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From: xcruz@webtv.net (Robert Chavez)
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1998 17:03:59 -0600 (MDT)
To: Labor-Rap@csf.colorado.edu
Subject: Fwd: Guestworker Update and Thanks

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From: Texas Rural Legal AidEl Paso <HN0382@handsnet.org>
To: frontera-l@nmsu.edu
Subject: Guestworker Update and Thanks


 
Thanks to all of you who called Members of Congress about the Joe Kennedy-Howard
Berman-Xavier Becerra-David Minge letter to House-Senate conferees telling them
to eliminate the Senate's agricultural guestworker amendment from the proposed
conference report on the appropriations bill for Commerce Justice State and the
Judiciary.  About 105 Democrats have agreed to sign the letter (including
Minority Leader Dick Gephardt).

Newt Gingrich is now considering whether to order the House Republicans
(primarily Rep. Harold Rogers) who control the conference committee to include
the guestworker amendment, even though about 80 Republicans, led by Rep. Lamar
Smith and Elton Gallegly, have expressed opposition (based on anti-immigrant
sentiments that led to last night's rejection of a Treasury appropriations bill
partly because it contained a legalization program for some Haitian immigrants).

Latino groups are weighing in with Gingrich to tell him that their opposition to
the guestworker amendmdent is a high priority.  Gingrich would prefer not to
alienate the Hispanic vote any more than he has, but he's under heavy pressure
from the nation's fruit and vegetable growers.

The Clinton Administration remains strongly opposed to the agricultural
guestworker amendment.  Other objections to the CJS bills also exist.  As of
now, we expect that the Administration will include the guestworker amendment in
a veto message if it is forced to deal with a CJS appropriations, or an omnibus
appropriations bill, that contains a guestworker amendment and other
objectionable items.

But the appropriations process (not to mention Congress generally) is in
disarray and anything could happen. Congress is due to adjourn on October 9th,
but an extension is likely.  Thanks again.

Mail Sent: October 5, 1998       9:35 am PDT   Item: R01EPsK

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