Well it’s time to let my Congressman know that I think that the Bill recently passed by the senate
totally blows regarding immigration. I would hope that you mudder’s quite posting in TuT for a second and let your elected rep(s) know how you stand on the issue.
I encourage you to write/email/fax/call your representative and let your position be known.
Here is a handy little contact link if you are not sure who your representatives are. <======this is a link.
If the legislation ALONE does not piss you off and is not insentive enough to write or scream, allow me to entice you a little... Post up in this thread that you
actually and honestly wrote/e-mailed/contacted your congressman. I don’t give a rats ass which way you fall on the issue but contact your rep(s) all the same. I’ll ask Woody or one of the Mods to pick
someone at random who posted that they wrote their reps to get a gleaming brand new 40 series front license plate sent to you free of charge*. And for those of you who are not fortunate to own a 40 series or don’t have an immediate use for it, do what you want with it.
I don’t give a sh*t if I have to pay $8 for a box of strawberries.
Here is my letter I sent to my rep, both senators, the prez, and the speaker of the house. I actually used a first class stamp for each. You can email your letter as well but be sure to include your name and town in your email. Copy and paste if you wish.
Here is a handy little contact link if you are not sure who your representatives are. <======this is a link.
Subject: My stance on immigration.
The Honorable Jack Kingston
2368 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-1001
Dear Representative Kingston:
I am demanding that you oppose the bill recently passed by the senate I encourage you to support legislation that secures our borders with physical boundaries and armed personnel, reject amnesty for illegal aliens, and that you require that President Bush enforce immigration laws already on the books.
Additionally I encourage that you support legislation that includes all of the following:
1. Gain Complete Control of the Border and Coasts. 2. Enforce the Law. Use Technology to Keep Track of Who Enters the Country
3. Use Technology to Keep Track of Who Enters the Country. A bio-metric identifier, such as a thumbprint and/or embedded iris scan shall be required from everyone entering the United States from abroad, as well as a background check that screens out those with a criminal record.
4. Establish a Worker Visa Program. We need a worker visa program that ensures that work visa holders pay taxes, get driver’s licenses, buy auto insurance, abide by the law
5. Zero Tolerance for Amnesty. 6. Dramatically Increase H1B and H2B Visas. We should have an increase in H1B visas (and H2Bs also), so we have enough workers. We should provide a preference for anyone with a Masters or PhD degree.
7. Deportation Law Reform. Change laws to permit removal of people here illegally within 72-96 hours of being picked up.
8. Citizenship Reform. The worker visa program should not be an automatic qualification for citizenship, though eventual citizenship could be held out as an opportunity. While many work visa holders will have no intention of becoming American citizens, for those workers and their families who qualify and wish to become citizens, we should carefully consider how to help patriotically integrate them.
9. Require a Written Test in English of American History for any Legal Immigrant Who Wishes to Become a Citizen and Meets all Qualification Criteria. I strongly favor legal immigrants becoming American citizens. This has been a primary source of the creativity and prosperity of America. For those who want to become citizens, we must require that they take a test about American history in English.
10. Extensive Communications Campaign Domestically and Internationally by U.S. Authorities about the New U.S. Immigration Policies. A comprehensive immigration reform plan will only work if people understand it. There must be a substantial emphasis on the communications strategies that will be employed to explain the details of this program both at home and abroad.
11. Positive U.S. Approach to Latin America. Once a comprehensive immigration reform is adopted, the U.S. should make a concerted effort to explain its details to governments throughout Latin America and make it clear in no uncertain terms that the United States will not take kindly to any action by a foreign government that seeks to actively undermine our laws.
Respectfully,
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