In a message dated 2/29/08 1:15:26 A.M. Central Standard Time, News@JobDestruction.info writes:

<<<<< JOB DESTRUCTION NEWSLETTER No. 1826 -- 2/28/2008 >>>>>

Roy Beck from NumbersUSA warns that a bad situation brewing in Washington
DC. A backroom deal on amnesty and guest worker visas is being negotiated.

Very few details are available at this time. While the Washington Times
article doesn't mention H-1B specifically, it definitely backs up Beck's
claim that a major deal on immigration is being negotiated. It's called the
"Baca Amendment" to the SAVE ACT. Unfortunately I don't have any details of
what is in the Baca Amendment but it appears that Rep. Pelosi is insisting
that it must contain a huge increase in H-1B and H-2B visas as well as some
kind of F-4 like what was in the SKIL bill.

I just heard that Pelosi was on the Charlie Rose show talking about the
deal. You might be able to catch a repeat and sometimes he archives
segments. Go here for more info:

http://www.charlierose.com/schedule/

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http://www.numbersusa.com/index

Speaker Pelosi Determined to Give Millions of U.S. Jobs to Foreign Workers?
Wednesday, Feb. 26 -- "Incredible as it may seem amidst talk of recessions,
job cuts and stagnant wages, NumbersUSA's Capitol Hill Team finds reports
and signs everywhere that House Speaker Pelosi is negotiating to give
millions of U.S. jobs to foreign workers," NumbersUSA President Roy Beck
said today.

The Democratic Pelosi's backroom deals appear to be motivated by fear that
a group of freshmen Democrats may get most Republicans to help them force a
vote on the enforcement-only SAVE Act (Secure America with Verification
Enforcement). That bill -- with 147 bi-partisan signers in the House and
Senate -- primarily would drive millions of illegal aliens out of their
jobs. But Pelosi is trying to ensure that if the bill comes to a vote it
will include huge increases in H-2B and H-1B visas for foreign workers of
all kinds, and that it will include millions of legal work permits for all
the illegal aliens currently holding a job.

"I want every American to be aware of Speaker Pelosi's callous attitude
toward the 23 million, less-educated working-age Americans who do not
currently have a job," Beck said. "This group of Americans without any
college education and without a job increased by 2 million between 2000 and
2005 at the same time Congress was importing 1.5 million foreign workers of
the same education level, according to research by the Center for
Immigration Studies.

"Nobody in Congress has a worse grade (F-minus) than Nancy Pelosi when it
comes to protecting American jobs, American wages and American working
conditions from the downward pressures of massive immigration. As the head
Democrat, she stands in stark contrast to most of the newly elected
Democrats who are pledged to protecting American workers and fighting
illegal immigration. Unfortunately, Pelosi, the most radical Member of
Congress on the immigration issue, is using her power as Speaker of the
House to try to wreak even more damage on the most vulnerable of American
workers and legal immigrant workers in this country. I urge all concerned
Americans to contact their Members of Congress and express opposition to
Rep. Pelosi's outrageous push for more foreign work visas."

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http://news.ncmonline.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=b4be803ab05009
06a13e1566f4dbb82f

Breaking News: Five-Year Visa for Undocumented Proposed

News broke last week in the Congressional Quarterly that House Democrats
and Hispanic Caucus Members are working on several different pieces of
legislation, including one which provides five-year visas for undocumented
workers who pay fines and pass criminal background checks. Democrats say
drafts of different legislation have been written and are being vetted
behind the scenes. It has been reported that Rep. Joe Baca, chairman of the
Congressional Hispanic Caucus, has seen a draft of the bill and has
discussed it in high-level meetings that included Speaker Nancy Pelosi
(D-Calif.), Democratic Caucus Chairman Rahm Emanuel (Ill.) and Rep. Zoe
Lofgren (D-Calif.), who chairs the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration,
Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security and International Law.

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http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/immigration/e
ntries/2008/02/11/paper_scaleddown_immigration_p.html

Paper: scaled-down immigration plan in the works
By Eunice Moscoso | Monday, February 11, 2008, 02:19 PM

House Democrats are crafting a "scaled-down" immigration reform measure
despite the political minefields that surround the issue, the Roll Call
newspaper reported Monday.

It says that Hispanic members -- including Rep. Joe Baca -- are seeking
five-year visas for illegal immigrants who pay fines and pass criminal
background checks. Baca, a California Democrat chairs the Congressional
Hispanic Caucus.

Baca said the prospects for a compromise package were discussed in
high-level meetings that included Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Caucus
Chairman Rahm Emanuel, and Rep. Zoe Lofgren, who chairs a key immigration
subcommittee, Roll Call said.

