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"While there is no question that our immigration policy is broken, the current legislation pending before the Senate is a step back from real immigration reform," President Hill said. "It will expand the number of easily exploited temporary guest workers who will lack any real wage protection while working Americans will see their living standards already heavily eroded slide even further." He also urged Congress to come up with strong border security measures and appropriate funding that will help combat the threat of terrorism.

The IBEW would favor legislation in line with the resolution delegates to the IBEW Convention last September passed on immigration:

"The IBEW urges Congress of the United States of America to adopt an immigration policy based upon the following principles:

Secure the nations borders and regulate flow of immigrants by enforcing the laws now on the books;

Increase enforcement of labor and immigration laws to punish those who exploit undocumented workers and undercut American workers;

Establish labor protections, including wage floor provisions when expanding the use of visas to fill labor shortages; and

Reject any guest worker programs."

(To read Resolution No. 41, click here.)

"As global economic policies have sucked good-paying jobs overseas, we have more than enough men and women willing to learn and take jobs in growing fields, including our own trade," President Hill said. "It makes me raging mad to hear politicians talk about jobs that 'Americans won't do' when they fail to add the words 'at poverty wages.'"

Read this sample of a Letter Sent To All Senators by
I.P. Ed Hill urging opposition to the Comprehensive Immigration
Act of 2007...

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