Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici has announced that she will soon hold a series of town hall meetings across Oregon’s First Congressional District.
A town hall meeting is an excellent opportunity to ask a specific question about illegal immigration and plans to fix the problem.
Here is the schedule of Rep. Bonamici’s Town Halls. If you have questions about them, call 503-326-2901, her Portland OR office number.
Some background on Rep. Bonamici’s record is included below the...
Lawmen statewide fear a proposal to cut more than two dozen Oregon State Police detectives from regional drug task forces will pull desperately needed resources from their razor-thin budgets.
The stated mission of the drug task forces is to "disrupt and dismantle drug trafficking organizations," but in small, rural areas, the detectives do much more.
State police detectives assigned to the regional teams have taken on roles on major crime teams, from the flashy casework on homicides to chasing fugitives -- and even the nitty-gritty writing of warrants.
The proposal,...
If a townhall meeting is being held near you, please attend and ask questions about immigration issues. His website announces: "Senator Merkley will update constituents on his work in Washington, DC and answer their questions and invite their suggestions about how to tackle the challenges facing Oregon and America." Below is the schedule of Senator Merkley’s Town Halls.
This at a time of unprecedented joblessness and economic hardship! Sen. Merkley is inviting suggestions, so please suggest to him that legal immigration levels should be coming down now, not going up. Ask Senator...
A townhall meeting is an excellent opportunity to ask your Senator a specific question about illegal immigration and his plan to fix the problem. Sadly, for Oregonians, Senator Ron Wyden ranks very low on the NumbersUSA grade scale, rating only a "D" on this issue.
Please, let OFIR know if you attend a townhall meeting and tell us what happens. It's time to get involved!
Polk County Town Hall Meeting
Date: Saturday, February 4, 2012
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Location: Civic Center
555 South Main St.
Independence
...Outlined below are the the highlights of HB 4052. Call your Legislator and politely ask that they support and pass this bill during the 2012 Oregon Legislature. It is unconscienable to think that American citizens and legal workers must compete with illegal aliens for tax funded jobs.
State Representative Kim Thatcher - House District 25
House Bill 4052 - Require E-Verify for State Agencies
2012 Oregon Legislative Session
Require all state agencies in Oregon to use the federal E-verify employment screening program...
Oregon's Senator Merkley will be holding Townhall meetings throughout Oregon. Please plan to attend one near you! Ask the Senator why he won't support Representative Lamar Smith's nationwide, mandatory E-Verify bill that would ensure any newly created jobs would go only to citizens or those authorized to work in the US. Do NOT let him get away with his standby answer that E-Verify has too many problems. It is over 99% accurate. It's free to businesses that sign up and it's easy to use. One can only speculate why any business would try to prevent a mandatory E-Verify bill from passing...
Five more Oregon counties have signed up for the federal E-Verify program just in the last quarter:
Lake, Clatsop, Coos, Crook and Yamhill have all signed up!
5 Oregon counties now pass all new hires through the FREE E-Verify ;employment verification program. Over 2,200 companies and government agencies in Oregon use E-Verify already. One of OFIR's goals is to have all counties signed up for the FREE program to ensure any newly created government jobs go only to US citizens and legal workers.
E-Verify is a voluntary, free, internet based application that...
In less than 2 weeks, ballots will be arriving in the mail for the Special Election for Representative, First Oregon Congressional District. This is a very important position as Congress is the branch of the Federal Government that makes immigration laws. The former Representative, David Wu, served for over 10 years almost always voting for benefits to illegal aliens and higher immigration levels. We need a Representative who understands the urgency of stopping illegal immigration and reducing the numbers legally admitted.
Following is a summary of available information on the...
As Oregon's US Senators visit small towns throughout the state please take time to attend a Townhall meeting. Oregon's Senators are out of touch with most Oregonians views regarding illegal immigration and the devastation to our budgets, schools, neighborhoods, hospitals, prisons and even our culture.
Ask questions if possible.
For example:
E-Verify is very accurate. Opponents have never produced a citizen or legal worker who actually lost job because of an error in E-Verify. Illegal aliens are holding thousands of jobs that citizens have a right to hold and...
Linn County does a background check on all job applicants through the Social Security Administration database, but has not used the Department of Homeland Security’s E-Verify database, according to county administrator Ralph Wyatt.
But Wyatt may soon have the county add E-Verify check to its hiring protocol.
Some confusion evolved this week after David Cross of Salem asked in a letter to the editor why E-Verify wasn’t being used.
Commissioner Will Tucker asked staff if all applications were checked to ensure job applicants are legal U.S. residents and he was told...
