This week, the Senate is debating the Gang of Eight amnesty bill. Believe it or not, Senate staffers are telling us they are not hearing from constituents like they did in 2007. We know that’s not true, because we’ve heard from many of you that you’re not able to get through.
Continue reading →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.
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Continue reading →Harry Reid filed a Motion to Proceed on S. 744, the Chuck Schumer — Marco Rubio Amnesty bill. This means there will be votes on the bill on Tuesday afternoon. Your Senators need to hear that you expect them to vote NO on every vote related to this bill! That includes all cloture votes. Cloture votes are the motions to end debate, and they require a 60-vote threshold, so those are the only votes conservatives can win.
Continue reading →The Capitol Switchboard has been overloaded by people calling to express their opposition to the Senate Amnesty bill, but your Senators still need to hear from YOU! Please take a moment to e-mail your Senators by clicking here. Also, click here to find your Senators’ direct phone numbers.
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The Gang of Eight can’t defend the Gang’s own amnesty bill, S.744, or even explain it to public or TV audiences. The Gang’s premier salesman, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), admits that it isn’t acceptable in its present form and must be amended on the Senate floor.
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The bill created in secret by the Gang of Eight is an outrageous betrayal of American workers, both high-skilled and low-skilled. Claiming it is bipartisan, the drafters were Democrats and globalist Republicans.
Continue reading →The Gang of Eight immigration bill can be summed up as amnesty now, border closing never. The Department of Homeland Security is not required to build a fence (which was ordered by the Secure Fence Act signed by President George W. Bush). DHS is required only to submit a plan.
Continue reading →Last week, Eagle Forum circulated a coalition letter to national and grassroots leaders throughout the country opposing the Gang of 8 immigration bill.
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The Boston Marathon Bombing, where 3 were killed and 264 wounded, many with legs or feet blown off, continues to be a big media story, but we are still waiting for answers to many questions. How did our government miss so many clues that the Tsarnaev brothers were a deadly danger to Americans?
Continue reading →Today the Senate Judiciary Committee will begin the process of marking up the Gang of Eight’s proposal that will grant amnesty to 11 million illegal immigrants living in the United States.
Continue reading →Senators return to Washington this week, and the Gang of Eight is hard at work lobbying your Senators to vote for their terrible bill that weakens border security and, according to a report issued today by the Heritage Foundation, will cost taxpayers $6.3 trillion!
Continue reading →We have had an overwhelming response to our petition allowing people of faith to register their opposition to Amnesty, but we need you!
Continue reading →The Boston Marathon Bombing, where 3 were killed and 264 wounded, many with legs or feet blown off, continues to be a big media story, but we are still waiting for answers to many questions. How did our government miss so many clues that the Tsarnaev brothers were a deadly danger to Americans?
Continue reading →Senators are in their home states this week, and they need to hear your opposition to the Amnesty bill. Our Capitol Hill sources tell us Senators are not hearing much opposition to the Gang of 8 bill that would grant instant Amnesty to more than 11 million illegal immigrants!
Continue reading →APRIL 2013 Republicans are getting a lot of unsolicited advice about how to recover from last year’s defeat, and most of it is either ignorant
Continue reading →If you oppose Amnesty, evangelical leaders in Washington are not speaking for you!
Continue reading →Every week, we go to coalition meetings comprised of outside organizations and Congressional staff. Some leaders of the faith community have been saying that people of strong faith should support Amnesty, claiming it is a biblical mandate.
Continue reading →The Boston bombing crime shows that comprehensive immigration reform should not be only a southern border problem or even just a problem of illegal aliens. It’s also a problem of foreigners who are admitted legally but should never have been admitted, and of others admitted legally on a visa but are not tracked to make sure they depart when their visitor’s time expires, as U.S. law requires.
Continue reading →As you know, the immigration debate in Washington is in full swing. We know you are being inundated with information that is most likely hard to sift through, understand, and discern.
Continue reading →In the wee hours of the morning, the Gang of 8 released its 844-page amnesty bill, S. 744, titled “Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act.’’ It is being called the most sweeping piece of Amnesty legislation our nation has ever seen.
Continue reading →The word comprehensive is usually attached to current references to immigration reform, but the Gang of Eight’s bill is stumbling over reform of guestworkers. That’s the biggest bone of contention between pro-amnesty and anti-amnesty folk.
Continue reading →The so-called Gang of 8 Senators who have been working out a Comprehensive Immigration Reform bill behind closed doors is set to unveil their plan at any moment.
Continue reading →The amnesty bill that the Gang of Eight has been working on in secret has sprung some leaks so we can identify several major flaws. The Senate Budget Committee reports that there is nothing in the plan to comply with the federal law that states that any immigrant is “inadmissible” who is “likely at any time to become a public charge.”
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