Help Repeal Illegal Immigrant "driver cards"
Letter date:
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Letter publisher:
Beaverton Valley Times
Letter body:
Dear Editor:
In May, the Oregon Legislature and Gov. John Kitzhaber passed a law (Senate Bill 833) granting "driver cards" to illegal immigrants.
Oregon voters, however -- right from their home computers -- can help keep that law from taking effect.
A group of Oregonians operating as "Protect Oregon Driver Licenses" is working to put a referendum onto the November 2014 statewide ballot that would give voters a chance to annul the driver-card law. To do so, the group needs to collect 58,142 signatures of registered voters this summer.
Why should Oregonians sign the referendum petition? Because illegal-immigrant driver cards would:
(a) Undermine the rule of law;
(b) Better enable illegal immigrants to take and keep jobs from Oregonians; and
(c) Aid and abet the drug cartels that rely heavily on illegal immigrants to transport their products.
More, notes Oregon Rep. Sal Esquivel, one of the referendum effort's chief sponsors, the driver-card law "was rammed through the Legislature so quickly that most Oregonians barely got the chance to scrutinize it and weigh in with their opinions." The referendum, he says, aims to "provide for a sustained and informative public debate, and include rank-and-file Oregonians directly in the decision-making process."
Getting your petition is easy. Go to www.ProtectOregonDL.org, print a single-signature petition sheet, sign it, and mail it to the listed address. By doing so, you can help repeal "driver cards" for illegal immigrants.
Richard F. LaMountain
Cedar Mill
