- Intense Pressure to Grant Amnesty to
All Illegal Aliens in the United States -

Key Members of Congress, the Bush Administration, and the AFL-CIO are increasing the pressure to pass a Massive Illegal Alien Amnesty this month!

An amnesty would mean giving permanent residence status to not just a few hundred thousand, not just a few million, but up to 13 million illegal aliens, according to new estimates. This number amounts to one-third of the U.S.A.’s population growth for all of the 1990s. U.S. population already will soar to 500 million by 2050 or sooner, IF current trends of fertility and immigration continue.

A long-time supporter of blanket amnesties, Rep. Gutierrez (D-IL) introduced H.R. 500, which would grant permanent residence status to all illegal aliens in the U.S. The only ostensible qualification – that anyone who arrived in the U.S. by February 6, 2001, would be allowed to apply for legal residency after five years – is really not meaningful. Those amnestied and, potentially, many of their relatives would eventually become legal residents.

Rep. Gutierrez Bill would legalize up to 13 million Illegal Aliens

A long-time supporter of blanket amnesties, Rep. Gutierrez (D-IL) introduced H.R. 500, which would grant permanent residence status to all illegal aliens in the U.S. The only ostensible qualification – that anyone who arrived in the U.S. by February 6, 2001, would be allowed to apply for legal residency after five years – is really not meaningful. Those amnestied and, potentially, many of their relatives would eventually become legal residents.

AFL-CIO Abandons American Workers

In a self-serving attempt to increase membership and total union dues, the AFL-CIO’s leaders have called for a sweeping amnesty of all illegal aliens in the U.S. The group has ignored desperate pleas that their misguided position would displace low-income workers and further depress wages. Just consider the following:

Unemployment is at its highest level (4.5 percent) since October 1998, and is expected to rise to 5.3 percent in the first quarter of next year.

From 1973 to 1998, the wages of production and nonsupervisory jobs (80 percent of the workforce), actually declined by 6 percent, from $13.61 to $12.77 an hour, representing a much greater decrease in purchasing power for our struggling middle class and working poor.

Amnesty Could Increase Public Health Risk

Since illegal aliens are less likely to have gone through normal health screenings (legal immigrants are screened at consulates), an amnesty could legalize a number of persons who are at high risk for infectious diseases such as tuberculosis. The Center for Disease Control reported as recently as December 2000, that "the number of TB cases among the foreign-born is five times higher than it is among the native-born Americans." TB is just one of several infectious diseases that pose a great health risk, having been all but eradicated in the United States before being reintroduced through immigration from countries where TB is prevalent.

Bush Action would Reward Hundreds of Thousands of Illegal Aliens

President Bush recently urged lawmakers to extend section 245i, a "legal loophole" that allows illegal aliens to stay in the United States, if they are sponsored by a close relative or a current employer, while they apply for legal residence. In his early May letter to Congressional leaders, Bush stated that this issue "should be addressed to ensure a more orderly, legal, and humane migration flow between our countries.." and "..encourages family reunification." What about the negative effect on American families? An amnesty would reward lawbreakers, depress wages of American workers, and hurt American families by increasing the tax burden to pay for social services for illegal immigrants and their descendants.

Hidden Amnesty Threat

There is a threat that Bush’s Mexico working group (with Attorney General Ashcroft and Secretary of State Powell), currently engaged in negotiations with Mexico, could de facto legitimize an amnesty. The impending Guestworker Bill increasingly appears to be the likely vehicle to which a Massive Amnesty could get attached. It appears Special Interests are wielding their Big Money influence to pass an amnesty for their own profit.

This Amnesty Threat Can and Must be Stopped
by Massive Grassroots Action

All who understand the damaging effects of mass immigration-generated population growth (How many more blackouts can Californians tolerate?) understand the negative effects of an amnesty of up to 13 million illegal aliens. Contact your Members of Congress with the simple, forceful, and effective message – We Need an Immigration Moratorium, NOT an Amnesty. Critically important is that BALANCE have more voices, more people calling, faxing, and emailing their legislators NOW! (See #3 below)

WE NEED YOU TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION:

1) CONTACT YOUR LEGISLATORS AND THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION! The threat of an amnesty is so serious and imminent that your Members of Congress must hear your voice today in support of an immigration moratorium, and in opposition to any amnesty. A majority of Americans want immigration reduced.

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2) BALANCE NEEDS YOUR IMMEDIATE DONATION! We’ve stepped up our efforts, but we need to do more. Your special donation to fight massive amnesties is essential if we are to combat the well-funded pro-mass immigration opposition.

3) MULTIPLY OUR CLOUT BY GIVING GIFT BALANCE MEMBERSHIPS NOW! Critically Important - Your donation of gift memberships will multiply our voices and our clout. This will create the massive grassroots action we need to push for a moratorium, circumventing the special interests, and defeat any amnesty proposals.