ANTI-amnesty petition surges past Gang of 8 petition in signers

ANTI-amnesty petition surges past Gang of 8 petition in signers

By Roy Beck, Monday, February 11, 2013, 10:31 PM EST - posted on NumbersUSA

Sen. Schumer's PRO-amnesty petition had a big day today and seems to be picking up momentum.
But the nation's top ANTI-amnesty petition has even more momentum. My great thanks to all of you who were part of adding more than 30,000 new signers today!
For the first time, the ANTI-amnesty petition has more signers than the one backing the Gang of Eight's PRO-amnesty plan.
As of 9 p.m. Monday:
69,458 signers of NumbersUSA ANTI-amnesty petition
53,172 signers of Schumer's PRO-amnesty petition supporting Gang of Eight
We're in a public relations battle with Sen. Schumer (D-NY) who started his petition a week earlier than us to show the media that there is overwhelming support among the public for the bi-partisan Gang of Eight's proposal to immediately give amnesty and U.S. work permits to 11 million illegal aliens.
Because NumbersUSA led the largest grassroots mobilization in the killing of amnesties in the House in the summer of 2006, and in the Senate in spring of 2007, autumn of 2007 and winter of 2010, the media tend to look to NumbersUSA's petitions to compare their strength with the petitions of those pushing for more open borders.
Keep ANTI-Petition In Lead
If you haven't signed yet, click the petition link:
 https://www.numbersusa.com/petition?id=14372
If you HAVE signed, click the link to refer the petition to more people:
https://www.numbersusa.com/petition/invite?id=14372&email
The Gang of Eight petition is being promoted in Daily Kos and other large-viewership websites. Our ANTI-amnesty petition is going to need lots of similar help if we are to show the media and Members of Congress that the passion of the American people is on the side of preventing an 8th amnesty.
We are expecting a wave of new PRO-amnesty signers Tuesday night after the President uses the State of the Union address to promote more foreign workers while claiming his top priority is putting more Americans back to work. And who knows what Sen. Rubio (R-Fla.) will say in his Republican rebuttal on TV -- he's a member with Schumer in the Gang of Eight.
A public opinion poll released last week found that about three times as many Americans strongly oppose an amnesty as strongly support one.
We need to reflect that on these petitions. This ANTI-amnesty petition really ought to have triple the signatures as the one for the Gang of Eight. At the very least, please make sure you have made it clear which petition and public policy you support.
ROY BECK is Founder & CEO of NumbersUSA
P.S. -- I offer many thanks for a great new response to this blog that many of you are circulating.  Here's our new Petition signer count as of 1 p.m. Tuesday, 12FEB2013

Federal Judge Rules that ICE Agents have Standing in Lawsuit Against Federal Government aka King Obama

Federal Judge Rules that ICE Agents have Standing in Lawsuit Against Federal Government

By Anne Manetas, Friday, January 25, 2013, 3:14 PM EST - posted on NumbersUSA

Federal District Court Judge Reed O'Conner has ruled that 10 ICE agents and officers have standing to challenge in Federal court the so-called Morton Memo on prosecutorial discretion and the DREAM directive on deferred action. The agents filed their complaint in October, charging that unconstitutional and illegal directives from DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano and ICE Director John Morton order the agents to violate federal laws or face adverse employment actions. This is a major first step for the ICE agents in their case against the administration.
In his 35-page decision, Judge O'Conner found that the ICE agents and officers have standing, but that the State of Mississippi does not. He has not yet ruled, however, on the agents' motion for a preliminary injunction to halt implementation of the DHS directives.
The primary impetus for the lawsuit came last June, when Secretary Napolitano issued a memo offering deferred action and employment authorization to illegal aliens under age 31 who meet certain criteria similar to those outlined in the DREAM Act, which has failed to pass Congress on three occasions.
Even before that, though, ICE Director Morton essentially gutted immigration enforcement by issuing a memo on prosecutorial discretion that, in effect, prohibits ICE agents and officers from arresting or removing any but the most violent criminal aliens. Under Morton's stated policy, most of the 12 million or so illegal aliens that the administration wants to legalize are currently safe from deportation.
This is just one of the reasons that the National Immigration and Customs Enforcement Council voted unanimously that they have no confidence in Morton's ability to lead the agency. Aside from ordering ICE agents to not enforce federal immigration laws, Morton has also gutted worksite enforcement and the 287(g) program, which is a cooperative effort between local law enforcement and federal immigration agents.
Read Judge O'Conner's full decision here.
ANNE MANETAS is the Deputy Director of NumbersUSA

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