Dear {name},

 

I urge you to work together in Congress for a solution to our broken immigration system. Secure the border, salvage and retain DACA-related workers by allowing them to earn work permits, and encourage legal entry of new immigrant workers in order to meet our current workforce needs. 

 

Although no one wants to talk about it, our most critical workforce challenge is to retain as many as possible of the 11 million undocumented immigrants that are either misclassified or working with fake SS numbers. America needs legislation that will force these unauthorized workers to earn legal status and work only for employers that deduct and match taxes.

 

Identifying those who are undocumented would also greatly enhance national security (for the first time, we would know who these people are) and ICE would then be able focus all on violent criminal aliens like MS-13 gang members who are looking to do us harm.

 

If we provide a way for qualifying individuals to come out of the shadows, they will be eligible for workers' comp and be able to buy their own health insurance, instead of showing up uninsured at the emergency room when they get hurt and leaving taxpayers to foot the bill.

 

They would also be able to buy car insurance, which would protect the property of American citizens should they get into an accident with any of these individuals.  

 

These are a few of the reasons why I am asking lawmakers in Washington to pass legislation that will  secure the border and provide a conditional pathway for unauthorized immigrants who are here today to earn their legal status.

 

May God continue to bless America.

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Sincerely,

{your name here}