Posted on 09/19/2007 10:02:49 AM PDT by nordicstan
Shamnesty Watch: Keep the heat on the DREAM Act…Only 18 Senators have committed to voting no
By Michelle Malkin • September 18, 2007 08:29 PM Tell your senator: Vote NO on Senate Amendment 2237
Yesterday morning, I gave out Senate phone numbers and reiterated my warning from last week about the coming scheme by open-borders politicians in both aisles to slip the DREAM Act into the Department of Defense authorization bill (H.R. 1585).
(Excerpt) Read more at michellemalkin.com ...
Call your senator!
I never got through to John Cornyn, but he's been a leader in fighting Amnesty.
Posting some phone and fax numbers in case folks need them.
Senator Phone Fax
Sessions, Jeff 202-224-4124 202-224-3149
Shelby, Richard 202-224-5744 202-224-3416
Murkowski, Lisa 202-224-6665 202-224-5301
Stevens, Ted 202-224-3004 202-224-2354
Kyl, Jon 202-224-4521 202-224-2207
McCain, John 202-224-2235 202-228-2862
Lincoln, Blanche 202-224-4843 202-228-1371
Pryor, Mark 202-224-2353 202-228-0908
Boxer, Barbara 202-224-3553 202-228-2382
Feinstein, Dianne 202-224-3841 202-228-3954
Allard, Wayne 202-224-5941 202-224-6471
Salazar, Ken 202-224-5852 202-228-5036
Dodd, Chris 202-224-2823 202-224-1083
Lieberman, Joe 202-224-4041 202-224-9750
Biden, Joe 202-224-5042 202-224-0139
Carper, Tom 202-224-2441 202-228-2190
Martinez, Mel 202-224-3041 202-228-5171
Nelson, Bill 202-224-5274 202-228-2183
Chambliss, Saxby 202-224-3521 202-224-0103
Isakson, Johnny 202-224-3643 202-228-0724
Akaka, Daniel 202-224-6361 202-224-2126
Inouye, Daniel 202-224-3934 202-224-6747
Craig, Larry 202-224-2752 202-228-1067
Crapo, Mike 202-224-6142 202-228-1375
Durbin, Richard 202-224-2152 202-228-0400
Obama, Barack 202-224-2854 202-228-4260
Bayh, Evan 202-224-5623 202-228-1377
Lugar, Dick 202-224-4814 202-228-0360
Grassley, Chuck 202-224-3744 202-224-6020
Harkin, Tom 202-224-3254 202-224-9369
Brownback, Sam 202-224-6521 202-228-1265
Roberts, Pat 202-224-4774 202-224-3514
Bunning, Jim 202-224-4343 202-228-1373
McConnell, Mitch 202-224-2541 202-224-2499
Landrieu, Mary 202-224-5824 202-224-9735
Vitter, David 202-224-4623 202-228-5061
Collins, Susan 202-224-2523 202-224-2693
Snowe, Olympia 202-224-5344 202-224-1946
Cardin, Ben 202-224-4524 202-224-1651
Mikulski, Barbara (202) 224-4654 (202) 224-8858
Kennedy, Ted 202-224-4543 202-224-2417
Kerry, John 202-224-2742 202-224-8525
Levin, Carl 202-224-6221 202-224-1388
Stabenow, Debbie 202-224-4822 202-228-0325
Coleman, Norm 202-224-5641 202-224-1152
Klobuchar, Amy 202-224-3244 202-228-2186
Cochran, Thad 202-224-5054 202-224-9450
Lott, Trent (202) 224-6253 (202) 224-2262
Bond, Kit (202)224-5721 202-224-8149
McCaskill, Claire (202) 224-6154 (202) 228-6326
Baucus, Max (202) 224-2651 (202) 224-0515
Tester, Jon (202) 224-2644 (202) 224-8594
Hagel, Chuck (202) 224-4224 (202) 224-5213
Nelson, Ben (202) 224-6551 (202) 228-0012
Ensign, John (202) 224-6244 (202) 228-2193
