Subject: We can do it: federal immigration reform this year
From: "Alan Franklin, ProgressNow Colorado" <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2013 11:08:11 -0500 (CDT)

ProgressNow Colorado

Friend

Somos Americanos
After years of false starts, broken promises, and patient work to
educate Americans on the issue, President Obama and Congress are
working on a new push for comprehensive immigration reform. Today,
progressives and even many conservatives are expressing a new
willingness to come together and solve this decades-old problem.

http://progressnowcolorado.pnstate.org/site/R?i=Eoo3C65AqQ7gBvBIwTg_1A

We need progressive voices in Colorado to call for comprehensive
immigration reform at the federal level. Click here to contact your
congressional representative and U.S. Senators, and urge them to lead
on this issue.

http://progressnowcolorado.pnstate.org/site/R?i=cAIQbqZK8OqwRE6MEIMuwA

Here is where ProgressNow Colorado stands on immigration reform:

*  Every otherwise law-abiding person in our country today, who
contributes to the American economy should be able to come out
of the shadows and begin a process that leads to American
citizenship. 
*  A process for citizenship must be thorough and rigorous, but
also reasonable and attainable. It should take no longer than
seven years to become a citizen.
*  As we bring immigrants in from the shadows, we should be able to
reduce the enormous sums of money spent detaining and deporting
immigrants who pose no danger to the community. Border security
is important, but it is best protected by policies that focus on
crime and violence--not deporting families seeking a better
life.
*  Above all, we need to avoid creating a class of residents
without access to a path to citizenship. The goal must be
citizenship, not a second class of noncitizen laborers.

This is where progressives stand. With any luck, we're going to
reform our nation's broken immigration system along these lines
this year.

Please help us tell our Colorado representatives in both parties, and
Senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennet, that we are behind them as
they work to pass comprehensive immigration reform. Click here to send
a message to them directly, and we'll be in touch as the debate
in Washington progresses.

http://progressnowcolorado.pnstate.org/site/R?i=ELr0wDM1A35BGiBxHQUxKQ

Thank you for adding your voice to this important conversation. 

Sincerely,

Alan Franklin

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