July 14, 2009
FAIR Staff Twittering from Capitol Hill
Our FAIR Government Relations team will be "tweeting" from Capitol Hill tomorrow morning while covering the hearing about the PASS ID bill proposed by Sen. Akaka. Tune in at 10:00 am tomorrow morning at www.twitter.com/FAIRimmigration to follow this hearing.
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Obama Administration Acts Against Employers
Columnist Froma Harop has some praise for the initial effort by the Obama administration to step up enforcement against employers who hire illegal aliens. She notes that along with the expansion of E-verify the government will have the tools to put a serious crimp on illegal hiring.
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Pass ID - Taking Security Back to September 10, 2001
From FAIR's Government Relations team
In response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Congress passed the REAL ID Act. REAL ID establishes uniform security requirements for State-issued drivers' licenses and identification cards. On June 15, 2009, Senator Daniel Akaka (D-HI) introduced legislation (S. 1261) entitled "Providing for Additional Security in States' Identification Act of 2009" (PASS ID). PASS ID will repeal many key provisions of REAL ID related to national security and immigration enforcement. Accordingly, PASS ID will re-establish many of the security and immigration loopholes that allowed the 9/11 highjackers to carry out the attack on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center. Click here to see our analysis about this new piece of legislation as well as a comparison sheet of the two bills.
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New Op-Ed from Dan Stein - Schumer Puts Amnesty Over Security
In an op-ed for the Buffalo News, FAIR President Dan Stein says that Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is putting amnesty legislation ahead of security concerns. Despite recognizing that 8 years after 9/11 we still do not have operational control over our border, and it is wrong to hold important security legislation hostage to the demands of the amnesty lobby.
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