Fighting Amnesty Now by Supporting Amnesty Opponents

This will be kept at the top of the page for a while and new posts posted below.

UPDATE: Added Rep. Pete DeFazio (a Democrat!), Paul Gosar, Steve Fleming, John Fleming, and Steve Stockman; see below.

NOTE:Other ideas here and here.

UPDATE 04/21/2013: Added Rep. Lamar Smith; see below.

UPDATE 04/14/2013: Dana Rohrbacher, Michele Bachmann, and Mo Brooks, have been added to the list; see below.

Jeff Sessions and John Cornyn of the Senate Judiciary Committee are true heroes!

They are demanding more hearings on the immigration bill that the Gang of Eight is trying to ram through the Senate.

They are up for re-election in 2014, so it would not hurt to show their campaigns your financial support as a way to thank them and to send a message to wobbly Senators on the issue. THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO LOBBY LEGISLATORS WHO REPRESENT DISTRICTS OTHER THAN YOUR OWN.

Send Sessions' campaign a check at:

Friends of Sessions Senate Committee, Inc.
P.O. Box 4278
Montgomery, AL 36103

And write a note saying something along the lines of:

Dear Senator Sessions:

Thank you so much for standing up against amnesty for illegal aliens! Thank you for demanding that Pat Leahy hold hearings on any immigration legislation.

I am a single-issue voter and a single-issue campaign contributor!

Sincerely,

(Your name)

And send Cornyn's campaign a donation at:

Texans for Senator John Cornyn, Inc.
P.O Box 13026
Austin, Texas 78711

(You can also donate online, but you should call (512) 494-8535 if you want to send a message about why you are contributing)

You can write the same note as for Sessions, just with Cornyn's name.

Also, on Wedenesday, April 10, Congressmen Lou Barletta, Louie Gohmert, and Steve King voiced their opposition to the impending amnesty bill.

You can donate to them online and send a message with the donation:

Louie Gohmert

Steve King

LouBarletta

For Gohmert or Barletta, you can send a longer message:

Dear Representative (Barletta, Gohmert),

Thank you for joining Steve King in voicing your opposition to amnesty for illegal aliens on Wednesday, April 10, 2013. I am a single-issue voter and a single-issue campaign contributor, and I want to help anyone who stands up against this nation-destroying amnesty!

Sincerely,

(Your name).

For Steve King, there's only a little room, so send something like: "Thanks for opposing amnesty!"

Here are three more names:

Dana Rohrbacher

You can send his campaign money online and then explain why you support him on FaceBook, or you can download a mail form and mail it to him with a note (address is on the form).

Michele Bachmann

Donate at the site above and send a message about why you donated on Facebook.

Or, you could presumably mail a contribution and a note to the address shown on the donation page.

Mo Brooks

It is probably better to send a check to the address on the page in Congressman Brooks' case, as he does not have a Facebook account and there are no comments on his web form, although I suppose you could call the campaign at 256-763-0102 to let them know why you donated.

In all 3 cases, the message could be the same as for Barletta or Gohmert:

Dear Representative (Rohrbacher, Brooks, Bachmann),

Thank you for joining Steve King in voicing your opposition to amnesty for illegal aliens on Wednesday, April 10, 2013. I am a single-issue voter and a single-issue campaign contributor, and I want to help anyone who stands up against this nation-destroying amnesty!

Sincerely,

(Your name).

Lamar Smith is also on our side.

Donate here and contact his campaign here.

A message like this would be nice:

Dear Lamar Smith:

Thank you for standing up against the so-called "comprehensive immigration reform bill" proposed by the Gang of Eight. I am a single-issue campaign contributor, and I pledged $25 to your campaign because of your patriotism.

(Your name)

Note, though, that the donation page does not contain a method (e.g. credit card, bank account) so any donations seem to be more like pledges.

Peter Defazio (D-Oregon, 4th district) is a co-sponsor of Lamar Smith's Legal Workforce Act (H.R. 1772).

Donate to his campaign, then call his campaign at (541) 485-1622 and his office at (202) 225-6416, and say something to the effect of:

I just donated to your campaign. I am happy to see that you co-sponsored Lamar Smith's H.R. 1772, the Legal Workforce Act. I am a single-issue contributor, and I support people who oppose allowing rich megadonors to import more cheap labor. The current so-called immigration reform in the Senate is nothing more than a giveaway of cheap labor to rich donors. I'm glad that you are supporting a different path in the House.

