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Comprehensive Immigration Reform Must Protect Privacy And Civil Liberties, Says ACLU
WASHINGTON - October 13 - Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL) will join with other House Democrats this afternoon to outline priorities for comprehensive immigration reform legislation. The American Civil Liberties Union applauds Congress’s efforts to overhaul the broken immigration system and urges leaders in Washington to work for legislation that does not sacrifice civil liberties and personal privacy.
“The
ACLU is encouraged by the willingness of congressional leaders to lay
out details of immigration reform, but we strongly oppose any reforms
that would unnecessarily violate the privacy of Americans,” said
Michael Macleod-Ball, Acting Director of the ACLU Washington
Legislative Office. “We urge lawmakers to reject any proposed
immigration reform measures that include a biometric national worker ID
system or a universal compulsory electronic employment verification
system. These systems come at enormous cost to the American public and
do little to prevent the hiring of undocumented workers. It is
unacceptable to force Americans to be fingerprinted and photographed in
order to work.”
The
ACLU also calls on members of Congress to reject any legislation that
gives state and local authorities a role in enforcing federal civil
immigration laws. 287(g) agreements between the federal government and
state and local law enforcement have led to racial and ethnic profiling
across the country. Such agreements undermine effective law
enforcement, creating an environment of fear that discourages immigrant
communities from cooperating with the police. Cities and states cannot
be allowed to supersede national immigration policy by enacting their
own laws targeting immigrant communities.
Immigration
reform legislation must also address due process failures embodied in
current immigration law. Congress should pass provisions that end
prolonged detention of people who pose no risk or danger; restore
discretion so immigration judges can consider U.S. citizen children and
spouses when rendering deportation decisions; and repeal summary
procedures that deny fair immigration hearings.
“Comprehensive
immigration reform must ensure American core values of due process and
equal protection under the law, affording people the right to go to the
federal courts to enforce the law and the Constitution,” said Joanne
Lin, ACLU Legislative Counsel. “The power of courts to review the
practices and policies governing implementation of legalization is
essential to upholding fundamental rights, enforcing the Constitution,
ensuring the rule of law and preventing bureaucratic abuses.”
To see the ACLU’s statement on the necessary elements of meaningful immigration reform, see: www.aclu.org/immigrants/gen/
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Show AllThe federal government has the prospect in proving to the American workers and legal population that they are wrong in thinking that politicians are catering to the open border parasites? Two laws could be imposed, that would assign employment to elderly citizens and others, as a vanguard in inspecting I-9's auditing forms for use with the E-Verify, computer verification software. Thousands of jobs could be created as an interior illegal immigration force, giving ICE more backing in investigating businesses hiring foreign labor? In all regions of the country these interior inspectors would listen to Whistle blowers and then have ICE investigate companies, such as with the apparel company in Los Angeles who had to jettison 1800 foreign nationals. To me it's very questionable that a company the size of that clothing company could be completely ignorant of its workers, specifically in a SANCTUARY CITY AND STATE like CALIFORNIA?
Another idea is in the commencing voting season next year? Instead of just taking the incumbents and clean faced lawmakers by their word? That when they swear an oath that they will protect and defend the American people, we should hold them to it? We should ensure their honesty by having them sign an agreement executed under perjury, that he/she will defend us from foreign and domestic enemies? Let's face it if you study the immigration enforcement grading at NUMBERSUSA, a highly regarded pro-sovereignty website, you will observe Sen. Harry Reid has a C- ? grading. He and Nancy Pelosi, Janet Napolitano, Sen.Chuck Schumer (F- ) Diane Feinstein ( F ) and countless others have used their political influence to under fund, create obstacles and otherwise use Senate-House laws to collapse any worthwhile enforcement laws such as police apprehension 287 G and the No-Match letter? Ask yourself? What do these politicians have to gain from keeping our border fence wide open? Even the church is approving the BLANKET AMNESTY, when the 1986 AMNESTY was just a facade of fraud. Perhaps the churches would like to open their coffers, homes and bring in illegal alien families to squat there, instead of dumping it in the lap of the taxpayers yet again? My Baptist church has very few passionate people, when it means feeding their own families?
Just type into Google each name followed by illegal immigration as many are brought and sold once they get to Washington, as out from the sleazy woodwork comes the lobbyists with bags of money. For an example type in Pelosi--illegal immigration--corruption. One headline reads--NANCY PELOSI CULTURE OF CORRUPTION! Nancy Pelosi, Dianne Feinstein Appropriated Federal Funds for San Francisco DA's Program that Expunged & Kept Illegal’s Criminal Records from the Feds: The diseased lists of political sleaze goes on and on. The rumors that Pelosi has vineyards in Central California have an abundant illegal alien labor? If you really want to know the--TRUTH--about the next path to citizenship for the 20 to 30 million foreign nationals, just surf the net.
GOOGLE–JUDICIAL WATCH and learn what your financial future has in store for you. Ordinary people have been crippled by financing illegal immigration? That’s right! They bleed you for more and more taxes to supplement the poorly paid income of illegal workers? Remember it’s not the US government who pays for free health care, education for the millions of illegal kids brought over here. Removing the chance of a decent education for our kids? It’s the US taxpayer who can hardly afford to balance their own budgetary needs. The only people who benefit from cut rate labor are the dishonest business owners. That’s why we need mandatory E-Verify, to disrupt their hiring of cheap labor. Even our kids cannot get summer jobs any more, because fast food employers hire illegal workers?
If American workers don’t get organized and run these political renegades out of town, we will have a BLANKET AMNESTY to deal with. We can stop this travesty by holding their feet to fire at 202-224-3121 and yelling they will not be reelected. Be aware that the ACLU was founded by a communist sympathizer, who are likely in collusion with a foreign government.
URGENT: TEA PARTIES NATION WIDE ON NOVEMBER 14 AGAINST BLANKET AMNESTY. NO MORE MONEY FOR ILLEGALS’
Today, Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) will be offering an amendment to the Commerce, Justice, and Science appropriations bill that would require the U.S. Census Bureau to add questions regarding immigration & citizenship status to the 2010 decennial census. If these questions are not asked it is certain that illegal aliens will be counted in the census and states will lose/gain Congressional seats (and electoral college votes) due to this counting of illegal aliens.DEMAND FROM YOUR SENATORS THAT SEN. VITTERS’ AMENDMENT BE INCLUDED.