Encourage Comprehensive Immigration Reform in the Senate
Last year, the United States House of Representatives passed enforcement heavy immigration reform legislation, HR 4437, which seeks to:
- Criminalize both, undocumented individuals and those who work to give them any aid, essentially criminalizing doctors, lawyers, teachers and religious figures
- Limit judicial review for immigration and deportation cases
- Give low level and local law enforcement authority to enforce immigration laws
- Permit indefinite detention of accused persons
- And many more alarming provisions
Two bills are currently being considered in the Senate: Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist’s bill, S 2454, which is enforcement heavy and reinforces provisions from HR 4437 and an alternative to this bill that:
- Allows an earned path to legalization for immigrants through working, paying taxes, and learning English
- Measures that regulate wages and working conditions to protect workers from exploitation
- A way to keep families together
- The DREAM Act which would allow undocumented students to continue their post secondary education and learn legal status in the United States
ACTION REQUESTED:
Call Senator Durbin and Senator Obama and encourage them to continue supporting legislation that includes a path to legalization and a realistic fix to the broken system. It is very simple! When you call, the operator will:
- ask for your name
- Zip code
- your comment
Senator Durbin’s office: 312 353-4952
Senator Obama’s office: 312 886-3506
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