[Peace-discuss] URGENT FAVOR: Stop anti-immigrant legislation in Congress tonight!!

[Brooke Anderson]

Dear friends,

I have an urgent favor to ask of you. PLEASE HELP STOP ANTI-IMMIGRANT 
LEGISLATION WOULD THREATEN STATES WITH PRO-IMMIGRANT POLICIES.

Representative Tom Tancredo (R-CO), chair of the anti-immigrant 
caucus, is  proposing two amendments to the Homeland Security 
Appropriations bill (H.R. 4567). These amendments would

   -- deny funds to any state or local government that limits 
disclosure of immigration status, regardless of the purpose of such a 
policy (i.e. public safety); and
   -- deny funds to any state that permits undocumented immigrants to 
apply for driver's licenses or other "comparable" state documents.

These amendments are expected to come up for a vote LATE THIS EVENING 
(June 17) or TOMORROW MORNING (June 18).  We need to call our US 
Representatives IMMEDIATELY and urge them to vote NO on these 
amendments.

HERE IS WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP:

Click on the website below to send a message to your representative 
(for many of you, this will be representative Tim Johnson -- 
remember, with enough calls and emails, we succeeded in getting him 
to vote against anti-immigrant legislation last time, we can do it 
again!!!)

   http://capwiz.com/icirr/mail/oneclick_compose/?alertid=6017661

More information about the actual legislation is available at the 
link above. Thank you! And please write me back to let me know that 
you took action!

Brooke.
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Brooke Anderson
Champaign County Health Care Consumers
44 E. Main St., Suite 208
Champaign, IL 61820
Phone = (217) 352-6533, x 17
Fax = (217) 352-9745
Email = brooke at shout.net
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