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Concerned Citizens and Immigration Reformers,

H.36 just passed the Government Committee of the NC House. The vote tally — in general the Republican members of the committee voted in favor and the Democrats voted against it. I spoke in favor of H.36 at the hearing. H.36 would require all businesses bidding on or winning state or local government contracts to use the E-Verify System to make sure new hires are legal residents. After all, why should businesses who take taxpayer money then go out and hire illegal immigrants? H.36 will have to pass one more commitee and then be voted upon by the legislature at large, but this is a big step forward for us. This would be our second bill to move forward and there are more to come.

Special thanks go to Rep George Cleveland, Rep Dale Folwell, and Rep Harry Warren. After legislation moves forward, we will be publishing a list of who voted for and against this legislation, and especially who sponsored and cosponsored legislation so the public knows what their members of the NC General Assembly are actually doing.

Shortly after I spoke, Marcus Brandon [Democat NC House member from Guilford County] stated that I should not have used the term “illegal immigrant” because it was disrespectful. He said I should have used the term “undocumented”. Well there are no undocumented illegal immigrants in North Carolina. The illegals have more documents than Rep Brandon……multiple Social Security cards and in some cases multiple Matricula Consular cards, etc. By the way, Rep Brandon, is it respectful or disrespectful for someone to illegally cross our U.S. border, commit identity theft for an ID, take a job belonging to a citizen, and take government benefits that should be for our legitimate needy citizens?

Checkout this link to the video of the hearings. David D of NC Renegade recorded the video for us:

NC LISTEN has been working hard behind the scenes at the NC General Assembly to encourage state immigration enforcement legislation. Remember what has been said before —- illegal immigration is costing our State budget over $1.2 billion net EACH year. Illegal immigrants are taking over 230,000 non-agricultural jobs which belong to North Carolinians, especially jobs belonging to low-skilled citizens.

Please be on the lookout especially in the short term for our emails (sign up in the sidebar), as we may very well need your assistance to call, email, or visit members of the NC Legislature. When we ask for your help, we will need it on a moments notice. I know I can count of your support.

Regards,

Ron Woodard

Concerned Citizens and Immigration Reformers,

NC LISTEN has been working hard behind the scenes at the NC General Assembly to encourage state immigration enforcement legislation. Of course the state budget has been front and center for some time at the State Legislature, but we have immigration enforcement bills coming up for a vote in committee. More to follow on that, and we will let you know if we need your phone calls or more help. I have sent few emails during this time, but don’t confuse that with a lack of action and effort on our part. Remember what has been said before and it’s true —- illegal immigration is costing our State budget over $1.2 billion net each year. Illegal immigrants are taking over 230,000 non-agricultural jobs which belong to North Carolinians, especially jobs belonging to low-skilled citizens.

At the federal level, NC LISTEN organized and led a group of our associates to Washington, DC to meet with the Congressional delegation from North Carolina, to include our two US Senators. Our meetings were productive, but with President Obama and the U.S. Senate in control by the Democrats, I doubt any enforcement efforts wil take place. Republicans leaders in the U.S. House could be taking more of a leadership position anyway, but they are not. On the US House side concerning members of Congress from NC, we have support from all of the Republicans along with U.S. House members Shuler, McIntrye and Kissell. US Senator Burr generally supports our efforts. US Senator Hagan does get credit for voting against the Dream Act, but in general does not support our enforcement agenda.

So getting back to the matter at hand, there is a lot of work yet to do at the State Legislature in North Carolina. As many of you know, I do not send emails just to be sending emails, and often when there is activity you will get quite a few in a short period of time. But this is how things work. Please be on the lookout especially in the short term for our emails, as we may very well need your assistance to call, email, or visit members of the NC Legislature. Things are heating up. When we ask for your help, we will need it on a moments notice. I know I can count of your support.

Regards,

Ron Woodard

Concerned Citizens and Immigration Reformers,

NC Senate bill 205 “No benefits for Illegal Aliens” would deny government benefits to illegal immigrants. Who wants to see their hard earned dollars going to provide Government services and benefits to illegal immigrants?

****TAKE ACTION with this simple message for now ********* CALL OR EMAIL N.C. Senate Leader Phil Berger —- tell him to move NC Senate bill 205 out of the Rules Committee and move the bill forward. Our State has a major debt crisis, so our tax dollars do not need to be spent on non-emergency government benefits and services for illegal immigrants.

NC Senate Leader Phil Berger’s office phone number is 919-733-5708. His email isPhil.Berger@ncleg.net

TAKE ACTION TODAY! THIS IS IMPORTANT. WE NEED A LOT OF CALLS AND EMAILS.

Please share this information with your friends and family also.

Thanks,
Ron Woodard
Director
NC LISTEN
(919) 460-8156

Concerned Citizens and Immigration Reformers,

The full NC House voted today on House Bill 33 to deny the use of the Mexican Matricula Consular card as an official ID card in North Carolina. IT PASSED. Wonderful. Now it goes to the NC Senate.

The reality is that without a Republican majority, it would not have passed. The bills we pressed for in the past eight years were rarely allowed to be voted upon in committee when the Democrats were in charge. I am not trying to make a partisan comment, it’s just simply a fact. Now of course, time will tell if the Republican majority actually moves this bill to final passage, among other legislation we are pressing to move forward. I will keep you informed so you will know what our NC General Assembly is doing.

MORE LEGISLATION IS ON THE WAY. I will need your help as we move forward in this process. More to follow.

Regards,

Ron Woodard

GREAT NEWS!!

With the U.S. Senate vote Saturday, the bad Dream Act Amnesty has been defeated. Sen Harry Reid could possibly attempt some other sleazy or slimy tricks before the lame duck session of Congress ends, but I don’t think it would get traction. Our opponents fell five votes short.

This is a big deal as it stopped a major amnesty and gives unemployed citizens some level of hope, since several million illegal immigrants won’t be granted the legal ability to get jobs.

Our work is not complete in any sense, but let’s take satisfaction in our Victory. And let’s remember to thank our two U.S. Senators from North Carolina, Sen Richard Burr and Sen Kay Hagan for voting against the Dream Act. More to follow on that.

And certainly a BIG thanks goes to those of you who worked to defeat the Dream Act. It was very close in the end, and the difference became the effort by Patriots who got involved and took action.

A special thanks goes to NumbersUSA and their staff. We at NC LISTEN focus on what we can do at the state level while also supporting the larger national immigration reform groups. I truly believe the Dream Act would have passed if not for the organizational work of the staff of NumbersUSA, who have personnel in Washington, DC to monitor and closely follow events and gave us the info and tools to help defeat the Dream Act along with other statewide immigration reform groups around the nation.

Again we have much more work to do, but for now, lets savor our Victory.