Reid, Harry 202-224-3542 202-224-7327
Gregg, Judd (202) 224-3324 202-224-4952
Sununu, John (202) 224-2841 (202) 228-4131
Lautenberg, Frank (202) 224-3224 (202) 228-4054
Menendez, Bob 202.224.4744 202.228.2197
Bingaman, Jeff (202) 224-5521 202-228-3261
Domenici, Pete (202) 224-6621 (202) 228-3261
Clinton, Hillary Rodham (202) 224-4451 (202) 228-0282
Schumer, Charles 202-224-6542 202-228-3027
Burr, Richard (202) 224-3154 (202) 228-2981
Dole, Elizabeth 202.224.6342 202.224.1100
Conrad, Kent (202) 224-2043 (202) 224-7776
Dorgan, Byron 202-224-2551 202-224-1193
Brown, Sherrod (202) 224-2315 (202) 228-6321
Voinovich, George (202) 224-3353 202-228-1382
Coburn, Tom 202-224-5754 202-224-6008
Inhofe, Jim (202) 224-4721 (202) 228-0380
Smith, Gordon 202.224.3753 202.228.3997
Wyden, Ron (202) 224-5244 202-228-2717
Casey, Jr., Bob (202) 224-6324 (202) 228-0604
Specter, Arlen 202-224-4254 202-228-1229
Reed, Jack (202) 224-4642 (202) 224-4680
Whitehouse, Sheldon 202-224-2921 202-228-6362
DeMint, Jim 202-224-6121 202-228-5143
Graham, Lindsey 202) 224-5972 202-224-3808
Johnson, Tim (202) 224-5842 (202) 228-5765
Thune, John 202-224-2321 (202) 228-5429
Alexander, Lamar (202) 224-4944 (202) 228-3398
Corker, Bob 202-224-3344 202-228-0566
Cornyn, John 202-224-2934 202-228-2856
Hutchison, Kay Bailey 202-224-5922 202-224-0776
Bennett, Robert (202) 224-5444 (202) 228-1168
Hatch, Orrin (202) 224-5251 (202) 224-6331
Leahy, Patrick (202) 224-4242 202-224-3479
Sanders, Bernie (202) 224-5141 (202) 228-0776
Warner, John (202) 224-2023 (202) 224-6295
Webb, Jim (202) 224-4024 202-228-6363
Cantwell, Maria 202-224-3441 202-228-0514
Murray, Patty (202) 224-2621 (202) 224-0238
Byrd, Robert 202-224-3954 202-228-0002
Rockefeller, Jay 202) 224-6472 (202) 224-7665
Feingold, Russ (202) 224-5323 (202) 224-2725
Kohl, Herb (202) 224-5653 (202) 224-9787
Enzi, Mike (202) 224-3424 (202) 228-0359
4 posted on 09/19/2007 8:00:26 AM PDT by bimmer_n_me
Holy crow! Will this thing *ever* die? How many times do we have to scream NO NO NO????
Firing up the vocal chords now.... sheesh.
Sadly, both the Washington State Senatesitters are Commies.
Sadly, both the Washington State Senatesitters are Commies.
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Being from New York, it would violate all FR posting rules and priviledges to post my thoughts on HildaBeast the Yankee fan and upChuck Schumer.
george w. bush (R)ino
Phone: 202-456-1111
FAX: 202-456-2461
email: comments@whitehouse.gov.
If that doesn't help, try Leviticus 19:33-34.
If that doesn't help ask yourself why all the vehemence, anger and screaming over a few achieving children who see themselves as Americans yet who must denied a place in this country.
If is irrational emotion that is driving those opposed to this bill. You still think as if you are a small band of hunters on a faraway plain and need to attack and expel anyone who enters your area.
