Burning Atlanta

I loathe these scum politicians. They pull every kind of stunt trying to sneak thru some crap they know isn't going to fly with the people. I know that many feel that calling and writing these scumbags doesn't make any difference, and I agree to a point. No number of calls is going to change the mind of a Feinstein but we don't know about how many politicians, especially those facing a re-election, do pay attention when the phones light up. So don't think that your efforts won't matter and a few emails and calls can make a difference.

We won this time, but it will be back.

FAIR has received confirmation from Senate Republican Leadership that the Mikulski H-2B Amendment was been stripped from the Iraq War Funding Bill on the Senate floor this afternoon. Thanks to all our members, activists, and friends who called - and kept calling - until our voices were heard!

The H-2B amendment was added to the War Funding Bill last week by Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) as the bill traveled through the Senate Appropriations Committee.  The amendment reinstated for three years the returning worker exemption to the H-2B unskilled guest worker program which expired last year. Under the exemption, an alien who worked in the U.S. during the past three years under the H-2B program can return to the U.S. to work without counting towards the 66,000 cap. This exemption would have led to ever-growing numbers of unskilled H-2B guest workers entering the U.S. each year—increasing the number by hundreds of thousands!  

The amendment was not only designed to appease special corporate interests addicted to cheap foreign labor, it defied common sense in the face of the struggling U.S. economy which has seen tens of thousands of workers lose their jobs over the past few months. However, your determination to make Congress hear the will of the American people made the difference! Thank you!