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GET INVOLVED
In May of last year, the Department of Homeland Security made their biggest raid ever and arrested close to 400 workers at the nation’s biggest Kosher meatpacking plant in Iowa, in Postville. Many of the people who were arrested and detained were not only accused of living illegally in this country but were criminally charged with aggravated identity theft and using counterfeit I.D. to work. Those charged were accused of felonies under 18 U.S.C. § 1028A and many faced two to five years of imprisonment as a result.
People are increasingly facing Federal criminal charges for trying to work with fake social security numbers or green cards and are serving up to two years in prison before being deported to their native countries. The Postville scene might be more commonplace if people do not take the time to get involved in the immigration reform debate and make sure that people are not criminalized for their hard work but rather given a fair chance to work and support their families. Now that the elections are over, people need to address the passing of new immigration laws. Whether the policies are going to punish and criminalize hard working people depends largely on how active people are into making sure that the right changes are passed into law.
With the economy in dire straits, and the controversy with the health care bill, the immigration reform bills have taken a back seat but some form of immigration bill is going to be passed and we all owe it to ourselves to make sure that the laws protect every one. The bills which have been discussed so far range from laws such as 18 USC § 1028A criminalizing people living illegally in this country to Z visas which would only permit people to attain citizenship after more than thirteen arduous years, to laws severally restraining the immigration of close relatives of naturalized citizens. Frankly the bills discussed do not go far enough into making real reforms.
Every one whether they are citizens or not quite legal in this need to get involved as the bills which are going to become laws are going to affect every one of us. Take the time to get involved. Convince three people to contact their Congress person and have those three people convince three more people to make contact. Sherrod Brown, one of the two senators from Ohio decided to change her vote to fight the immigration reforms during the last votes because he received overwhelming numbers of calls from people who opposed the bills. Making contact can make a difference. To revive the discussion towards a fairer immigration reform, please call your Senators or House of Representative to let them know that you support a progressive immigration reform and that you want amendments done. Only those who take the time to raise their voice will be heard. Also, make sure to spread the word about the need to support and amend the prior bills.
Below we have included a petition that people can use as template to start a petition in their area. Thank you.
In May of last year, the Department of Homeland Security made their biggest raid ever and arrested close to 400 workers at the nation’s biggest Kosher meatpacking plant in Iowa, in Postville. Many of the people who were arrested and detained were not only accused of living illegally in this country but were criminally charged with aggravated identity theft and using counterfeit I.D. to work. Those charged were accused of felonies under 18 U.S.C. § 1028A and many faced two to five years of imprisonment as a result.
People are increasingly facing Federal criminal charges for trying to work with fake social security numbers or green cards and are serving up to two years in prison before being deported to their native countries. The Postville scene might be more commonplace if people do not take the time to get involved in the immigration reform debate and make sure that people are not criminalized for their hard work but rather given a fair chance to work and support their families. Now that the elections are over, people need to address the passing of new immigration laws. Whether the policies are going to punish and criminalize hard working people depends largely on how active people are into making sure that the right changes are passed into law.
With the economy in dire straits, and the controversy with the health care bill, the immigration reform bills have taken a back seat but some form of immigration bill is going to be passed and we all owe it to ourselves to make sure that the laws protect every one. The bills which have been discussed so far range from laws such as 18 USC § 1028A criminalizing people living illegally in this country to Z visas which would only permit people to attain citizenship after more than thirteen arduous years, to laws severally restraining the immigration of close relatives of naturalized citizens. Frankly the bills discussed do not go far enough into making real reforms.
Every one whether they are citizens or not quite legal in this need to get involved as the bills which are going to become laws are going to affect every one of us. Take the time to get involved. Convince three people to contact their Congress person and have those three people convince three more people to make contact. Sherrod Brown, one of the two senators from Ohio decided to change her vote to fight the immigration reforms during the last votes because he received overwhelming numbers of calls from people who opposed the bills. Making contact can make a difference. To revive the discussion towards a fairer immigration reform, please call your Senators or House of Representative to let them know that you support a progressive immigration reform and that you want amendments done. Only those who take the time to raise their voice will be heard. Also, make sure to spread the word about the need to support and amend the prior bills.
Below we have included a petition that people can use as template to start a petition in their area. Thank you.
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