Stop illegal immigration in your town...Washington sure won't!

Dear Friends,

With only one week before Congress returns to Washington to make more trouble for us all, I thought I would give you an update on the real heroes of our movement. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, during the first half of 2009, 1,400 bills concerning immigration were considered across all 50 states. Of that, over 259 have already been enacted in 44 states!Don't let anyone tell you that immigration is not an issue on the radar!

In Arizona, were we already have the toughest immigration laws in the land, our friend, Senator Russell Pearce, is doing his best to make them tougher. He proposed a bill this year that would have made it illegal under Arizona law to be in the state without proper documentation, permitting local law enforcement to lock illegals up as trespassers. It passed the Senate but not so House. Not to be discouraged, Russell is now preparing a ballot proposition with the same goal and also make sanctuary cities illegal. Team America will be helping Russell get this law on the ballot.

In Indiana, State Senator Mike Delph introduced a bill that prohibits Indiana from hiring illegals, increases the penalties for identity fraud, and would ban sanctuary cities. The Senator calls it one of the toughest immigration laws in the country, and it certainly is! It passed the State Senate, but got stalled in the General Assembly. There are plans to re-introduce it.

In California, estimates of the cost of illegal immigration go as high as $13 billion a year, almost half of the state's recent budget deficit. Immigration patriots are determined to stop this outrage. They are preparing a proposition targeting anchor babies. If passed the law would not allow the state to provide any benefits not required by federal law to illegal immigrants or their children-whether these children are anchor babies or not. They are currently raising money and doing petition drives to get this on the ballot by 2010.

Even Los Angeles County has begun looking into using E-Verify for county workers and contractors. Question is what took them so long?

The many benefits of E-Verify is now reaching communities everywhere. Huntsville, Alabama is preparing to require all businesses that contract with the city to run all their employees through E-Verify. In Nebraska, they enacted a law that would require all those receiving public benefits and state employees to be run through E-Verify. In Ohio, State Rep. Courtney Combs introduced E-Verify legislation for all public and private employers in May. Similar legislation is also in the works in states like Rhode Island, North Carolina, Utah, and Michigan.

Even here in Colorado, the natives are also getting restless. At a recent town hall meeting, US Senator Bennett faced an angry crowd over not just health care -but immigration as well. He was particularly grilled on Obama's plan to give health care to illegals.

Friends, this is how it has to happen. We can't rely on Washington to do its job. So let me encourage you to start agitating your local and state officials to pass tough immigration laws. Tell them it is the only responsible course of action in these tough economic times.

In the meantime you can be certain that I'll be working with Team America to find and support candidates that will go to Washington and fight for us-and we will always be there for our local heroes if they need our help. Support Team America Today by Clicking Here!

Let me close by thanking you for all you do for me, for Team America, and for this great country of ours. Have a wonderful Labor Day weekend.

God Bless You,

Tom Tancredo

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