Minneapolis/Saint Paul – Yesterday, in a voice vote, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill to authorize the creation of a national DNA warehouse and broad-scale genetic research on the American public. S.1858, passed by the U.S. Senate last December, has been sent to the President for signing.

Twila Brase, president of CCHC, makes the following statement

HAPPY THANKSGIVING,

I'm taking a break from parades, football games and dinner prep with my wife, my sons and their wives (and assorted grandpets) in a Queens co-op. I hope each of you can similarly find yourself in the midst of warm community this holiday weekend. With Congress away from the Capitol, I finally feel a relative sense of security that allows me to turn my full attention to the fast-approaching presidential primaries.

I've been watching some political ads on the internet and reading through the official websites.

I find myself overwhelmed with a sense of thanksgiving that -- after three decades as a journalist observing reckless, thoughtless federal immigration policies attack the lives of the American people -- I can clearly see that the broad field of presidential candidates is under enormous pressure to move in our direction on immigration.

Candidates that have always been good on immigration have gotten better. Those who were mediocre or incomplete in the past have become good or excellent. And of those who have been terrible on protecting Americans from promiscuous, uncontrolled immigration, many are starting to show signs of doubt (witness the consternation some have been showing over driver's licenses for illegal aliens).

People like you are making that happen. Thanks to all who have been sending faxes and emails, and who have been making phone calls, to presidential campaigns over the last year.

Of course, we aren't even close to where we need to be with these candidates. It is still frighteningly possible that the two nominees will provide barely better than George Bush's disastrous immigration leadership!

There is still so much you can do to help shape the candidates' immigration stances. They are still in flux. Let's continue to "flux" them in the right direction!

A SERIES OF ANALYSIS & SUGGESTED ACTIONS ON PRESIDENTIAL RACES COMING YOUR WAY

Nothing is likely to have more effect on our lives in terms of immigration 2009-2012 (maybe through 2016) than how the primaries & caucuses in January and February narrow presidential choices down to two people.

We will continue through December to rally you to push Congress to:

put back $3 billion into border security initiatives

mandate that all businesses use E-Verify to take the jobs magnet away from illegal immigration

But throughout December we will also be giving you a lot of special analysis of each Presidential candidate and each shift of their immigration positions -- as well as things you can do to nudge those shifts.

As with all of our immigration grading the last 10+ years, we will not be endorsing candidates or favoring Parties or political ideologies. But we will pull no punches in candidly assessing the immigration positions of all. If you want your favorite candidates to get a better write-up from us, you'll need to persuade them to strengthen their immigration positions.

And as always, please contact us if you see anything on our website or in our emails that appears to be in error or incomplete.

IN A TREND OF INCREASINGLY DETAILED EXCELLENT POLICY PROMISES BY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES -- THOMPSON HAS SET A NEW HIGH STANDARD

When Fred Thompson came out with a detailed immigration policy this fall, I knew it was very good but was too busy leading the fight against amnesties in the Senate to give thorough attention.

SENATORS STILL WAFFLING ON VOTE ON DREAM AMNESTY

Tell Congress not to pass Amnesty for Illegals.

Alert: Today, the Senate resumed consideration of H.R. 1585, the Defense Department authorization bill for fiscal year 2008. At some point during the debate over the next few days, open-borders senators will attempt to attach three proposals that, when taken together, would grant amnesty to millions of illegal aliens and dramatically increase the importation of foreign workers at a time 10 million Americans are looking for jobs and can't find employment.

The floor vote on the amendment containing the DREAM Act amnesty (SA 2237) may occur as early as Thursday, September 20. It will take 41 NO votes to kill this amnesty. At the beginning of this hour, only four Senators have committed to vote NO – Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), Jim Bunning (R-Ky.), David Vitter (R-La.), and Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.).

The Dream Act would grant citizenship status to certain illegal aliens under 16 years of age who are pursuing college degrees and would allow them to receive in-state college tuition rates on an equal basis with U.S. citizens.

The Dream Act amendment allows an illegal alien to remain in the U.S. on a track headed for citizenship, provided:

CONGRESS DEBATE BEGINS ON NORTH AMERICA UNION

Tell Congress you support a Resolution to end the NAFTA superhighway and the abandonment of integration with Canada, Mexico.

Alert: A House resolution urging President Bush "not to go forward with the North American Union or the NAFTA Superhighway system" is – according to its sponsor Rep. Virgil Goode, R-Va., "also a message to both the executive branch and the legislative branch."

Goode who is a member of the Subcommittee on Transportation has introduced H.C.R. 40, titled "Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should not engage in the construction of a North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Superhighway System or enter into a North American Union with Mexico and Canada." The bill has been referred to the House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

Debate will begin this week in Congress on the North America Union.

When asked if the president was risking electoral success for the Republican Party in 2008 with his insistence on pushing for North American integration via the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America, or SPP.

Goode: "You won't hear the leadership in the Republic Party admit it, but there are many in the House and Senate who know that illegal immigration has to be stopped and legal immigration has to be reduced. We are giving away the country so a few very rich people can get richer."

Your access to medical care & your right to medical privacy are at stake!

Please send an short email today!  (see sample below) DEADLINE: THIS Friday (July 27, 2007)


WHAT'S HAPPENING:
The federal government has proposed letting a group of government bureaucrats,
corporate executives and political appointees decide who gets to see, share, and
use your medical records.

The proposal is called the National Health Data Stewardship Entity.