Fighting Equal Employment Opportunity Rights for Illegal Aliens

September 8, 2014

BACKGROUND:
On August 29, 2014, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission signed what is known as a “Memorandum of Understanding” (MOU) with the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs that essentially guarantees equal employment rights for illegal aliens from Mexico working in the U.S. While the EEOC website states that this MOU protects immigrant and migrant workers, it also repeatedly makes reference to “other vulnerable workers” while the actual MOU document refers to “all Mexican nationals in the United States.” Furthermore, EEOC General Counsel David Lopez said outright that it applies to “even those who live and work in the shadows.”

The immediate and obvious concern is the fact that the Federal Government is using this MOU to incrementally advance so-called “immigration reform” by granting equal rights to illegal aliens. This will make it easier to pave the way for additional actions such as amnesty. The second concern is the idea that this agreement is tantamount to a federal agency signing a treaty with a foreign sovereign nation, using the memorandum of understanding tool as an end-around to treaty approval by the U.S. Senate and Congressional oversight. The legal standing of using MOU’s in this fashion is very debatable and vague at best. Establishing acceptance of such tactics is also similar to accepting the use of Presidential Executive Orders to unilaterally bypass legislative action. This MOU, therefore, has serious ramifications on several fronts.

You can read the EEOC press release and the signed MOU document at the EEOC’s own website: http://www1.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/8-29-14c.cfm

ACTION ITEM #1:
Both houses of Congress have a respective Committee of Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies which oversee budgets and spending for the EEOC. Since this MOU is loaded with new taxpayer-funded expenditures to support new programs, we need to contact the members of these subcommittees to demand that funding be blocked. This would go a long way in preventing any effective implementation of this unilateral agreement. (Individual contact is provided below)

Members of the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and Related Agencies:

Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) Chair: 202-225-5136
https://wolf.house.gov/contact/email-me

Rep. John Culberson (R-TX): 202-225-2571
http://culberson.house.gov/contact/zipauth.htm

Robert Aderholt (R-AL): 202-225-4876
http://aderholt.house.gov/email-me2/

Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD): 202-225-5311
https://harris.house.gov/contact-me/email-me

Rep. John Carter (R-TX): 202-225-3864
https://carter.house.gov/email-john2

Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL): 202-225-4211
https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml

Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV): 202-225-6155
https://amodeiforms.house.gov/contact-us

Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-PA): 202-225-4001
https://fattahforms.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=244

Rep. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA): 202-225-4176
https://schiff.house.gov/email-congressman-schiff1

Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA): 202-225-2631
https://honda.house.gov/contact/email-me

Rep. Jose Serrano (D-NY): 202-225-4361
https://serrano.house.gov/contact-me/email-me

Members of the Senate Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and Related Agencies:

Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Chair: 202-224-4654
http://www.mikulski.senate.gov/contact/shareyouropini

Sen. Richard Shelby (D-AL): 202-224-5744
http://www.shelby.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/emailse …

Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT): 202- 224-4242
https://www.leahy.senate.gov/contact

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA): 202- 224-3841
https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-m

Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI): 202-224-4642
http://www.reed.senate.gov/contact/email

Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR): 202-224-2353
http://www.pryor.senate.gov/contact/form

Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA): 202-224-5824
http://www.landrieu.senate.gov/?p=contact

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH): 202-224-2841
http://www.shaheen.senate.gov/contact/

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR): 202-224-3753
http://www.merkley.senate.gov/contact/

Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE): 202-224-5042
http://www.coons.senate.gov/contact/

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY): 202-224-2541
http://www.mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Co …

Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN): 202-224-4944
http://www.alexander.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Em …

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME): 202-224-2523
http://www.collins.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/email

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-ALASKA): 202-224-6665
http://www.murkowski.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=EM …

Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-SC): 202-224-5972
http://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAc …

Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL): 202-224-2854
http://www.kirk.senate.gov/?p=comment_on_legislation

Sen. John Boozman (R-AR): 202-224-4843
http://www.boozman.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail

Leadership of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee:

Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) Chair: 202-224-4744
http://www.menendez.senate.gov/contact/?i=OTH

Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) Ranking Member: 202-224-4344
http://www.corker.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contactme

Leadership of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs:

Rep. Edward Royce (R-CA) Chair: 202-225-4111
http://royce.house.gov/contact/zipcheck.htm

Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) Ranking Member: 202-225-2464
https://engel.house.gov/write-your-rep1

ACTION ITEM #2

You can also contact the leadership of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee:

USING THE LINK BELOW

http://www.contactingthecongress.org/cgi-bin/newcommittee.cgi?site=...

and the House Committee of Foreign Affairs:

USING THE LINK BELOW

http://www.contactingthecongress.org/cgi-bin/newcommittee.cgi?site=...

to request that this MOU be reviewed to determine its status as a treaty that falls under their respective jurisdictions for approval/rejection.

     If you are planning on using the contact links you will be asked for some personal information and the sites vary from Congressman to Congressman. It might be easier to prepare your message, save it and just use a copy/paste to save your time.
      Thank you for your time and energy as we fight yet another issue in our quest to “take our country back”.

By Stephen Cargile