Subject: 40 years ago today
From: "Andrei Cherny " <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 14:50:19 -0400

Dear Hunter,

Forty years ago today, my parents arrived in America with two suitcases.  When I was born a couple of years later, my mother was not yet a citizen.

Growing up in a small upstairs apartment, I watched them both work incredibly hard and struggle when times were tough.  But we had a country that believed in welcoming immigrants with open arms and building a ladder of opportunity.  And because of public schools, public libraries, and Pell Grants, I went from a kid whose parents didn’t speak much English to working in the White House for the president of the United States.

Today, especially in Arizona, some of our politicians have replaced those open arms with a clenched fist.  And the ladder of opportunity is breaking down for middle class families.  Upward mobility is on the decline and people are working harder, spending less time with their families, and falling further behind.

Imagine sending a powerful rebuke to the politicians who want to close the door of America to the best and brightest of tomorrow.

Imagine beginning to reverse the long slide of our middle class.

That’s what this campaign for Congress is all about.  That’s what you can do by making a contribution of $100, $50, or $20 to our efforts today.

Forty years ago, my parents arrived in an America where incomes at every level had been rising for a generation.  That’s not the America we live in anymore.  I’m running to reverse that.  Will you join me in this fight?

Whether your family came from over an ocean or through a desert, America is great because we’ve welcomed the strivers and the risk-takers from all over the world.  In Congress, I’ll work toward comprehensive immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship and for the DREAM Act so we don’t push away the very young people we most need to stay and lead.

For me, that’s the obligation of the chances I was given.  I think that’s true for all of us.  Please join me in this effort.

Thanks,

Andrei

Paid for by Andrei for Arizona

P.O. Box 23838
Tempe, AZ 85285

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