Kowabunga

I sent the following note to Senatpor Coleman via his website:

Dear Senator Coleman:

A few weeks ago I was delighted that you voted against cloture on the Immigration Reform Act of 2007 (aka McKennedy Amnesty Act). Now I am disappointed that you have supported cloture. I understand that you have aneeded amendment that may be added on to this legislation. Howeer you know as well as I do that any and all amendments may be stripped from the final bill during joint session.

This bill is a bad bill for many reasons, mnost specifically it allows any illegal alien to gain legalization with forged documents. Even if an amendment is added on by the Senate to require a secure passport be presented, that would likely be stripped away in joint session.

No set amendments can fix a bad bill, and this is an extremely bad bill.

I implore you to end your support of this legislation and opose it as you previously have done.

Thank you

Todd C. Hansen

We'll see if it does any good.

As for Amy Klobuchar, for what good it will do, I sent the following:

Dear Senator Klobuchar:

I am writing to you in regards to the Immigration Reform Act of 2007 now before the U.S. Senate.

I oculd go on for pages on why this is a bad piece of legsilation, however I think I will stick to one major point.

The requiremnet for legalization is a couple of easy to forge documents with which an illegal alien can then forge a new identity. At the very least, aliens wishing legalization under this act should be required to provide a secure passport with biometric data.

However, I recognize that even if the Senate were to approve an amendment to make such a requirement, there is a high likelihood that it will be stripped away during joint session.

No set of amendments can fix a bad bill, and this is a very bad bill that poses signifcant national security risks.

I implore you to opose this bill, regardless of the amendments attached to it.

Sincerely

Todd C. Hansen

I have no doubt that the only way to defeat this bill is here and now in the Senate. For some reason I wasn't surprised that it was borugh back to life so soon after its initial defeat.

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McKennedy Amnesty Immigration Reform