September 12, 2018

Karen Handel on immigration and agriculture workers

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August 14, 2018

It’s not only yet another issues survey: Georgia Congresswoman Karen Handel’s official website – guess what is not mentioned on her “issues” page?

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It’s not only missing from yet another issues survey.

Re; Georgia Congresswoman Karen Handel’s official website – guess what is not mentioned on her “issues” page? (Neither is the Paul Ryan amnesty bill she voted on earlier this year.)

Georgia has more illegal aliens than Arizona. We have more illegal aliens than green card holders.

My own congress Rep, Karen Handel, apparently doesn’t want illegal immigration, possible illegal alien terrorists, border security, E-Verify, amnesty, sanctuary cities, visa tracking or official English to be “an issue.”

Maybe I missed it on her official website issues page?

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August 13, 2018

Georgia Congresswoman Karen Handel survey on “what matters most to you?” – in a state with more illegal aliens than green card holders, and more illegal aliens than Arizona, immigration and border security not on list

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My own congress Rep, Karen Handel, sent out the below email and survey last week.

*Contact info for Rep Handel here.

 

What Matters Most to You?

If you have a moment, please take this quick survey and let me know which topics matter most to you.

I am focused on real solutions to issues and challenges YOU are facing, so that we can do all we can to make life better for you and your family.

The great opportunity to serve you is never lost on me, and I am grateful for the tremendous amount of trust youā€™ve placed in me.

Note: If you have trouble with the survey webform, please “click to open in a separate window” below.

What issues matter most to you? (Choose up to 3)

 

Economy
National Security
Veterans
Combatting the Opioid Crisis
Ending Sex Trafficking
Supporting a Balanced Budget
Stopping School Violence
Supporting New Tax Cuts
Health Care
Free TradeĀ 
Transportation and Infrastructure
Supporting Israel
National Debt

June 30, 2018

This is the Ryan amnesty bill that Rep Karen Handel voted for this week – FACT SHEET from NumbersUSA

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More on Rep Handel and her amnesty vote here and here. Note that Handel claims the legislation fulfills the four pillars of President Trump’s “reform”. Which is not true.

June 29, 2018

Karen Handel (R) says not passing amnesty bill is “defacto amnesty” – which sounds a lot like Barack Obama, John McCain and more than a hundred other amnesty advocates

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Republican Karen Handel is my Rep in the U.S. House. I wish she wasn’t. I would much prefer a pro-enforcement conservative who wasn’t funded by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Georgia Chamber of Commerce. Chamber of Commerce letter here.

 

ā€œImportantly, the bill also would have prohibited the separation of children from parents at the border. The status quo is unacceptable. Doing nothing perpetuates lawlessness at our border and results in de facto amnesty.ā€ –Ā Georgia Republican Congresswoman Karen Handel, on her vote for the Ryan amnesty bill and what would have been the largest amnesty in American history. Twitter, June 27, 2018. Here.

ā€œThatā€™s the real amnesty ā€“ leaving this broken system the way it is. –Ā Former President Barack Obama, November, 2014. Here.

ā€œDoing nothing on immigration was worse and amounted to de facto amnesty.ā€Ā – Argument used by Republican Senator John McCain to promote ā€œcomprehensive immigration reformā€ ā€“ June, 2008. Here.

“Doing nothing is not an alternative” — and tantamount to “amnesty.” –Ā Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart Florida Republican, long-time amnesty advocate and Chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Conference. Here. Ā January, 2014.

ā€œIf Congress does nothing, itā€™s amnesty…ā€ –Ā Bruce Frasier, president of Dixondale Farms in Carrizo Springs, Texas pushing for cheaper labor for Big Ag. Here.

More coming.

ADDED JULY 2, 2018 (this is kinda fun.)

“…leaving it the way it is is amnesty.” –Ā Gang of Eight amnesty pusher, Marco Rubio, in a sales pitch to the U.S. Senate for the RubiObama amnesty in 2013. Here (11:32 on the video counter).

“Doing nothing is de facto amnesty” –Ā Former (Bush) Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez and more than one hundred Establishment Republicans in a letter to congress pleading forĀ passage of the Gang of Eight amnesty and a larger supply of cheap labor. Printed in the New York Times, July 30, 2013. Here.Ā 

 

January 24, 2018

Rep Karen Handel survey of issues: Try to find any mention of E-Verify, visa lottery, chain migration or enforcing existing law on temporary visa overstays (why wake up low info voters?)

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Email Survey from Georgia’s 6th District Congresswoman Karen Handel today:

District Survey

Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts with me. It is important that we come together as a community to make our voices heard in Washington. With your help, I will fight for the causes that unite us.

Do you think you and your family will benefit under the new tax reform package?
Yes
No
No Opinion

Should Congress take steps to reform Medicare and Social Security to ensure their availability for future generations?
Yes
No
No Opinion

Do you agree with President Trumpā€™s 2-for-1 regulation order, requiring each new regulation to be followed by the removal of two existing regulations?
Yes
No
No Opinion

Do you support reforming various government programs to include work requirements or skills training to close the opportunity gap?
Yes
No
No Opinion

Should we do more to tackle the national debt?
Yes
No
No Opinion

Would you like to see Obamacare repealed and replaced with a patient-focused solution?
Yes
No
No Opinion

Do you support reforming our higher education system to better prepare our students for the jobs and opportunities of the 21st century?
Yes
No
No Opinion

Do you believe that the Veterans’ Administration (V.A.) requires a major overhaul?
Yes
No
No Opinion

Do you oppose a path to legal status for DACA recipients?
Yes
No
No Opinion

Do you oppose a path to legal status for illegal immigrants (other than DACA recipients)?
Yes
No
No Opinion

Do you support building a wall along our southern border?
Yes
No
No Opinion

What are the most important issues for Karen to focus on?
Reforming Obamacare
Ensuring a strong national defense
Increasing economic opportunity for all
Growing our economy and creating jobs
Securing our border
Reducing the size of the Federal Government
Balancing the budget
Opposing out of control regulations
Education reform
Making the V.A. work for Veterans

Do you have any further feedback for Karen?

