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January 29, 2010 Tax Cuts Only For Businesses That Hire Legal Workers! In the SOTU, President Obama proposed a $5,000 tax credit for each new job created by small businesses in order to help the 25 million Americans who are either unemployed or involuntarily working part time. Let's make sure those jobs are filled by Americans and here's how: E-Verify. E-Verify, is the internet based program that currently allows 182,000 employers nation wide to verify the work authorization of their employees. With a 99.6% accuracy rate, it is the most efficient and simplest way to ensure businesses are hiring Americans and legal immigrants. The federal government has an obligation to make sure that employers don't receive tax benefits for creating jobs that become a magnet for illegal aliens. If President Obama really wants to help out struggling American workers, he would call for mandatory use of E-Verify. Dustin Carnevale, Communications Assistant
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Remittances to Mexico Fall 16 Percent "Money sent home by Mexicans abroad plunged a record 15.7 percent in 2009 as migrants worldwide struggled to find work during the global economic slowdown, the central bank reported Wednesday," according to Bloomberg News. "Remittances -- Mexico's No. 2 source of foreign income after oil exports -- totaled $21.2 billion in 2009, compared with $25.1 billion in 2008, the bank said."
Rep. Tiahrt Makes the Grade - Introduces Bill to Block In-State Tuition for Illegal Aliens By Dustin Carnevale, FAIR Media team During the State of the Union Address, President Obama stated that "in the 21st century, one of the best anti-poverty programs is a world-class education." Unfortunately, such an education is out of reach for millions of Americans who struggle to afford tuition while 10 states are giving tuition breaks to illegal aliens. At a time when just about every state's higher education system is dramatically increasing tuition and cutting admissions these states are subsidizing illegal immigration and rewarding illegal behavior. However, as President Obama noted, "the price of college tuition is just one of the burdens facing middle class Americans." Every seat and admissions slot occupied by an illegal alien is a spot unavailable to a hard-working, highly-motivated citizen or legal immigrant. This practice is fundamentally unfair to those who (to again use the President's own words) "played by the rules." How is it fair that under the policies in these 10 states, someone can illegally cross an international border and receive a benefit, while a citizen or legal resident traveling into a neighboring state is denied the very same tuition? Luckily, there are leaders in Congress like Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-4th KS) who along with Rep. Brian Bilbray (R-50th CA) have injected a common sense approach into the debate over illegal aliens' access to in-state tuition. This week, they introduced the Fairness for American Students Act. By doing so, these Congressmen hope to ensure that no illegal alien will be eligible for in-state tuition unless that same opportunity is offered to all Americans. This legislation will also allow citizens to sue in the event they are not granted in-state tuition from a state offering this benefit to illegal aliens. This right to sue is critical and here's why. The 10 states in question are ignoring laws that have been on the books since 1996 that require this equitable approach to tuition. However in Rep. Tiahrt's home state of Kansas, a case brought by American students was dismissed when the judge denied them standing. The Fairness for American Students Act will bring just that - fairness.
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