S. 1932 Status

great !

Canadian_Dream

seems you have good knowledge, if you can amend Optimistic Guy's letter a little and post it here ....that be great.

I will wait for you and will CALL and leave voicemessages to the memebers.....
 
FYI, an update,

From C-Span, Sen. Mel Martinez, FL is talking about EB Immigration along with Senator Obama of IL in a press conference.

Both are pro-immigration and are discussing about comprehensive immigration reforms.

P.s: Sen Mel is an immigrant himself while Sen.Obama's dad was an immigrant.
 
Perfect and to the point letter.
But should we replace word "guest worker" with "temperory technology worker" ? as, guest worker immediately creates the image of an illegal undocumented worker because of its heavy use by media in that context...

thanks,

optimistguy said:
Friends,

Gives me memories of the night before Byrd Amendment voting. We can do it again with your support. We have another 12/14 hours to contact the members of the Senate conference committee. Everyone, please take this seriously and do your part.

Here is the letter I drafted. I am going to fax it to all the conf committe members first thing tomorrow. If isnamerica/any other site has e-fax setup for the conf committee members, please let everyone know.

Goodluck again. Lets do our part and leave the rest to God. Comon guy, one last push....



Respected Senator,

I am writing this to request your kind support for the employment based immigration relief provisions (Sections 8001 and 8002 of the Senate passed Version) in the Budget Reconciliation Bill (S.1932). These provisions are the only hope for thosands of legal immigrants who have been standing in line for immigration for several years already and yet find themselves nowhere near their American Dream.

We, the legal immigrant community in US, are so thankful to the honorable US Senate for recognizing the genuine need for relief for employment based immigration and passing the Section 8001 and 8002 with a landslide majority (86 vs 14) voting on the Byrd Amendment. Unfortunately, there are no similar relief provisions included in the house version of the bill and unless the Senate version of Sections 8001 and 8002 are adotped in the final bill, the legal immigrant community will be in dire-straights again.

These provisions in Sections 8001 and 8002 give relief only to the guest workers WHO ARE IN US LEGALLY AND ALREADY LABOR CERTIFIED FOR IMMIGRATION - that is they are doing only the jobs for which the employers cannot find American workers after advertising many times over in the media with competitive salary and benefits (thus certified by the labor department after close scrutiny). It is an undeniable fact that for the speciality IT jobs like information security, enterprise ERP implementation, large scale datawarehousing etc., IT companies are struggling to find qualified workers even with the guest worker program. Without immediate relief, many of these experienced professionals will be forced to leave the country and find opportunities elsewhere. At a time when many other countries are competing to challenge the IT supremacy of America, it will be a tremendous loss of momentum for the American IT industry, if we were to lose these most experienced and hardworking professionals.

I humbly request you to please support these immigration relief proposals in the budget reconciliation bill and use your good offices to persuade the House conference committee members to support the same. As an important member of the Senate budget reconciliation committe, we humbly request your voice and support for adoption of the Senate passed version of Sections 8001 and 8002 in the final budgetory reconciliation bill (S.1932). The immigrant communtiy in America will be ever greatful to you for your support.

Thanking you once again,


Yours sincerely,
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Conference Committee members contacts

Try your best for passage of the Bill S.1932 Section 8001 (Recapture Unused Visa Numbers) of the Senate version. The Conference Committee members contacts are below.

Phone Fax
Senator Richard C. Shelby (R- AL) 202-224-5744 202-224-3416
Senator Jeff Sessions (R- AL) 202-224-4124 202-224-3149
Senator Ted Stevens (R- AK) 202-224-3004 202-224-2354
Senator Wayne Allard (R- CO) 202-224-5941 202-224-6471
Senator Saxby Chambliss (R- GA) 202-224-3521 202-224-0103
Senator Charles E. Grassley (R- IA) 202-224-3744 202-224-6020
Senator Tom Harkin (D- IA) 202-224-3254 202-224-9369
Senator Mitch McConnell (R- KY) 202-224-2541 202-224-2499
Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D- MA) 202-224-4543 202-224-2417
Senator Max Baucus (D- MT) 202-224-2651 202-224-0515
Senator Judd Gregg (R- NH) 202-224-3324 202-224-4952
Senator Kent Conrad (D- ND) 202-224-2043 202-224-7776
Senator Arlen Specter (R- PA) 202-224-4254 12022281229
Senator Patty Murray (D- WA) 202-224-2621 202-224-0238
Senator Michael Enzi (R- WY) 202-224-3424 202-228-0359
Senator Pete V. Domenici (R- NM) 202-224-6621 202-228-0900
Senator Paul S. Sarbanes (D- MD) 202-224-4524 202-224-1651
Senator Daniel K. Inouye (D- HI) 202-224-3934 202-224-6747
Senator Patrick J. Leahy (D- VT) 202-224-4242 202-224-3479
Senator Jeff Bingaman (D- NM) 202-224-5521 202-224-2852
 
Please Avoid!!!!!!!!!!!!!

stucklabor said:
Pdakwala and I independently looked up individual phone numbers of the Senate Conf committee members and posted the lists. This list didn't magically appear.

