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April 26, 2006 H-1B Workers Take American Jobs, Use Money to Lobby for More Visas "Temporary" workers have set up their own lobbying operation to increase the number of laid-off Americans. "Most members and all the core organizers
"Oh Say Can You See, A La Luz De La Aurora" - New Audio of "Spanish Spangled Banner" "A plan to enlist Mexican pop diva Gloria Trevi, reggaeton star Tito El Bambino and other Latin musicians to record a Spanish-language pop version Update 4/28: President Bush was asked today if the National Anthem should be in Spanish. He said, "I think the national anthem ought to be sung in English, and I think people who want to be a citizen of this country ought to learn English and they ought to learn to sing the national anthem in English," the AP reported.
Supreme Court Hearing Immigration RICO Case Today "In legal cases with potential repercussions for businesses and employees, current and former workers are accusing U.S. companies of violating [FAIR staff attended the court session today, and FAIR along with other groups filed an amicus brief with the court in support of Howard Foster and the plaintiffs.] [Also see: Slate write-up]
Guilty: Lodi Man Attended Terror Camp "A federal jury on Tuesday convicted a 23-year-old man of supporting terrorists by attending an al-Qaida training camp in Pakistan three years ago.
Bush's Secret Backroom Deal With Amnesty Supporters "President Bush and a group of senators yesterday reached general agreement on an immigration bill that includes a pathway to citizenship for
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of Immigration Voice hail from India, though Chinese membership numbers in the hundreds and is on the rise. Most arrived on an international student visa or a visa known as the H-1B, reserved for highly skilled workers who can stay for up to six years -- unless an employer sponsors their green cards, which grant immigrants permanent residence in the United States and the right to live and work here freely. Over the past decade, the largest numbers of H-1Bs have been awarded to high-technology workers from India and China," the paper says of the group. "Immigration Voices also enlisted the help of Rick Swartz, who has his own firm and has long been a leading lobbyist for [open-borders] immigration groups. Swartz gathered members of the group at his home one January weekend for a crash course in American politics, teaching them to position themselves as the 'new Cubans for the Republicans.'"
of 'The Star Spangled Banner' is being touted by organizers as a way immigrants can show their devotion to their new country. But like most every aspect of the immigration debate, the symbolism is in the ear of the beholder. The idea of the nation's anthem in a foreign tongue is beginning to elicit a chorus of dissonant voices," the Chicago Tribune reports. "'I've had more hate mail in the last 24 hours than I've experienced in my whole life,' the recording company's Kidron said." A 
immigration law and driving down wages. The federal lawsuits — against carpet maker Mohawk Industries, Tyson Foods, retailer Wal-Mart, and others — are winding their way through appeals courts. The Mohawk case will be argued today before the U.S. Supreme Court. The class-action lawsuits were filed by plaintiffs under the RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) statute, typically used against organized crime," USA Today writes. In the Mohawk case, the former workers allege that the carpet manufacturer conspired with employment agencies to hire undocumented immigrants from Mexico. Mohawk used forged Social Security cards and recruited workers from the border at Brownsville, Texas, the suit alleges. Johnson & Bell attorney Howard Foster, who represents workers in the Mohawk case and similar lawsuits, says, 'The key issue is, can a corporation be sued for engaging in illegal conduct with its recruiters? If we win this case, there probably will be quite a few more cases filed against corporations.'" 
Hamid Hayat, a seasonal farm worker in Lodi, an agricultural town south of Sacramento, was convicted of one count of providing material support to terrorists and three counts of lying to the FBI," Reuters reports. "Prosecutors described Hamid Hayat as having 'a jihadi heart and a jihadi mind' who returned from a two-year visit to Pakistan intent on carrying out attacks. Possible targets included hospitals, banks and grocery stores. They presented no evidence to show that such attacks were imminent or even planned. But in closing arguments, a prosecutors said the case was intended to prevent terrorist attacks 'long before anybody is hurt.' Defense lawyers for both men argued that the government didn't have a case against their clients because it had produced no evidence that the son ever attended a terrorist training camp . . . Instead, the case centered on videotaped confessions the men gave to FBI agents and a government informant who secretly recorded hundreds of hours of conversations but whose credibility was challenged by the defense."
many illegal aliens. But left out of the closed-door White House meeting were senators who oppose a path to citizenship. The meeting even snubbed two men who had been considered allies of Mr. Bush on immigration -- Sen. John Cornyn, Texas Republican and chairman of the immigration subcommittee, and Sen. Jon Kyl, Arizona Republican," the Washington Times reports. "'This idea that was being kicked around the Senate about providing some sort of amnesty for those who have been here five years or more, I just think it was a very big mistake,' House Majority Leader John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, said yesterday. 'You are just inviting more people to come.' Still, the senators in yesterday's meeting were thrilled with where the debate is, and the direction Mr. Bush is headed. 'He hasn't endorsed the Senate bill, but I think it's a big step forward in that direction and gives assurances that if we pass legislation of that sort, that we'll have support from the president when we get into conference,' said Sen. Arlen Specter, chairman of the Judiciary Committee."
