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Nationwide Sign-On Letter Opposing Shuler-Tancredo Bill (by 2/22)
Please sign your organization onto the letter below – ask Speaker Pelosi to take a stand on behalf of workers and oppose this short-sighted measure. It's time to listen to the voice of the nation which has unfalteringly backed solutions that restore legality by addressing the multiple facets of immigration.
SEND A MESSAGE TO SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI
ORGANIZATIONAL SIGN-ON LETTER OPPOSING THE SHULER-TANCREDO BILL
Dear Advocates of Immigration Reform,
As you know, supporters of the Shuler-Tancredo bill or "SAVE" Act are still fighting to move this measure forward. Introduced by Democratic Rep. Heath Shuler (D-NC), H.R. 4088 is a simplistic and ill-conceived approach to deal with one of the most complex issues facing our country. And while it does not deliver the solutions the country demands on immigration, if enacted this proposal will lead to erroneous firings, discrimination, and exploitation of millions of workers, including U.S. citizens and legal immigrants.
Please sign your organization onto the letter below – ask Speaker Pelosi to take a stand on behalf of workers and oppose this short-sighted measure. It's time to listen to the voice of the nation which has unfalteringly backed solutions that restore legality by addressing the multiple facets of immigration.
To sign on, please email Jessica Luevano at jluevano [at] cirnow.org and indicate exactly how you would like your organization’s name listed.
DEADLINE: FRI 2/22 at 5pm ET.
SIGN-ON LETTER
Dear Madam Speaker:
We write to express our solid opposition to the Secure America through Verification and Enforcement Act (SAVE Act), H.R. 4088. On the issue of immigration, America is demanding a return to legality. This bill not only fails to provide that, but in fact is a poison pill in the bloodstream of the American workforce. We join our voices from all over the country to urge your leadership in preventing this misguided measure from moving forward.
At a time when economic uncertainty is spreading through our country, it is simply inconceivable that Congress may be considering a measure that asks every U.S. citizen to prove his or her right to work--and to prove it by relying on a verification system that has been repeatedly demonstrated to fail American workers and employers alike. If enacted, this ill-conceived proposal will lead to erroneous firings, discrimination, and exploitation of millions of workers, including U.S. citizens and legal immigrants wronged by the system’s database errors and lack of safeguards.
While this bill purports to address our broken immigration system, it fails to take the approach demanded by the American public. Congress must articulate a clear and effective approach to resolving the immigration crisis. The public has summarily rejected deportation-only strategies like H.R. 4088 as impractical, unrealistic, and undesirable. This approach simply does not measure up: not in terms of what is feasible, nor in light of the type of country we want to be.
The SAVE Act does not represent the principles of our nation, and we hope it does not represent the principles of the Democratic Party and the Congress. It is a short-sighted attempt to appease a vociferous minority of anti-immigrant and nativist groups, at the expense of American and immigrant workers. We urge that you listen to the voice of the nation instead, which has unfalteringly and resolutely backed solutions that restore legality by addressing the multiple facets of this issue.
The strength of this country lies in our recognition that we can accomplish more together than separately. The SAVE Act weakens us as a nation and we urge you to fight vigorously against it.
Respectfully,
[List of Organizations]
Add your organization to this important letter -- together we can achieve real reform,
Coalition for Comprehensive Immigration Reform
ORGANIZATIONAL SIGN-ON LETTER OPPOSING THE SHULER-TANCREDO BILL
Dear Advocates of Immigration Reform,
As you know, supporters of the Shuler-Tancredo bill or "SAVE" Act are still fighting to move this measure forward. Introduced by Democratic Rep. Heath Shuler (D-NC), H.R. 4088 is a simplistic and ill-conceived approach to deal with one of the most complex issues facing our country. And while it does not deliver the solutions the country demands on immigration, if enacted this proposal will lead to erroneous firings, discrimination, and exploitation of millions of workers, including U.S. citizens and legal immigrants.
