{"id":3174,"date":"2013-04-22T12:56:30","date_gmt":"2013-04-22T16:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=3174"},"modified":"2018-12-28T16:09:18","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T21:09:18","slug":"reject-the-gang-of-eights-backroom-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2013\/04\/22\/reject-the-gang-of-eights-backroom-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Reject the Gang of Eight’s Backroom Deal!"},"content":{"rendered":"
Last week, the Senate Gang of Eight unveiled its “comprehensive” immigration reform plan just after 2 a.m. Wednesday morning.<\/b> The pro-amnesty and open borders lobbies are wasting no time in trying to ram this bill through Congress before the American people have a chance to understand the bill’s detrimental effects<\/b>!<\/p>\n
Proponents of the amnesty legislation argue they are allowing the bill to be addressed in a fair and open manner, yet they insist on holding hearings on the legislation before anyone has a chance to read the bill in its entirety.<\/p>\n
In fact, the Senate Judiciary Committee held its first hearing on the 844-page legislation Friday morning, barely 48 hours after the Gang introduced it.<\/b> Now the Senate Judiciary Committee is currently holding a second hearing on the legislation<\/a>, featuring 23 witnesses\u2014all of whom have unlikely had time to read the nearly 900-page bill either.<\/p>\n The Gang claims its bill is not a special path to citizenship, will secure the border, and will strengthen worksite enforcement. This is simply untrue. In reality, the bill:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Starting tomorrow, Organizing for Action, <\/b>President Obama\u2019s campaign arm is urging its members to call Congress to support this amnesty bill.<\/b> Click here to find your Members of Congress and call today!<\/b><\/a> \n
\nDon\u2019t let their voices be the only ones your Members of Congress hear<\/b>. Tell your Members you\u2019ve had enough of the Gang of Eight\u2019s lies. Americans need jobs and our immigration laws enforced, not more D.C. pandering to special interests!<\/p>\n