The paper added: "It’s unclear if the behind-the-scenes discussions will
actually result in a bill coming to the floor, but Democrats say drafts of
legislation already have been written and are being vetted behind the
scenes."

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http://washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080225/EDITORIAL/1
1760649/1001

Article published Feb 25, 2008
EDITORIAL: Pelosi's amnesty scheme

February 25, 2008

THE WASHINGTON TIMES EDITORIAL - For months, leading Democrats like House
Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chief
Rahm Emanuel have tried to talk tough on illegal immigration. Mr. Emanuel
told The Washington Post last year that immigration is "the third rail of
American politics," adding that "anyone who doesn't realize that isn't with
the American people," earning himself angry denunciations from the far-left
fringe. Last month, Mrs. Pelosi joined House Minority Leader John Boehner
in announcing that the House-passed economic stimulus bill would "not allow
any taxpayer funds to be distributed to illegals." The Democratic
leadership's efforts to sound tough on illegal immigration have created
serious friction with some members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus,
which believes the Democratic leadership is too timid about pushing for
amnesty legislation.

If senior Democrats were really serious about a get-tough approach toward
illegal immigration, we would be urging the Republican minority to reach
across the aisle and work with the Democratic leadership to come up with a
genuine bipartisan solution. But unfortunately, the Democrats are putting
together an elaborate con job: using tough-sounding rhetoric while working
behind the scenes with open-borders advocates in the business community to
win support from from firms that have become very dependent on cheap
foreign labor. The goal of these Democrats -- and possibly the U.S. Chamber
of Commerce as well -- is to defeat a bipartisan bill that takes a
no-amnesty, enforcement-oriented approach to illegal immigration.
Specifically, they are very worried about the fact that a growing number of
moderate and conservative Republicans and Democrats (and even a few
liberals) are cosponsoring the Secure America through Verification and
Enforcement (SAVE) Act, H.R. 4088, introduced by Rep. Heath Shuler, North
Carolina Democrat.

The SAVE Act is an omnibus bill that would strengthen border security and
require that employers verify that their workers are legally present in the
United States. Forty-seven Democrats and 89 Republicans are cosponsoring
the Shuler bill, which is currently bottled up in the House Judiciary
Committee, where liberals like Rep. Zoe Lofgren, California Democrat and
chairwoman of the Immigration Subcommittee, will work to ensure that it
stays there. Cosponsors range from conservative Republicans like Rep. Tom
Tancredo (Colorado); Rep. Brian Bilbray (California), chairman of the
Immigration Reform Caucus; and Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (California) to
moderate and liberal Democrats like Rep. Mark Udall of Colorado, Reps.
Sanford Bishop of Georgia and Artur Davis of Alabama (both members of the
Congressional Black Caucus); and Rep. Ciro Rodriguez of Texas, a member of
the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.

Right now, Republican supporters of H.R. 4088 are circulating a discharge
petition in an effort to bring the bill to the House floor for a vote. They
need 218 members' signatures, meaning that at least 20 Democrats would have
to take the supreme act of rebellion: directly defying Mrs. Pelosi,
Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and the rest of the party leadership to bring
to a vote legislation that the leadership wants no part of. Senior
Democrats, worried that they may not be able to keep the bill tied up in
committee, have come up with a Plan B -- muddling the issue by attaching a
killer amendment to the Shuler bill, which would come in the form of an
amendment proposed by Rep. Joe Baca, California Democrat and chairman of
the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.

The Baca Amendment would give illegal aliens who pass a background check a
"five-year temporary worker permit" that expires on Dec. 31, 2012. It would
also provide employers who hired illegal aliens "safe harbor" (apparently
some measure of immunity from prosecution) for past hiring of illegal
aliens. If Mr. Shuler gets enough signatures to force his bill to the floor
to be debated, Democrats hope to neuter it by attaching the Baca Amendment.
If Mr. Baca's proposal were to become law, open-borders advocates could
come back later and pass legislation putting these illegals on a path to
citizenship. While not endorsing the Baca Amendment, a senior official with
the U.S. Chamber of Commerce told Congressional Quarterly that he believed
there was "some kind of deal in the works."

Fortunately, not everyone in the business community is pushing for amnesty.
The National Federation of Independent Business, a leading group
representing small businesses, has endorsed Mr. Shuler's bill as drafted.
"I can't believe the leadership would be able to get any benefit from
that," Mr. Bilbray says of Mrs. Pelosi's efforts to derail the SAVE Act
with amnesty legislation. "What happened last summer," with the defeat of
the Senate amnesty bill, "should be a warning," he told The Washington
Times.

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