REAL ID ACT
House and Senate members are currently negotiating a final bill funding operations in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as providing aid to tsunami victims. The House has attached dangerous language to this "must-pass" bill that would grant the Secretary of Homeland Security unlimited powers which could not be challenged in any court. These powers would include the authority to suspend any law -- including environmental, civil rights and labor laws -- that the Secretary deems an obstacle to U.S. border security.
This legislation, called the REAL ID Act, must be stripped out in conference committee or it will surely become law, creating a terrible precedent for unchecked government power and threatening the safety of millions living in the U.S. or seeking asylum here.
Call today and tell your senator on the conference committee to strip the REAL ID Act language from the Iraq war appropriations bill (H.R. 1268).
Sen. Patty Murray
DC Phone: (202) 224-2621
District Phone: (206) 553-5545
When you call, ask for the staff member who handles appropriations issues. State your name, where you live, and a message such as:
"I strongly urge Senator _____ to ensure that the REAL ID Act is stripped from the Iraq war appropriations bill in conference committee and not included in a final bill."
Here are some talking points to reinforce your message:
The REAL ID Act would give the Secretary of Homeland Security unlimited powers not subject to judicial review, allowing the Secretary to trample our rights. Under the bill, the Secretary of Homeland Security would have authority to waive "all laws" -- including environmental, civil rights and labor laws -- that s/he determines would interfere with the construction of barriers and roads along our nation's borders. For example, if the Secretary decided it would be cheaper to hire children to construct a border fence, s/he could waive child labor laws to make it happen. These decisions could not be challenged in any court because the bill also exempts such decisions from judicial review.
The Act would deny asylum to people fleeing persecution in other countries. In one of the bill's most perverse twists, victims seeking asylum in the U.S. would have to obtain corroborating evidence of their persecution, such as documentation from the persecuting government. The bill would also give U.S. officials more power to deny asylum applications based on unproven or irrelevant information, and would prohibit U.S. courts from reviewing these discretionary judgments. This would effectively make asylum applicants completely dependent on the whims of officials at the Justice and Homeland Security departments.
The Act will force more immigrants into the shadows of society, harming the safety of immigrants and non-immigrants alike. The bill would require that states make driver's license applicants prove that they are in the U.S. legally and essentially turn motor-vehicle department employees into immigration agents. These new requirements could force many of the estimated 9 to 11 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S. to forego getting a driver's license or to obtain one fraudulently. As a result, many would also lack driver training and insurance, meaning more hazardous road conditions for all.
The REAL ID Act is a recipe for disaster, threatening the rights and safety of millions of Americans. Its sponsors clearly know it, or they wouldn't have been so devious as to attach it to a bill that those in our military and those recovering from natural disaster are counting on.
Were the REAL ID Act debated in Congress at length and as a stand-alone bill, there is little doubt it that large majorities would be outraged by its assault on checks and balances and immigrants to the U.S. Your call to your senator, and those made by your friends, are the last, best hope to awaken that outrage and defeat this deeply flawed legislation.
Please contact your senator today and forward this alert to friends and family members in the states listed to the right. Sound the alarm to make sure that the REAL ID Act doesn't sneak into our nation's laws and undermine our democratic principles.
Thank you,
Ralph G. Neas
President
Learn about other critical flaws in the REAL ID Act at:
http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=17851
TAKE ACTION
Urge your U.S. Senator to work for the removal of the REAL ID Act from the final Iraq war appropriations bill now being negotiated in conference committee. The REAL ID Act would give the Secretary of Homeland Security vast new powers that would be beyond judicial review.
Sen. Patty Murray is on the conference committee and needs to hear from constituents like you. Please ask constituents of the other senators listed below to call, too.
