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Ask your U.S. Representative to cosponsor H.R. 2305 and end the visa lottery

Rep. Connie Mack
317 Cannon HOB, US House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515

Dear Representative Mack:

I believe cosponsoring H.R. 2305 to end the visa lottery is one of the most important immigration actions you can take this year.

The visa lottery was established by the Immigration Act of 1990, and grants visas for approximately 50,000 foreign nationals per year to come and live permanently in the United States based on pure luck! Unfortunately, the visa lottery also constitutes a gaping hole in our nation's security.

The 9/11 Commission Report states: "The challenge for national security in an age of terrorism is to prevent the very few people who may pose overwhelming risks from entering or remaining in the United States undetected." It goes on to say that "For terrorists, travel documents are as important as weapons ? terrorists use evasive methods, such as altered and counterfeit passports and visas ? and immigration and identity fraud."

Far greater than merely permitting terrorists to travel into the country, the visa lottery system may actually be granting terrorists and foreign spies the coveted status of legal permanent resident. With this tool in hand, terrorists would be free to travel, meet and plan terrorist activities with far less questioning than those who enter with fraudulent visas.

Eliminating the visa lottery would further the 9/11 Commission Report recommendation that "the United States should combine terrorist travel intelligence, operations, and law enforcement in a strategy to . . . constrain terrorist mobility." Perhaps no federal government-sanctioned program would do more to allow terrorist mobility than the visa lottery program.

Please help secure our nation and protect jobs for unemployed Americans by cosponsoring H.R. 2305 to end the visa lottery.

Respectfully resentful,

XXXXXXXXX

P.S. Furthermore, there are nearly 14 million Americans unemployed. Don't you find it appalling that the United States continues to allow individuals with no special skills to come to this country? These people will invariably compete with America's unemployed for the few jobs our economy is creating. Is this fair to America's downtrodden?

Blast your Congressman for Supporting the DREAM Act Amnesty!

Sen. Bill Nelson
SH-716, United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510

Dear Senator Nelson:

Illegal immigration is one of the most serious problems facing our nation and the DREAM Act amnesty would only encourage more individuals to enter the country illegally! How can you support such a mass amnesty when so many American and legal immigrant youths are unable to attend institutions of higher learning?

The DREAM Act is not a small amnesty for a select group of individuals. In fact, it allows illegal "teens" (i.e., anyone under 35) to petition for their parents, leading eventually to their aunts, uncles, grandparents, and cousins, to come to the United States.

In 2007, the big argument for this amnesty is that it is for teenagers who are here illegally because their parents broke the law. Even with the less-than-35 age requirement, this amnesty will apply to more than just teens ("humanitarian" and "family unity" exceptions were added to the age limit). Nonetheless, the argument is that the teenagers should not be punished for the crimes of their parents.

However, as soon as DREAM amnesty citizens are over 21, they can bring in their parents, who broke the law to get them into the country in the first place, back into the U.S. (or to keep them here legally after years of avoiding deportation). The chief criminals will be rewarded after all. And due to chain migration, the amnestied "teens" can petition for their aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents to get permanent U.S. residency as well.

This a back-door amnesty for the parents of these illegal "teens," and a chain migration nightmare for the country.

Please renounce your support for the DREAM Act amnesty. There are nearly 14 million unemployed Americans and the Congress should not consider passing any amnesty when so many Americans are out of work (and so many illegal aliens have jobs). If you are determined to support such an anti-American bill, please make sure that it makes the use of E-Verify mandatory (to take away an incentive for another mass influx of illegal aliens) and eliminates the chain migration category for parents and adult siblings (to prevent this amnesty from ballooning into a mass influx of legal immigrants who will compete with unemployed Americans).

Unable to comprehend your actions,

XXXXXX

P.S. This a back-door amnesty for the parents of these illegal "teens," and a chain migration nightmare for the country. Please renounce your support for the DREAM Act amnesty. There are nearly 14 million unemployed Americans and the Congress should not consider passing any amnesty when so many Americans are out of work (and so many illegal aliens have jobs).

Get'm Florida

Blast Gov. Charlie Crist for Supporting Comprehensive Amnesty!

