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June 19, 2009 The Politics of Homeland Insecurity Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano has decided that the best way to deal with the negative aspects of the sensitive issue of dealing with illegal immigration is to move that responsibility to local officials, city, state and federal. However, George H. Wittman, writing for American Spectator, says that allowing federal responsibility to be diminished in order to avoid political blame is self-serving to the point of obstruction of the intent of homeland security. Read his article here.
Mass Amnesty Summit Set for June 25th FAIR learned this afternoon that the White House pledged today to convene a bipartisan meeting of lawmakers on June 25 to discuss a possible overhaul of immigration policy. Stay tuned for additional information about this meeting over the next few days.
Senator Sessions Speaks Common Sense on E-Verify From FAIR's Government Relations team Earlier today, Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL), a true immigration reformer and the Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, gave a speech on the Senate floor about the critical E-Verify program, a voluntary program that allows employers to verify that new hires are legally authorized to work in the United States. Senator Sessions stated his support for making E-Verify permanent. Senator Sessions also reminded his colleagues that a long-term extension of E-Verify passed the House by a vote of 407-2 last year. Senator Sessions explained how Congressional leaders thwarted efforts to include an E-Verify amendment as part of President Obama's stimulus bill. Congressional leaders defeated an amendment that would have required businesses that get stimulus money to use the program to ensure that Stimulus jobs go to American citizens and not illegal aliens. Senator Sessions also detailed the Obama Administration's record on E-Verify. The Obama Administration has repeatedly delayed implementation of the rule requiring Federal contractors, businesses that get taxpayer money, to use this system. Senator Sessions said (at 9:50 of the video): "What I am afraid may happen is that we will have, through maneuverings and chicanery, actions taken to block [a vote to extend E-Verify]. If the Democratic leadership here in the Senate blocks a vote on [extending E-Verify] that can only be taken as their position that we should not extend E-Verify and that we should not make it apply to government contractors. It cannot be interpreted any other way.... Everybody knows what the issue is." To watch Senator Sessions' video, click here.
New FAIR Analysis: AgJobs Bill is Two-Step Amnesty Program From FAIR's Government Relations team The Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits and Security (AgJOBS) Act of 2009, introduced last month in the U.S. Senate by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), creates an amnesty program for illegal aliens who have worked in the agricultural industry. The legislation first gives illegal alien agricultural workers a two-step amnesty to transition from unlawful status to green card holding, legal permanent residence, and then "reforms" the H-2A temporary agricultural guest worker program to allow large agribusinesses easier access to cheap foreign labor. Click here to download FAIR's analysis of this new bill and get the real details.
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