The way to help Barry Welsh (D,IN) is to attack Mike Pence (R,IN).
Pence co-sponsored the House Skil Bill HR 5744, along with John Shadegg (R,AZ). Pence is one of the Most Wanted. His career voting on immigration looks good, but when it counts, he stabs us in the ass (stealth legislator).
The gloves are off.
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Rep. Mike Pence
(R-Indiana: District 6)
Connersville, Muncie
Served in House: 2001-
Reduce Unnecessary Visas FOREIGN WORKERS Grade F-
Cosponsoring bill to increase high-tech foreign-worker importation in 2006
Rep. Pence is a cosponsor of H.R. 5744, the Securing Knowledge, Innovation, and Leadership Act of 2006 (SKIL Act). The SKIL Act would increase the annual H-1B cap from 65,000 to 115,000 in the first fiscal year beginning after the date of the enactment and then increase the cap by 20 percent in any fiscal year following a year in which employers used all available visas. As well, H.R. 5744 exempts from the annual cap on H-1B visas aliens: who work at a nonprofit organization; who hold a graduate degree from an institution of higher education in a foreign country (up to 20,000 exempted per year); who have earned an advanced degree from a U.S. institution of higher education; or who have been awarded medical specialty certification based on post-doctoral training and experience in the United States. The SKIL Act also increases the annual worldwide level of employment-based (EB) immigrants by 150,000 and exempts the spouses and minor children of EB immigrants, along with certain other aliens, from that cap. The SKIL Act facilitates a path to permanent residency and employment for L-1 visa holders by requiring DHS to extend the authorized stay of an L-1 nonimmigrant who has an application for LPR status pending. The SKIL Act also expands eligibility for F student visas to include any student qualified to pursue a full course of study in mathematics, engineering, technology, or the sciences leading to a bachelor’s or graduate degree. The result of the SKIL Act would be to further depress the wages of Americans working in high-tech and scientific fields and to cause additional job displacement for those workers.
Voted against American workers by voting in favor of worker-importation program in 2003
Rep. Pence voted in favor of the Chile Free Trade Agreement, H.R. 2738. The trade agreement would permit an unlimited number of workers in Chile to enter the U.S. each year as "treaty traders or investors" who are coming to the U.S. to carry on trade between the U.S. and Chile or to "establish, develop, administer or provide advice or key technical services" to the operations of a business in which they have invested capital. Congress is prohibited from restricting the category with numerical limits, labor certification requirements or other protections for American workers. This category is in addition to the number of Chileans who are permitted to come to the U.S. each year under our normal immigration laws. Finally, the agreements also prohibit Congress from placing any numerical limits, labor certification requirements or other protections for American workers on the issuance of L-1 visas to nationals of Chile. L-1 visas are available to "intra-company transferees, " or aliens who have been employed abroad for at least one year in the three years preceding application by a business that has subsidiaries or affiliates in the United States. Such visas have been widely abused by businesses seeking to avoid the restrictions on H-1B visas. The Chile Free Trade Agreement passed the House by a vote of 270-156.
Voted against American workers by voting for worker-importation program in 2003
Rep. Pence voted for the Singapore Free Trade Agreement, H.R. 2739. The trade agreement would permit an unlimited number of Singaporeans to enter the U.S. each year as "treaty traders or investors" who are coming to the U.S. to carry on trade between the U.S. and Singapore or to "establish, develop, administer or provide advice or key technical services" to the operations of a business in which they have invested capital. Congress is prohibited from restricting the category with numerical limits, labor certification requirements or other protections for American workers. This category is in addition to the number of Singaporeans who are permitted to come to the U.S. each year under our normal immigration laws. Finally, the agreements also prohibit Congress from placing any numerical limits, labor certification requirements or other protections for American workers on the issuance of L-1 visas to nationals of Singapore. L-1 visas are available to "intra-company transferees, " or aliens who have been employed abroad for at least one year in the three years preceding application by a business that has subsidiaries or affiliates in the United States. Such visas have been widely abused by businesses seeking to avoid the restrictions on H-1B visas. The Singapore Free Trade Agreement passed the House by a vote of 272-155.
Voted on the floor of the House against amendment to require implementation of entry-exit system in 2005
Rep. Pence voted against the Sullivan Amendment to H.R. 4437, the Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005. The Sullivan Amendment requires full implementation of the automated entry-exit system that was instituted by Congress in 1996. As well, it requires the removal of unlawfully present aliens unless they fear persecution at home or are seeking asylum. It also reinforces the important role of state and local law enforcement in the fight against illegal immigration. The Sullivan Amendment failed by a vote of 163 to 251.
Voted against amendment to fund program to deny driver's licenses to illegal aliens in 2005
Rep. Pence voted against the Obey amendment ( H. Amdt. 144) to H.R. 2360, the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations bill. The Obey amendment provided $100 million to fund grants under the REAL ID Act to assist States in conforming with minimum drivers’ license standards. The Obey amendment passed by a vote of 226-198.
Voted in favor of a four-month extension of Section 245(i) in 2001
Rep. Pence voted on the floor of the House IN FAVOR OF a motion to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 1885, a four-month extension of Section 245(i), which is a de facto amnesty in that current federal policy did not deport illegal aliens once they applied for Section 245(i) and allowed them to remain in the U.S. for years until they were allowed to become official immigrants. The vote on the four-month extension represented a compromise of the White House push for a longer extension. Even though the four month extension was better than a year-long or permanent extension, it still would have resulted in at least 200,000 more people being added to the country through illegal immigration. Rep. Pence was part of a 336-43 majority voting in favor of the four-month extension of Section 245(i). It did not become law, though.