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Sensible Immigration begins with you A Comprehensive Plan for Immigration Reform

Sensible Immigration begins with you A Comprehensive Plan for Immigration Reform. Current Reality. Negative effects of immigration policy $1.7 Trillion in annual lost spending $652 Billion in annual lost output 8.1 Million lost jobs * Source: The Perryman Group, April 2008.

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Sensible Immigration begins with you A Comprehensive Plan for Immigration Reform

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  1. Sensible Immigration begins with you A Comprehensive Plan for Immigration Reform

  2. Current Reality Negative effects of immigration policy • $1.7 Trillion in annual lost spending • $652 Billion in annual lost output • 8.1 Million lost jobs * Source: The Perryman Group, April 2008

  3. Sensible Reforms • Secure our Borders • Create an efficient temporary worker program • Create a fast, reliable employment verification system • Affirm employers’ accountability for hiring employees with legal status • Develop a process to deal with the illegal immigrants already here

  4. Sensible Actions • Polling and field tested messaging • Paid Media • Earned Media • Community Based Outreach/Grassroots • Coordinated Lobby

  5. Amnesty, Deportation or Middle Ground? 76% of those surveyed approve of allowing undocumented immigrant children that are raised here in the United States, graduate from high school and college, and want to enter the workforce graduates to stay in the United States and seek legal status. 83% of Democrats; 74% of Independents; 70% of Republicans.

  6. Amnesty, Deportation or Middle Ground? 72% of voters surveyed are supportive of extending legal status through military service. 64% of voters surveyed feel that providing a Social Security card is a mostly unreliable way for an employer to verify that an employee is eligible to work in the United States.

  7. Sensible Actions Fundraising and Outreach • $20 million campaign will focus on paid and earned advertising in targeted states and congressional districts. • Outreach and collaboration with business groups, religious organizations and civic/community leaders to engage in action and education.

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