Please sign your organization onto the letter below – ask Speaker Pelosi to take a stand on behalf of workers and oppose this short-sighted measure. It's time to listen to the voice of the nation which has unfalteringly backed solutions that restore legality by addressing the multiple facets of immigration.
To sign on, please email Jessica Luevano at jluevano [at] cirnow.org and indicate exactly how you would like your organization’s name listed.
DEADLINE: FRI 2/22 at 5pm ET.
SIGN-ON LETTER
Dear Madam Speaker:
We write to express our solid opposition to the Secure America through Verification and Enforcement Act (SAVE Act), H.R. 4088. On the issue of immigration, America is demanding a return to legality. This bill not only fails to provide that, but in fact is a poison pill in the bloodstream of the American workforce. We join our voices from all over the country to urge your leadership in preventing this misguided measure from moving forward.
At a time when economic uncertainty is spreading through our country, it is simply inconceivable that Congress may be considering a measure that asks every U.S. citizen to prove his or her right to work--and to prove it by relying on a verification system that has been repeatedly demonstrated to fail American workers and employers alike. If enacted, this ill-conceived proposal will lead to erroneous firings, discrimination, and exploitation of millions of workers, including U.S. citizens and legal immigrants wronged by the system’s database errors and lack of safeguards.
While this bill purports to address our broken immigration system, it fails to take the approach demanded by the American public. Congress must articulate a clear and effective approach to resolving the immigration crisis. The public has summarily rejected deportation-only strategies like H.R. 4088 as impractical, unrealistic, and undesirable. This approach simply does not measure up: not in terms of what is feasible, nor in light of the type of country we want to be.
The SAVE Act does not represent the principles of our nation, and we hope it does not represent the principles of the Democratic Party and the Congress. It is a short-sighted attempt to appease a vociferous minority of anti-immigrant and nativist groups, at the expense of American and immigrant workers. We urge that you listen to the voice of the nation instead, which has unfalteringly and resolutely backed solutions that restore legality by addressing the multiple facets of this issue.
The strength of this country lies in our recognition that we can accomplish more together than separately. The SAVE Act weakens us as a nation and we urge you to fight vigorously against it.
Respectfully,
[List of Organizations]
Add your organization to this important letter -- together we can achieve real reform,
Coalition for Comprehensive Immigration Reform
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I read the SAVE ACT. There is nothing ominous about this bill. The purpose is protecting the rights of American citizens and their country. This complaint letter is riddled with false statements and political propaganda double speak.
Understanding the true nature of the problem our country faces means that we should no longer subject the American citizen to the continued abuse of corporate corruption which has promoted the current wave of illegal migration across our southern border for the past 17 years.
The purpose of the SAVE ACT would assist in ending the abuse and the corruption the American family and their communities have been subjected to. The SAVE ACT will not end the corruption of NAFTA or end the corruption of multi-national corporations, but its a start nonetheless.
Understanding the true nature of the problem our country faces means that we should no longer subject the American citizen to the continued abuse of corporate corruption which has promoted the current wave of illegal migration across our southern border for the past 17 years.
The purpose of the SAVE ACT would assist in ending the abuse and the corruption the American family and their communities have been subjected to. The SAVE ACT will not end the corruption of NAFTA or end the corruption of multi-national corporations, but its a start nonetheless.
After much research I'm convinced that the Shuler-Tancredo Bill is disastrous from a variety of perspectives including for our US economy as well as the effect on families trying merely to survive--many who's legal efforts to gain citizenship have been put on hold. Please look into this Bill and come up with a much better alternative as we are seeking to do as well.
This is a most ridiculous letter - even if you oppose this bill as incomplete - just writing some soft stuff about how it will hurt workers. In every area of life, entering your company's offices or opening an account, you are asked o to prove you are legally entitled for the benefit. Why would it be wrong to do same for that most fundamental and valued of the rights - the right to reside and work in a sovereign country. Every country including Mexico enforces this right for any non-citizens.
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