Google search on QGA
FYI - QGA is already working with Latino groups (american for Border and Economic Security) on immigration reforms (see below).
Would this confuse the "illegal" with "legal" immigration?
Regards
GCStrat
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Americans for Border and Economic Security is a a coalition of business and Congressional leaders being organised by the PR & lobbying firm Quinn Gillespie & Associates.
"Republican lobbyists including Ed Gillespie, the party's former national chairman, and former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, are seeking to raise money for a public relations-campaign of as much as $3 million" to support President Bush's immigration plan Bllomberg reported in August 2005. [1] (
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000086&sid=aPRFG5iI3gmk&refer=latin_america)
The coalition will use "earned and paid media as well as grassroots communications" to emphasize the economic benefits of immigrant workers, reported PR Week. But "some of America's biggest companies" aren't supporting the campaign, because the details of Bush's plan are unknown. A Wal-Mart lobbyist said, "We are still uncertain what the policy is that the group will advocate for. Will it be only whatever the White House wants, or will it be independent policy goals formed by the members of the group?"
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Google search on QGA:
Quinn Gillespie & Associates (QGA) is a "bipartisan public affairs firm that provides strategic advice, public relations services, and government representation to corporations, trade associations and issue-based coalitions."[1] (
http://www.quinngillespie.com)
Table of contents [showhide]
1 History
1 Promoting Immigration Policy Changes
1.1 Personnel
1.2 Clients
1.3 Contact information
2 Other Related SourceWatch Resources
3 External links
[edit]History
Quinn Gillespie & Associates was founded in January 2000 by Republican strategist Ed Gillespie and Democratic communications consultant Jack Quinn.
"Though only three years old .., QGA has been ranked by both Influence and National Journal magazines as being among the top 10 most influential firms in Washington," the company website boasts. [2] (
http://www.quinngillespie.com)
[edit]Promoting Immigration Policy Changes
In August 2005 PR Week reported that QGA "is working with the White House on building a coalition among business leaders and lawmakers to advance an immigration reform package. The group, Americans for Border and Economic Security, is led by former US Reps. Cal Dooley (D-CA) and Dick Armey (R-TX) as well as Robert de Posada, president of The Latino Coalition." [3] (
http://www.prweek.com/news/news_worldwire.cfm?ID=240322&site=3&setcookie=1)
[edit]Personnel
Juan Carlos Iturregui
Manuel Ortiz
Jim Morrell
[edit]Clients
Quinn Gillespie & Associates partial client list as on their website in April 2004 was:
Americans for Border and Economic Security
Banco Popular de Puerto Rico
Caribbean Property Group, LLC
City of San Juan, Puerto Rico
Coca-Cola
College Loan Corporation
Conservation Trust of Puerto Rico
Daimler-Chrysler
Citigroup
Diageo plc
DirecTV Inc.
EADS North America
Entergy Corporation
FM Policy Focus
General Electric
Hewlett Packard Company
ICAP plc
Microsoft
Mid Atlantic Medical Services, Inc. (MAMSI)
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC
Sabre, Inc.
SBC Communications
Silverstein Properties
Sony Corporation of America
Travelocity.com
Tyson Foods
USEC Inc.
Verizon
Verizon Wireless
Zurich Financial Services Corporation
American Hospital Association
American Insurance Association
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
National Association of Realtors
British Columbia Lumber Trade Council
Forest County Potawatomi Community
International Dairy Foods Association
National Air Traffic Controllers Association
National Association of Realtors
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Coalition for AIDS Relief in Africa
Class Action Fairness Coalition
Partnership to Protect Consumer Credit
Stand Up for Steel Coalition [4] (
http://www.quinngillespie.com/about/clients.phtml)
[edit]Contact information
Quinn Gillespie & Associates LLC
1133 Connecticut Avenue N.W.
Fifth Floor
Washington, DC 20036
Phone 202.457.1110
Fax 202.457.1130
http://www.quinngillespie.com/
