Help Defeat Illegal Alien Farm Worker Amnesty Legislation
Help Defeat Illegal Alien Farm Worker Amnesty Legislation Take Action Now!
Urge Your Elected Officials to Oppose S.1645 and H.R. 3142
On September 23, Senators Larry Craig (R-ID) and Ted Kennedy (D-MA) and Representatives Chris Cannon (R-UT) and Howard Berman (D-CA) introduced companion farm worker amnesty bills, S.1645 and H.R. 3142. "The Agricultural Job, Opportunity, Benefits, and Security Act of 2003" (AgJOBS bill) provides a "one-time" amnesty for illegal aliens engaged in farm work and their spouses and children. The bill also expands the H-2A agricultural guestworker program.
A broad coalition consisting of labor unions, agribusiness, the hospitality industry, the immigration law bar, and the usual supporters among open borders and illegal alien advocacy groups have aligned themselves in support of the legislation.
FAIR opposes this legislation and all other attempts to reward illegal aliens with amnesty. Please help us defeat the AgJOBS bill by urging your representative and senators and to oppose S.1645 and H.R. 3142.
Here's how it would work:
Illegal alien farm workers would be granted temporary residence if they worked the lesser of 575 hours or 100 work days during any 12 consecutive months between March 1, 2001 and August 31, 2003.
After working the lesser of 2,060 hours or 360 work days in agriculture in the six year period between September 1, 2003 and August 31, 2009, they could adjust their status to legal permanent resident.
Spouses and relatives gain legal permanent residency along with applicants.
Illegal aliens detained prior to enactment, if otherwise eligible for the amnesty, would not be deported. Type your zip code into the "take action now" box to send a free faxed message to your legislators opposing this legislation.
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Talking Points:
Any guestworker program that involves "earned legalization" is an amnesty, a reward for law-breaking that is vociferously opposed by the American public.
This is not only an amnesty for illegal aliens, it is also an amnesty for employers who have consistently violated federal employment laws.
Nothing in this bill will prevent employers from continuing to employ illegal aliens once the amnesty is in place.
Nothing in this bill will empower federal immigration enforcement authorities to properly enforce employer sanctions.
Nothing in this bill requires mandatory worker eligibility verification to prevent further illegal immigration. For more information on why guestworker programs and amnesty are a bad idea, read the following FAIR issue briefs: 
How Guestworker Programs Harm America