U.S. ENGLISH Praises Senate Democrats' Move to Stall Amnesty Measure
Statement by U.S. ENGLISH Chairman and CEO Mauro E. Mujica
WASHINGTON, D.C. - We are pleased that Senate Democrats stood
tall by opposing and postponing the rushed through measure by the
Bush Administration to grant amnesty to illegal immigrants.
These lawmakers have listened to the American people who have
flooded their telephone lines urging a vote against the Bush plan
and have seen the proposal for what it is: political pandering
of the highest level.
U.S. ENGLISH has long said that such a move would incite
resentment from immigrants who came to this country legally
and send a very dangerous message to those wishing to enter
our borders. It is our hope that our federal lawmakers
forever halt action on this ridiculous bill.
Immigrants who follow the rules should be rewarded,
not those who break the law. This is an example of bad
policy being set in order to pander to a politically
powerful interest group, in this case the Mexican-American
lobby, at the expense of fair play for all immigrants.
U.S.ENGLISH is the nation's oldest and
largest citizens' action group dedicated to preserving
the unifying role of the English language in the United
States. Founded in 1983 by the late Sen. S.I. Hayakawa of
California, U.S.ENGLISH now has more than 1.5 million
members nationwide.
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