PLEASE DON’T VOTE, until you read this… ... ...
As Vice-Pres. of OFIR I understand that the issue of illegal immigration is a non-partisan issue impacting all Americans and legal immigrants.
This notice concerns only registered Republicans and the current ballot just received.
Included in your election ballot is a form (yellow) to become a Precinct Committee Person or PCP. A PCP has the voting rights to influence what happens in the party. You can become a PCP by voting for yourself (write-in) and having just two others write you in on their form and mail it in with the ballot.
These two others need to be registered in the Republican Party and in your precinct or one of the adjacent precincts.
There are hundreds of slots open statewide, so your vote(s) to become a PCP should be approved.
Why bother? I understand why many of you are frustrated with John McCain and the Republican Party leadership decision to ignore or pander on this issue of illegal immigration.
These leaders are convinced that groups such as PCUN or "La Raza" (supporters of amnesty) and other enablers of crimes will now tell their indentured sheep to vote for McCain. However you and I know that these special interest groups, who are taking advantage of these desperate people and the language barrier, will never change their agenda. They would cease to exist if they did.
I believe that some elite leaders are only listening to the few employers and special interest groups that are breaking several federal laws, not the majority of voters. If we really had a labor shortage wages would be going through the roof, they are not as you know.
If the majority of Americans really wanted amnesty, legislation would have easily passed the 1st or the 2nd time around. It hasn’t and is not going to this year either.
Attrition thru enforcement does work and is the most humane, efficient and compassionate solution, not rewarding bad behavior. The 1986 amnesty and the results of it 22 years later should be enough proof. Attrition is a result of respecting the rule of law, a Republican Party by-law.
Did you know this important news? The Oregon Republican Party wrote and passed a resolution supporting the Respect for Law Act, twice. This is our only opportunity at enforcing immigration laws here in Oregon for now. We should let the entire state know that republicans do support the rule of law and therefore motivate the larger majority of voters that agree with this.
Party leaders should not be afraid to support the 9 out of 10 employers that are not violating laws. Instead voter registrations and donations prove we have lost a majority support position and will continue to do so if we pander to corrupt employers only.
Did you read about this resolution in your Newspaper? Get an e-mail? Saw this on the TV News? Heard this on the Radio? No. No. No. Some republican leaders again are choosing to ignore this after five months of several of us asking for out reach efforts to happen. How much longer can just a couple of people ignore the will of the people? Isn’t that the same reason that millions have fled their countries, risking all to come here?
They have leaders that ignore the needs and wants of the people. Together we can change this. Together we must change this for the future of our nation or this anarchy will become the norm.
Our economy, jobs, crime, schools, and health care are all impacted negatively by this overwhelming stream of illegals. If illegal aliens were "good for the economy", the state with the most illegals, California, would be enjoying record prosperity. Instead they are billions and billions in debt.
We the taxpayers are paying the bills for corrupt employers and special interest groups via millions of people willing to work for less pay then you and by being experts at taking advantage of our generous social safety nets.
Republican by-laws say we are the party of less taxes and government; however some leaders in our party are ignoring the #1 reason for increased government spending = illegal aliens.
I refuse to ignore this issue as I read about illegal’s killing and raping people every week, crimes that are preventable when the law is applied.
Republicans in other states know how important this is and the results have been the introduction of over 1,100 new bills to stop illegal immigration introduced this year. I refuse to ignore the identity theft or fraud crisis. I refuse to ignore the Meth epidemic. I refuse to make excuses while people continue to suffer when we all know how it could be significantly reduced,
by honoring the rule of law.
Please consider becoming a PCP now, while you have that ballot handy. If we cannot get help from the leadership here for now, as a PCP you can change that.
Do not give up; together we can stop illegal immigration and get our party on the right track again. After all, it is the LAW.
Sincerely,
Rick Hickey
U.S. Citizen via legal immigration
2nd generation.
www.respectforlawact.org
