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Support immigrant workers' rights.
Take action to support the rights of immigrant workers.
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Subject:
Dear [ Decision Maker ] ,
As you are considering new laws on immigration, I urge you to provide legal status to the hard-working, tax-paying immigrants here in this country, to treat immigrants fairly and to change the laws that lead to exploitation.
I understand that Congress is beginning to debate how to fix our immigration system. I wanted to let you know how strongly I feel that immigrant workers need to be given a fair deal in this country. The immigrants I see or know work very hard, they pay taxes like the rest of us, their kids are in school with my kids and they ought to have the same rights as everyone else.
Even if immigrants got here without documents, they're here to stay. And that's a good thing for our country. We are a nation of immigrants. For centuries, people have come here from all over the world to build a better life. The union movement was built by immigrants to protect workers from oppression. The immigrants in my local union work just as hard as anyone else.
There are some bad employers who take advantage of undocumented immigrants by paying them lower wages, denying them overtime pay and making them work in very hazardous conditions. This is not right and hurts all workers. All immigrants, regardless of how they got here, should have all the workplace protections that other workers have. That would stop employers from pitting immigrants against other workers and exploiting them to undercut wages.
I hope you will work for new legislation that protects all immigrants, treats them fairly and provides them access to permanent legal status. Thank you for considering my views.
Sincerely,
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Campaign Launched:
December 01, 2001
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