Obama declares HIS job #1 is to put more foreign workers in U.S. jobs -- Billionaires increase pressure on Republicans to help him Image Blocked Immigration news this week was full of maddening rhetoric, but also hopeful signs that the 2.5 million participants in NumbersUSAs action networks may be nearing a victory in stopping any amnesty or immigration increase in 2013. With victory seeming so close in reach, now is the time to continue your 10-month, non-stop campaign of phone calls, faxes, emails and office visits to ensure a positive outcome. (See links in the right-hand column.) Just this morning, Politico produced a story giving several reasons its reporters feel no immigration bill will pass Congress this year. In part, it stated: A growing chorus of GOP lawmakers and aides are intensely skeptical that any of the partys preferred piecemeal immigration bills can garner the support (of enough Republicans). That would be good news, because most of the GOP bills are either clearly harmful to the country or questionable, and any bill that comes to the House floor potentially can be used by the Senate to push through at least part of the amnesties and foreign worker increases that its majority wants. All attention at the moment is on Republicans in the House because they hold nearly all the power over whether immigration legislation moves forward this year. Politico is a top news site for Washington political junkies. Its news coverage and opinion pieces this year have tilted heavily toward giving lifetime work permits to some 11 million illegal aliens and giving the lifetime work permits to another 20 million new legal immigrants over the next decade. Thus, it was interesting to see the publication unable to find much hope for its preferred amnesty, especially in a week when Pres. Obama held a flashy White House event for religious and business leaders. The President told the nation that Job No. 1 for his Administration the rest of the year is to add those 30+ million immigrants to the legal workforce. (Of course, he didnt actually say the number. No political or media advocate for comprehensive immigration reform ever does.) But this was the most maddening thing the President said: . . . if there is a good reason not to pass this common sense reform, I havent heard it How about 20 million reasons, Mr. President? The President and nearly every other supporter of giant immigration increases absolutely refuse to acknowledge that immigration policy has any effect on American workers. And they never address how what they want might affect the 20 million Americans that Mr. Obamas Labor Department says want to work but cannot find a job at all or have been forced into part-time jobs. The President could offer his own explanations as to why he thinks his preferred legislation would not harm these struggling Americans, but he is nothing if not insulting to act like our concern for 20 million vulnerable members of our national community is not at least a good reason for concern. Apparently the way Pres. Obama called out House Republicans this week to stop blocking what he has sometimes indicated is what he hopes will be the legacy of his second term insulted some Republicans who previously had been leaning toward supporting bringing bills to the floor. Politico reported: Republican leadership doesnt see anyone coalescing around a single plan, according to sources across GOP leadership. Leadership also says skepticism of President Barack Obama within the House Republican Conference is at a high, and thats fueled a desire to stay out of a negotiating process with the Senate. But the fight isnt over. Many of the gigantic forces you are on the verge of defeating are making something of a last-ditch effort on Monday and Tuesday with what they call a fly-in of 600 evangelical leaders and corporate titans. As USA Today reported, political liberals like Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook) and Michael Bloomberg are joining with the Chamber of Commerce and Rupert Murdoch to pay for this big lobbying effort of people identified as conservatives in order to persuade a majority of Republicans (118) to approve bringing immigration bills to the floor of the House. Several news outlets are reporting that major corporate donors to the Republican Party are now talking about withholding future contributions from -- or backing Primary challengers to -- Republican House Members who refuse to vote for big increases in foreign workers during this time of high unemployment. There is almost no limit to the money available for these kinds of efforts. But their success may be largely determined by whether there is a limit to your willingness to pick up a phone or a computer mouse and express a different opinion. roy beck Fri, Oct 25th
Posted on: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 14:44:39 +0000
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