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Haitian Protection Act

By immigrationprof

Dear Supporters,

I am a student at Florida International University College of Law in Miami, FL.  I am participating in a Haiti Working Group that is calling Congressmen in order to ask them to support H.R. 522, “Haitian Protection Act of 2007.”  This act would grant Haitians Temporary Protected Status, so that they could not be deported for at least a year while conditions in Haiti remain so dire.

If you or any group members would be interested in joining this group, please let me know.  Since Congresmen like to hear from their own constituents, it is essential that we have nationwide support.   I’m asking fellow like-minded students across the nation to help.  Additional information on this bill is available, if needed.

It is also important that we keep track of what Congressmen have been called and when.  So please report the date, Congressmen contacted, how many times contacted and what volunteer for each call made and send that information back to me.

You may view the bill at: www.thomas.gov/cgi-bin/query/C?c110:./temp/~c110Iw8MZ2

A list of target Congressmen is listed below.  It only takes a minute to ask them for their support.

Kind Regards,

Jordan Dollar

Student Fellow
Florida International University
College of Law
Miami, FL
jdoll002@fiu.edu
(305) 348-7541

Members on the Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee that have yet to sign on
Rep. Zoe Lofgren – (D-CA) – Chair
Rep. Steve King (R-IA) – Ranking Member
Rep. Elton Gallegly (R-CA) – Deputy Ranking Member
Rep. Artur Davis (D-AL)
Rep. William Delahunt (D-MA)
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN)
Rep. Randy Forbes (R-VA)
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX)
Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA)
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL)
Rep. Daniel Lungren (R-CA)
Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-CA)

109th Cosponsors that have yet to sign on
Rep Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Rep Carson, Julia [D-IN-7]
Rep Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7]
Rep Delahunt, William D. [D-MA-10]
Rep Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17]
Rep Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]
Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4]
Rep Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16]
Rep Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-9]
Rep Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-6]
Rep Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC]
Rep Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10]
Rep Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]
Rep Sanchez, Linda T. [D-CA-39]

Remaining Members of the Congressional Black Caucus that have yet to sign on
Rep. Sanford Bishop (GA)
Rep. G.K. Butterfield (NC)
Rep. William Lacy Clay, Jr.
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (MO)
Rep. Jim Clyburn (SC)
Rep. Danny Davis (IL)
Rep. Chakah Fattah (PA)
Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (IL)
Rep. William Jefferson (IL)
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX)
Rep. Hank Johnson (GA)
Rep. Stephanie Tubbs-Jones (OH)
Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (MI) – CBC Chair
Rep. John Lewis (GA)
Rep. Juanita Millernder-McDonald (CA)
Rep. Charles Rangel (NY)
Rep. Bobby Scott (VA)
Rep David Scott (GA)
Rep. Edolphus Towns (NY)
Rep. Mel Watt (NC)
Rep. Albert Wynn (MD)

FL delegation not signed on
(Democrats)
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Rep. Ron Klein
Rep. Kathy Castor
Rep. Boyd Allen
Rep. Tim Mahoney
(Republicans)
Rep. Jeff Miller
Rep. Ander Crenshaw
Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite
Rep. Cliff Stearns
Rep. John Mica
Rep. Ric Keller
Rep. Gus Bilirakis
Rep. C.W. Bill Young
Rep. Adam Putnam
Rep. Vern Buchanan
Rep. Connie Mack
Rep. Dave Weldon
Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart
Rep. Tom Feeney

Other target members
Rep. Patrick Kennedy (RI)
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (OH)
Rep. Mike Honda (CA)
Rep. Hilda Solis (CA)
Rep. Joe Baca (CA)
Rep. Grace Napolitano (CA)

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