Thread: Veterans to Congress: Secure Our Borders Now!

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Veterans to Congress: Secure Our Borders Now!

Posted : Thu, 10 May 2007 16:34:01 GMT
Author : The American Legion
Category : PressRelease

INDIANAPOLIS, May 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The nation's largest veterans organization is calling on Congress to reject proposed legislation that would grant "fast track" citizenship or amnesty to the 12-20 million individuals who are in this country illegally. Instead, The American Legion advocates aggressive enforcement of immigration laws and stronger border security as a means to reduce the illegal population in the United States.

The American Legion's National Executive Committee, meeting in Indianapolis, Ind. on May 9-10, outlined a five-point strategy to address illegal immigration. It includes:

-- Securing the borders and coastline points of entry -- Removing the jobs magnet by imposing and enforcing employer sanctions -- Eliminating most social services benefits for illegal immigrants -- Promoting a strategy of attrition through enforcement -- Effectively screening and tracking foreign visitors in the U.S.

"We are not against legal immigration and never have been," said National Commander Paul A. Morin. "It is what made this country what it is today, and no one can dispute that. But the system is broken and it needs fixing, and the solutions being tossed around by some members of Congress are not in the best interest of this country."

The failure of the federal authorities to enforce our immigration laws has invited the criminal element to our society. Alien gangs operate in most, if not all, major U.S. cities. Human and drug smuggling operations are prevalent along our southern border. Document fraud and identity theft are rampant among the illegal population. And throughout the country, prisons are overcrowded or full, with about 30 percent of those incarcerated being illegal immigrants.

The American Legion does not believe the answer to solving the illegal immigration problem is to make illegal aliens legal. "Rewarding illegal behavior sets a dangerous precedent and only encourages more to ignore our country's laws. It swells our population, puts an undue burden on American taxpayers and presents a significant national security risk," Morin said.

The American Legion is a veterans organization of 2.7 million wartime members, many of whom have served overseas, many in Third World countries. They have seen poverty, political instability, disease and war. The sacrifices they have made give them a perspective on national security issues that many Americans do not have. And today, they see and understand the threat that open borders present to their homeland.

A comprehensive white paper of the organization's strategy is being made available to Legionnaires around the nation so they can activate their communities to demand that Congress act responsibly to effectively to protect America's borders.

The American Legion

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Yay!!! I'm glad they finally decided to jump on board!!

I know a few months ago they were debating whether to join the fight, and now they have!! This will be a very powerful supporter for us!!!

Let's see the Pro-Illegals try to call our VETERANS racist!! I'd like to see the backlash against them for something stupid like that!! (NO American will stand for the Pro-Illegals dissing our Veterans!!!)

TexasGal

My husband is a USMC Viet Nam vet and I see it's time to renew our membership with the American Legion, now that they're on board. Vets United against illegal immigration is a very strong statement to Congress.

Hi Ya Rattler, Welcome

please thank your husband (and you too) for your service!

It is great to have this group in our corner.
Let's invite them over to get to know us!

We need to fire off emails to the American Legion HQ's. Google for contact. Maybe our administrator can talk to them directly......maybe even invite them to join us?

Got a great email off to the Commander of the American Legion.

Between blogging all over the internet and sending emails, my fingers are hurting. Gotta take a little break!!!!

As a Vietnam era veteran I'm glad to see the veteran's organizations finally realize what's happening to our country.I'm glad they're speaking out against this illegal alien invasion.

Unfortunately, even the American Legion is about to be betrayed. All of America is being betrayed. One man, just one man could have changed all of this, instead, he chose to betray us all.

Everyone, especially every former military person, should be emailing the American Legion National Commander.

About a month ago I was on their site and participated in several polls. The polls were handily being won by the right people........except for one. That had to do with illegals and was so badly skewed, I wrote to the Commander about it. Within 48 hrs I received a very nice letter from him saying the poll had been removed BECAUSE IT WAS SKEWED so badly. And he agreed it was illegals or their supporters doing it.

CONTACT THE AMERICAN LEGION COMMANDER

Girly Girl, Do you have an address?