Posted by
Jack Cruger on Tuesday, December 04, 2007 11:14:17 PM
This letter was E-Mailed to the Senator on 12.04.2007
To Senator Lindsey Graham:
Thank you for your letter in response to my E- mail dated November 6, 2007 about the solution to illegal immigration.
If you allow me I would like to make some comments as to why I think the Secure America with Verification and Enforcement Act, HR4088 (SAVE) is a better way to get a nonpartisan immigration bill passed that is enforceable and is what the American people want.
This bill makes more sense than all of the others because it make use of laws that have been on the books but through lack of Congressional oversight have not been enforced, such as (a) Border Patrol Agents- Section 5202 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-458; 118 Stat. 3734).
Title 1 of SAVE (HR-4088) repeats exactly what the voters wanted in the many communications the Congress received during the attempt to pass S-1639. The enforcement of Title 2 subtitle “A” the “Unauthorized Aliens” will start migrating back to where they came from on their own. “NO SUPPLY NO DEMAND”. They just might trot off to Canada where they will be welcome with open arms, at least until their system implodes, like ours is starting too. By the way we are seeing this happen in our area now with the new housing slump that is taking place. We should take advantage of this “Happening” and get our border security in place.
Congressman Heath Shuler (D-NC) introduced SAVE,(HR-4088) on the same day your letter was written, with 112 co-signers of which 67 of them are Republicans. The House Minority Whip Roy Blunt (R-Missouri) has refused to sign still thinks Amnesty is what the American people want. He is totally out of touch with the voters as are the majority of the House and Senate, which I find amusing because of the out cry, of the voters, against the Kennedy-Bush bill which you supported. He has been in Congress to long, was not able to bring an immigration bill to the floor when he was in charge, and thinks the only good bill is one that the Republicans bring forth.
The American people are tired of this crap and will relentlessly pursue finalization of this issue by means of flooding the incoming communication lines or bring to end the terms of officials who don’t understand what we want at upcoming elections.
The people vote on these bills on “WashingtonWatch.com” and if you want to see how we voted go there and take a look. Too SAVE you some time the vote for HR-4028 is 80% for and 20% against as opposed to the vote for the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 31% for and 69% against. There is no need to go any further, Please get on board with SAVE and be a sponsor for the Senate.
While I’m on the subject of “Illegal Aliens” I am in support of temporary workers, except for the illegal part. We should extend the H-2B to 6 months, and be made permanent, which would cover the tourist business in our area as well other tourist locations. I wrote an opinion on this in the Myrtle “The Sun News” on August 1, 2007.
As far as the AgJOBS act is concerned I am totally against the proposed S.237. Providing a “Blue Card”, allowing the travel through out the country and the ability to apply for legal residency, is just another “Amnesty” program. Frozen wages over periods of time and tying them to the CPI of two years prior is just plain wrong, but it may send them back to from where ever they came.
In either case these two problems should be dealt with separately and not be a part of a massive reform bill.
Again thanks for putting up with me on this. I know you have a lot on your plate, but that’s why you get the ‘Big Bucks”, I would not want the job.