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Immigration Voting Record for
Majette, Denise (District 4)
Denise Majette is on the
August 10 Democratic runoff ballot as a candidate for US Senate. While the
Southern Party of Georgia did not make a recommendation in this race (can
not recommend either candidate) we did want to bring her immigration
voting record to your attention.
It is not good.
Click
here for Southern Party of Georgia Runoff Voter Guide.
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Rep. Majette voted for the
Singapore Free Trade Agreement, H.R. 2739. The trade
agreement would permit an unlimited number of Singaporeans to
enter the U.S. each year as \"treaty traders or investors\" who
are coming to the U.S. to carry on trade between the U.S. and
Singapore or to \"establish, develop, administer or provide
advice or key technical services\" to the operations of a
business in which they have invested capital. Congress is
prohibited from restricting the category with numerical limits,
labor certification requirements or other protections for
American workers. This category is in addition to the number of
Singaporeans who are permitted to come to the U.S. each year
under our normal immigration laws. Finally, the agreements also
prohibit Congress from placing any numerical limits, labor
certification requirements or other protections for American
workers on the issuance of L-1 visas to nationals of Singapore.
L-1 visas are available to \"intra-company transferees,\" or
aliens who have been employed abroad for at least one year in
the three years preceding application by a business that has
subsidiaries or affiliates in the United States. Such visas have
been widely abused by businesses seeking to avoid the
restrictions on H-1B visas. The Singapore Free Trade Agreement
passsed the House by a
vote of 272-155. In a subsequent vote, the House voted for a
virtually identical package for
Chile by a 270-156 vote.
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Rep. Majette voted against
the
King Amendment (H. AMDT 655) to the Commerce, Justice,
State, Appropriations Act of 2005, H.R. 4754, that would have
increased funding to the Justice Department for enforcing
current federal law against sanctuary policies for illegal
aliens. Sanctuary policies bar public officials, including
police officers, from asking an individual\'s immigration status
to determine eligibility for public services and from reporting
illegal aliens to federal authorities. In 1996, Congress passed
a law that specifically prohibits state and local governments
from enacting sanctuary policies. Despite that, cities such as
San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and Houston, still have
sanctuary policies in place. Maine is the only state with a
sanctuary policy. The King Amendment would have allowed the
Justice Department to more fully enforce federal law against
policies that protect illegal aliens, criminal aliens, and,
potentially, terrorists. The amendment failed by a
vote of
139-278.
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Rep. Majette voted AGAINST
an
amendment (H. AMDT 583) to the Department of Homeland
Security Appropriations Act of 2005, H.R. 4567, that would
prohibit homeland security funding from going to states or
cities that have violated Federal law by enacting sanctuary
policies. Sanctuary policies bar public officials, including
police officers, from asking an individual's immigration status
to determine eligibility for public services and from reporting
illegal aliens to federal authorities. In 1996, Congress passed
a law that specifically prohibits state and local governments
from enacting sanctuary policies. Despite that, cities such as
San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and Houston, still have
sanctuary policies in place. Maine is the only state with a
sanctuary policy. The amendment, offered by Rep. Tom Tancredo,
would have created a huge incentive to rescind the policies that
protect illegal aliens, criminal aliens, and, potentially,
terrorists, by denying them some Federal funding. The amendment
failed by a vote of
148-259.
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Rep. Majette voted against
the
Goode Amendment to H.R. 4200, to authorize the Secretary of
Defense to assign members of the military, under certain
circumstances, to assist the Department of Homeland Security in
the performance of border control functions. The Goode Amendment
passed the House by a vote of
231-191.
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Rep. Majette voted against
H.R. 2359, the Basic Pilot Extension Act of 2003. H.R. 2359
would extend for five years the voluntary workplace employment
eligibility authorization pilot programs created in 1996. It
also would expand the pilot programs from the original five
states to all 50 states. Thus, all employers in the United
States would have the option of participating, although the
program would remain voluntary. This program is an important
component of preventing illegal aliens from taking jobs from
those who have the legal right to work in this country. H.R.
2359 passed the House Judiciary Committee by a vote of 18 to 8
before being brought up on the suspension calendar. Because it
was brought up on the suspension calendar, no amendments were
allowed to be offered to the bill and the bill needed a
two-thirds majority in order to pass. Thus, even though a
majority of Representatives voted in favor of H.R. 2359
(231-170), it failed because a two-thirds majority did not
vote in favor of it.
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Rep. Majette voted against
the
Hostettler Amendment to H.R. 1950, the Foreign Relations
Authorization Act. The Hostettler Amendment would put some major
restrictions on consular-issued ID cards that are frequently
issued to illegal aliens by foreign governments. These cards
make it easier for illegal aliens to gain government services
and to otherwise profit from their illegal activity. The
Hostettler Amendment passed by a vote of
226-198.
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Rep. Majette voted in
favor of the
Goode Amendment to H.R. 1588, to authorize members of the
military, under certain circumstances, to assist the Department
of Homeland Security in the performance of border control
functions. The Goode Amendment passed the House by a vote of
250-179.
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Tell Representative Majette what you think of her
immigration record.
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| Phone: |
(202) 225-1605 |
| Fax: |
(202) 226-0691 |
| E-Mail: |
email available via website. |
| Website: |
http://www.house.gov/majette/ |
| D.C. Address: |
1517 Longworth, U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515
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| District Office |
2050 Lawrenceville Highway
Suite D-46
Decatur, GA 30033
(404) 633-0927 (V), (404) 633-0968 (F) |
source:
http://grades.betterimmigration.com/testgrades.php3?District=GA04&VIPID=1099
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