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China News Digest - US Regional Services (Bo Xiong) --------------- Date: Thu, 21 Sep 95 19:39:27 GMT From: ifcss@center.net (ifcss) Message-Id: <9509211939.AA00265@CENTER.NET> To: pbs-l@ifcss.org, council-l@ifcss.org Cc: china-nt@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU, ccnl@utarlvm1.uta.edu Subject: HQ NR #7035: Marking Up of House Bill H.R.2202 Status: R Please Help Forward This Post To Your Local Nets - Thank You &=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&= HEADQUARTERS NEWSRELEASE * HEADQUARTERS NEWSRELEASE * HEADQUARTERS * &^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^ * * * N E W S R E L E A S E 7035 * * * _________ September 20, 1995 __________ [[[[[[ [[[[[[[[[[ [[[[[[ [[[[[[[ [[[[[[[ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[ ______ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[[[[[[ [[[ [[[[[ [[[[[ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[[[ [[[[[ ______ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[ ____ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[[ [[[ [[[[ [[[ [[[[[[ [[[[[[ [[[[[[[ [[[[[[[[ [[[[[[[[ &^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^ IFCSS Foundation, Inc. 733 15th Street, NW Suite 440 Washington, D.C. 20005 Tel: (202) 347-0017 Fax: (202) 347-0018 &=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&= Marking Up of House Bill H.R. 2202 The U.S. Congress House Judiciary Committee started to mark up of the Immigration Reform Bill H.R. 2202 on Tuesday (September 19) which was ended up with a new face through one day's "dirty and quick" process, as described by Angela Kelly of National Immigration Forum. IFCSS Headquarters staff attended the mark-up conference with many concerned public figures and lobbyists. There were approximately twenty five amendments proposed and consi- dered to Titles I - III of H.R. 2202, mostly by Democrats on blocking illegal immigrantion including border control, border crossing I.D. card, number of border patrol agents, alien smuggling, etc. Almost all attempts to relieve the blocking of the illegal immigration were defeated by Republicans, with one exception, surprisedly, proposed by Republican Lamar Smith of Texas. It is expected that On Wednesday and Thursday the Committee will complete Title III, and enter the debate on Title IV, "Enforcement of Restrictions Against Employer Sanctions" and Title V,"Reform of Legal Immigration", which has drawn much attention from Chinese students and scholars' communities. Therefore, there doesn't exist more opportunity for expressing our opposition of this bill to the Judiciary Committee unless we take the final chance to call these members' staffs and send messages by fax to their offices. Let's not sit on the sidelines at the last moment, and call the Congress: 1. Seperate legal immigration from enforcement; 2. No cut on employment-based immigration: Most of these immigrants are highly skilled professionals who bring specialized skills or knowledge to U.S. businesses; 3. American employers need international personnel to remain competi- tive: To be competitive in today's global economy, U.S. employers much be able to hire personnel with specialized knowledge or skills. These immigrants strengthen the ability of U.S. business to compete in the global marketplace; 4. Immigrant workers do not displace U.S. workers: Employment-based immigrants are a small fraction of the U.S. work- force. Recent studies have concluded that states with the greatest number of immigrants overall have lower unemployment rates than states with lower number of immigrants. Immigrants increase output and demand for labor, counterracting any negative effect that a greater labor supply might have. 5. The employment-based immigration process protects U.S. workers: In order to qualify an immigrant worker for one of the limited number of employment-bsed immigrant visas, a U.S. business must demonstrate to the U.S. Department of Labor that no qualified U.S. worker is available for the position. This "labor certificate" process is designed to protect U.S. workers. * * * * * IFCSS Task Force urges Chinese students and scholars nationwide just make one or two phone calls to these thirty-five Judiciary members, and talk to their staffs with one or two points listed above for two to three minutes. which is pretty enough for one individual who can do at the moment. Counted together, however, calls from the whole communities definitely make substantial difference. For your convenience, we list the directory of Judiciary Committee members once again as following. Please start to do it right now and keep their offices ringing, Thank you. House Judiciary Committee Directory Republicans Henry Hyde - IL (Chair) 225-4561(O) 225-1166(F) Carlos Moorhead - CA 225-4176 226-1279 Jim Sensenbrenner - WI 225-5101 225-3190 Bill McCollum - FL 225-2176 225-0999 George Gekas - PA 225-4315 225-8440 Howard Coble - NC 225-3065 225-8611 Lamar Smith - TX 225-4236 225-8628 Steven Schiff - NM 225-6316 225-4975 Elton Gallegly - CA 225-5811 225-1100 Charles Canady - FL 225-1252 225-2279 Bob Inglis - SC 225-6030 226-1177 Bob Goodlatte - VA 225-5431 225-9681 Steve Buyer - IN 225-5037 (For save money) Martin Hoke - OH 225-5871 226-0994 Sonny Bono - CA 225-5330 225-2961 Fred Heineman - NC 225-1784 225-3269 Ed Bryant - TN 225-2811 225-2814 Steve Chabot - OH 225-2216 225-3012 Michael Flanagan - IL 225-4061 225-3128 Bob Barr - GA 225-2931 225-2944 John Conyers - MI 225-5126 225-0072 Patricia Schroeder - CO 225-4431 225-5842 Barney Frank - MA 225-5931 225-0182 Charles Schumer - NY 225-6616 225-4183 Howard Berman - CA 225-4695 225-5279 Rick Boucher - VA 225-3861 225-0442 John Bryant - TX 225-2231 225-0327 Jack Reed - RI 225-2735 225-9580 Jerrold Nadler - NY 225-5635 225-6923 Robert Scott - VA 225-8351 225-8354 Melvin Watt - NC 225-1510 225-1512 Xavier Becerra - CA 225-6235 225-2202 Jose Serrano - NY 225-4361 225-6001 Zoe Lofgren - CA 225-3072 225-3336 Sheila Lee - TX 225-3816 225-3317 ********************************************************************* * PBS-L is IFCSS's news distribution list for individuals. 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