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5.22.2007

 

Immigration spam

Some, maybe all of Vermont's legislators got a curious e-mail the other day from something called USCitizensRights.org. The national group doesn't like the immigration reform deall that a bi-partisan group of US Senators and the White House hashed out last week, and it wants our Montpelier crew to get on the digital horn and let representatives in Congress know just how bad the deal is.

Here's some of what the e-mail, entitled Stop Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants in Vermont! said:

"USCitizensRights (USCR) and the citizens of Vermont and the US are ready to explode in anger over the awful teamwork of McCain, Kennedy, Reid, Specter, Feinstein, and others seeking to provide Amnesty to illegal aliens (under their S. 1348, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform bill)."

"USCR seeks to preserve, defend, and protect the constitutional rights of American citizens, who face threats and assaults against their wages, jobs, security, and rights, from Illegal Immigration. The US Constitution has NO rights for illegal aliens in the US. We reject the Kennedy-McCain Amnesty Bill, and petition ALL lawmakers of the US Congress to enforce US immigration law, and highlight the facts below to show why the US federal government must enforce immigration law."

From there, the USCR folks list a bunch of reasons why the deal is a bad one, followed by a list of Senators that our state legislators can contact.

Just two problems with all this.

One, most Vermonters know there are maybe 2,000 illegal (mostly) Mexican workers employed on dairy farms in the state, doing work that Vermonters apparently don't want to do. Without these workers, it could be curtains for the state's signature dairy biz. So suggesting a knee-jerk rejection of the deal isn't that easy for most of our lawmakers to do.

And two, the e-mail appeal got off on the wrong foot by beginning its message with the words "Dear Maine State Rep.:"

That's a sure way to a Vermont lawmaker's attention. Not.

-- Sam Hemingway

Comments:
It is a bad deal because we will be rewarding those that have broken the law. It will be passed because the democrats are salivating at the thought of all of the illegals they can sign up to vote. And it also provides peons to clip hedges and scrub floors for John Edwards, the Kennedy clan, the Clintons, and Al Gore.
 
Sour grapes?
 
Bubba, I think this is going to be passed because George W. Bush is going to sign it.
 
Deport Bubba to Lebanon, or Palestine or Iraq. Doesn't matter. He can stand on his soap box and spout stupid crap like he does in here every single day. Speaking of getting a job...
 
I'm sure that the good folks over at the Vermont Nazi Party, er.. I mean True North Radio, are behind this campaign.

Rumor has it that Corporal Beaudry is offering a free white hood to every contributor to his pogram.
 
Where is Shumlin on this one?
 
I'm sure Shumlin will be on both sides . . .
 
We don't need any more wetbacks in this country and I will see to that!
 
Bernie looks out for Bernie.
 
Ain't that the truth.
 
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