Dear Mr. Eppler: Thank you for contacting me regarding in-state tuition for long-term resident immigrants. I welcome your thoughts and comments on this issue. On March 1, 2007, Congressman Howard Berman (D-CA) introduced H.R. 1275, the American Dream Act. This legislation would allow states to offer in-state tuition rates to long-term resident immigrant students. Specifically, it seeks to repeal a provision in the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 which requires states providing in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants to offer the same benefits to out-of-state residents. A similar measure, S. 774, the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act of 2007, was introduced by Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) on March 6, 2007, and has been referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee, on which I do not serve. This measure would also allow certain long-term residents who entered the U.S. as children to have their immigration or residency status adjusted to conditional permanent residents or permanent residents. Should H.R. 1275 or S. 774 come before the full Senate, you may be certain I will keep your views in mind. On June 17, 2001, Texas began allowing nonresident students who have graduated from a Texas high school and resided in the state for at least three years to qualify for in-state tuition. These students are also eligible for state financial aid programs such as the Texas Public Educational Grant Program and the Students Incentive Grant Program. I appreciate hearing from you and hope you will not hesitate to keep in touch on any issue of concern to you. Sincerely, Kay Bailey Hutchison
Ouch !
So you think if some one breaks the law a gets away with it for a long enough time they are entitled to taxpayer benefits?
Looks like we need to load up on more garlic, crucifixes, and silver
as (not suprisingly) the Vampire Bill ain’t dead yet!
This thread duly attached to...
KEYWORD: VAMPIREBILL
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=vampirebill
Yes, this struggle is getting long and tiring.
But we have to remember that thugs often simply “outlast” their opposition.
(e.g., Fidel Castro)
That's the sales pitch - problem is it's deceitful. This act is ANOTHER con job. It's also attached or going to be attached to the DEFENSE BILL. How cynical and disingenuous is that?
If is irrational emotion that is driving those opposed to this bill. You still think as if you are a small band of hunters on a faraway plain and need to attack and expel anyone who enters your area.
We should repel invaders, no matter how good their intentions are - IT'S OUR LAND AND COUNTRY.
And it's not irrational emotion - it's a couple of rational ideas: justice and the rule of law.
You're such a pragmatist. :-P
No. It will never die. It will come back in pieces and chunks and pieces with the names changed. The enemies of our nation will never cease their efforts to destroy it.
No. It will never die. It will come back in pieces and chunks and pieces with the names changed. The enemies of our nation will never cease their efforts to destroy it.
Why should the kids of invading barbarians get a better deal for college than my own girls, citizens and born here in the USA to citizen parents?
Au contraire, you are only a renter of this land and sojourner like everyone else. Actually, before you know it, like everyone else, you will be food for worms.
Eventually, you will be judged on what you did for the least among us. You will not be judged on the nonexistent possession of a country.
I emailed http://www.commentsatwhitehouse.gov asking the president to veto The Dream Act if it contains amnesty for illegal aliens.
Your’s are still sitting on the fence, according to NumbersUSA:
http://www.numbersusa.com/index
The senators in this first list voted NO on the Comprehensive Amnesty in June, but have not yet pledged to vote NO on the DREAM Act amnesty.
Phone them by contacting the Senate switchboard at 202-224-3121.
Alaska: Murkowski, Stevens
Arkansas: Pryor
Colorado: Allard
Idaho: Crapo
Indiana: Bayh
Iowa: Grassley, Harkin
Kansas: Brownback
Louisiana: Landrieu
Maine: Collins
Michigan: Stabenow
Minnesota: Coleman
Mississippi: Cochran
Missouri: Bond, McCaskill
Montana: Baucus, Tester
Nebraska: Nelson (Ben)
Nevada: Ensign
New Hampshire: Sununu
New Mexico: Bingaman (now YES), Domenici
North Dakota: Dorgan
Ohio: Brown (now YES), Voinovich
Oklahoma: Coburn
Oregon: Smith
South Dakota: *Johnson, Thune
Texas: Cornyn, Hutchison
Utah: Hatch
Vermont: Sanders
Virginia: Warner, Webb
West Virginia: Byrd, Rockefeller
Wyoming: Barrasso
PRO-AMNESTY IN JUNE AND STILL PRO-AMNESTY
The senators noted below supported amnesty in June and show every sign of voting for amnesty again this week. They have been blasted all summer for their anti-American worker, pro-lawlessness stance. Perhaps your phone calls today can help them decide against voting for amnesty again.
