P i n k • F e m i n i s t

March 29, 2006
Senate to take action on immigration

National Immigration Project Action Alert: Senate to Vote on
Immigration Bills

STATUS: The Senate Judiciary Committee, under Chairman Specter, has
pushed out an immigration bill. Senate Majority Leader Frist is set
to introduce his own bill. Now, both the Frist and the Committee bill
will go to the floor for consideration by the entire Senate. Please
urge your own senators to support the Committee bill as the starting
point for debate.

(1) CALL SENATE MEMBERS. We need to thank the committee members who
voted to include or eliminate key provisions (e.g. elimination of
Title VII, limited removal of retroactivity) two days ago and Chairman
Specter for pushing the Committee to complete a bill. Several members
of the Committee are getting blasted by restrictionists right now. We
need to show them how much we appreciate their courageous votes. So
even if you are NOT a constituent, please be sure to contact the
senators' offices highlighted in bold (Feinstein, DeWine, Graham,
Brownback, and Specter) and offer your thanks!

**Feinstein: 202-224-3841
**DeWine: 202-224-2315
**Graham: 202-224-5972
**Brownback: 202-224-6521
**Specter: 202-224-4254

(2) CALL KENNEDY. Please call his office and thank him for his
wonderful work on the Senate Judiciary Committee and his tireless
courage on behalf of immigrants. His Boston office number is
617-565-3170.