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September 24, 2009 31 More Days for E-Verify From FAIR's Government Relations Team We just learned moments ago that the House-Senate conferees for the Legislative Branch appropriations bill have agreed to the language for the conference report. The new language also includes a "Continuing Resolution" to fund the government through October 31 (current funding for all federal discretionary programs was set to expire on September 30, 2009). The "CR" also extends E-Verify's authorization for an additional 31 days according to information on the House Appropriations Committee website. Attaching the CR to the $4.65 billion Leg Branch Appropriations bill became necessary because Congress has once-again failed to complete work on the 12 annual appropriations bills prior to the September 30th deadline. The CR is important to prevent a shutdown of the Federal government. The CR also includes a 31-day extension of E-Verify. The inclusion of a short-term extension of E-Verify is important. But by only authorizing the program for 31 days, as opposed to making E-Verify permanent as the Senate passed Homeland Security Appropriations bill would have done, Congress may have created unnecessary uncertainty for this critical enforcement program. When the long-term future of E-Verify is clear to employers, employers will continue to enroll in the program. But with just a 31-day extension, employers may be reluctant to enroll in E-Verify from now until such time as Congress enacts a longer extension of E-Verify. FAIR will continue to work for a permanent extension of E-Verify. Stay tuned for more of the latest coming your way from Capitol Hill.
Illegal Immigrants Sue Hospital Over Clinic Closure Grady Memorial Hospital is facing a lawsuit by illegal immigrants demanding free dialysis care. "Bernard Taylor, a lawyer for Grady, told the judge that the charity hospital can no longer afford to provide regular dialysis treatment for the slightly fewer than 100 patients of the clinic," the Wall Street Journal reported. "The hospital began informing dialysis patients earlier this summer that it would be closing the clinic. It recommended patients return to their home countries for treatment or move to one of about a dozen states it says provide the service for undocumented immigrants under Medicaid."
DHS May Raise Immigration Fees U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is considering raising the fees for immigration applications and other services. CIS has a $118 million deficit this year; the agency draws funding from fees collected. Immigrant groups were quick to criticize any talk of raising application fees.
New Pew Report Finds Enforcement, Economy Curbing Illegal Immigration A new survey by the Pew Center finds that a combination of no jobs and strong enforcement is turning back more illegal immigrants from the U.S. Forty percent of Mexicans surveyed knew someone who had returned from the U.S. because they couldn't find work. Almost half knew someone apprehended at the border.
Utah Senator Wants Census to Collect Information on Illegal Immigrants Sen. Bob Bennett (R-UT) wants the Census Bureau to collect information on people in the country illegally, so that they don't skew the apportionment process. "It does not make any sense for congressional seats and the Electoral College to be determined by a process that unfairly provides the advantage to those communities with high illegal populations," Bennett said.
Illegal Students Rally in Florida for Amnesty, Free College Illegal alien students held a rally in Florida to demand amnesty through the DREAM Act. Guidance counselor Connie Berry admitted that schools lied to illegal students about their prospects after graduation saying, "We tell them ... 'If you study and if you do well, you'll graduate from high school and you'd go to college. What a heartbreaking thing not to tell the truth." Yes, it would be heartbreaking to be cosseted from reality by a 'guidance' counselor who paints a false picture of your future, then admits they lied to you and holds a fake graduation ceremony to use you as a prop for in their campaign for amnesty. "Were giving away higher educations to illegal aliens at the expense of U.S. citizens," FAIR spokesman Bob Dane told the Sun Sentinel.
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