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Tell New Congress and the New President to Suspend Giving Out Most New Foreign Work Visas

Updated: Wednesday, January 7, 2009, 8:50 PM

On Wednesday, January 7th, NumbersUSA mailed a letter to President-elect Barack Obama urging him to make Americans and already-resident legal immigrants his top priority. In the letter, we urged Obama to temporarily suspend the importation of most foreign workers, chain migration and the visa lottery. Also, we urged him to fully fund E-Verify and make it mandatory for all employers. If you haven't taken action to support American workers, now is the time! If you haven't done so already, please join more than 138,000 members and sign the petition to support American workers. Also, check your action buffet for faxes to send to your elected officials.

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E-Verify Hits 100,000 Users

Thursday, January 8, 2009, 6:05 PM

United States Citizen and Immigration Services announced on Wednesday that more than 100,000 employers have signed up to use E-Verify. The system is a free, internet-based application that allows employers to verify the eligibility of new employees.

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SC Businesses Satisfied with new E-Verify Requirement

Thursday, January 8, 2009, 8:36 AM

The South Carolina Illegal Immigration and Reform Act went into effect on January 1, and the state has provided training sessions to employers who will be impacted by the new laws. A new Associate Press report says that employers say the new mandates will be painless.

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Reid Signals Intention to Push INCREASE in Foreign Workers

Temporary Protected Status Renewals Decline with Declining Economy

California Supreme Court Take on Law Allowing In-State Tuition to Illegal Aliens

RI Judge Dismisses ACLU Lawsuit Defending Illegal Aliens

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524,000 More Americans Lose Jobs in DEC ...... Amnesty Leaders Blast NumbersUSA For Urging Fewer Foreign Workers

By Roy Beck

Friday, January 9, 2009, 11:09 AM

America's service industry lost another 273,000 jobs in December, but a major union leader in the industry renewed his call for permanently tying up 7 million jobs (largely service jobs) with the illegal aliens who now hold them. At the same time, other national amnesty leaders yesterday accused NumbersUSA of ugly, divisive politics for our call to suspend most foreign-labor importation while 10 million unemployed Americans look for jobs.

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