Contribute by doing something concrete and look up the House Budget Committee and post the contact list here.
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stucklabor, please avoid posts like this. We are all trying for the same thing. I tried searching for the House Conference members and could not get a list, all I got was the Senate list. If anyone has that please share it, so that we can get in touch with the House members as well and not just the Senators..
 
i am calling now

I called my congressman (AR) in the morning left message with the desk and and also called tonight, suprisingly found some one who answered the phone and too notes and assured that will pass the message. I have also called senators in the list.
 
ISNAmerican.Org webfax link set up now

Dear friends,

ISNAmerica.Org has set up direct web fax to all "All Confirmed Conference Committee Members for S.1932 at the link below. This one click option will send a fax to all senate members that were listed in the previous page in this thread. Please fax ASAP now..

http://www.isnamerica.org/loginform.asp
 
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GCBy2010 said:
Dear friends,

ISNAmerica.Org has set up direct web fax to all "All Confirmed Conference Committee Members for S.1932 at the link below. This one click option will send a fax to all senate members that were listed in the previous page in this thread. Please fax ASAP now..

http://www.isnamerica.org/loginform.asp
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I have faxed myself along with my wife as well to All Confirmed Conference Committee Members for S.1932. Let's hope for the best. I will call their offices on tomorrow morning.
 
Senator Arlen Spector is THE MAN! And, defeating the Byrd Amendment was THE KEY!

drirshad said:
Try your best for passage of the Bill S.1932 Section 8001 (Recapture Unused Visa Numbers) of the Senate version. The Conference Committee members contacts are below.

Phone Fax
Senator Richard C. Shelby (R- AL) 202-224-5744 202-224-3416
Senator Jeff Sessions (R- AL) 202-224-4124 202-224-3149
Senator Ted Stevens (R- AK) 202-224-3004 202-224-2354
Senator Wayne Allard (R- CO) 202-224-5941 202-224-6471
Senator Saxby Chambliss (R- GA) 202-224-3521 202-224-0103
Senator Charles E. Grassley (R- IA) 202-224-3744 202-224-6020
Senator Tom Harkin (D- IA) 202-224-3254 202-224-9369
Senator Mitch McConnell (R- KY) 202-224-2541 202-224-2499
Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D- MA) 202-224-4543 202-224-2417
Senator Max Baucus (D- MT) 202-224-2651 202-224-0515
Senator Judd Gregg (R- NH) 202-224-3324 202-224-4952
Senator Kent Conrad (D- ND) 202-224-2043 202-224-7776
Senator Arlen Specter (R- PA) 202-224-4254 12022281229
Senator Patty Murray (D- WA) 202-224-2621 202-224-0238
Senator Michael Enzi (R- WY) 202-224-3424 202-228-0359
Senator Pete V. Domenici (R- NM) 202-224-6621 202-228-0900
Senator Paul S. Sarbanes (D- MD) 202-224-4524 202-224-1651
Senator Daniel K. Inouye (D- HI) 202-224-3934 202-224-6747
Senator Patrick J. Leahy (D- VT) 202-224-4242 202-224-3479
Senator Jeff Bingaman (D- NM) 202-224-5521 202-224-2852
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The Conference process may actually be broken into several small conferences. E.g. Judiciary Committee proposals will be discussed between counterparts. Senator Arlen Spector is THE MAN standing between the Senate proposals going down completely, or something getting salvaged. Senator Kyl told me at a public meeting last month that the Senate conferrees will stand strongly because Byrd's amendment (which were the House's proposals in toto )was roundly thrashed be the Senate! I have a feeling that we will get something from this Bill!!! More power to Senator Spector! Somebody ought to remind him that the hard core conservatives (Sensenbrenner et al) who run the Judiciary at the House were opposing him for the Senate Judiciary Chair - he has to stand upto them staunchly!
 
very good letter.
just suggestions regarding some minor modifications.
-please do not use the words guest worker as this could be confused by some senators and congressmen as guest worker program being advanced by Bush.
-probably need not mention Byrd amendment
-please do not mention the details of the labor cert prcess. just mention that these workers are highly qualified, (some hold advanced degrees from US institutions) and are performing work for which no qualified US workers exist at this time.
-I am not sure if we need to stress the $$ impact upfront rather than in the last passage. some congressmen would conclude that they will address this as one of many immigration bills pending before the congress and senate rather than tying it to a budget bill. why are we tying it to a budget bill is unclear from this letter. the urgency is unclear as well.
please do not take these comments negatively.
Canadian_Dream said:
Respected Senator,

I am writing this to request your kind support for the employment based immigration relief provisions (Sections 8001 and 8002 of the Senate passed Version) in the Budget Reconciliation Bill (S.1932). These provisions will fuel growth in American businesses in areas of Information Technology, Biotechnology and other high technology areas which are suffering from shortages of skilled professionals. The provisions will also provide needed health care workers relief to the understaffed hospitals.

