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MEETING ALERT NUMBERS USA:
Participating in Sen. Wyden's Upcoming Facebook Town Hall Meetings? Dear Oregon Activist:
This is your chance to take action if you live in certain Oregon counties! One of the most powerful things any citizen can do for the cause of reducing overall immigration is to visit with their Member of Congress and raise the issue of immigration.
Sen. Ron Wyden will hold the following online town hall meetings:
Residents of Klamath and Lake counties April 6th at 2 pm. Participate at [facebook.com] and submit questions at [docs.google.com]

For residents of Josephine county April 7th at 1 pm. Participate at [facebook.com] and submit questions at [docs.google.com]

For residents of Polk county April 8th at 2 pm. Participate at [facebook.com] and submit questions at [docs.google.com]

Please register for the one in your area at the provided link. If you participate, please email me (van@numbersusa.com) a brief description of your interaction and the immigration-related discussions. Thanks in advance for your assistance!

Talking Points

You support citizenship for so-called Dreamers but don't care what caused these young people to be in the country illegally in the first place. Their parents brought them while seeking to work here illegally. We'll be in this situation again unless we make it hard for employers to hire unlawful workers. That's why I want you to support mandatory E-Verify workplace eligibility checks for all employers. Don't subject another generation of young people to the same situation.

I am angry that you support the Farm Workforce Modernization Act. Once you give current farmworkers amnesty they will leave agriculture, just like after the 1986 amnesty, so the "legalize to retain knowledgeable workers" rationale is void. The bill also expands the H-2A program to cover dairy, meat processing, and fish canning guestworkers. Bottom line: the measure is a recipe for further stagnating rural economies.

I am angry that you support President Biden's U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021. It is far worse than the 2013 Gang of 8 bill. In addition to its mass amnesty provisions, the bill would expand chain migration, expand the visa lottery, increase employment-based green cards, roll back interior enforcement efforts, and scrap the three and ten year re-entry bans. And it doesn't even contain a fig leaf of immigration enforcement. It would actually make it more difficult for unemployed workers to find work with increased foreign worker competition. Your constituents are struggling so stop throwing us under the bus.

When considering immigration legislation, Congress must not approve any immigration increases while millions of American and legal immigrant workers are out of work or working reduced hours due to COVID-19. Workers are already struggling and shouldn't face increased competition for jobs.

Any immigration legislation passed by Congress must benefit the American people. This means that illegal immigration must be deterred by mandating use of the E-Verify system and by closing asylum loopholes to stop border surges. Moreover, Congress cannot even begin to consider an amnesty or other rewards for illegal aliens until current immigration laws are enforced.

With the 117th Congress now in session, it is vital that you remember the lessons of the past. The last time Congress took up comprehensive immigration reform, too many Members sold out to corporate interests by promising to double the number of foreign workers that businesses could gain access to instead of hiring here at home. That outrageous insensitivity to workers who have lived through decades of stagnant wages helped fuel the populist backlash of 2016. It's up to you and your colleagues to stop Congress from repeating the same mistake in 2021.

ajhilder 7 Apr 3
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