Alabama
Senator Richard Shelby (R)
DC Phone: (202) 224-5744
Tuscaloosa: (205) 759-5047
Alaska
Senator Ted Stevens (R)
DC Phone: (202) 224-3004
Anchorage: (907) 271-5915
California
Senator Dianne Feinstein (D)
DC Phone: (202) 224-3841
San Francisco: (415) 393-0707
Colorado
Senator Wayne Allard (R)
DC Phone: (202) 224-5941
Englewood: (303) 220-7414
Hawaii
Senator Daniel Inouye (D)
DC Phone: (202) 224-3934
Honolulu: (808) 541-2542
Idaho
Senator Larry Craig (R)
DC Phone: (202) 224-2752
Boise: (208) 342-7985
Illinois
Senator Richard Durbin (D)
DC Phone: (202) 224-2152
Chicago: (312) 353-4952
Iowa
Senator Tom Harkin (D)
DC Phone: (202) 224-3254
Des Moines: (515) 284-4574
Kansas
Senator Sam Brownback (R)
DC Phone: (202) 224-6521
Topeka: (785) 233-2503
Kentucky
Senator Mitch McConnell (R)
DC Phone: (202) 224-2541
Louisville: (502) 582-6304
Louisiana
Senator Mary Landrieu (D)
DC Phone: (202) 224-5824
New Orleans: (504) 589-2427
Maryland
Senator Barbara Mikulski (D)
DC Phone: (202) 224-4654
Baltimore: (410) 962-4510
Mississippi
Senator Thad Cochran (R)
DC Phone: (202) 224-5054
Jackson: (601) 965-4459
Missouri
Senator Christopher Bond (R)
DC Phone: (202) 224-5721
Jefferson City: (573) 634-2488
Montana
Senator Conrad Burns (R)
DC Phone: (202) 224-2644
Billings: (406) 252-0550
Nevada
Senator Harry Reid (D)
DC Phone: (202) 224-3542
Las Vegas: (702) 388-5020
New Hampshire
Senator Judd Gregg (R)
DC Phone: (202) 224-3324
Concord: (603) 225-7115
New Mexico
Senator Pete Domenici (R)
DC Phone: (202) 224-6621
Albuquerque: (505) 346-6791
North Dakota
Senator Byron Dorgan (D)
DC Phone: (202) 224-2551
Bismarck: (701) 250-4618
Ohio
Senator Mike DeWine (R)
DC Phone: (202) 224-2315
Columbus: (614) 469-5186
Pennsylvania
Senator Arlen Specter (R)
DC Phone: (202) 224-4254
Philadelphia: (215) 597-7200
South Dakota
Senator Tim Johnson (D)
DC Phone: (202) 224-5842
Sioux Falls: (605) 332-8896
Texas
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R)
DC Phone: (202) 224-5922
Dallas: (214) 361-3500
Utah
Senator Robert Bennett (R)
DC Phone: (202) 224-5444
Salt Lake City: (801) 524-5933
Vermont
Senator Patrick Leahy (D)
DC Phone: (202) 224-4242
Burlington: (802) 863-2525
Washington
Senator Patty Murray (D)
DC Phone: (202) 224-2621
Seattle: (206) 553-5545
West Virginia
Senator Robert Byrd (D)
DC Phone: (202) 224-3954
Charleston: (304) 342-5855
Wisconsin
Senator Herbert Kohl (D)
DC Phone: (202) 224-5653
Milwaukee: (414) 297-4451
This legislation, called the REAL ID Act, must be stripped out in conference committee or it will surely become law, creating a terrible precedent for unchecked government power and threatening the safety of millions living in the U.S. or seeking asylum here.
Call today and tell your senator on the conference committee to strip the REAL ID Act language from the Iraq war appropriations bill (H.R. 1268).
Sen. Patty Murray
DC Phone: (202) 224-2621
District Phone: (206) 553-5545
When you call, ask for the staff member who handles appropriations issues. State your name, where you live, and a message such as:
"I strongly urge Senator _____ to ensure that the REAL ID Act is stripped from the Iraq war appropriations bill in conference committee and not included in a final bill."
Here are some talking points to reinforce your message:
The REAL ID Act would give the Secretary of Homeland Security unlimited powers not subject to judicial review, allowing the Secretary to trample our rights. Under the bill, the Secretary of Homeland Security would have authority to waive "all laws" -- including environmental, civil rights and labor laws -- that s/he determines would interfere with the construction of barriers and roads along our nation's borders. For example, if the Secretary decided it would be cheaper to hire children to construct a border fence, s/he could waive child labor laws to make it happen. These decisions could not be challenged in any court because the bill also exempts such decisions from judicial review.
The Act would deny asylum to people fleeing persecution in other countries. In one of the bill's most perverse twists, victims seeking asylum in the U.S. would have to obtain corroborating evidence of their persecution, such as documentation from the persecuting government. The bill would also give U.S. officials more power to deny asylum applications based on unproven or irrelevant information, and would prohibit U.S. courts from reviewing these discretionary judgments. This would effectively make asylum applicants completely dependent on the whims of officials at the Justice and Homeland Security departments.
The Act will force more immigrants into the shadows of society, harming the safety of immigrants and non-immigrants alike. The bill would require that states make driver's license applicants prove that they are in the U.S. legally and essentially turn motor-vehicle department employees into immigration agents. These new requirements could force many of the estimated 9 to 11 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S. to forego getting a driver's license or to obtain one fraudulently. As a result, many would also lack driver training and insurance, meaning more hazardous road conditions for all.