Governor Charlie Crist
Office of the Governor
Tallahassee, FL 32399

Dear Governor Crist:

We believe you have done a great job serving as Florida's governor. We were looking forward to supporting your bid to succeed Sen. Mel Martinez until we heard your comments regarding "comprehensive immigration reform."

There are nearly 14 million Americans who are unemployed, but more than 7 million illegal aliens have jobs. Does this seem fair to you? Don't you realize that a mass amnesty would permanently disemploy 7 million American workers. Your support for the 2007 Bush Kennedy McCain amnesty bill is very unsettling.

The only people who would benefit from a mass amnesty are illegal aliens (who broke the law by entering the country or overstaying their visas) and the unscrupulous businessmen who employ them. An amnesty would allow these businessmen to continue to pay immigrant workers substandard wages while and the same time keeping American workers unemployed. How does this help our country?

Unable to comprehend your actions,

XXXXXXXX

P.S. I urge you to reconsider your support for amnesty. Illegal aliens cost Florida $2.3 billion each yeah and a mass amnesty would permanently disemploy thousands of Florida workers.

Urge your Congressman to Oppose the AgJOBS Amnesty!

Rep. Connie Mack
317 Cannon HOB, US House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515

Dear Representative Mack:

Your support of the AgJOBS amnesty would be absolutely mind boggling. There are nearly 14 million unemployed Americans, yet some Congressmen still want to amnesty nearly 1.5 million illegal agricultural workers? What are they thinking? Please do not support the AgJOBS amnesty!

Are you aware that the American Farm Bureau, the organization that protects the rights of America's farmers, does not support the AgJOBS amnesty? Why are some of your colleagues foisting an agricultural amnesty on the American people that farmer do not even want?

The Farm Bureau does not support the AgJOBS amnesty because the H-2A program provides farmers with an UNLIMITED source of foreign labor. Why would any Congressman even consider supporting amnestying nearly 1.5 million illegal agricultural workers when farmers do not even need these workers?

While a few of your colleagues have decided to back a mass amnesty, I hope you will oppose it!

Feeling unrepresented,

XXXXXXXXX

P.S. The Farm Bureau does not support the AgJOBS amnesty because the H-2A program provides farmers with an UNLIMITED source of foreign labor. Why would any Congressman even consider supporting amnestying nearly 1.5 million illegal agricultural workers when farmers do not even need these workers?

Gov. Crist says he would push amnesty in Senate

As you might be aware, Florida Governor Charlie Crist will be contesting Sen. Mel Martinez's Senate seat when Martinez retires in 2010. While Crist may be good on many issues, it seems that he is misinformed on immigration issues. During a speech to the Daytona Beach Chamber Commerce, Crist said he would support an immigration bill similar to the failed 2007 legislation that many Republicans opposed because it provided a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants. He went on to say, "I like Sen. Martinez' and Sen. McCain's approach.... I thought they had the right idea and maybe just a little more support up there would help it get it done.

Obviously, his support for comprehensive amnesty is worrisome. Please call Gov. Crist and urge him to reconsider his support for an amnesty that would harm all of Florida's workers (both employed and unemployed).

Gov. Charlie Crist's Constituent Comment Line: (850) 488-4441
Gov. Charlie Crist's Senatorial Campaign Comment Line: 850-907-1218

Calling is easy. Simply tell the staffer your name, where you are calling from, and urge Gov. Crist to oppose amnesty for illegal aliens

Talking points are below.

A recent study by the Federation for American Immigration Reform shows that illegal aliens cost the state $2.3 billion dollars in net outlays each year. How can Governor Crist support "comprehensive immigration reform" (amnesty) when it would cost Florida millions and keep millions of Americans permanently unemployed? I was prepared to support his bid to replace Mel Martinez in the U.S. Senate, but now I am not so sure.

Talking point:

I was very worried by the comments Gov. Crist made to reporters after speaking to the Daytona Beach Chamber of Commerce and the Volusia County Tiger Bay Club. How could he say, "I like Sen. Martinez' and Sen. McCain's approach (to amnesty).... I thought they had the right idea and maybe just a little more support up there would help it get it done?" How can he support amnesty when nearly 14 million Americans are unemployed?