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June 20, 2006
FLASH: HOUSE GOP WILL HOLD NATIONWIDE AMNESTY HEARINGS THIS AUGUST "In a move that probably will delay passage of an Update: Read FAIR's press release in reaction to the hearings Update 6/21: More coverage from: Washington Times, New York Times, LA Times Senate Amnesty Bill Won't Stop Illegal Aliens from Getting Jobs "Senate Republicans warned yesterday that the immigration bill approved by the Senate last month won't stop companies from Saudi Government Funds Aviation Scholarships for Students to Study in U.S. "Gee, it wasn't bad enough that several of the 15 of 19 hijackers on 9/11 were Saudis who studied aviation here in the U.S. Now, Saudi Arabia, our "ally on the War on Terror" (the "ally" which is actually fomenting the Terror), is sponsoring AVIATION SCHOLARSHIPS for Saudis to study in the U.S. Hello? . . . . Haven't we been there, done that? Isn't it about time that we restrict aviation training in the U.S. to nationals of non-terrorist-linked nations? And shouldn't the Saudis still be ashamed (not that they ever were) of their U.S.-aviation-educated countrymen who murdered nearly 3,000 Americans? Well, why should they be--with the way the Bush Administration panders to them?!" says Debbie Schlussel. "And, by the way, we've already written about Mana Saleh Almanajam and Shaker Mohsen Alsidran, two of the Saudi men already here 'learning English' on similar Saudi scholarships. They're the two men who went on the 'joy ride' on a Tampa school bus, one in a trench coat on a hot Florida day, in an apparent dry run for a terrorist attack." Georgia Law "Chills" Illegal Alien Activity "Many real estate agents and mortgage providers who cater to Spanish-speaking [illegal] immigrants across Georgia say that the flourishing Latino Denial is a River In North Carolina "Early one morning recently, Michael Donnell was standing outside a temporary employment agency on South Elm-Eugene Street, waiting Pennsylvania Town Promises Immigration Crackdown "With tensions rising and its police department and municipal budget stretched thin, this small northeastern Pennsylvania city is about to begin |
immigration bill until after the August recess and darken its prospects for the year, House Republican leaders today announced a plan to hold field hearings around the country to solicit opinions on border security and immigration issues. GOP leaders said the hearings, which would mostly take place in August, would allow them to hear from constituents before negotiating with the Senate, which adopted an immigration bill much broader than the House's border-security measure," Congress Daily reported this afternoon.
hiring illegal aliens -- the very magnet that has drawn some 12 million illegals to the United States," the Washington Times reports. 'I am concerned that the worker verification title passed in the current Senate immigration bill only takes us halfway there, and will not eliminate the activity that currently allows millions of illegal immigrants to steal Social Security numbers and obtain work fraudulently,' [Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ)] said. 'It's important not only to stop illegal immigration, but to stop identity theft; there must be safeguards to ensure that someone is actually who he claims to be.'"
home buying market has faltered since April, when Gov. Sonny Perdue signed the Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act. Almost immediately, Latino home buyers pulled out of contracts. Some who had already bought, put their homes on the market. And many prospective buyers stopped searching for homes," the LA Times writes. "State Sen. Chip Rogers, a Republican who represents some of Atlanta's northern suburbs and who sponsored the legislation, said he was 'very satisfied' that the law seemed to be prompting some illegal immigrants to consider leaving Georgia."
for it to open so he could get work for the day. It's been almost a year since the Greensboro resident held a permanent job, and he blames low-paid immigrant workers as part of the reason. 'Cheaper pay for them, less work for us,' he said," the Greensboro News-Record reports. "There's no question illegal immigrants are receiving jobs that Work First clients could be doing, said [Vanessa] Smith, whose agency helps welfare recipients find jobs to get them off public assistance. But U.S.-born clients fail to land a job most often because of a glitch in their background, such as a felony conviction or their refusal to work long hours at relatively low pay, Smith said."
what the mayor calls one of the toughest crackdowns on illegal immigrants in the United States. 'Illegal immigrants are destroying the city,' said Mayor Lou Barletta, a Republican. 'I don't want them here, period,'" the AP writes. "Last week Barletta introduced, and the City Council tentatively approved, a measure that would revoke the business licenses of companies that employ illegal immigrants; impose $1,000 fines on landlords who rent to illegal immigrants; and make English the city's official language."