Perhaps the message about the donation should only be given to the campaign; to the office just tell the staffer thank you to Pete DeFazio.

You can also message him on Facebook.

On May 14, Congressmen Steve King, Mo Brooks, Louie Gohmert, Paul Gosar, John Fleming, and Steve Stockman spoke out against amnesty. The donation/contact information for the first three is above. The latter three are below:

Paul Gosar: Contribute to his campaign, and then Contact him to let him know why (or post on Facebook) (You can also send a message with your online donation, as the donation goes through Piryx)

John Fleming: Contribute to his campaign, and then Contact him to let him know why. (You can also send a message with your online donation, as the donation goes through Piryx)

Steve Stockman: Contribute to his campaign, and then tell him why on Facebook.

The message can be something like:

I donated to your campaign today. Thank you for standing up with Congressmen Steve King, Mo Brooks, Louie Gohmert, Paul Gosar, John Fleming, and Steve Stockman [delete whichever one is the one you are sending the message to] against the Gang of Eight's amnesty bill. I am a single-issue voter and a single-issue campaign contributor. We need more Congressmen like you who are true patriots and are not bought off by the cheap labor lobby.

That is all.

A Democrat to Support in the Fight Against Amnesty

To find other people to donate to, here is an earlier post.

Peter Defazio (D-Oregon, 4th district) is a co-sponsor of Lamar Smith's Legal Workforce Act (H.R. 1772).

Donate to his campaign, then call his campaign at (541) 485-1622 and his office at (202) 225-6416, and say something to the effect of:

I just donated to your campaign. I am happy to see that you co-sponsored Lamar Smith's H.R. 1772, the Legal Workforce Act. I am a single-issue contributor, and I support people who oppose allowing rich megadonors to import more cheap labor. The current so-called immigration reform in the Senate is nothing more than a giveaway of cheap labor to rich donors. I'm glad that you are supporting a different path in the House.

You can also message him on Facebook.

That is all.

Tell Mark "You Zuck!"

Give generously to VDARE to help defeat this Motherzucker!

Don't make them close the site for a few days!

Come on people, I've been giving so much that it hurts! Someone else needs to step up!

That is all.

Southern Poverty Law Center Good for Something?

Via NumbersUSA, a story about a racial discrimination lawsuit by blacks against illegal-alien hiring businesses in Georgia.

In the second page, Jim Knoepp of the SPLC complains about businesses claiming that Americans won't do work when the real issue is that the businesses won't pay a reasonable wage. His comment "If we need them, why not bring them in and make them legal citizens with real protections?" may be taken as an endorsement of immigration (although it could just be a hypothetical to illustrate a point), but his follow-up statement "The answer is because then they wouldn’t keep working in the fields given the conditions of that work. They would do something else" is also consistent with saying that we don't actually need these immigrants or guest workers. In any case, he understands the destructive influence of the cheap labor lobby on our immigration policy.

Hey - a racial discrimination lawsuit attacking employers who hire illegals - that's a lawsuit I can support! And half a cheer for the SPLC on this one!

That is all.

Tell the State Department We Let in Too Many Refugees (by Wednesday 5 pm)

Thanx and a tip o' the hat to VDARE's Brenda Walker, Refugee Resettlement Watch has a post about what you can do to stop the invasion of the U.S. by "refugees" who threaten to swamp towns like Columbus Junction, Iowa, and Oakland California

That is all.

VDARE Needs Your Help

I was on the phone yesterday today, and I discovered that VDARE.com may have to go through another temporary shutdown fundraising drive in about a week.

Please give generously to prevent this.

That is all.

Another Way to Fight Amnesty

In addition to giving money to the campaigns of friendly legislators, you may have opportunities to contact unfriendly legislators.

Recently I got a mailing from Paul Ryan's campaign, asking me to help him fight Obama's tax and spend policies. Ryan is known to be amnesty-friendly. I sent back the donation paper, unmarked (I'm not giving him a red cent), stapled to this message:

Dear Paul Ryan:

If you really want to fight the Obama agenda, you will join Steve King, Lou Barletta, and Louie Gohmert in opposing the Gang of Eight’s immigration amnesty bill and in pledging not to pass a similar bill in the House.

