The immigration bill that the Senate passed goes way too far, and into areas that have nothing to do with immigration. But for the wholesale political tug of war for the hearts and minds of illegal aliens by both political parties, I wouldn't be talking about it now. This is like a call to arms, only with pens and keyboards. If you haven't already done so, take the time now to let your federally elected so-called representatives know exactly how you feel about what the Senate passed.
Below is the content of an email I sent to my federal elected officials on the above subject. If you haven't already sent one to yours, please do it. Let them know how you feel about it. It's not too late to tell them either, the bill has to go back to the House. But do it ASAP.
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We all, everybody, would like a solution to the immigration problem, which was 'fixed' nearly 20 years ago. We are where we are today because of the lack of enforcement of existing laws for the same 20 years.
That aside, this immigration bill as before you now goes way too far, and into areas that have nothing to do with immigration. But for the wholesale political tug of war for the hearts and minds of illegal aliens by both political parties, I wouldn't be talking about it now. There are not only rewards given to illegals, but there are also bennies that our own citizens don't qualify for. Then there are provisions that will further pile on our already failing Social Security System. These so-called 'comprehensive' items are nothing more than you selling out our country, our sweat and success to people who don't respect us, our laws, our sovereignty, and don't want to be American. They only want to make money to send home, not assimilate into society, and who also profess to take 'their' country back. These are not the kind of people we should be embracing to become citizens.
First, you need to get control of the border and prove that you can control the border, before all and any other grand schemes of assimilation can be even contemplated. I'm wrong, first you need to recognize that this is our country, and Mexico is their country.
According to polls, you politicians are bucking us, your constituents. Rather than represent us, and not be our monarch or something, with amusing welfare smokescreens in the name of immigration reform, with special laws for illegals, for purely political ambitions, you are sealing your own political fate. And from what this bill says now, you don't know better, and you don't have the long-term picture in mind. The saying that politicians get smarter once they are inside the beltway is a myth. They really don't.
The bill will be fine with me providing the following gets struck out first:
- Strike out wage and labor laws that apply only to them. I.e. Minimum wage for non-federal related work and 'no termination' language.
- Strike out the language that automatically wipes clean the list of 31 crimes related to illegal immigration. Among them using fake Social Security numbers. Pardoning those who entered the country illegally, which currently carries a penalty of six months in prison and $250,000 fine. Falsifying federal income tax forms, worth up to five years in jail and $250,000 fine. Wasn't it a lack of enforcement that got us to this point in history?
- Strike out the provision to add millions of illegal aliens to our already failing Social Security System. This is all of absurd, reckless, and insulting that you would approve of such a stunt.
I don't have a problem with the employer protection language. As an employer, I know that there is not yet a way for me to be able to verify the validity of an SSN that an applicant puts on their application and that they are who they say they are. That problem needs to be fixed.
Thank you in advance for your thoughtful and quick consideration in striking out these items that are deal breakers for me.
4:47:05 PM 
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