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December 13, 2005
H.R. 4437: Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005
On December 6, 2005 House Judiciary Committee Chair Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) introduced the “Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005” (H.R. 4437). It was passed by the House Judiciary Committee along party lines on December 8, and is expected to go to the House floor on December 15. The bill includes many horrendous provisions that criminalize immigrants, deny due process rights, and harm U.S. businesses, communities, and families.
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Among its many provisions, H.R. 4437 would:
- Make it more difficult for legal immigrants to become U.S. citizens.
- Disrupt American communities and put all Americans at risk by broadening the definition of smuggling to include anyone who aids or transports an undocumented immigrant.
- Make everyone who comes to the U.S. to work subject not only to deportation but also imprisonment.
- Disrupt the U.S. economy by creating an overly broad and retroactive employment verification system without creating legal channels for needed workers to work lawfully.
H.R. 4437 does nothing to resolve our nation’s immigration problems. Please take action today to stop this bill from passing.
SOURCE: From NCLR policies page at: http://www.nclr.org/content/policy/detail/35618/.
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great site, understandable
Posted by: pepe at March 27, 2006 3:09 PM
This law is entirely pathetic it seems like we are going back to the time of the Red Scare, where everyone who was even suspiscious was arrested. It is completely unfair, and to state it simply, crazy. We come and work for htem hour for hour and they can not give antyhignin return. Que viva la raza. Y unamonos, que sepan con quien se meten.
Posted by: edna at April 3, 2006 6:02 PM
GOP NEO-CONS. Please phone and write. Cut copy and paste:
United States Senate
224 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-5225
Congressman James Sensenbrenner (R-WI)
2449 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-4905
Telephone: (202) 225-5101
Senator George Allen
Russell Senate Office Bldg.
Room 204
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-4024
CONGRESSMAN Steve King
1432 LHOB
Washington, D.C. 20515-1505
Phone: (202) 225-4426
Senator John Cornyn
517 Hart Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510
Tel: 202-224-2934
Congressman Virgil H. Goode
1520 Longworth Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202)225-4711
Tom Tancredo
1130 Longworth HOB
Washington, DC 20515-0606
202.225.7882
Ginny Brown-Waite
414 CHOB
Washington, D.C. 20515-0905
Phone: (202) 225-1002
Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA 46th
2338 RHOB
Washington, D.C. 20515-0546
Phone: (202) 225-2415
Posted by: juan diego at April 4, 2006 9:28 AM
I wish mexico was a nice place to work! So much beautiful country to bad America is headed down the same path . Thanks to those blokes across the sea. Don't let the bankers kick us across our borders. Don't forget to make a sign for the IMF, Fed-Resrv,Rockefeller(they don't happen to contribute?)God bless their tyrannical souls!
Posted by: Fred La raza at June 1, 2006 4:16 AM
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