Issue- Illegal Immigration Message Points: The American Legion,…

Issue- Illegal Immigration
Message Points:

   The American Legion, since the organization's first convention, has recognized the threat of
   illegal immigration to this country's security and well-being. It has continually passed
   resolutions calling on Congress and other governmental agencies to pass and enforce
   effective immigration laws that will restrict entry of illegal immigrants.

   The American Legion is unalterably opposed to illegal immigration and urges Congress and
   the states, the U.S. Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security to take
   the necessary action to stop the invasion of this country by illegal immigrants. Specific
   actions to achieve this goal include the following steps:

              1. Hire and train additional border patrol agents with employment preference
                 afforded former military personnel.

              2. Urge Congress to pass legislation to empower all the nation's law
                 enforcement personnel to apprehend, hold and incarcerate those individuals
                 who are in this country illegally.

              3. Initiate immediate deportation proceedings at major points of embarkation for
                 those arriving in this country without valid passport visas.

              4. Require that all legal aliens carry a counterfeit resistant registration card and
                 that they be required to report, in a specified length of time, to local officials
                 their location and place of employment.

              5. Petition the President of the United States and the Congress to expand and
                 strengthen the Customs and Immigration Services and the U.S. Coast Guard,
                 and enact such emergency measures as will prevent smuggling of illegal
                 aliens and stop, detain and deport potential terrorists or those with ties to
                 terrorist groups.

              6. That, as appropriate, military resources be employed to assist in stopping the
                  flow of illegal aliens into the country, and all of the resources of the United
                  States be utilized to enforce the security of our country's borders.

   The American Legion urges Congress to seek ways in which to ease the strain on federal,
   state and local forms of public assistance by reducing or eliminating demands on these
   services by illegal immigrants.



Americanism (317) 630-1207
October 2006
   The American Legion supports strict enforcement and heavy penalties for U.S. employers
   who knowingly hire illegal aliens.

   Delegates to The American Legion's 87th Annual National Convention in August 2005
   passed Resolution 1 titled "Call for Action on Illegal Immigration Issue" which called for
   Congressional action to take steps necessary to secure the borders of this country. It also
   requested an accountability of our elected officials on illegal immigration issues and to use
   all possible means to bring solution to the challenges faced by the United States because of
   illegal immigration.




Americanism (317) 630-1207
October 2006