Why?
Except for the facetious KKK signature, my slightly altered text is a verbatim copy of the original text except that "convicted felon" was substituted for "your residence in this country is illegal" and "black" was substituted for "immigrant" and "Africa" was added as the specific place of the threatened deportation.
FYI: I am a naturalized citizen and read the letter exactly the way it was intended, so enough of your BS.
I am a naturalized citizen too and I read, in plain English:
"You are advised that if ........you are an immigrant, voting in a federal election is a crime that could result in jail time, and you will be deported for voting without having a right to do so."
Has the English language changed so much in Britain since 1776 that the words "if you are an immigrant, voting in a federal election is a crime" do not mean "if you are an immigrant, voting in a federal election is a crime"?
Pray tell, how do you know, "exactly", how the letter was intended?
There is no denying that the second sentence is a declarative sentence that states in plain English that, if you are an immigrant, it is a crime to vote in a Federal election and that such voting can land you in jail and can get you deported.
I hate to break your rose-colored glasses but politics, both Democrat politics and Republican politics, is swarming with slimy creatures.
"Duke" Cunningham was a true American hero (the highest scoring American fighter ace in the Vietnam War) until politics totally corrupted him.
How on Earth do you know, exactly, that a slimy political operative who just happens to work for the Republicans did not willfully substitute the word "immigrant" for the words "resident aliens" in a deliberate attempt to sow fearful confusion in the minds of potential Democrat voters?
If caught, he has people such as yourself ready to make excuses for him and even willing to claim that they know "exactly" what the intent of the letter was.
The sentence "You are advised that if ........you are an immigrant, voting in a federal election is a crime that could result in jail time, and you will be deported for voting without having a right to do so" speaks for itself in plain English.
Legally, it is voter intimidation and, legally, the man who wrote it and sent it to voters through the U.S. Postal Service will have to answer in a court of law for it.
You may be willing to look aside when political dirty tricks are done by our side.
I hold both sides to the same ethical and legal standards.
Assuming that the no dirty tricks were willfully intended, the man will learn the extremely valuable lesson that the law takes a very dim view of the massacre of language when the legal rights of other citizens are potentially affected by it.