From: Numbers USA Stop flawed border bill vehicle for amnesty Friends, Next week, dozens of big business groups will help fly conservative business owners, faith leaders, farmers, and law enforcement officials in to Washington to push for a blanket amnesty. And just yesterday, House Speaker John Boehner told reporters at his press briefing that he would still like to pass an immigration bill before the end of the year. Its important that Congress hears from you before next weeks fly-in! The McCaul-Jackson Lee border bill, H.R.1417, has already passed through the House Homeland Security Committee with bipartisan support, and it is likely Speaker Boehner may bring this bill to the House floor, thus making it the potential vehicle for conference with the Senate amnesty bill. The bill - improperly called the Border Security Results Act - will do anything but deliver results on the border. The bill weakens current law and simply calls for the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to develop a plan to secure the border. Should DHS not implement its own plan, the bill only requires the Secretary to send a repor t to Congress explaining why. The bill also weakens current federal law in at least three major areas: Current law requires DHS to achieve and maintain full operational control of both land and maritime borders, but H.R.1417 only requires submission of a plan to gain control of high traffic areas and the Southwest border. Current law defines operational control as the prevention of all unlawful entries, but H.R.1417 changes the definition to a 90% apprehension rate of all known unlawful entries as determined by DHS. Current law requires a biometric entry/exit system at all ports of entry, but H.R.1417 allows DHS to replace a biometric system with an alternate plan. The bill has already received accolades from amnesty advocates, including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee. Rep. Jackson-Lee is a lead sponsor of the bill, while Rep. Pelosi has removed the Senates border security plan from her amnesty bill (H.R.15) and replaced it with the McCaul-Jackson Lee bill. For more information on this bill, download our one-page fact sheet. Call your GOP Rep. Today We must prevent the McCaul-Jackson Lee border bill from coming to the House floor for a vote, but to do so, we need a majority of the Republican Caucus to tell Speaker Boehner two things. First, the bill weakens current law, and second, they wont vote for it if its brought to the House floor. Calling is simple! You can use the toll-free number that weve provided below that will connect you to the Capitol Switchboard. When the operator answers, ask to be connected to your House Reps office. When connected, tell the staffer that you want the Congressperson to tell Speaker Boehner that he/she wont su pport H.R.1417 - the Border Security Results Act. You can include some of the talking points from above. 888-978-3094
Posted on: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 16:05:17 +0000
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