Given our current lack of jobs and bad economy, the last thing that we need is to increase the supply of workers competing with Americans for scarce jobs.

We need reduced legal immigration levels and better enforcement of our immigration laws. We need to encourage those who are here illegally to return to their countries of origin by making them ineligible for government benefits and by making it impossible for them to find work (e.g. by mandating the us of E-Verify). We also need to reduce the number of people we permit to enter the country, as we have a labor glut and additional workers do nothing but decrease wages and create a larger wealth gap that threatens not only the country, but also the future prospects of the Republican Party.

I know that a lot of powerful donors, such as Sheldon Adelson, Mark Zuckerberg, and Mark Singer want more cheap labor through mass immigration. If you want my support, you will have to stand up to them and say “NO.”

Sincerely,

[My Name]

Looking back at it, I should have mentioned that I donated money to King's, Barletta's, and Gohmert's campaigns, making my refusal to donate to Ryan's even more significant. I also should have stapled the documents I mentioned in the previous post to my letter (if the envelope they send you is pre-paid, and they are a hostile, always add things to bulk up the weight).

It's time to get mean.

That is all.

Time to Talk to Your Senators

Tell them to reject the Gang of Eight's amnesty bill (S. 744).

Here's a list of contact information, including local office addresses. Visit in person if you can.

Here is a good article to print out to give to your legislator's staff.

Here is another one, and it is PDF downloadable with charts. (I print out the first four pages full-size, and the next 18 - the chatrs - 4 pages to a printed page)

Here is NumbersUSA's chart on how many aliens would be let in over the next 10 years under S. 744.

Write a cover letter (Here is mine as an example):

Dear Senator [name]:

I am deeply concerned about the recent immigration legislation moving through the Senate, and its potentially devastating effects on U.S. workers.

I have enclosed a chart that shows just how many new immigrants would gain permanent legal status if S. 744, the “Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act,” were passed. I have also enclosed articles debunking the myths that there is an technology worker shortage and that we need more immigration because there are jobs that Americans are unwilling to do.

The bill would add up to 33 million new immigrants in the first decade, and 20 million every decade after that. With at least 20 millions Americans unable to find a full-time job, this would put an outrageous strain on our economy. In addition, all of these additional people would put great pressure on our natural resources.

This bill allows way too many people access to permanent legal residence, and its promises of greater security have no “teeth” that would ensure that they are kept.

Please reject S. 744, and demand thorough hearings on any immigration bill that comes before the Senate.

You might also want to consider scheduling town hall meetings prior to any vote on such a bill, to find out how your constituents feel about bringing in more workers to compete with Americans for jobs.

Sincerely,

[Your name]

Tell the staff member that you are concerned about the effect that S. 744 would have on U.S. workers and that S. 744 needs more hearings and discussion. Suggest that your Senator needs to hold a town hall meeting on immigration before any final vote is held. Then give them your articles, preferably in a neat folder.

You might also do the same with your Congressman, although obviously you should mention that you know that the bill is currently in the Senate but that you are worried about similar bills in the House.

And while you are at it, give a folder with the same information to your state or local GOP and tell them that this issue concerns you.

That is all.

WARNING: Do NOT Trust "Remember America's Heritage"

I recently got a mailing from "Remember America's Heritage" lauding Jan Brewer and talking about how we need to combat illegal immigration. The only problem is, the mailing referred to the "Gang of Eight's" comprehensive amnesty bill in neutral terms, and implied that it had positive language that we must make certain Obama does not strip out of the bill. Translation: "Remember America's Heritage" is trying to make the Gang of Eight's amnesty out to be the pro-enforcement alternative to some theoretically worse Obama position. Do not trust them, do not send them money, DO NOT SEND THEIR PETITION. That is all.

Gun Owners of America Comes Out Against Amnesty!

Will the Amnesty Bill Lead to Gun Confiscation in 2035?

I figured that their coffers must be drained from the recent fight against registration, so I donated $125.00 as soon as I saw this.

Please donate as generously to Gun Owners of America (GOA) as you can (if you use PayPal, click here).

Also, contact the NRA-ILA (the lobbying branch of the NRA) and tell them what GOA is doing and tell them they need to do the same.

It would not hurt if in your contacting of them, you let them know that you donated to GOA and might donate to them as well.

That is all.