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Like a bad zombie movie, the immigration reform bill that was thought to have died a little more than a week ago is reappearing from the grave.  This even after we were able to hold the line and prevent passage of cloture that would have ended debate and led to passage in the Senate.  So we are back where we were a little over two weeks ago, asking you once again to weigh-in with your Senators to stop final passage of a comprehensive immigration reform package that, if approved, will have devastating consequences for the electrical industry and our union.

We still cannot overstate the seriousness of the situation.

As stated earlier, the IBEW has met with many U.S. Senators who are championing S. 1348 to advise them of our opposition to the creation of a new temporary worker program and have urged them to not forsake American workers by agreeing to this flawed legislation.  This provision will have dire consequences by opening the door for further exploitation of guest workers along with an accelerating erosion of the middle class.

We also shared with these senators our views on the need to secure our nation?s borders and implement a reliable employment verification system.  The actions taken this week to try and address the strong concerns are no more than cosmetic, designed in our view to provide cover for Senators to ignore the public interest and pass this bad legislation.

Please send a new message to your Senators right now on this very important issue.