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A form letter:

Tell Congress to Get Control of Immigration

As your constituent, I am writing to ask you to make immigration control a top priority. I am concerned with the fact that Congress still has not implemented the immigration policy reforms needed to make sure that the tragedy of 9-11 does not happen again.

Current immigration levels are so high that immigration officials are unable to thoroughly screen immigrants before allowing them into the country—as 9-11 tragically underscored. Just as one would shut off the main water valve before attempting to fix a leaky pipe, the U.S. needs to turn off the flow while we repair a dysfunctional policy. A time-out from today’s high immigration levels would allow us to concentrate on stopping the massive illegal immigration problem and regaining control of our borders.
Please cosponsor H.R. 946, the Mass Immigration Reduction Act of 2003, which would enact a five-year moratorium on many categories of immigration so that we can implement reforms crucial to national security.

Please also support the CLEAR Act, H.R. 2671, which would protect homeland security by giving state and local law enforcement agencies the authority and resources needed to detain criminal and illegal aliens within the course of their regular duties.

I am also counting on you to oppose any efforts to grant amnesty to illegal aliens or otherwise reward them, including guestworker amnesties and student amnesties.

I look forward to your response and hope to see you taking action on this important issue in the near future.