Arizona: Kyl; McCain
Arkansas: Lincoln
California: Boxer, Feinstein
Colorado: Salazar
Connecticut: Dodd, Lieberman
Delaware: Biden, Carper
Florida: Martinez, Nelson (Bill)
Hawaii: Akaka, Inouye
Idaho: Craig
Illinois: Durbin, Obama
Indiana: Lugar
Maine: Snowe
Maryland: Cardin, Mikulski
Massachusetts: Kennedy, Kerry
Michigan: Levin
Minnesota: Klobuchar
Nebraska: Hagel
Nevada: Reid
New Hampshire: Gregg
New Jersey: Lautenberg, Menendez
New York: Clinton, Schumer
North Dakota: Conrad
Oregon: Wyden
Pennsylvania: Casey, Specter
Rhode Island: Reed, Whitehouse
Utah: Bennett
Vermont: Leahy
Washington: Cantwell, Murray
Wisconsin: Feingold, Kohl
The children you are referring to had no choice in where they were born and raised (primarily in US) any more than you had a choice in these matters. I don't know about the better "deal," but assuming it is true, when we entertain do we not give our best food and drink to our guests?
Christ humbled himself and washed Peter's feet. By doing so he illustrated the importance of service onto others. Such a "service onto others" has been a large part of the philosophy of our secular and spiritual American lives. Being more means doing more for others.
We have a unique chance to prove our humaneness over our animal, territorial nature (think of dogs). I hope the Senate thinks similarly.
A “few achieving children”?
The DREAM Act (Amendment 2237 to the Defense Authorization bill) is a nightmare. It is a massive amnesty that extends to the millions of illegal aliens who entered the United States before the age of 16.
* The DREAM Act allows illegal “teens” to petition for their parents, leading eventually to their aunts, uncles, grandparents and cousins:
The big argument for this amnesty is that it is for teenagers who are here illegally because their parents broke the law. As you will see in later bullet points, far more than teens can get this amnesty. Nonetheless, the argument is that the teenagers should not be punished for the crimes of their parents.
But as soon as DREAM amnesty citizens are over 21, they can bring in their parents who broke the law to get them into the country. The chief criminals will be rewarded after all.
And because of Chain Migration, the amnestied “teens” can see their aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents getting permanent U.S. residency as well.
* The DREAM Act does not Protect Americans from Terrorists and Criminals:
Illegal immigrants are not required to submit fingerprints or undergo background security checks at any point in the DREAM Act process. Therefore, DHS has no way of learning whether an alien seeking DREAM Act amnesty is a terrorist or criminal. This security failure is compounded by the confidentiality section of the DREAM Act, which is a relic from pre-9/11 days (it’s modeled on the fraud-prone 1986 amnesty). This section basically requires DHS to hide information about terrorist and criminal aliens from itself. If a DHS adjudicator at USCIS learns from a DREAM Act application that an alien poses terrorist or criminal concerns, the adjudicator is prohibited from alerting ICE enforcement officers at DHS, and in fact, if the adjudicator did volunteer such information to ICE, he could be fined $10,000. To cap it all, DHS is prohibited from removing from the United States all aliens, including criminals, terrorists, fraudsters, and other ineligible aliens while they have a DREAM Act application pending, even if that application is based upon fraud or the alien is ineligible.
* The DREAM Act Offers Citizenship to Illegal Aliens Who Lack Good Moral Character:
The DREAM Act does not require that aliens have a history of good moral character; it only requires that they have good moral character from the time that they apply. This means that criminal aliens, terrorists, and other aliens who lack good moral character before they apply get an amnesty for their pre-application period conduct, no matter how bad or extensive that conduct.
* The DREAM Act is Not Just for Young People:
Sponsors insist that the point of the DREAM Act is to provide legal status to “kids” and “young people.” However, the DREAM Act is not directed at minors, as there is no age cap involved. Anyone, regardless of age, who illegally entered the United States before the age of 16 and has illegally remained here for 5 years or more will qualify for lawful permanent residence (and eventual citizenship) if they satisfy the easily-met criteria for DREAM Act amnesty.