The REAL ID Act is a recipe for disaster, threatening the rights and safety of millions of Americans. Its sponsors clearly know it, or they wouldn't have been so devious as to attach it to a bill that those in our military and those recovering from natural disaster are counting on.
Were the REAL ID Act debated in Congress at length and as a stand-alone bill, there is little doubt it that large majorities would be outraged by its assault on checks and balances and immigrants to the U.S. Your call to your senator, and those made by your friends, are the last, best hope to awaken that outrage and defeat this deeply flawed legislation.
Please contact your senator today and forward this alert to friends and family members in the states listed to the right. Sound the alarm to make sure that the REAL ID Act doesn't sneak into our nation's laws and undermine our democratic principles.
Thank you,
Ralph G. Neas
President
Learn about other critical flaws in the REAL ID Act at:
http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=17851
TAKE ACTION
Urge your U.S. Senator to work for the removal of the REAL ID Act from the final Iraq war appropriations bill now being negotiated in conference committee. The REAL ID Act would give the Secretary of Homeland Security vast new powers that would be beyond judicial review.
Sen. Patty Murray is on the conference committee and needs to hear from constituents like you. Please ask constituents of the other senators listed below to call, too.
Alabama
Senator Richard Shelby (R)
DC Phone: (202) 224-5744
Tuscaloosa: (205) 759-5047
Alaska
Senator Ted Stevens (R)
DC Phone: (202) 224-3004
Anchorage: (907) 271-5915
California
Senator Dianne Feinstein (D)
DC Phone: (202) 224-3841
San Francisco: (415) 393-0707
Colorado
Senator Wayne Allard (R)
DC Phone: (202) 224-5941
Englewood: (303) 220-7414
Hawaii
Senator Daniel Inouye (D)
DC Phone: (202) 224-3934
Honolulu: (808) 541-2542
Idaho
Senator Larry Craig (R)
DC Phone: (202) 224-2752
Boise: (208) 342-7985
Illinois
Senator Richard Durbin (D)
DC Phone: (202) 224-2152
Chicago: (312) 353-4952
Iowa
Senator Tom Harkin (D)
DC Phone: (202) 224-3254
Des Moines: (515) 284-4574
Kansas
Senator Sam Brownback (R)
DC Phone: (202) 224-6521
Topeka: (785) 233-2503
Kentucky
Senator Mitch McConnell (R)
DC Phone: (202) 224-2541
Louisville: (502) 582-6304
Louisiana
Senator Mary Landrieu (D)
DC Phone: (202) 224-5824
New Orleans: (504) 589-2427
Maryland
Senator Barbara Mikulski (D)
DC Phone: (202) 224-4654
Baltimore: (410) 962-4510
Mississippi
Senator Thad Cochran (R)
DC Phone: (202) 224-5054
Jackson: (601) 965-4459
Missouri
Senator Christopher Bond (R)
DC Phone: (202) 224-5721
Jefferson City: (573) 634-2488
Montana
Senator Conrad Burns (R)
DC Phone: (202) 224-2644
Billings: (406) 252-0550
Nevada
Senator Harry Reid (D)
DC Phone: (202) 224-3542
Las Vegas: (702) 388-5020
New Hampshire
Senator Judd Gregg (R)
DC Phone: (202) 224-3324
Concord: (603) 225-7115
New Mexico
Senator Pete Domenici (R)
DC Phone: (202) 224-6621
Albuquerque: (505) 346-6791
North Dakota
Senator Byron Dorgan (D)
DC Phone: (202) 224-2551
Bismarck: (701) 250-4618
Ohio
Senator Mike DeWine (R)
DC Phone: (202) 224-2315
Columbus: (614) 469-5186
Pennsylvania
Senator Arlen Specter (R)
DC Phone: (202) 224-4254
Philadelphia: (215) 597-7200
South Dakota
Senator Tim Johnson (D)
DC Phone: (202) 224-5842
Sioux Falls: (605) 332-8896
Texas
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R)
DC Phone: (202) 224-5922
Dallas: (214) 361-3500
Utah
Senator Robert Bennett (R)
DC Phone: (202) 224-5444
Salt Lake City: (801) 524-5933
Vermont
Senator Patrick Leahy (D)
DC Phone: (202) 224-4242
Burlington: (802) 863-2525
Washington
Senator Patty Murray (D)
DC Phone: (202) 224-2621
Seattle: (206) 553-5545
West Virginia
Senator Robert Byrd (D)
DC Phone: (202) 224-3954
Charleston: (304) 342-5855
Wisconsin
Senator Herbert Kohl (D)
DC Phone: (202) 224-5653
Milwaukee: (414) 297-4451
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