We, the legal immigrant community in US, are so thankful to the honorable US Senate for recognizing the genuine need for relief for employment based immigration and passing the Section 8001 and 8002 with a landslide majority (86 vs 14) voting on the Byrd Amendment. Unfortunately, there are no similar relief provisions included in the house version of the bill and unless the Senate version of Sections 8001 and 8002 are adotped in the final bill, the legal immigrant community will be in dire-straights again.

These provisions in Sections 8001 and 8002 give relief only to the guest workers WHO ARE IN US LEGALLY AND ALREADY LABOR CERTIFIED FOR IMMIGRATION - that is they are doing only the jobs for which the employers cannot find American workers after advertising many times over in the media with competitive salary and benefits (thus certified by the labor department after close scrutiny).

It is an undeniable fact that for the specialty occupations like Information Technology, Biotechnology, Pharmacy etc. companies are struggling to find qualified workers even with the guest worker program. Without immediate relief, many of these experienced professionals will be forced to leave the country and find opportunities elsewhere. At a time when many other countries are competing to challenge the technological supremacy of America, loss of these talented professionals could have adverse affect on American leadership in innovations and entrepreneurship.

I humbly request you to please support these immigration relief proposals in the budget reconciliation bill and use your good offices to persuade the House conference committee members to support the same. As an important member of the Senate budget reconciliation committee, we humbly request your voice and support for adoption of the Senate passed version of Sections 8001 and 8002 in the final budget reconciliation bill (S.1932). These provisions will not only provide much needed relief to businesses facing labor shortages but also add valuable revenue to reduce the budget deficit. The business and immigrant community in America will be ever grateful to you for your support.

Thanking you once again,


Yours sincerely,
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Guys keep up the good work, everyone is doing a wonderful job. I will call all the senators on the conference committee and leave a message and will again call them tomorrow morning and atleast ask their secretaries to pass on the message.

Great going guys we rock. Few more days of hard work is worth than waiting for a couple of yrs for PD's to become current
 
Oh still claims that if this had been included in the instructions to conferees,it would be binding. However, some posts in this thread seem to suggest otherwise.
however, the urgency to pass this before this week is over means that the senate and congress may be working sat and sun on this one.
 
Will leaving voicemails alienate the secretaries??

Friends,

If we were all to leave voicemails, there will be a whole lot of them to check next morning and my feeling is that secretaries will get disgusted quickly.

They might quickly delete a lot of them.Not that I wanted to discourage this wonderful effort but I believe this is basic psychology.

What we need is in addition to phone calls tomorrow, folks walking into important senator/rep's offices and making sure that we are heard.
 
Sent about 15 faxes from ISNAmerica.org to confirmed committee members

Total about 15 faxes including friends..family (Georgia,NH,TX)
 
Oh my God! We have been sold by AILA!

GCBy2010 said:
Dear friends,

ISNAmerica.Org has set up direct web fax to all "All Confirmed Conference Committee Members for S.1932 at the link below. This one click option will send a fax to all senate members that were listed in the previous page in this thread. Please fax ASAP now..

http://www.isnamerica.org/loginform.asp
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Just read on Oh's website - 12/15/2005: Senate S. 1932 Immigration Packet Practically "Dead" ! If this is true, then everything is already dead, Spector notwithstanding and our faxes notwithstanding! AILA and all the greedy Immigration lawyers have let us down more than the hard core anti-immigration forces. They pulled away their sizable weight to other efforts, and left us in the lurch!
THE LESSON IS - NEVER EVER FORGET WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS! ULTIMATELY NOBODY WILL BE ABLE TO KEEP US FROM THE CITIZENSHIP, EVEN IF IT IS DELAYED! WE MUST KEEP MEMORIES OF THESE DARK DAYS, and hold them responsible - all the whole lot of those who caused this! These are the civic lessons from the oligarchy that pretends it is democracy! In this country, you can fool all of the people all of the time - because they want it this way!
There is practically no hope whatsover on S. 1932! And, other efforts will go down the drain similarly!
 
Sent Fax to KY

Sent Fax to AL, will try to phone the congressman tomorrow morning.
If we don't help ourselves, nobody is going to help us!!!
We paid tax and we need our voice heard!!!
Let's do it!!!
 
Ct

Sent FAX to all thee CT senetors and got a reply back from sen joe liberman thanking for the fax and his positive stance about H1 and GC issues.
Now lets see what actually happens to the bill.
 
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