Urgent: Ask Key State Officials To Pass E-Verify Legislation Now!

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Urgent: Ask Key State Officials To Pass E-Verify Legislation Now!





Although committees only have about one month to finish their legislative business, no E-Verify bill has received a hearing yet in the House or the Senate. In fact, only a handful of immigration enforcement bills have received a hearing thus far despite the fact that dozens were introduced.





Our friends at the Immigration Reform Coalition of Texas (http://www.ircot.com/ ) recommend pressuring key state officials in an effort to move two E-Verify bills -- HB 2450 and SB 84 -- in the House State Affairs Committee and the Senate Transportation and Homeland Security Committee, respectively.





Neither bill is very strong, but we will have no E-Verify legislation if these bills do not pass committee by late April. SB 84 only requires E-Verify for state and local government and their contractors, so we will need to ask for an amendment that extends E-Verify to all employers.





Please follow the instructions below in contacting the Chairmen of the House State Affairs and Senate Transportation/Homeland Security Committees, legislators on both committees, other state legislative leaders, and the governor. Also be sure to click the “I called” link where provided.





Action for House State Affairs Committee Chairman Cook





Please call and email Chairman Byron Cook’s office – 512-463-0730; Email form -- with the message:





Citizens do not want to compete with illegal aliens for Texas jobs. No E-Verify legislation has passed State Affairs yet. Call up and pass HB 2450 now!





Click “I called” to tell us you made the call. Click here to send Chairman Cook a fax.







Action for Senate Transportation/Homeland Security Committee Chairman Williams





Please call and email Chairman Williams’ office -- (512) 463-0104 Email form – with the message:





Citizens do not want to compete with illegal aliens for Texas jobs. No E-Verify legislation has passed Transportation and Homeland Security yet. Call up SB 84 and make all employers use E-Verify!





Click “I called” to tell us you made the call. Click here to send Chairman Williams a fax.







Action for State Affairs Committee Members





Please call and email all of the Reps. noted below with this message:





Citizens do not want to compete with illegal aliens for Texas jobs. No E-Verify legislation has passed State Affairs yet. Call up and pass HB 2450 now!





Rep Jose Menendez - 512-463-0634; email form

Rep Tom Craddick - 512-463-0500; email form

Rep John Frullo - 512-463-0676; email form

Rep Pete Gallego - 512-463-0566; email form

Rep Charlie Geren - 512-463-0610; email form

Rep Patricia Harless - 512-463-0496; email form

Rep Harvey Hilderbran - 512-463-0536; email form

Rep Dan Huberty - 512-463-0520; email form

Rep Rene Oliveira - 512-463-0640; email form

Rep John Smithee - 512-463-0702; email form

Rep Burt Solomons - 512-463-0478; email form

Rep Sylvester Turner - 512-463-0554; email form





If your Rep. serves on the committee, you also can send him/her a fax on your Action Board.







Action for Transportation/Homeland Security Committee Members





Please call and email all of the Senators noted below with this message:





Citizens do not want to compete with illegal aliens for Texas jobs. No E-Verify legislation has passed Transportation and Homeland Security yet. Call up SB 84 and make all employers use E-Verify!





Sen. Kirk Watson (512) 463-0114 Email form

Sen. Wendy Davis (512) 463-0110 Email form

Sen. Rodney Ellis (512) 463-0113 Email form

Sen. Chris Harris (512) 463-0109 Email form

Sen. Juan Hinojosa (512) 463-0120 Email form

Sen. Robert Nichols (512) 463-0103 Email form

Sen. Florence Shapiro (512) 463-0108 Email form

Sen. Jeff Wentworth (512) 463-0125 Email form





If your Senator serves on the committee, you also can send him/her a fax on your Action Board.







Action for Other State Legislative Leaders





Please call and email House Speaker Joe Straus and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst (leader of the Texas Senate) with the message:





No E-Verify legislation has passed in committee or on the floor. Citizens do not want to compete with illegal aliens for Texas jobs. Pass legislation now requiring all employers to use E-Verify!





Speaker Straus 512-463-1000 Email form

Lt. Gov. Dewhurst 512-463-0001 Email form







Action for Governor Perry





Please call and email Gov. Perry’s office -- 512-463-2000 Email form -- with the message:





I know anti-sanctuary legislation is important to the governor but it will not turn off the jobs magnet that attracts illegal aliens. Please tell the legislative leaders you want all employers to use E-Verify. Citizens do not want to compete with illegal aliens for Texas jobs.











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