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I said it before and will say again there won't be a solution for everybody but we can make it happen if we know our value.
we immigrants need to come up together just for 1 week only. all over the country need to strike for just 1 week and demand for solution within days otherwise strike will extend to until they provide us permanent solution. this all can happen only if we immigrants from all over force our communities to use media and setup strike date as soon as possible.
theres power in numbers and trust me big states runs on immigrants. without big states small states will go nuts.
I know many of you here think this is crazy but honesty this is the only solution otherwise its waste of time. im trying in my community and I will suggest those who have better social media accounts to start this compaign as soon as possible. we need to win our war by our self. together we can do it.

otherwise im hoping they will at least pass dream act.

all just think about it and instead criticism on each other its time to wake up our communities and utilize social media and setup a strike call as soon as possible.

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Originally Posted by Outsider626 (Post 761292)

So really they can't pick up a phone and call?

When you work for gov, it’s good to have a record of EVERYTHING.

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Originally Posted by Outsider626 (Post 761292)

So really they can't pick up a phone and call?

As an auditor, I understand the need to document everything! I actually summarize my phone call with clients and internal team for CYA (Cover your a$$)

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What do they want in return? They are not doing this because they are sweet, kind, and compassionate people.

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So they are only looking at the current population of daca, 900,000 people. Cornyn already has a immigration bill out ( asylum reform) so he will try to marry that.

Immigration reform needs to start somewhere but I am not sure this is an honest attempt.

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write it and pass it before UWD hears about it

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Originally Posted by hDreamer1988 (Post 761315)

Nothing wrong with asylum reform. Many abuse it. Immigration as a whole needs a reform. You gotta start somewhere. Asylum reform, H1 reform, DACA, border security and e-verify would pass rather easily

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Originally Posted by justjohnjustice1988 (Post 761300)

Remember amendments can be considered and change any piece of legislation, from committee all the way to the House and/or Senate floor.

The problem with immigration is that everybody wants to add their two cents and at the end any bipartisan coalitions wanting to pass anything end up unraveling because of poison amendments.

Congress is too busy on infrastructure right now. Once that is taken care of, immigration shall be next.

Or not. It's Congress after all

I think this is right. It'd be infrastructure then immigration. The issue is now a bit more urgent due to the labor shortage in the US. One way to prevent the bloating of an immigration bill is to pass it along side infrastructure. After all, you need people to build that infrastructure and with such a tight labor market, immigration will have an impact.

If immigration dies it'll be how it died last time. The deal was 20 billion for boarder security for up to 2 million DACA. Then people kept adding stuff to it until it died.

It's also possible that one or both parties "discuss" immigration and all they do is discuss to run out the clock until the next election to use it as an election issue.

From now until November is the best time for something to pass as law. After that, it'll get a lot more partisan.

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100% agree, not because it may help get a deal on daca but these are things that have been exploited for a while now.

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Originally Posted by Red neck (Post 761290)

Dear Chair Durbin:
We are writing to ask that you schedule an Executive Business Meeting of the Senate Judiciary
Committee to consider legislation to offer permanent legal status to only currently enrolled and
active participants in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
The Judiciary Committee recently held a hearing to discuss the American Dream and Promise
Act of 2021, which would provide a pathway to citizenship for an estimated 4.4 million illegal
immigrants. As you knew when scheduling the hearing, there is no clear and politically viable
path forward for such legislation in Congress. However, given the DACA program's shaky legal
foundations, the most urgent need is to advance a solution for our currently enrolled DACA
recipients.
At the hearing your witness, Dr. Manuel Bernal Mejia, indicated that he would support a bill that
provides permanent legal status only to active DACA recipients. He stated, "Personally, I would
support such legislation if it meant a permanent solution for me and all the other DACA
recipients currently, because it's been many years and, frankly, we're all tired of waiting and
having our life up in the air. I think we're ready for a permanent solution."
Dr. Mejia is right: we need to act now to provide permanent protection to DACA recipients. The
question ofwhether to permanently enjoin the DACA program is currently pending before the
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, and Judge Andrew Hanen could be
expected to rule at any time. In 2018, Judge Hanen found that DACA likely violates the
substantive provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, in part because it "would grant
lawful presence and work authorization to a million people or more for whom Congress has
made no provision and has refused to make such a provision time and time again." Texas v.
United States, 328 F. Supp. 3d 662, 723 (S.D. Tex. 2018).
We agree that the DACA program contravenes the Immigration and Nationality Act and believe
it was likely unconstitutional when issued by President Obama. Even so, we are concerned that
people like Dr. Mejia-who rely on the program and came out of the shadows to participate in
our economy-will lose their employment authorization when the program is ultimately struck
down. The decision whether to extend permanent legal status to DACA recipients properly falls
within the Article I prerogatives of Congress.
Therefore, we ask that you schedule a markup of a bill that only addresses the population with
the most urgent need: active DACA recipients. In addition, Senators should be free to offer
reasonable amendments to this bill through an open amendment process, and receive an up-or-

Did not copy second page. Here is the link

https://www.cornyn.senate.gov/sites/...0re%20DACA.pdf

Hell, no.
Essential workers bill which includes the above or bust. Sorry, not sorry, we are still in a pandemic and we have millions of us risking health and life in health care, agriculture, retail, education, etc who don't have DACA. In fact, the majority of these are not Daca-eligible, so they are just trying to grant security to as few as possible.

"Therefore, we ask that you schedule a markup of a bill that only addresses the population with the most urgent need: active DACA recipients." The most urgently in need are all of the groups mentioned above keeping public health and the economy running. Time to contact Rep. Jayapal and Sens. Murray and Cantwell: No bill without an essential workers' bill.

P. S. A lof of undocumented in these groups are also child care and elderly home care workers.