During the last three years, immediately preceding the passage of the Immigration Act of 1986, many organizations fought against those provisions of the previous immigration Bill which would have eliminated the 2nd and 5th preference categories from the then Immigration Laws. Now Senators Edward Kennedy and Daniel Patrick Moynihan have jointly introduced a new Immigration Bill S.1611 the Senate and Congressman Donnelly has introduced a similar bill HR 3143 in the House which would eliminate ‘over 21 years old sons and daughters from the 2nd preference category and married brothers and sisters from the 5th preference category.

In order to have the Family Reunification provisions restored in the two bills, we need YOUR HELP & SUPPORT. We urge you to:

  1. Make copies of both the petitions and of this letter and mail to each of your friends and relatives in your personal address book.
  2. Sign both petitions (one is for the senator and the other for the Congressman), and have each of your friends, relatives and adult members of your household sign it.
  3. Print your name, telephone, address, city, state and zip code legibly and have everybody who has signed it, do the same.
  4. Mail it to the address given above, for presentation, in person, to the members of the House and Senate committees.

Now is the time to stand up and be counted It is high time to help modify a bill which, if it becomes the law, could cause you and your loved ones great unhappiness for the rest of your life.

 If YOUACT FAST, WE MAY INFLUENCE THE ELECT ED OFFICIALS TO LEAVE ON US TO CHOOSE WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT OUR FAMILY MEMBERS TO. JOIN US IN OUR NEW COUNTRY. IF YOU IGNORE, SOME ONE ELSE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. WILL MAKE THAT DECISION FOR YOU AND MAY DEPRIVE YOU FOREVER FROM SPONSORING YOUR RELATIVES. THE CHOICE IS YOURS. PLEASE THINK ABOUT IT.

Article extracted from this publication >>  October 23, 1987