December 4, 2017

We think this is close to what Karen Handel meant when she told us we need to “improve the reliability of temporary visa programs and create a viable guest worker program” – Guest worker bill will put hundreds of thousands of Americans out of work

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“Which invites the question: Why would any member of Congress support a bill that would destroy American jobs, exploit foreign workers, and endanger our food supply? It may be possible to craft worse legislation, but it would be difficult.”

 

Rep Karen Handel’s campaign blurb on immigration,

“Immigration
True national security means securing our borders.Ā  The current immigration system is broken, and we MUST fix it. We need to build a wall along our southern border, demand immigration laws be enforced, improve the reliability of temporary visa programs, and create a viable guest worker program. While I understand and appreciate that we are a nation of immigrants, and believe we should be welcoming of those wish to migrate to our great country, we are also a nation of laws, and our laws must be respected.Ā HERE. “

“The Agricultural Guestworker Act would flood the meat processing and agricultural sectors with hundreds of thousands of untrained visa holders. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall”

 

Washington Examiner
December 4, 2017

Mark Perrone

Guest worker bill will put hundreds of thousands of Americans out of work

When the Carrier Corporation announced it would be closing its furnace factory in Indianapolis, a decision that would have destroyed close to 1,000 middle class jobs in the U.S., there was widespread outrage from political leaders from both parties.

But when the House Judiciary Committee narrowly passed H.R. 4092 ā€” the Agricultural Guestworker Act this fall, a bill that would flood the meat processing and agricultural sectors with hundreds of thousands of untrained visa holders ā€” there was mostly silence on both sides of the aisle.

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At Carrier, it was about 1,000 jobs. With the AGA, itā€™s hundreds of thousands. If we care about American jobs and food safety, itā€™s time to pay attention to this bill before itā€™s too late.

The AGA is a direct threat to Americaā€™s hard-working families, the incomes they depend on, and the food we all eat. This is not hyperbole. If the AGA becomes law, it will allow 450,000 foreign visa holders to work in agricultural and meat processing jobs that are currently held by hard-working American men and women. The impact of this bill, particularly upon the hundreds of thousands of people employed by the meat and poultry industry, would be devastating.

This bad bill does more than just hurt American jobs and workers ā€” it also puts our food supply at risk. While we may not see food processing workers do their jobs, the truth is that they are highly trained professionals who perform dangerous and highly skilled work. These professionals serve as a much-needed layer of protection for consumers when it comes to food safety because they know to quickly spot meat that is low quality or diseased.

Like any high skilled and vital profession, current salaries reflect the quality and importance of this workforce, with wages as high as $23 per hour. By allowing untrained workers or guest workers to hold these important jobs for as little as $10.88 per hour, the AGA will effectively drive down wages and destroy hundreds of thousands of good jobs in the process.

Make no mistake, this bill creates a guest worker system that will turn middle-class jobs vital to food safety into jobs that are temporary, untrained, and unskilled. Even worse, it would exploit these guest workers by placing them at grave risk by taking jobs that require them to use sharp knives in a fast-paced environment with little to no training.

At a time when we need to strengthen American jobs and make our food safer, the AGA would also allow guest workers to stay for up to three years. That isnā€™t a guest-worker, thatā€™s a long-term employee and further shows how this bill is designed to both exploit foreign workers and replace American workers at the same time.

Thereā€™s no denying that our immigration system is broken. We need structural reforms to our employment-based visa system that will protect foreign workers and immigrants. We also need immigration laws that protect American workers. But the AGA will only make a failing system even more flawed… MORE HERE

September 6, 2017

Georgia Rep. Opposes birthright citizenship and amnesty! Karen Handel in a telephone townhall as reported by AJC

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We are guessing she also loves apple pie. And that this comforts many of her voters.

 

From the AJC Political Insider blog September 1, 2017.

“U.S. Rep. Karen Handel, R-Roswell , told constituents listening on a ā€œtelephone town hallā€ Wednesday night that she opposes birthright citizenship that courts have long held is conferred by the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. ā€œI think on immigration we have to move forward in a stepwise way. I do not support birthright citizenship, No. 1. No. 2, Iā€™m not supportive of amnesty,ā€ Handel said during a telephone town hall on Wednesday night.

 

August 29, 2017

Karen Handel’s immigration blurb on her campaign website before she was elected to congress

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“Immigration
True national security means securing our borders. The current immigration system is broken, and we MUST fix it. We need to build a wall along our southern border, demand immigration laws be enforced, improve the reliability of temporary visa programs, and create a viable guest worker program. While I understand and appreciate that we are a nation of immigrants, and believe we should be welcoming of those wish to migrate to our great country, we are also a nation of laws, and our laws must be respected.” HEREĀ 

June 16, 2017

June 16, 2017 8:59 AM – Karen Handel campaign radio ad, paid for by Karen Handel for Congress Inc. Johnny Isakson speaking. (listen carefully for mention of immigration)

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