As most of you know we did nearly a week of pickets at 95th & Lee Blvd in Leawood Kansas near the campaign headquarters of Lawyer/Senator John Vratil. During this time our volunteers received a huge amount of verbal abuse from passersby both in vehicles as well as on foot.
For the rest of the letter from Ed Hayes to the volunteers follow the link above.
3 comments:
Vratil doesn't support the views of Voters just his friends at the Country Club,Slave wages that passes the true Loaded cost of Business to us. The Chamber of Commerce, Farm Bureau and other should be held accountable for the Defeat of SB 458 Immigration Relief that Senator Vratil helped destroy. Kansan wonder why your taxes are going up, our schools failing,our Health care going thru the roof just ask Vratil. Cheap labor until you look behind the wall to see the true cost to us.
John Varatil? I wonder if he has children? If he really was the driving force behing the cutting up of the immigration bill here in Kansas then his disservice to his, mine and your kids/grand kids is next to treason. Shame on you sir!
Mr Varatil maybe you should read what our State can and should do.
State Tasks
According to TCCRI, state legislatures can undertake a number of initiatives to discourage unlawful presence. The proposals include:
Enhancing Local Law Enforcement and Border Security. Section 287 [G] of the Immigration and Nationality Act provided states the means to effectively cooperate with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers for addressing local criminal and public safety issues such as organized gangs, smuggling, deportation of criminal aliens, and counterterrorism investigations.
Implementing REAL ID. The REAL ID Act establishes national standards for driver's licenses and "breeder" documents (such as birth certificates) used to obtain state identity cards. States can only issue REAL ID-compliant documents to persons lawfully in the United States. By complying with REAL ID, states will help combat document fraud, identity theft, and other illegal activities conducted by unlawfully present persons to obtain government benefits and work authorization.
Denying Public Benefits Programs. States should close loopholes that allow unlawfully present persons to benefit from public welfare programs. Such programs should be structured so that applicants can only be accepted after proving their citizenship via proper documentation.
Imposing Employer Sanctions. States can and should sanction--through fines and withholding benefits--employers who knowingly hire unlawfully present persons.
Ending Bilingual Education in Schools. Bilingual education programs are ruinously expensive, make learning English more difficult, and they slow the process of assimilation. Education benefits also provide an additional incentive for unlawfully present persons to remain in the United States for protracted periods of time.
Ensuring Voters Are Citizens. The ability to vote is the defining feature of U.S. citizenship. Yet at times, non-citizens have voted in state, local, and federal elections. State governments must protect this fundamental right by requiring a valid ID for proving citizenship at the voting booth.
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