Senate Gang of 6 "no-strings" amnesty is gaining traction -- Urge your Senators to oppose!
Dear activists,
Thanks to all of you who have been making phone calls this week! So far, your incredible activism has prevented Congress from voting on any bad DACA bills this week.
Unfortunately, our Capitol Hill team is hearing that the "no-strings" amnesty legislation that Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) have introduced is gaining some significant attention in the Senate.
The legislation currently has the support of 7 Republican Senators. Should that number reach 9, there would be enough votes to break a filibuster if all Senate Democrats agree to support the bill.
We need you to click the red button below and call your U.S. Senators, urging them NOT to support the Durbin-Graham DACA bill.
Senators Graham and Durbin are part of the "Gang of 6" that put together the deal. It also includes Sens. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), and Cory Gardner (R-Colo.). They've also convinced Republican Senators Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Lisa Murkowski (R-Ak.), and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) to sign on.
The "Gang of 6" bill would:
- NOT limit the amnesty to DACA. Instead, it would grant amnesty with work permits to the entire "Dreamer" illegal-alien population, estimated to be around 3.3 million people. It would also grant amnesty to the millions of parents of "Dreamers" by offering them renewable visas with work permits.
- NOT end CHAIN MIGRATION. Instead, it would shift green cards for adult children of green card holders to the spouses and minor children of green card holders. New immigrants would still be able to sponsor their adult children for green cards once they become citizens -- as well as their brothers, sisters and parents.
- NOT end the VISA LOTTERY. Instead, it takes 1/2 of the Lottery green cards for illegal aliens who have Temporary Protected Status and uses the other 1/2 for green cards for Lottery countries. Once all TPS recipients have received green cards, it would shift all the green cards to the Lottery countries.
- NOT mandate E-VERIFY. The bill does nothing to prevent future illegal immigration, including shutting off the jobs magnet by requiring all employers to use E-Verify, which means Congress will be back in the same spot 10 years from now debating the next amnesty.
- NOT fund BORDER SECURITY. Although the proposal would appropriate money for the border, none of it can be used to build new fencing. The "Gang of 6" limits the $1.6 billion it sets aside for wall funding to be used only to repair existing structures.
You can make today's urgent phone calls by clicking on the following link.
Thanks,
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