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| Gewart... |
 Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 1:08 pm |
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And the UNIONS voted for them
On February 2, 2009, NumbersUSA with the Coalition for the Future
American Worker launched the above "elevator ad" in an extended
nationwide educational campaign on cable TV.
The purpose of the ad is to inform the public of two government
statistics that, when placed together, show an outrageous participation
of our federal government in increasing the numbers of unemployed Americans.
The two statistics from last year?
* 2.5 million Americans lost jobs
* The federal government brought in 1.5 million new foreign workers
to take jobs
NumbersUSA has been doing everything in its power the last three months
to persuade the nation's political leaders and media leaders to address
this incongruous policy. Yet to date, there has been no indication
whatsoever of a slow-down in importing an average of 138,000 new foreign
workers each month -- even as half-million Americans a month are losing
jobs.
The fact is that U.S. immigration policies are on automatic pilot. It
doesn't matter how terrible the economy becomes -- it doesn't matter
that more than 11 million Americans are looking for a job and can't find
one. No matter what, businesses can still seek to cut their labor costs
by bringing in as many foreign workers as they did when the economy was
booming.
The feds will keep cranking out 138,000 new work permits and green cards
EACH MONTH to working-age foreign adults unless Congress and the
President decide to change current policies so that they serve the
interests of American workers.
What can you do?
* Call President Obama at 202-456-1111 and ask him to ensure that
all new jobs created under a stimulus package go to American citizens
and authorized immigrants already here. Tell the person answering the
phone that the administration should suspend most work visas and green
cards until it can be determined that issuing them will not harm the
chances of unemployed Americans.
* Send a fax to your Senators urging them to make sure that only
American citizens and authorized immigrants already here get jobs
created by whatever economic stimulus package eventually is adopted.
* Fax your House Member thanking him/her for ensuring that the
stimulus bill kept jobs out of the hands of illegal foreign workers but
urging that in negotiations with the Senate businesses and governments
should also be prohibited from using stimulus money to import more
foreign workers.
* Read NumbersUSA's fact sheet "Putting Americans Back to Work".
* Forward this page to as many Americans as possible to educate
them about the statistics the media and government don't want them to
know -- and to warn them what may happen to their jobs if they don't
join you in taking action.
* Post your comments about the ad and this campaign.
Since 1996, NumbersUSA...
* ...has championed the cause of the American worker...
* ...by educating the public about the recommendations of the
bi-partisan U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform, chaired by the great
civil rights leader Barbara Jordan.
Barbara Jordan found that even during healthy economic times, our level
of foreign labor importation was significantly harming the most
vulnerable members of our national community. In near-depression times,
the effect is devastating.
"Elevator Ad" Script
Another American has lost his job.
Another breadwinner going home with the bad news.
Last year, two and a half million Americans lost jobs.
High-tech, construction and auto workers; engineers.
Yet, with millions of Americans jobless, our government is still
bringing in a million and a half foreign workers a year to take American
jobs.
Could your job be next? |
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