Thursday, May 23, 2013

When Ted Cruz Helped Craft Bush's Immigration Reform Plan - Beth Reinhard - The Atlantic

When Ted Cruz Helped Craft Bush's Immigration Reform Plan - Beth Reinhard - The Atlantic:
""I'm disappointed in Ted because he's a very bright, articulate lawyer with a substantial base of knowledge about immigration," said Houston lawyer Charles Foster, who advised the Bush campaign on immigration and said he worked closely with Cruz. "But instead of using that knowledge, he's acting like a typical politician and just talking about the border being out of control.""

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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Immigrants Start Successful Businesses

11 Ways Immigration Reform Would Boost The Economy:

More than a quarter of technology and engineering firms started between 1995 and 2005 had a foreign-born owner, according to the Washington Post. One of the founders of Yahoo!, Jerry Yang, is an immigrant from Taiwan.

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Reform Would Help Fix The Social Security Problem

11 Ways Immigration Reform Would Boost The Economy:

"Immigration reform would help bolster Social Security because more legal workers would mean more people contributing payroll taxes to its trust fund, according to an analysis from the Social Security administration. Undocumented workers already contribute $15 billion per year to Social Security."

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11 Ways Immigration Reform Would Boost The Economy

11 Ways Immigration Reform Would Boost The Economy:

"Expelling the approximately 11 million undocumented immigrants currently in the United States would cost $2.6 trillion over the next 10 years, according to CNBC. That's because it costs the government more than $8,000 to deport each person."

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11 Ways Immigration Reform Would Boost The Economy

11 Ways Immigration Reform Would Boost The Economy:

"Immigration reform would reduce the federal deficit by $2.5 trillion over the next 10 years, according to an April analysis by the American Action Forum, a conservative think tank."



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Monday, May 20, 2013

Senators Require Fingerprinting at 30 Airports - ABC News

Senators Require Fingerprinting at 30 Airports - ABC News:

 "Foreigners leaving the country through any of the nation's 30 busiest airports would undergo mandatory fingerprinting under an amendment senators added Monday to a sweeping immigration bill."

And we (U.S. Citizens) will be next!!!!

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Contact info on U.S. Senators of Senate Judiciary Committee for CIR

Phone numbers:
Senator Leahy:  202-224-4242
Senator Feinstein:  202-224-3841
Senator Whitehouse: 202-224-2921
Senator Klobuchar: 202-224-3244
Senator Durbin: 202-224-2152
Senator Schumer: 202-224-6542
Senator Franken: 202-224-5641
Senator Blumenthal: 202-224-2823
Senator Coons: 202-224-5042


Senator Hirono: 202-224-6361
Senator Lee:  202-224-5444
Senator Hatch: 202-224-5251
Senator Cornyn: 202-224-2934
Senator Flake:  202-224-4521
Senator Sessions: 202-224-4124
Senator Graham: (202) 224-5972
Senator Cruz: (202) 224-5922
Senator Grassley: 202-224-3744


Twitter: 
 Twitter, use #CIRmarkup,  #SJC (senate judiciary committee),  #timeisnow,  #p2c (path to citizenship).
You can also tweet at Judiciary Committee members: 

@SenatorLeahy,  @SenFeinstein, @ChuckSchumer, @SenatorDurbin, @SenWhitehouse, @amyklobuchar, @alfranken, @ChrisCoons, @SenBlumenthal, @maziehirono, @ChuckGrassley, @OrrinHatch, @SenatorSessions, @LindseyGrahamSC, @JohnCornyn, @SenMikeLee, @tedcruz, @JeffFlake