Senators Claim to Have Votes Needed to Grant Additional Work Visas to Irish by St. Paddy's Day!Call your Senators and tell them the U.S. does not need more guest workers!Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Scott Brown (R-MA) are lobbying harder than ever this week to pass legislation that would grant an additional 10,500 work visas to Irish nationalsBEFORE St. Patrick's Day, this Saturday, March 17! Sources say that at least one of them claims to have the filibuster proof majority necessary to pass such legislation in the Senate.
The legislation could come in the form of either an amended version of S.1983 by Sen. Schumer or S.2005 by Sen. Brown, and would increase guest workers by doubling the number of E-3 visa holders to the U.S. each year. The number of workers brought into the country could grow exponentially once an unlimited number of visas are handed out to the spouses and children (up to the age of 21) of these visa holders!
Not only does this legislation hurt Americans by bringing in more guest workers at a time of high unemployment, but it also represents terrible immigration policy by carving out a special rule for one particular nationality. Moreover, to qualify for this visa, aliens would need to meet only nominal requirements. The legislation that's been introduced only requires visa recipients to have two years of work experience in a particular field, OR to have obtained a high school diploma or its equivalent. Making matters worse, employers are not required to look for U.S. workers first before sponsoring an E-3 visa holder.
CALL your Senators TODAY and tell them:
- You oppose S.1983 and S.2005;
- The U.S. should NOT add an additional 10,500 guest workers to compete with the already 13 million unemployed Americans seeking jobs; and
- Congress should not be in the business of carving out special rules for members of a single nationality. Congress should draft immigration law so that it is uniform in application and is blind to the home country of an alien applicant.
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