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Bush giving corporations control over immigration policy Issue 160: July 23, 2003 contact@projectusa.org
+== TIME-OUT PROJECT ==+
Reports are circulating that President Bush has already raised $34 million for his 2004 bid to hold on to the presidency a war chest that will approach a quarter of a billion dollars by the time all is said and done. Meanwhile, in a related story, the Associated Press is reporting that (surprise!) politicians mostly vote "the way their donors wanted."
Some of the biggest check writers in American politics are American corporations, and, for big multinationals, the palm greasing is paying off. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick said in a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed that the Bush Administration is seeking to make its foreign and economic policies "mutually supportive."
If the free trade agreements with Chile and Singapore Zoellick's office recently negotiated are any indication, "mutually supportive" means that global conglomerates make out like bandits at the expense of the American people. The Chile/Singapore free trade agreements will allow "American" corporations to move an unlimited number of "employees" from those countries to ours. Congress, to which the Constitution gives complete power over all immigration matters, will have no way to set restrictions. In other words, multinational corporations not the American people will dictate the number of foreigners allowed into the United States.
As the Federation for American Immigration Reform points out, "making these provisions especially dangerous, the Bush Administration is touting them as a model to be replicated in future trade agreements with numerous other countries."
Rob Sanchez, a long-time critic of the corporate abuse of work visas, was the first to warn of the dangers to the American worker of Bush's "trade promotion authority." "These trade bills," Mr. Sanchez wrote in May 2002, "are unique from other types of immigration laws in one major way: they cannot be repealed by Congress without the consent of the country the agreement was made with. Once these agreements are passed, American workers will be powerless to stop the flood of workers that will arrive to compete with them in the job market."
With eighteen million Americans struggling to find full-time employment, the Bush Administration has no business making agreements with foreign nations to flood the labor market with an unlimited amount of imported labor
Undermining American workers (must read: Los Angeles Times) [url=http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/magazine/la-tm-immigration29jul20.story]http://www.latimes.com/features/printediti...on29jul20.story[/url]
Votes in Congress mostly follow the money (Associated Press) [url=http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=buyvotes20&date=20030720]http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/...0&date=20030720[/url]
Bush's Trade Promotion Authority: H-1b on steroids (Rob Sanchez) [url=http://www.zazona.com/shameh1b/NewsletterArchive/2002%2005-23%20%20%20TPA%20is%20H-1B%20on%20Steroids.txt]http://www.zazona.com/shameh1b/NewsletterA...%20Steroids.txt[/url]
Heart-breaking personal stories of American victims of our corporate-friendly immigration policies [url=http://victimsvoice.org/wall/greed/index.html]http://victimsvoice.org/wall/greed/index.html[/url]
+== TAKE POSITIVE ACTION ==+
Every year, business interests spend millions of dollars to manipulate government policy to their economic benefit. In the United States, we call this "making a campaign contribution." In other countries, it's called "bribery" or "corruption." If the United States is ever to achieve a more moderate immigration policy, Americans must seize control of immigration from selfish business interests and insist, loudly, that the United States remain a nation, and not become a teeming cheap labor camp.
We must make our voices heard. Please make a point of devoting 15 minutes today to rescuing our country from the predations of the profiteers. As NumbersUSA proved last week with its key role in getting the Hostettler/Gallegly amendment passed on the State Department reauthorization bill, citizen activism really works.
Congress votes on these trade agreements as early as today, so please help by calling now your Senators and Representative and asking them to oppose the immigration provisions of the Chile and Singapore free trade agreements. You can tell them that you aren't against free trade, necessarily, but that free trade agreements are not the proper place for immigration policy. Tell them that they should vote down the agreements and force the Administration to take out the immigration provisions.
You can get contact numbers at:
[url=http://www.numbersusa.com/congressinfo/]http://www.numbersusa.com/congressinfo/[/url]
If you haven't sent free faxes to Congress yet, you will find them at:
[url=http://www.numbersusa.com/fax]http://www.numbersusa.com/fax[/url]
And, by the way, where is the mainstream media on this? The globalist ideologues in the Bush Administration are in the process of removing control of our immigration policy from the American people, and the media watchdogs remain silent and the American people ignorant in the face of this radical revolution.
Please call your local paper and ask for the newsroom editor. Tell him or her about the Chile/Singapore free trade agreements, and the attempt by the Bush Administration to reward its corporate friends with the power to control immigration. Politely express your desire to see the paper cover this important and controversial development.
You can find newspaper contact info at:
[url=http://www.newsdirectory.com/news/press/na/us/]http://www.newsdirectory.com/news/press/na/us/[/url]
+== QUOTE OF THE WEEK ==+
Trade and the streets ensnare us, Our bodies are weak and worn; We plot and corrupt each other, And we despoil the unborn.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
+== EMAIL OF THE WEEK ==+
I'd like to say that I support your organization and will be making a donation soon. I especially like reading the letters some of your opponents write complaining about FILE and ProjectUSA. Many are so ignorant of the facts (like Doug in the July 8 email of the week) that I almost have to laugh.
P. Hall Denver, CO
+== SPECIAL ==+
Congressman Tom Tancredo and the Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus will be hosting a day of remembrance for the victims of mass immigration on September 10 & 11 in Washington, DC. You are invited to attend.
For more information and to register go to:
[url=http://victimsvoice.org/events.html]http://victimsvoice.org/events.html[/url]
Also, you may tell your story of how you personally have been affected by mass immigration at:
[url=http://victimsvoice.org/your_voice.html]http://victimsvoice.org/your_voice.html[/url]
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