April 20, 2006
The Honorable Bill Nelson
United States Senate
716 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510-0905
Re: Illegal Immigration
Dear Senator Nelson:
Tell Congress To Say NO to Amnesty for Illegals!
As your constituent, I'm writing to ask you to please oppose ANY "immigration bill" that includes ANY "guest worker" amnesty provisions, and to STAND STRONG and "hold the line" on the Sensenbrenner immigration bill that has already passed the House of Representatives.
Until the federal government is willing to enforce the immigration laws that are already on the books, Americans will be highly skeptical of any additional promises to enforce a new and deeply flawed approach.
If recent history is an accurate guide, this so-called guest worker notion would only encourage a new wave of illegal aliens and make America's uncontrolled and unacceptable immigration debacle even worse than it is now.
Such legislation is a bad idea not only because it creates a transparent path to amnesty, but also because it would reduce work opportunities, depress wages, and lower worker protection for Americans. Further, it would be impossible to administer and even more unlikely to be enforced.
The most important job you have to do right now is to SECURE OUR BORDER against illegal immigration. Like millions of Americans, I'm sick and tired of the "inside the beltway" politics on this issue; I will listen to NO MORE weasel words or slick excuses.
This issue is BLACK OR WHITE - there are NO "shades of gray." We need you to pass TRUE border security legislation, such as the Sensenbrenner bill already passed by the House. Please, oppose ANY "immigration bill" that includes ANY "guest worker" amnesty provisions, and "hold the line" on the Sensenbrenner immigration bill. I will be watching your vote on this issue very closely.
One easy and cost effective way to secure our borders is to recruit landowners on the border and train them in the use of government radios and reporting format. Whenever they spot illegals crossing the border they can simply radio for help. Ideally this would result in national guard troops responding with Apache Helicopters or Bradley vehicles in case the Mexican Army decides to perform the 210th armed border crossing in the last ten years! That's short term.
Long term is build a FENCE or better yet a Berlin style WALL! If you'll recall your history, once erected the Berlin Wall worked so well that any successful attempt to cross over by even ONE person was international news! Build it and they will NOT come.
Sincerely,
Thank you Soldier , it is excellent!
Thanks for posting your letter to Senator Nelson.
I like your no-uncertain-terms. That is the only way to approach this.