CORRECTION:

We may be having an event this THURSDAY, September 29th during the day 11:30am -1:00pm in the Charlotte area.   This is short notice but I need to get a rough idea of attendance.   If you can attend please email reply or call me [ph number below].   More details to follow.   Thanks.

Regards,

Ron Woodard

Director

NC LISTEN

(919) 460-8156

www.nclisten.com

Concerned Citizens and Immigration Reformers,

We may be having an event next Tuesday, September 27th during the day [for about an hour] in the Charlotte area.   This is short notice but I need to get a rough idea of attendance.   If you can attend please reply or call me [ph number below].   More details to follow.   Thanks.

Regards,

Ron Woodard

Director

NC LISTEN

(919) 460-8156

www.nclisten.com

Concerned Citizens and Immigration Reformers,

H.R. 2164, a bill by Congressman Lamar Smith who has fought for immigration enforcement for years, would require all businesses nationwide to use E-Verify and it has some great enforcement features, HOWEVER there are two clauses that MUST be amended if we are to continue to support this legislation.

The bill will be considered by the U.S. House Judiciary Committee and we need to press them to adopt these two amendments to H.R. 2164, the Legal Workforce Act, authored by Congressman Smith.

We must contact all Republican Members of the House Judiciary Committee, (list below) and ask that they support these two amendments in committee that do the following to H.R. 2164:

1. Amend the preemption language so that the bill maintains the states’ authority to revoke business licenses as a penalty for both hiring illegal workers and not using E-Verify (Section 6). Otherwise, state laws upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court, like those Arizona, Alabama, North Carolina, etc. may be wiped off the books and Americans will be left to rely only on the federal government to enforce our immigration workplace laws. There is absolutely NO reason to prevent States from assisting the federal government with workplace enforcement.

2. Eliminate the paragraph of the so-called Good Faith Defense that actually makes it harder for prosecutors to successfully bring cases against employers who knowingly violate the law. (Section 5)

The bill has good things in it already, but if we can get these two amendments, it would be a great bill. We would have mandatory E-Verify in all states, states with existing immigration laws could continue to enforce those laws, and businesses would be required to take steps to ensure their workers are legal or face prosecution.

We will need everyone working together to get these two amendments added. Please contact everyone you know and ask them to assist with making these calls.

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Chabot Steven R OH 202-225-2216
Chaffetz Jason R UT 202-225-7751
Coble Howard R NC 202-225-3065
Forbes James Randy R VA 202-225-6365
Franks Trent R AZ 202-225-4576
Gallegly* Elton R CA 202-225-5811
Gohmert Louie R TX 202-225-3035
Goodlatte Bob R VA 202-225-5431
Gowdy* Trey R SC 202-225-6030
Griffin Tim R AR 202-225-2506
Issa Darrell E. R CA 202-225-3906
Jordan James D. R OH 202-225-2676
King* Steven A. R IA 202-225-4426
Lungren* Daniel E. R CA 202-225-5716
Marino Thomas R PA 202-225-3731
Pence Mike R IN 202-225-3021
Poe Ted R TX 202-225-6565
Quayle Ben R AZ 202-225-3361
Ross* Dennis R FL 202-225-1252
Sensenbrenner F. James R WI 202-225-5101
Smith* Lamar S. R TX 202-225-4236

Regards,

Ron Woodard

Concerned Citizens and Immigration Reformers,

This is a bit late in mentioning, but Reedy Creek Diner at 5424 North NC Highway 150 in Lexington, NC 27295 came under some attacks earlier for their English only policy. They serve anyone and do their best to help, but do not wish to provide translation services or special waitresses for those who cannot speak English. The Latino community created a bit of a stir over this because of an English only sign in the restaurant’s window.

When I was visiting Italy and Spain a couple of years ago I did not expect any special treatment even though I do not speak Spanish or Italian. When I visited restaurants I was served and I was polite, and they assisted me as best they could and I appreciated their help. I did not complain about the menu not being in English, and I did not expect a translator to be present. As a side note I did study Latin for five semesters, but I arrived a little late in Europe for that to have any relevance.

I encourage all of you to visit this restaurant in Lexington when you are in the area. And to our associates in the Lexington area, I expect you are already supporting them per the previous media attention.

Thanks and send this email to your friends and associates.

Regards,

Ron Woodard

Concerned Citizens and Immigration Reformers,

Because of being preoccupied with legislation in the NC General Assembly, I am late in mentioning another recent success. But this success belongs to the blogger Randy’s Right. Chatham County has recently recalled their earlier proclamation of being a sanctuary city for illegal immigrants, and Randy was instrumental in getting this changed.

Randy worked in numerous ways to change the political direction of Chatham and his efforts helped bring real change in the last election and as a result, a revisiting of the earlier policy. NC LISTEN was glad to have partnered with Randy in this effort, but he deserves full credit. So this is yet another example of how an individual can decide he is going to tackle a problem by getting involved and sticking with it until he gets results!

Congratulations Randy, job well done!

Regards,

Ron Woodard