From our friends at Federation for American Immigration Reform and Oregonians for Immigration Reform:
Great news to report. The Ag jobs amendment was dropped from the Iraq supplemental spending bill in the U.S. Senate.
The Ag Jobs amendment was a failed attempt by disgraced U. S. Senator Larry Craig and open borders advocate Senator Dianne Feinstein to grant amnesty to millions of illegal alien farm workers. The amnestied farm workers could then bring extended family members. For those of you who called Senators Smith and Wyden – great job.
Unfortunately there still is an amendment in the Iraq supplemental bill that would increase the number of low skilled H –2 B visas. It would increase the present level of 66,000 per year, to 400,000 per year. Imagine another 400,000 low skilled foreign workers added each year to compete with Americans for jobs.
We urge you to call Senator Smith’s Washington DC office, (202) 224-3753 and Senator Ron Wyden’s office at (202) 224-5244 [Senator Cantwell’s office at 202-224-3441 and Senator Murray’s office at 202-224-2621] to tell them to remove the amendment from the Iraq war funding bill.