To: Rep. Mike Levin (CA-49)
Rep. Darrell Issa: Stop Discriminating Against Your Constituents
By refusing to meet with your constituents simply because of their immigration status, your staff is systematically discriminating against an entire block of people you swore to represent. We are calling on you to change this policy, issue an apology, and support immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship.
Why is this important?
Members of Congress should represent all of their constituents -- but that's not how Darrell Issa, a Republican Congressman from Southern California, apparently sees it.
Recently, Rep. Issa's staff kicked one of his constituents out of a scheduled meeting simply because of their immigration status.
If that's not bad enough. Rep. Issa claims to support immigration reform. In the past, Rep. Issa has said, "We're party of Lincoln, and the party of Lincoln would not accept people living in our country and not being citizens, or not being given the opportunity to become citizens."
But systematically discriminating against an entire block of people is becoming a disturbing trend among Republican members of Congress. One Republican member of Congress even recently tweeted, "Illegal Aliens' Are Invading My Office!" when young undocumented immigrants tried to meet with him.
Recently, Rep. Issa's staff kicked one of his constituents out of a scheduled meeting simply because of their immigration status.
If that's not bad enough. Rep. Issa claims to support immigration reform. In the past, Rep. Issa has said, "We're party of Lincoln, and the party of Lincoln would not accept people living in our country and not being citizens, or not being given the opportunity to become citizens."
But systematically discriminating against an entire block of people is becoming a disturbing trend among Republican members of Congress. One Republican member of Congress even recently tweeted, "Illegal Aliens' Are Invading My Office!" when young undocumented immigrants tried to meet with him.