Arlen Specter's Newest Assault on Middle Class

Date: Monday, February 27, 2006 2:52 PM

JOB DESTRUCTION NEWSLETTER

February 27, 2006 No. 1428

Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) sent a new bill to the judiciary that if
passed would eclipse all other attempts to flood the U.S. labor market with
foreign workers.

Senate Judiciary Chairman Arlen Specter's office phone number is (202)
224-4254. Be sure to let him know what you think about his declaration of
war against the American worker.

I will update you as I learn more, but until then here are a few excerpts
that I have received about the bill.

***** From NumbersUSA.com *****

Monday, Feb. 27, 2006

Specters 'Spectacular' Amnesty and Visa Giveaway

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter (R-PA) has introduced the
long-awaited bill that is to be the "vehicle" for the Senate's response to
the House's tough immigration enforcement bill (H.R. 4437). Many initial
media accounts described Specter's bill as a "middle ground." But it may be
the most radical open-borders legislation ever introduced in America.

(1) Those illegal aliens who entered the United States before Jan. 4, 2004
and are currently unlawfully employed would be allowed to legalize their
status and stay indefinitely without first returning home (the only reward
denied them would be citizenship). And their families would be allowed to
stay indefinitely as well.

(2) The bill's threat may be even greater in the area of legal immigration.
Although the country already has nearly 50 million foreign workers,
immigrants and their children - and 14 million Americans who cannot find
full-time jobs - Specter would add another nearly 2 million foreign workers
and family permanently to U.S. communities each year.

(3) The Specter bill creates an additional unlimited foreign guest worker
program that gives the global laborforce access to nearly all American
jobs. More NUSA analysis to follow soon ...

***** From FAIRUS.ORG *****

Listen to FAIR President Dan Stein's audio message (MP3) about the new
Specter bill.
http://www.steinreport.com/video/specter_bill.mp3

If you are employed in any job in virtually any industry and think your job
is secure, think again. The number of guest workers permitted in this bill
is unlimited and available to every sector of the U.S. economy. No job will
be spared unfair competition from cheap foreign workers and employers
chomping at the bit to reduce labor costs.

The bill is divided into several sections. Here's a preview:

Title III Worksite Enforcement

Requires employer use of electronic employment verification system for new
employees only.
Translation-Currently employed illegal aliens will remain undetected.

Title IV Nonimmigrant and Immigrant Visa Reform

Guest workers

* Unlimited in number annually and available to all economic sectors
Translation-Say good bye to the middle class.

* Family members/dependents may accompany new guest workers.
Translation-Even more competition for your jobs and greater likelihood that
they will never return to their home country.

* Guest worker visas for three years and renewable once for a total of six
years. These workers are then required to return home for one year before
reapplying for another six years.
Translation - if they were working illegally before, why would they not
stay and revert to illegal status?

* Protections for American workers are no stronger than an employer's
promise that he first looked for American workers.
Translation-No protections for U.S. workers.

* Legal immigration
- New visa created for students seeking advanced science degrees with a
fast track to legal permanent residency status.
- Exempts aliens with advanced degrees from the annual numerical cap.
- Exempts relatives of employment-based visas from the annual cap.

* Professional workers
Increases the H-1B high tech guest worker program from 65,000 to 115,000
annually, a 71 percent increase and exempts all advanced degree holders
from the annual cap.
Translation-Tell your children to forget about pursuing advanced science
degrees, because those jobs will be closed to all but cheap foreign
workers.

Title V Families United and Backlog Reduction

* More than doubles employment based green cards and exempts their
relatives from the annual cap.

Title VI Conditional Nonimmigrant Workers

* Amnesty

- All illegal aliens may apply to become guest workers if they merely
promise they have been in the U.S. and employed illegally since before
January 1, 2004.

- Window for application lasts for 12 months from enactment.
Translation-Virtually all 11-13 million illegal aliens and their family
members may participate.

* Grant Programs
Provides assistance for nonprofit organizations to recruit illegal aliens
into the amnesty guest worker program.
Translation-Fraud in the application process for this amnesty is
facilitated.

Title VII Immigration Litigation Reduction

* Consolidates immigration appeals in one federal circuit court.
* Additional immigration judges and court personnel are added subject to
future appropriations decisions.

***** From Bay Buchanan www.teamamericapac.org *****

I thought you might be interested in an examination of Chairman Specter's
"starting point" for immigration reform. We will let you know more
information as it becomes available to us.

A "comprehensive" policy for the Chairman apparently includes:

-a massive amnesty for everyone here before 2004,
-a potentially numerically unlimited H-2C guest worker category,
-a new F-4 student visa category with green-cards at the end,
-an increase in H-1B visas, and
-a self-certification process for employers that simply requires that

they attest that they aren't breaking hiring laws.

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