Peter Gadiel
Our Overburdened Immigration System Is Still Broken
The September 11, 2001 tragedy showed how directly our vital national security is impacted by our overburdened immigration system, but Congress has done very little to fix this badly broken process.
As Peter Gadiel, whose son was killed at the World Trade Center, says in the TV ad featured on this page, “Our immigration system couldn’t tell a terrorist from a tourist, and it still can not.
The sheer numbers of people flowing through our flawed immigration system-about a million legally, countless more illegally, and millions of foreign visitors-are overwhelming it. America's immigration laws often are totally disregarded, frequently are not enforced, and are based on concepts that in many cases are no longer consistent with our national security and other vital interests.
Millions are entering without adequate background screening.
Millions of people cross our open borders illegally. Lax enforcement allows them to remain here.
Illegal aliens can easily obtain false identity documents, driver’s licenses and Social Security numbers so they can work and live here with little fear of apprehension.
We need your help in getting Congress to start serious reform of our immigration system. Comprehensive reforms may take several years, but some things can be done immediately. A good first step at cutting the overwhelming numbers would be to abolish the “visa lottery” program. The visa lottery promotes fraud and illegal immigration, is unnecessary, burdensome and increases national security threats.
Act Today: Ask Your Congressman to Get Immigration Under Control. Congressman Bob Goodlatte has introduced H.R. 775, the Security and Fairness Enhancement for America Act. This bipartisan bill, which already has 39 cosponsors, would terminate the senseless visa lottery and would be a positive step towards more comprehensive reform of our immigration system. Ask your Congressman to cosponsor H.R. 775 and to advocate its immediate passage to begin putting our nation’s broken immigration policy back on track.
Writing You Congressman
It’s very simple to contact your Congressman.
All you have to do is go to:
the U.S. House of Representatives’ website
fill in your name, address and zip code.
It will automatically identify your Congressman and provide you with a simple email form which you can use to immediately send your request.
What to Say - It’s always good to write your message in your own words. You can find additional message points for your email letter on the visa lottery by clicking here.
Or, you can also get the message across by simply highlighting the following form letter, copying it and then pasting it on the email form. Then click on the icon as instructed to send the message.
Dear Congressman:
Please co-sponsor H.R. 775, the Security and Fairness Enhancement for America Act, sponsored by your colleague, Rep. Goodlatte. This bipartisan bill would end the senseless visa lottery and would be a positive initial step towards more comprehensive reform of our overburdened immigration system.
Although the September 11, 2001 tragedy showed how directly our national security is impacted by our immigration system, Congress had done almost nothing to fix our outdated immigration process. Our system is literally being overwhelmed by the sheer numbers of people flowing through it. Our immigration laws are often disregarded, frequently not enforced, and are based on concepts that in many cases are no longer consistent with our national security and other vital interests. We need comprehensive immigration reforms, including reducing numbers to more reasonable levels. I recognize broader reforms may take time, but there is something you can do right now.
As a first step, the outdated and arbitrary visa lottery program should be abolished. Please support doing so by co-sponsoring H.R. 775, the Goodlatte bill which would end this lottery program. This discredited lottery program admits people we do not need, promotes fraud and illegal immigration and increases national security threats.
Please let me know if you are willing to co-sponsor this bill, and if not, why you do not support it.
Sincerely,
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Write Your Congressman Now - Either write your own personal message, or copy the form message as explained above and paste it into the message text box you will find after clicking on the following link to the House of Representatives’ email messaging system:
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Call Your Congressman – It’s also very helpful if you would also call your Congressman and deliver your message by phone. If you do not already know your Representative’s name, use the above link to identify him/her and then call them through the Capitol switchboard’s main number at: 202-225-3121.