{"id":4048,"date":"2013-06-27T10:02:51","date_gmt":"2013-06-27T14:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=4048"},"modified":"2018-12-28T15:51:45","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T20:51:45","slug":"fair-alert-senate-votes-today-on-amnesty-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2013\/06\/27\/fair-alert-senate-votes-today-on-amnesty-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"FAIR Alert: Senate Votes TODAY on Amnesty Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After weeks of backroom deals and procedural maneuvering, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid&#8217;s rush to pass the 1,200 page Senate amnesty bill comes to a close TODAY! <strong>FAIR&#8217;s sources say they expect a final vote to end all debate on the legislation today at 11:30 a.m. If that vote passes, then a final vote on the bill is expected at 2 p.m. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Call your Senators NOW and tell them to vote against S.744:<\/p>\n<p>1. Vote NO to the motion to end debate on the bill and<br \/>\n2. Vote NO on final passage.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate already passed <strong>the Corker-Hoeven amendment to the bill earlier this week that added $38 billion in special interest carve-outs<\/strong> to secure votes of on-the-fence Senators. These include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A carve-out for Alaska Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R) and Mark Begich (D) that classifies seafood processing positions in Alaska as &#8220;shortage occupations,&#8221; thus allowing the industry to bring in more cheap foreign labor to do those jobs. It also allows employers to bring in non-immigrants under a summer program to work in seafood processing positions.<\/li>\n<li>A carve-out for Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Jon Tester (D-MT) that eliminates a requirement that at least 90% of funding for a law-enforcement program along U.S. borders be devoted to the southwest border, freeing up more money for Northern border states.<\/li>\n<li>A carve-out for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) that creates a slush &#8220;Youth Jobs Fund&#8221; for FY 2014-2015 using $1.5B from U.S. Treasury. Until the kickback, Sen. Sanders was an outspoken critic of the bill for taking jobs away from Americans.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Call your Senators NOW and tell them to vote NO on S.744:<\/p>\n<p>Tell them:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Amnesty&#8221; is NOT immigration reform.<\/li>\n<li>Amnesty undermines the rule of law and is inherently unfair to millions of legal immigrants who followed the rules and waited their turn in line.<\/li>\n<li>The Gang of Eight amnesty bill hurts American workers.<\/li>\n<li>It adds to the labor market millions of illegal aliens AND guest workers who will unfairly compete with American workers and drive down wages.<\/li>\n<li>You want the government to keep its promises to enforce the law, both at the borders and across the country.<\/li>\n<li>You demand that Congress restore integrity and common sense to our immigration system, not sell out to special interests.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There is no time to waste! Call your Senator NOW! 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