Vote on Refugee funding and H-2Bs this week!

A timely post from www.numbersusa.com about budget funding for Refugees and H-2B visas. This follows this post about Rep. Michael McCaul. Remember, “Amnesty” means ANY non-enforcement of existing immigration laws! This follows this comment and this post about how to Report Illegal Immigrants! Also, you can read two very interesting books HERE.
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Vote on Refugee funding and H-2Bs this week!

Obama Admin. demands more refugee funding -- including to resettle border surgers -- in short-term spending bill. Tell GOP Leaders to reject!

Dear friends,

Last week, we told you about the Obama Administration's last minute request to double refugee spending in the upcoming spending bill and the possibility that Congress may continue an expansion of the H-2B guest worker program.

Funding for the federal government runs out at the end of this week, so Congressional action on both of these items is likely to come over the next few days. We need your urgent activism today!

Obama's requested increase in refugee funding wouldn't only fund the extra refugees that he wants to bring to the United States, but it would also be used to help house and resettle the thousands of aliens who have illegally crossed the U.S.-Mexico border in recent months and have been allowed by the Administration to claim asylum even though most don't qualify under existing law.

Additionally, pro-H-2B advocates are pushing for an extension of a provision that exempts returning workers from the annual caps, potentially quadrupling the number of H-2B foreign workers in the country for 2017. This is the same provision that Congress included in last year's December spending bill that generated so much outrage.

During last month's election, voters delivered a clear message -- they want to gain control of the refugee situation, secure the border, and reduce the number of foreign workers entering the U.S. each year. What will Congress do? Will it side with the voters or stick with the status quo?

Call GOP Leadership HERE'S A LIST OF CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS AND THE CHIEF APPROPRIATORS: HOUSE SPEAKER PAUL RYAN -- (202) 225-0600 HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER KEVIN McCARTHY -- (202) 225-4000 HOUSE MAJORITY WHIP STEVE SCALISE -- (202) 225-0197 HOUSE GOP CONFERENCE CHAIR McMORRIS RODGERS -- (202) 225-5107 HOUSE APPROPS. CHAIR HAL ROGERS -- (202) 225-4601 SEN. MAJORITY LEADER MITCH McCONNELL -- (202) 224-3135 SEN. MAJORITY WHIP JOHN CORNYN -- (202) 224-2708 SENATE GOP CONFERENCE CHAIR JOHN THUNE -- (202) 224-2764 SEN. APPROPS. CHAIR THAD COCHRAN -- (202) 224-5054 Please call EVERYONE on the above list! And when you've finished, you can also call your own Members of Congress using the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121. When the staffer answers, tell them that voters sent a clear message to Washington during last month's elections. Urge Congress to reject the White House's demand for increased refugee funding and to reject increases to the H-2B low-skilled visa program. We've also posted a fax that you can send to your three Members of Congress. Fax Congress or click http://www.numbersusa.com/sendfax?id=17417

Thank you for taking this urgent action today!

Chris Chmielenski