Illegal Immigration and the North Carolina Tax Payer From the June 2005 Article


"Immigration is an issue that is typically raised every day around the country by government, businesses, and taxpayers...no to mention immigrants. It is a controversial issue because most Americans realize that all but a few of our family trees have a distant relative who immigrated here from another country.  We have a long history of accepting people from other countries who have been represses because of race or religion, families looking for a better life and future for their children, or simply, what all Americans stand for, freedom..." "Legal immigration is one issue; illegal immigration is another." Read Sen. Pittenger's Address to the Illegal Immigration Forum hosted by the North Carolina Conservative. Read Sen. Pittenger's Article on Illegal Immigration and the North Carolina Tax Payer

What you can do!
Courtesy of
NC LISTEN.COM

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead
  1. Contact us and join NC LISTEN. Get involved in immigration reform.
  2. Be an activist or offer to help in a small way, but commit to help. We'll show you how and what to do.
  3. Be part of our Action Alert Team (we have a primary email list for those who want to be very active, and a secondary email list for those who can help occasionally).
  4. Contact the Governor of North Carolina, the State House and Senate leadership, and your specific State House and State Senate member and tell them to stop issuing driver's licenses to illegal immigrants. Further, we should not be providing any state government services beyond emergency health care to illegals (other than required by federal law).
  5. Contact your US Senators, your US House - Representative, and the President and insist they stop illegal immigration and control our borders. Tell them no more amnesties for illegal immigrants. Ask them to lower legal immigration to a more sensible number (see Mission Statement ).
  6. Tell your friends and associates about the problem of out-of-control immigration and ask them to speak up and get involved.
  7. See LINKS on our HOME page and visit the websites of FAIR and CIS to better understand the issue of immigration from a national perspective. Be informed.

STATE LEGISLATION

  • State Senate bill S.419     Increased Security for Driver's Licenses
  • State House bill H.1474 Public Assistance for Legal Residents only
  • Amendment 3 of NC Budget Bill     Prevents illegal aliens from getting in-state tuition at NC Community Colleges

  • Contact NC LISTEN for info to press for passage of these bills

FEDERAL LEGISLATION

  • US House Bill H.R.277     Military Assistance on the Border
  • US House Bill H.R.780     More Border Patrol Agents
  • US House Bill H.R.3137     Clear Act [give local & state law enforcement the authority to detain illegal aliens within the course of their regular duties]
  • US House Bill H.R.3522     SAFER Act [strengthen borders, better screening of aliens, expedite the removal of deportable aliens]
  • US House Bill H.R.98     Enforce Restriction on illegal aliens working in America
  • US Senate Bill S.188     fund State Criminal Alien Assistance Program [provides funds to states to help pay for illegal alien incarceration]
  • US House Bill H.R. 2049     [Prevents federal contractors from using taxpayer dollars to hire illegal aliens]

  • Contact NC LISTEN for info to press for passage of these bills