million more potential competitors for scarce U.S. jobs.
 33 MILLION SAME SIZE AS TOP 20 U.S. CITIES
Our cities, suburbs, towns and rural areas already have 20 million Americans who want a full-time job but can't find one.
It is hard to imagine what adding another 33 million foreign citizens with work permits would look like.
But try this:
33 million is like adding an entire new city of New York, PLUS . . .
. . . adding duplicate cities of Los Angeles, Houston, Philadelphia, Phoenix and San Antonio, PLUS . . .
. . . also adding duplicate cities of San Diego, Dallas, San Jose, Jacksonville and Indianapolis, PLUS . . .
. . . finally adding duplicates of Austin, San Francisco, Columbus, Fort Worth, Charlotte, Detroit, El Paso, Memphis and Boston!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If Congress passes this bill it would be like re-creating ALL of the Top 20 cities in the United States, filling them entirely with foreign citizens and giving them lifetime work permits to compete with America's struggling workers -- and in just 10 years time.
At this moment, your Members of Congress probably don't even know about the 33 million.
"33 million" is the number that should finally shake your Members of Congress out of any infatuation they have with this comprehensive amnesty bill.
The authors of this bill have claimed that they never stopped to add up the total number of foreign workers that this bill would add to the job competition in America.
Can you believe it? Actually, I may believe it because I don't think they want to know. They just want to give every Robber Baron corporate lobbist whatever foreign workforce they demand in return for their campaign contributions. Nobody stops to calculate what it all adds up to.
Well, we at NumbersUSA always believe that numbers matter. 33 MILLION is a number that cannot be allowed to happen.
 ROY BECK is Founder & President of NumbersUSA

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AMNESTY ALERT: Call your Three Members of Congress and tell them 'NO to Amnesty'

Updated: Monday, January 28, 2013, 9:50 AM

A Senate 'Gang of Eight' that includes Republicans Marco Rubio, John McCain, Lindsey Graham, and Jeff Flake and Democrats Chuck Schumer, Dick Durbin, Bob Menendez, and Michael Bennet have reportedly come to an agreement on a comprehensive immigration reform package that would include an amnesty for the nation's 11 million illegal aliens. An agreement between Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.) and Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) is also being finalized in the House. CALL YOUR THREE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AT (202) 224-3121 AND TELL THEM "NO AMNESTY."Tell your Three Members of Congress how ridiculous it is that Members of Congress are rushing on immigration reform just to stay ahead of Pres. Obama's announcement that's expected on Tuesday, Jan. 29.

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Monday, January 28, 2013, 12:59 PM EST - posted on NumbersUSA

A group of eight Senators today announced the outline of an agreement they reached on immigration-law changes that substantially mirrors the failed 2007 attempt to amnesty illegal aliens and increase foreign-worker numbers. The Senators’ proposal includes a legalization of illegal aliens currently residing in the United States, higher levels of legal immigration, mandatory employment verification, and a new guest worker program.

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EPI Study: Business Wrong to Claim Need for More Workers

Friday, January 25, 2013, 1:42 PM EST - posted on NumbersUSA

The Economic Policy Institute’s analysis of recent jobs data undermines the common business theme that employers are not hiring because they can’t find enough qualified workers. EPI economist Heidi Shierholz argues there are more than enough unemployed workers in all sectors of the current job market to fill jobs in those industries.

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Thursday, January 24, 2013, 12:11 PM EST - posted on NumbersUSA

Reps. Phil Roe (R-Tenn.) and Kenny Marchant (R-Texas) have cosponsored H.R.140, the Birthright Citizenship Act. The bill was introduced by Rep. Steve King and is part of NumbersUSA's 5 Great Immigration-Reduction Solutions. If passed, the bill would end the practice of granting automatic citizenship to all children born in the United States.

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Amnesty 2.0: Phone Today To Oppose

By Anne Manetas

Monday, January 28, 2013, 12:27 PM EST - posted on NumbersUSA

While the current proposal is short on details, Rosemary Jenks has reviewed it and tells me it is basically the same sweeping amnesty we defeated in 2007 with "updated" language to re-brand the amnesty. We had hoped that the new voices of Senators Rubio (R-FL) and Lee (R-UT)[both members of the so-called Senate "Gang of Eight"] would bring some new perspective to an immigration proposal so we were especially disappointed to see their Amnesty 2.0 proposal be nothing more than a rehash of the failed 2007 amnesty.

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