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01-05-2009

Get Involved!

Here is your opportunity to make a difference.

On Wednesday, 02-11-2009, a group will be going to Austin to call upon our legislators.

It is important that we let our voices be heard. Mark your calendar! Watch your emails for more information to follow and plan on joining us.

IRCOT- N TX (formerly CFIR) 2009 Action Committee

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/
dws/news/texassouthwest/stories/
DN-azimiig_02tex.ART.State.Edition1.4a5f7fe.html 

Lights, cameras, agents: Arizona Border Patrol sees a payoff

Friday, January 2, 2009 - Arthur H. Rotstein, The Associated Press

TUCSON, Ariz. – The Border Patrol had a turning-point year in Arizona in 2008, with increased manpower, resources and technology bringing dramatic drops in illegal-immigrant arrests, top officials say.

Full story:
http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?
articleid=41685&dcn=e_gvet

Border security will loom large for Obama administration
By Katherine McIntire Peters

Two years ago, some Republican lawmakers floated a proposal to require all undocumented workers wishing to become Americans to first return to their countries of origin and apply for U.S. citizenship.

Here's how Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano characterized that proposal in a February 2007 speech at the National Press Club: "What a joke."

"That would be like asking everyone who lives in New York City and Los Angeles to get up and move," Napolitano said, noting that many of those workers risked their lives to come to the United States or were brought here as children, and have children who are themselves U.S. citizens. "That presumes we have the administrative and legal infrastructure to handle such a mass exodus. We don't."

 http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/
opinion/viewpoints/stories/DN-harrop_03edi.State.Edition1.1c588cb.html

Froma Harrop: Close loophole that hurts skilled U.S. workers

01:28 PM CST on Friday, January 2, 2009

Barack Obama's pick for commerce secretary, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, vows to create millions of technology jobs that can't be outsourced. Sounds good, particularly in this melting economy. (it has now been reported that Bill Richardson has removed his name as the nominee for commerce secretary due to an investigation)

On the other hand, Richardson supports expanding the H-1B visa program, which had greased the departure of good-paying tech jobs to lower-wage countries. The program lets U.S. companies employ up to 65,000 temporary foreign software designers, engineers and other skilled professionals a year.Indian outsourcing companies account for almost 80 percent of the visa petitions approved for the top 10 participants in the program, according to BusinessWeek. The Indian commerce minister has called H-1B "the outsourcing visa."

For the record, Obama also backs issuing more H-1B visas, as does his pick for labor secretary, Hilda Solis.

LEGAL GUARDIANS  'HOMELAND' GETS REAL WITH US BORDER PATROLS

http://www.nypost.com/seven/12232008
/tv/legal_guardians_145502.htm

New York Post    
Legal guardians  
ABC is putting the finishing touches on its controversial show, "Homeland Security USA." -- The new, 13-episode series will track US border guards as they're tasked with trying to stop people from sneaking into the country - by themselves and sometimes with contraband...

Starting Jan 6th - check your local listings

01-10-2009

Now is the time for action!

Wednesday, 02-11-2009 @ 5:00am we will be leaving for Austin for a day to meet and visit our legislators to encourage them to get behind the great immigration bills that Berman, Riddle, Jackson and many more have already filed.  They need to know that we are fighting together with them to stamp out the daily invasion of illegal aliens into this country. 

Make your reservation NOW to join us 02-11-2009.  We will have a van available (space is limited) or you can drive down, fly down, and meet us at 9:30 am in the cafeteria.  There will be a small donation towards the van rental fee of $10.00.  There will be directions and information packets for everyone who will be joining us.  For more information, email Robin at rb@dfwapts.com.

Make your reservation today.

IRCOT- N TX (formerly CFIR) 2009 Action Committee

Texas legislators will push more than a dozen immigration measures

By ANABELLE GARAY  -  Associated Press 010409

http://www.star-telegram.com/804/story/1122849.html

DALLAS — Some state lawmakers want to revive immigration discussions by proposing more than a dozen bills that, among other things, would punish employers for hiring unauthorized workers, challenge the U.S. citizenship of immigrants’ U.S-born children and reverse a Texas law that allows undocumented college students to pay in-state tuition.

http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_11402473

Ex-U.S. drug czar warns of Mexican border rush

By Diana Washington Valdez / El Paso Times

Posted: 01/08/2009 12:00:00 AM MST

EL PASO -- Former U.S. drug czar Barry McCaffrey contends that millions of people may rush to cross the U.S. border if security conditions worsen and lead to a governmental collapse in Mexico.

"A failure by the Mexican political system to curtail lawlessness and violence could result (in) a surge of millions of refugees crossing the U.S. border to escape the domestic misery of violence, failed economic policy, poverty, hunger, joblessness, and the mindless cruelty and injustice of a criminal state," McCaffrey said in an after-action report based on the Dec. 5-7 International Forum of Intelligence & Security Specialists in Mexico, an advisory group to Mexican law enforcement leaders.

