Post by Seabird on Jun 8, 2007 1:20:48 GMT
No one wants porous borders. No one wants illegal immigration. The immigration debate taking place in the Senate right now is about who we are as a country.
The only way to fix our broken immigration system is with comprehensive reform that addresses the real problems, not draconian policies that simply punish undocumented immigrant workers and their families and force them to remain in the shadows. We must not choose a path that scapegoats our newcomers and dishonors our foundation and heritage as a nation of immigrants. However, that's exactly what several Republican Senators are pushing for.
Please speak out! Illegal immigration won't be solved by the harmful amendments some Republicans are trying to attach to the immigration bill that's in the Senate (S. 1348) -- instead, these amendments will only hurt the prospects for real reform and may even prevent any bill from getting passed.
Click here to e-mail your senators now. Urge them to pass REAL immigration reform.
Any legitimate attempt at reforming our immigration system and addressing the millions of undocumented immigrants in the U.S. must include:
a path to earned citizenship for the undocumented immigrants who are here, working hard and paying taxes;
an effective process for families to reunite with loved ones on a timely basis by eliminating arbitrary bureaucratic barriers; and
a future-worker program that contains strong labor protection, job portability, a path to earned legalization and protects wages of all U.S. workers.
Further, enforcement provisions must be smart and pragmatic, and should reflect an honest attempt to secure our borders, target smugglers and increase penalties for lawbreaking employers.
Literally dozens of amendments -- good and bad -- have been debated over the last two weeks. We've had some successes in beating back some of the more harmful ones, like an amendment by Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) that would have denied a path to earned legalization and eroded critical due process protections (many PFAW activists took action on this terrible amendment, contributing to the victory). Bad amendments keep coming though, and some are starting to slip in (like another one from Cornyn that would gut S. 1348's confidentiality protections for legalization applicants, thereby discouraging applicants from coming forward and applying for legalization.)
It's not too late to fix the bill, but it will be soon. A vote that would end debate on this bill and send it on its way to a floor vote could come as early as tonight!
E-mail your senators ASAP and tell them to fix S. 1348 and bring it in line with the principles listed above
The only way to fix our broken immigration system is with comprehensive reform that addresses the real problems, not draconian policies that simply punish undocumented immigrant workers and their families and force them to remain in the shadows. We must not choose a path that scapegoats our newcomers and dishonors our foundation and heritage as a nation of immigrants. However, that's exactly what several Republican Senators are pushing for.
Please speak out! Illegal immigration won't be solved by the harmful amendments some Republicans are trying to attach to the immigration bill that's in the Senate (S. 1348) -- instead, these amendments will only hurt the prospects for real reform and may even prevent any bill from getting passed.
Click here to e-mail your senators now. Urge them to pass REAL immigration reform.
Any legitimate attempt at reforming our immigration system and addressing the millions of undocumented immigrants in the U.S. must include:
a path to earned citizenship for the undocumented immigrants who are here, working hard and paying taxes;
an effective process for families to reunite with loved ones on a timely basis by eliminating arbitrary bureaucratic barriers; and
a future-worker program that contains strong labor protection, job portability, a path to earned legalization and protects wages of all U.S. workers.
Further, enforcement provisions must be smart and pragmatic, and should reflect an honest attempt to secure our borders, target smugglers and increase penalties for lawbreaking employers.
Literally dozens of amendments -- good and bad -- have been debated over the last two weeks. We've had some successes in beating back some of the more harmful ones, like an amendment by Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) that would have denied a path to earned legalization and eroded critical due process protections (many PFAW activists took action on this terrible amendment, contributing to the victory). Bad amendments keep coming though, and some are starting to slip in (like another one from Cornyn that would gut S. 1348's confidentiality protections for legalization applicants, thereby discouraging applicants from coming forward and applying for legalization.)
It's not too late to fix the bill, but it will be soon. A vote that would end debate on this bill and send it on its way to a floor vote could come as early as tonight!
E-mail your senators ASAP and tell them to fix S. 1348 and bring it in line with the principles listed above
