Dip’s Hits

Dear Congressman,

Please do not allow any kind of immigration ‘amnesty’. There are legal ways of immigration- my parents were both immigrants.

I find it so ironic that we are considering rewarding those who have broken- and continue to break the law. And peripherally- those who brought them across the border. Suddenly the thousands they’ve paid could buy them citizenship. This is wrong.

The reason I say this is I have a friend who was an engineer with me at (a large multinational firm). We brought him over, and he’s been an incredibly productive worker. However, downsizing and moving of jobs overseas and to Canada means that he recently lost his job.

And now he has to go back to England.

Here he is- buying a home, paying taxes, living within the law… *wanting to stay* and he has to leave this country because he followed the rules. He is one of many in the same situation- others have already left.

If we’re going to do anything, it needs to be to make legal immigration easier- not reward those who have scoffed at our laws.

Please do not allow those of us who have played by the rules be made to look like fools.

Regards,

Dip

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