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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Caroline Murray <a
href="mailto:caroline@a-dp.org">caroline@a-dp.org</a> <br>
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<p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Urgent
Action Needed:<br>
</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>The
House Appropriations Committee included an anti-immigrant amendment to the
Stimulus Bill that will require any entity that receives money from the
stimulus package to use the flawed E-Verify system, putting all workers at risk
of losing their job over a flawed database.<br>
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</span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#FD0000'>Congressman Olver who sits on the Appropriation Committee needs
to hear from us TODAY to stop E-Verify</span></b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#FD0000'>.</span><span
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</span><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Background:<br>
</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The
House Appropriations Committee made a serious mistake when it approved an
amendment to the stimulus bill (the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of
2009) that would require all businesses and other public or private
"entities" that contract to receive money from the stimulus package
to use the flawed federal Basic Pilot/E-Verify program. This will not
only delay use of stimulus funds, but will hurt millions of workers. It
should be stripped from the bill.<br>
The amendment represents a massive expansion of the E-Verify program. As
has been well documented, the E-Verify program is deeply flawed, inaccurate,
and subject to substantial employer abuse. Bottom line - it is not ready
for a massive expansion and definitely not in times of economic crisis. <br>
<b>The E-Verify provision in the stimulus will:<br>
</b>• Harm workers who are either falsely denied work
or are targeted by employers abusing the E-verify program;<br>
• Create substantial new burdens for businesses,
especially small businesses, at precisely the wrong time;<br>
• Send the wrong signal to new voters that the Congress
prefers to play politics by enacting symbolic and ineffective immigration
"enforcement" measures over serious and effective economic stimulus
or serious immigration reform.<br>
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</span><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Action
Needed:<br>
</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Please
immediately contact Congressman Olver who sit on the House Appropriations
Committee and tell him: <br>
You are disappointed that the E-Verify Requirement was included in the Stimulus
Package (the American Recovery and Investment Act of 2009) and it should be <b>stripped
from the bill.<br>
</b><br>
<b>Call the congressional switch board in DC toll-free and ask for Congressman
Olver’s office:</b> <br>
<br>
1-800-828-0498 or (202) 225-5335<br>
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</span><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Sample
Message:<br>
</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>“Thank
you for your work on the Economic Stimulus package. However, I am concerned
that E-Verify system has been included and ask that Congressman Olver take
leadership in stripping this provision from the bill. The E-Verify and
Social Security database are flawed and this will put all workers at risk,
whether they are Immigrant or American born. Including E-Verify will undercut
the purpose of the bill. Now is not the time to expand E-Verify when we so
desperately need to put people to work. It will be counterproductive for
business, workers, and the economy. <br>
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<span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><br>
<b>Email the ADP and report your call. Let’s work together to
create an economy that works for everyone.<br>
<br>
</b>-- <br>
Caroline Murray, Director<br>
Alliance to Develop Power (formerly the Anti-Displacement Project)<br>
ADP Worker Center / Casa Obrera<br>
130 Union Street<br>
Springfield, MA 01105<br>
(413) 739-7233 phone<br>
(413) 746-3012 fax<br>
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