Law To Open Border, Legalize Illegal Aliens
Fri, 01/09/2009 - 12:23 - Judicial Watch Blog
http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog

The Nevada senator who a few years ago sponsored legislation to grant illegal immigrants discounted college tuition and automatic United States citizenship has introduced an immigration reform bill that will essentially open the southern border and grant residency to millions living in the country illegally.

Bill # is S.9

Immigration Bill introduced by TX Congresswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee.There is no text available at this time.

Jan 7, 2009 - Bill Action

Introduced: H.R. 264: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to comprehensively reform immigration law,...

Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX] introduced H.R. 264: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to comprehensively reform immigration law, and for other purposes.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123111072368352309.html 

By SUSAN SCHMIDT and MAURICE TAMMAN  JANUARY 5, 2009

Housing Push for Hispanics Spawns Wave of Foreclosures

California Rep. Joe Baca has long pushed legislation he said would "open the doors to the American Dream" for first-time home buyers in his largely Hispanic district. For many of them, those doors have slammed shut, quickly and painfully.

01-17-2008

UPDATE ON TRIP TO AUSTIN

The response to the planned trip to Austin on 02-11-2009 has been very gratifying. People are taking time off from work and putting aside other responsibilities for one day. There are those who are driving down on their own, spending money on a hotel room, and offering their own vehicles to transport people.  

Our sister IRCOT organization, Texans For Immigration Reform has decided to go in February instead of this month because of the response from the Dallas area.

Even though we are making this journey to Austin, we all know that this alone will not make the difference we need. Over and over you have heard that you need to be involved by writing, calling and faxing your elected officials. We know many of you are and will continue to be. For those of you who are still not quite there, please consider taking action and being a "lobbyist at home."

Action to be taken:

Peter Morrison of the Morrison Report writes in part about the new Speaker of the House:

. . .We don't know where he stands on the important issue of illegal immigration, but we need to speak out now to make sure he knows we are watching.  The fight starts now.

Our allies in the Texas House need help to make sure their anti-illegal-immigration bills are not put into one committee with a hostile chair who will kill all the bills.  Please send a fax to
the new speaker asking him to do the right thing and let these bills get a fair hearing:

http://www.morrisonreport.com/fax_test/index.php?faxID=21.

Thanks to Peter Morrison for sharing this fax capability. You will also have the opportunity to sign on to his weekly commentaries.

From Cathie Adams of Texas Eagle Forum

The Texas Senate's rules include a "rose bush" rule that requires 2/3 of the Senators to suspend the rules in order to consider a bill;  21 Senators must vote to bring up a bill on the Senate floor. This week during debate of the Senate rules, a majority of them voted to KEEP the 2/3 rule, but to EXEMPT ONE BILL from that rule: the requirement for voter Photo ID. This is NOT a partisan rule; instead, it is a clear move to improve voter integrity for both parties. The fact is that 77% of Republicans, Democrats, Independents, Anglos, African-Americans and Hispanics SUPPORT the "rose bush" rule exemption.

Please THANK the 18 of 19 Republican Senators who voted for this rule exemption in an effort to improve voter integrity:

Kevin Eltife Republican District 1 512-463-0101

Kevin.Eltife@senate.state.tx.us
Robert Deuell Republican District 2 512-463-0102

Robert.Deuell@senate.state.tx.us
Robert Nichols Republican District 3 512-463-0103

Robert.Nichols@senate.state.tx.us
Tommy Williams Republican District 4 512-463-0104

Tommy.Williams@senate.state.tx.us
Steve Ogden Republican District 5 512-463-0105 

Steve.Ogden@senate.state.tx.us
Dan Patrick Republican District 7 512-463-0107

Dan.Patrick@senate.state.tx.us
Florence Shapiro Republican District 8 512-463-0108

Florence.Shapiro@senate.state.tx.us
Chris Harris Republican District 9 512-463-0109

Chris.Harris@senate.state.tx.us
Mike Jackson Republican District 11 512-463-0111

Mike.Jackson@senate.state.tx.us
Jane Nelson Republican District 12 512-463-0112 

Jane.Nelson@senate.state.tx.us
Joan Huffman Republican District 17 512-463-0117

Joan.Huffman@senate.state.tx.us
Glen Hegar Republican District 18 512-463-0118 

Glen.Hegar@senate.state.tx.us
Kip Averitt Republican District 22 512-463-0122

Kip.Averitt@senate.state.tx.us
Troy Fraser Republican District 24 512-463-0124

Troy.Fraser@senate.state.tx.us
Jeff Wentworth Republican District 25 512-463-0125

Jeff.Wentworth@senate.state.tx.us
Robert Duncan Republican District 28 512-463-0128