* The DREAM Act is a Big Amnesty:
It’s estimated there are some 2 million illegal immigrant children in the United States. They are only a portion of the millions of aliens who will likely qualify for the DREAM Act amnesty, because the DREAM Act does not place a cap on the number of people who qualify, does not limit the age of those who qualify, and applies retroactively to anyone who first entered before age 16.
* The DREAM Act is Deceptive:
The marketing campaign for the DREAM Act makes as though the amnesty is intended for high school graduates who are on their way to college or military service. But the bill as written ensures that illegal immigrants don’t have to attend high school or go to college to qualify for the amnesty: they need only take an ability-to-benefit test and complete a 1-year vocational program to get eventual citizenship (and there’s no requirement that they actually complete their college education). Nor do aliens have to join the Armed Forces: they need only go to work for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or Public Health Service for 2 years to get eventual citizenship.
* The DREAM Act is a Fraud Machine:
We know from experience that amnesty from immigration laws generates massive fraud, and the DREAM Act is no exception. Nothing in the DREAM Act will prevent a 50-year old alien from asserting that he entered the United States before the age of 16 and has remained here ever since. The DREAM Act is silent on how DHS will determine the veracity of such claims. The DREAM Act will actually promote fraud because it prevents DHS from deporting aliens who’ve applied for the amnesty until their applications are resolved – a process that will likely take years, because DHS lacks the resources to rapidly process the millions of applications it will receive. Even if DHS eventually decides that some aliens do not qualify for the amnesty, DHS cannot use the statements aliens made in their applications to deport them, because their statements are protected by the confidentiality section in the DREAM Act.
* The DREAM Act is Unfair to American Students and Taxpayers:
The DREAM Act would repeal the 1996 law which says that State colleges and universities cannot offer in-state tuition benefits to resident illegal immigrants unless they offer the same benefits to students who are U.S. citizens. So, an 18-year old United States citizen attending school in a different state will pay substantially more money for his college education than a 30-year old illegal alien residing in that state. Because public colleges and universities are heavily subsidized by taxpayers, Americans end up paying the bill for educating illegal immigrants. Further, because the repeal of the 1996 law is retroactive, illegal aliens who formerly paid out-of-state tuition will have the ability and motivation to sue for the difference between what they paid and the in-state rate.
* The DREAM Act Puts Illegal Immigrants at the Front of the Line for Green Cards:
The DREAM Act requires that applications for its amnesty must be expedited, bars DHS from charging fees for expedited service, and fails to provide DHS the additional personnel and equipment needed to handle expedited applications. Because millions of people will file applications for DREAM Act amnesty (regardless of whether or not they eventually qualify), DHS will experience a significant backlog of cases that will necessarily slow DHS’ ability to process conventional business and family visas, and applications for naturalization. This will adversely impact our economy, and disrupt the settled expectations of intending legal immigrants to the United States.
* The DREAM Act Will Allow Dangerous Criminal Aliens to Remain At Large in the United States:
DHS lacks the resources to detain all criminal aliens it encounters in the United States, and so DHS has to pick and choose which criminals to hold for deportation. When DHS deports a criminal alien, the detention or “bed space” vacated by the out-going criminal is immediately filled by another criminal alien. The DREAM Act does not disqualify anyone (even criminals) from filing an application and bars DHS from removing any alien who’s filed an application for amnesty. Thus, criminal aliens who have no desire to be deported will file DREAM Act applications to halt or slow their deportations, which means they will spend more time taking up detention space which could be used to house other criminal aliens. That means more criminal aliens whom DHS cannot house will be free to roam the United States. The DREAM Act also creates an opportunity for extremely dangerous criminal aliens to be released into the general population. By law, a criminal alien who is subject to a final order of removal must be released from DHS custody within 90 days if his removal is not “reasonably foreseeable.” As mentioned previously, the DREAM Act does not allocate resources to DHS to process the millions of applications that are sure to be filed, which will result in very lengthy delays. The result? A dangerous criminal alien who would otherwise have been removed from the United States files his DREAM Act application, and when that application stalls at DHS with millions of others, he can file a petition in a district court after 90 days to effect his release because his removal is not “reasonably foreseeable.”
http://www.numbersusa.com/actionalerts
Gov Butch Otter has personally interviewed Lt Gov Jim Risch and Attorney General Lawrence Wasden as candidates to replace Craig. Whether Craig actually makes good on the resignation is still in question.
