FAIR WEEKLY LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
House Leadership Sides with Congressional Hispanic Caucus on Health Care Bill, Passes Bill With Illegal Alien Coverage Loophole
Last week, the latest House health care bill (H.R. 3962) raised a number of concerns over the direction the bill was taking with respect to immigration policy. Earlier this summer, FAIR had raised concerns over the language of the bill with respect to Section 342(d), which would waive the current 5-year waiting period before legal aliens can access the affordability credits under the bill. FAIR also led the national debate over the loopholes that existed in the earlier House bill, H.R. 3200, that would allow illegal aliens to access the benefits under the bill. Read the full article
Vulnerable Democrats Tell Leadership to Avoid Amnesty in 2010
On Wednesday, November 4, The Hill ran an article indicating that moderate Congressional Democrats who may be vulnerable in the upcoming 2010 midterm elections “want their leaders to skip the party’s controversial legislative agenda for next year to help save their seats in Congress.” The Hill noted that these vulnerable Democrats “don’t want to be forced to vote on…immigration reform…which they say should be set aside so Congress can focus on jobs and the economy.” These comments all reflect the feelings of the American people who, with the national unemployment rate now above ten percent for the first time in 26 years, are adamantly opposed to “comprehensive immigration reform” Democratic Leadership’s euphemism for granting amnesty to millions of illegal aliens. Read the full article
True Immigration Reformers Win Statewide Elections in Virginia
On Tuesday, November 3, a group of three true immigration reformers won statewide races for public office in the state of Virginia. While immigration was not a major factor in any of these races, the three candidates who won on Tuesday have staked out pro-enforcement positions on several immigration-related issues.Read the full article
