We Can Each Make a Difference - Contact Congress Now!
Posted May 11, 2007
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We would like to take this opportunity to remind MurthyDotCom and MurthyBulletin readers of the importance of making legislators aware of your point of view. Even those who are not yet U.S. citizens, and therefore cannot vote, still can express their points of view. Many of our readers are caught in the retrogression and/or H1B cap crisis. Congress will not act to address these problems without knowing that you, whether as an employer or employee, care strongly about these issues. Those who seek to restrict immigration are organized and vocal in making their views known. It would be foolish for us as individuals and as businesses not to share our viewpoints in support of immigration at least as forcefully.
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The immigration reform debate is a hot legislative issue. It is easy to let your voice be heard on this, as the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) has a Contact Congress system that has suggested formats for this purpose. They have prepared letters that can be used as they are or may be modified for personalization, which has more impact. They also have a search function to identify your senators and representatives. It takes very little time and minimal effort. People are spending time discussing the H1B cap crisis and retrogression problems with their friends, in online chat rooms and forums. Contacting congress is one big and very simple way to progress from simply complaining about the problem to working for positive change. Your senators and representatives do take into account how many eMails or messages they receive on a particular issue, such as the numbers who write in for or against a particular bill.
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AILA's congressional action suggestions are available their website at (http://capwiz.com/aila2/home/). At the time of this writing, suggested topics of concern are the H1B cap, as well as the STRIVE Act and comprehensive immigration reform. As legislation changes, these are likely to change, also. There are other helpful tools and links, as well, for those who are interested in working for positive change.
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What is done by each individual really does make a difference! Thank you in advance for participating in the democratic process.