Floridians, this is a call to action! We have another chance to stop in-state tuition for illegals at Florida colleges! The Florida Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Education will be meeting next Wednesday, April 9, to vote on this issue. PLEASE contact the members of this committee and tell them to vote NO! REPUBLICANS ON THE COMMITTEE: 1. Senator Bill Galvano (R-Chairman): 850-487-5026 flsenate.gov/Senators/s26 (Ask him to not agenda SB1400) (Galvano voted against SB1400 in Education committee) 2. Senator Aaron Bean (R): 850-487-5004 flsenate.gov/Senators/s4 3. Senator Lizbeth Benacquisto (R): 850-487-5030 flsenate.gov/Senators/s30 (Benacquisto voted against SB1400 in Education Committee) (shes running for U.S. House, FL District 19 -- tell her you wont vote for her if she votes for this) 4. Senator Nancy Detert (R): 850-487-5028 flsenate.gov/Senators/s28 5. Senator Dorothy Hukill (R): 850-487-5008 flsenate.gov/Senators/s8 6. Senator John Legg (R): 850-487-5017 flsenate.gov/Senators/s17 (Legg voted for SB1400 in Education Committee) 7. Senator Garrett Richter (R): 850-487-5023 flsenate.gov/Senators/s23 (Richter voted for SB1400 in Judiciary Committee) 8. Senator David Simmons (R): 850-487-5010 flsenate.gov/Senators/s10 (Simmons voted for SB1400 in Education Committee) 9. Senator John Thrasher (R): 850-487-5006 flsenate.gov/Senators/s6 (Trasher voted for SB1400 in Judiciary Committee) FOUR of these Republicans are RINOs and voted for in-state tuition in other committees. Hit them HARD!!! If you want to call the Democrats on this committee, too, here they are: 1. Senator Bill Montford (D-Vice Chair): 850-487-5003 flsenate.gov/Senators/s3 2. Senator Dwight Bullard (D): 850-487-5039 flsenate.gov/Senators/s39 (Bullard voted for SB1400 in Education Committee) 3. Senator Joseph Abruzzo (D): 850-487-5025 flsenate.gov/Senators/s25 4. Senator Maria Lorts Sachs (D): 850-487-5034 flsenate.gov/Senators/s34 (Sachs voted for SB1400 in Education Committee) HERE IS THE EMAIL FROM FLIMEN: Floridians for Immigration Enforcement FLIMEN.org Call Appropriations Subcommittee on Education Senators Stop College Tuition Subsidies for Illegal Aliens The Appropriations Subcommittee on Education will likely hear SB1400 on Wednesday, April 9, 2014. After this hearing the final committee hearing will be the Senate Appropriations Committee. If not voted down or blocked in the last two committees SB1400 will then be voted by the full Senate. SB1400 proponents claim SB1400 will pass both remaining committees and the full Senate vote 26/14. The following Republican Senators need to hear your opposition to SB1400: Senator Bill Galvano (R-Chairman): 850-487-5026; [email protected] (Ask him to not agenda SB1400) (Galvano voted against SB1400 in Education committee) Senator Aaron Bean (R): 850-487-5004; [email protected] Senator Lizbeth Benacquisto (R): 850-487-5030; [email protected] (Benacquisto voted against SB1400 in Education Committee) Senator Nancy Detert (R): 850-487-5028; [email protected] Senator Dorothy Hukill (R): 850-487-5008; [email protected] Senator John Legg (R): 850-487-5017; [email protected] (Legg voted for SB1400 in Education Committee) Senator Garrett Richter (R): 850-487-5023; [email protected] (Richter voted for SB1400 in Judiciary Committee) Senator David Simmons (R): 850-487-5010; [email protected] (Simmons voted for SB1400 in Education Committee) Senator John Thrasher (R): 850-487-5006; [email protected] (Trasher voted for SB1400 in Judiciary Committee) Call Democrats if you have time: Senator Bill Montford (D-Vice Chair): 850-487-5003; [email protected] Senator Dwight Bullard (D): 850-487-5039; [email protected] (Bullard voted for SB1400 in Education Committee) Senator Joseph Abruzzo (D): 850-487-5025; [email protected] Senator Maria Lorts Sachs (D): 850-487-5034; [email protected] (Sachs voted for SB1400 in Education Committee) Talking Points: Up to 5,000 Legal Students could be displaced. If legal students are not displaced, overcrowding could occur as Legislators will not raise taxes to pay for expanded capacity for the many new illegal alien students. The fiscal cost of HB851 is estimated at $21.7 million and the fiscal cost of SB1400 is estimated at $22.7 million. The wording of the bill is deceitful in order to circumvent the federal prohibition against offering reduced rates to a certain group without offering the reduced rates to all citizens of USA. The deceitful wording uses terminology of tuition waivers rather than in-state tuition rate. The impetus for Republicans to support the benefit seems to be a distorted belief that Governor Rick Scotts sagging poll numbers will be bolstered. Republican demographers should not trump citizens and principles. This is not just a bad deal, it is pandering by an outright giveaway of college slots. Remember how Republican Leadership erected every possible blockade when citizens demanded Florida enact E-Verify. Remember too how the Obama Administration has all but abandoned immigration enforcement. Legal students and citizens dont get any enforcement in return. They lose THEIR DREAMS. April 3, 2014
Posted on: Fri, 04 Apr 2014 18:16:47 +0000
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