Call Sen. Cornyn before he asks for amnesty in White House visit

Carolyn Hileman - The Voice | June 25, 2009

Can you send the word out to your group, that we need to let Cornyn how we feel about amnesty?

Thanks so much for your help.

JoAnn

JoAnn McCracken
908 Eleanor
Houston TX 77009
713-691-5616 (h)
832-477-4313 (c)

— On Wed, 6/24/09, Roy Beck NumbersUSA wrote:

From: Roy Beck NumbersUSA
Subject: Call Sen. Cornyn before he asks for amnesty in White House visit
To: joann_mccracken@yahoo.com
Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 9:03 AM

From: Roy Beck, President, NumbersUSA
Date: Wednesday 24JUN09 9:45 a.m. EDT

Phone Sen. Cornyn before he asks for a giant amnesty when he meets with Pres. Obama

DEAR TEXANS,

Your very short phone call to Sen. Cornyn is desperately needed today.

202-224-3121

Insiders on Capitol Hill are saying that he is one of the bi-partisan Members of Congress invited to meet with Pres. Obama at the White House on Thursday to “jump-start” plans to pass a giant amnesty for 12-20 million illegal aliens.

Sen. Cornyn has been making incredibly frightening pro-amnesty statements lately. Only you in Texas can shake him back to some degree of sensibility.

Earlier this spring at a Senate hearing, he said that he is in agreement on most immigration issues with Sen. Schumer (the radically pro-amnesty Democrat from New York who chairs the Senate panel on immigration).

Then yesterday, the authoritative Capitol Hill newspaper — Roll Call — said Cornyn intends to goad Obama into moving faster to pass comprehensive immigration reform. That terminology almost always means amnesty.

Roll Call’s Jessica Brady reported:

Cornyn Calls on Obama to Present Immigration Reform Plan

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) on Tuesday called on President Barack Obama to come up with a comprehensive immigration plan this year, saying a directive from the White House is the only way to push the complex issue forward.

“What we need is not another photo op at the White House. What we need now is a plan from the president,” said Cornyn, ranking member on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security.

“The president doesn’t write legislation, but he does have the bully pulpit,” Cornyn said, adding that right now “it’s unclear how they can get it finished.”

Sen. Cornyn has routinely gone off the reservation since he arrived in Washington, promoting one form of amnesty and foreign-worker increase after another, before Texans bring him back to reality.

But although his work behind the scenes and his statements in the media generally deserve a D-grade or worse, his actual votes earn him an Immigration-Reduction Grade of a B — because Texas voters lobby him back to a decent position.

The nation is depending on Texans to do that again today and tomorrow.

Here are some talking points when you call his office:

I can’t believe Sen. Cornyn was reported in Roll Call as calling on Pres. Obama to push through comprehensive immigration reform this year — which everybody knows means amnesty for 12-20 million illegal aliens.

When Sen. Cornyn meets with Pres. Obama at the White House Thursday, I want him to state Texans’ opposition to any amnesty for illegal aliens.

Sen. Cornyn should state these principles for immigration reform to Pres. Obama:

(1) Turn off the job magnet for illegal immigration by mandating E-Verify for all employers. This can be done immediately, before any other “reform” is put in place.

(2) The net result of all immigration reform must be a large net reduction in annual green cards. Immigration of foreign workers and dependents has been running four times higher than traditional levels. The million green cards a year should be cut as far toward 250,000 as possible.

(3) The nation is in a jobs depression. Most immigration of foreign workers should be suspended so that jobless Americans can have a better chance to get back into the jobs market.

(4) Any attempt to give permanent work permits to an estimated 8 million illegal foreign workers would be political suicide while 14 million Americans looking for a job can’t find one.

If you have trouble getting through to the Washington phone, try one of these:

Dallas, TX
ph: 972-239-1310 adr: 5005 LBJ Freeway, Dallas, TX 75244

Houston, TX
ph: 713-572-3337 adr: 5300 Memorial Drive, Houston, TX 77007

Harlingen, TX
ph: 956-423-0162 adr: 222 East Van Buren, Harlingen, TX 78550

Tyler, TX
ph: 903-593-0902 adr: 100 East Ferguson Street, Tyler, TX 75702

Austin, TX
ph: 512-469-6034 adr: 221 West 6th Street, Austin, TX 78701

San Antonio, TX
ph: 210-224-7485 adr: 600 Navarro, San Antonio, TX 78205

Lubbock, TX
ph: 806-472-7533 adr: 3405 22nd St., Lubbock, TX 79410

THANKS,

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