Robert.Duncan@senate.state.tx.us
Craig Estes Republican District 30 512-463-0130

Craig.Estes@senate.state.tx.us
Kel Seliger Republican District 31 512-463-0131

Kel.Seliger@senate.state.tx.us

Regretfully, Senator John Carona, District 16, 512-463-0116, opposed the rule exemption. John.Carona@senate.state.tx.us

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123190125219680221.html

“Illegal Immigrants Stay in U.S. Despite Recession”

Cam Simpson, Wall Street Journal, January 14, 2008

 http://www.cfif.org:80/htdocs/freedomline/
current/in_our_opinion/Congress-and-Obama-
Extend-Healthcare-to-Illegal-Immigrants.html

As Taxpayers Struggle, Congress and Obama Extend Healthcare to Illegal Immigrants, and Raise Taxes on Lower-Income Americans

http://www.cnsnews.com:80/public/
content/article.aspx?RsrcID=42010

Homeland Security Nominee Vows to Crack Down on Businesses That Hire Illegal Aliens

CNSNew.com) – Arizona's Democratic Governor Janet Napolitano told senators at her Wednesday confirmation hearing to be the next secretary of the Department of Homeland Security that she will enforce “the rule of law” when it comes to businesses that employ illegal aliens.

01-20-2009

Contact  Senators and ask them to vote no to  HR 2, the expansion of SCHIP, State Children's Health Insurance Program. The legislation should be coming to the floor of the Senate soon.

http://www.cfif.org/htdocs/freedomline/current/in_our_opinion/
Congress-and-Obama-Extend-Healthcare-to-Illegal-Immigrants.html

As Taxpayers Struggle, Congress and Obama Extend Healthcare to Illegal Immigrants, and Raise Taxes on Lower-Income Americans.

Points from the article:

• Will remove current restrictions prohibiting illegal immigrants from exploiting SCHIP to receive benefits.
• Will remove current requirements that Medicaid applicants provide documentary evidence of citizenship before receiving benefits.
• No longer require state officials to determine whether the applicant is actually who he or she claims to be.
• This initiative to provide health entitlements to illegal immigrants comes during the same week in which the Washington, D.C.-based Migration Policy Institute exported that such immigrants are choosing to remain in the United States amid the current economic downturn. ...It serves their interests to exploit the system even more.
• The proposed legislation raises taxes on people earning under $250,000 thereby breaking Obama's promise not to do so.

"Thus at a time in which government should be increasingly careful about waste of taxpayers’ dollars, it is instead becoming less so.  The SCHIP expansion that President-Elect Obama and Congress are set to impose will increase taxpayer burdens during an economic downturn, increase the likelihood of fraud, waste and abuse of funds and open the spigot for healthcare benefits to illegal immigrants." 

01-28-2009

CALLS AND EMAILS HAVE WORKED!
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Lawmakers' battle brews over driver license policy

"Texas House lawmakers are spoiling for a fight over controversial new driver's licenses that single out legal U.S. residents who are not citizens. The leader of a group of conservative lawmakers said Wednesday they plan to file a bill that would make permanent a driver's license policy critics call discriminatory and are working to undo." El Paso Times - Austin Bureau, Jan. 22, 2009.

TX DPS sued over rules for immigrant drivers
"Civil rights advocates sued the Texas Department of Public Safety recently, contending that new driver's license requirements for immigrants discriminate against people legally in the United States. The suit, filed in state district court in Austin by the Texas Civil Rights Project, seeks to force the DPS to stop enforcing the rules, which went into effect Oct. 1." Houston Chronicle, Jan. 22, 2008.

Mexican Drug Traffickers Now ‘Greatest Organized Crime Threat’ to U.S.
(CNSNews.com) - A report released by the U.S. Department of Justice says Mexican drug trafficking organizations operate in more than 230 cities across the United States. These drug syndicates not only smuggle drugs across the U.S.-Mexico border, they also produce drugs here in the USA.

http://news.yahoo.com:80/s/nm/20090115/wl_nm/us_mexico_drugs_1

U.S. anti-drug information leaked to Mexico cartels

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Corrupt officials inside Mexico's security forces have leaked U.S. anti-drugs intelligence directly to drug traffickers to help them escape raids, a senior U.S. law enforcement agent said.

Visit http://www.bibdaily.com to read the details

New loan program seeks to aid Mexican workers returning home
"The Mexican government is launching a loan program to help its returning citizens whose American dreams have been dashed by the faltering U.S. economy. It is offering Mexicans who are leaving because they can no longer find jobs here the chance to apply for loans to jump-start business ventures in their native country." Austin American-Statesman, Jan. 17, 2009.

The report, Hispanics and the New Administration: Immigration Slips as a Priority,
authored by Mark Hugo Lopez, Associate Director, and Gretchen Livingston, Senior Researcher, is available at the Pew Hispanic Center's website, www.pewhispanic.org

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