Does anyone know how to find or know the blog that the Senate Staffers post on? It was pretty interesting during the Shamnesty Bill. I had a link and have lost it. Originally, I came upon it at the DreamAct Forum but they are not posting it this time. Please post if you can find it—in the meantime—my phone is very busy calling the Washington bums!
I think you need help. Your pseudo-Christian gobblety-gook is based entirely on self-deception. They are NOT guests. They were not invited. They are not strangers sojouring among us as the Hebrews did in Egypt (remember, the Egyptians, through Joseph, INVITED the Hebrews into Egypt). They are thieves in the night and invaders who mean us no good. The choices of their children (or lack thereof) is not relevant.
Further more, what good is “service unto others” when it compelled? Want to humble yourself and serve others? Establish a scholarship with your own money. Don’t demand that the various levels of government spend what it has extracted from me to help these invaders.
I called......
Ping for later
www.thecapitolist.com
33 " 'When an alien lives with you in your land, do not mistreat him.34 The alien living with you must be treated as one of your native-born. Love him as yourself, for you were aliens in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
This passage refers to the way Jews should treat aliens in their land not Egypt. God, just gently reminded them, that they were once aliens in Egypt.
regards
Considering the money to hand all these freebies out to criminals is confiscated from me at the point of a gun, I don’t think that Jesus would approve.
Haha, I’d give John and Ted a call but I’d just be polluting the air with wasted CO2.
Thanks, I appreciate it. Usually it is pretty smutty but sometimes you see something worth while.
Can someone tell me, which one of our GOP presidential hopefuls has stood up forcefully against this? Why is our side so afraid to do what is right?
Fred Thompson on Citizenship “Deal” for Illegal Immigrants
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkN2fYnMTBs
BTTT
~ BUMP ~
I posted the actual quote from Leviticus. The Egypt thing was God reminding the Jews they too were once aliens in Egypt. I am amazed how such a simple quote can be misinterpreted.
So am I.
>>I never got through to John Cornyn, but he’s been a leader in fighting Amnesty.<<
Try some of his Texas offices, for example 903-593-0902 is in Tyler.
I called Hutchison and Cornyn to say I was opposed to both the “Dream Act” amendment and the AgJobs amnesty provisions. The staffer said Cornyn is opposed to the Dream Act. Hutchison may need more calls to oppose these 2 bills.
>>Fred Thompson on Citizenship “Deal” for Illegal Immigrants<<
I’ll bet Fred would like to take that one back.
THE OPPOSITION PLANS TO BEAT US WITH PHONE AND FAX AND HAS HIRED PAID PHONE CALLERS (USING OUR DOLLARS)
This is the most urgent kind of request for your action. In the middle of actions on Defense this week, the open-borders Senators are going to attempt to attach three proposals that would give amnesty to millions of illegal aliens and dramatically increase the importation of additional foreign labor for American jobs. Many of the Senators who helped us kill the Comprehensive Amnesty in June are indicating they are in favor of these preferences for illegal foreign workers and new foreign workers over American workers. We must keep them from attaching the Dream Act Amnesty to the Department of Defense authorization bill. And we also must keep them from taking hundreds of thousands of our high tech jobs from American students and middle-age American workers and giving them to foreign workers.
1. Call the Senate switchboard at: 202-224-3121
2. Ask for your Senator. (You can find the names of your Senators and all their contact info at: numbersusa.com/myMembers)
3. Tell the person who answers that you are calling to ask the Senator to vote NO next week on three measures that are being considered for the Defense
Authorization bill.
a. Vote NO on Amendment 2237 that would attach the Dream Act Amnesty.
b. Vote NO on any measure to increase H-1B visas and permanent greencards for foreign workers to take jobs from skilled American workers and students.
c. Vote NO on any attempt to increase H-2B visas for seasonal foreign workers to take jobs from America’s most vulnerable workers.
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