To: Attorney General Buddy Caldwell and Governor John Bel Edwards
Tell Gov. Jindal to Drop The Lawsuit Attacking Louisiana Immigrants and Families
Gov. Jindal and Attorney General Caldwell, end your lawsuit attacking long-time Louisiana immigrants and families. With more workers and employers paying taxes under President Obama's new immigrant documentation policy, the State of Louisiana would gain additional tax revenues. Instead of accepting this money, your administration is spending additional Louisiana tax dollars fighting it. Why?
Why is this important?
Recently, the State of Louisiana joined a host of other states in suing the federal government over the President's executive action on immigration. In addition to subjecting thousands of Louisiana families to deportation, this lawsuit, if successful, would deny work permits to thousands of Louisiana immigrants and deprive our state of much-needed tax revenue.
President Obama had to act on immigration after Republicans in Congress chose to do nothing. And despite the fact that President Obama's immigration action will benefit countless families in Louisiana and generate new taxes for the state, Gov. Bobby Jindal and Attorney General Buddy Caldwell are joining with their political partisans to block it.
After Latinos handed a defeat to Mitt Romney in 2012, it looked like Gov. Jindal was ready to take his party on a modern path. But now that he’s joined this anti-immigrant lawsuit, it looks like Gov. Jindal is ready to repeat the same mistakes that cost Mitt Romney the election.
We need Gov. Jindal and his administration to immediately end the lawsuit against President Obama and stop the attacks against immigrant workers and families living in Louisiana. They are part of our state and they deserve a way to become documented residents, not shunned and set up for deportation.
President Obama had to act on immigration after Republicans in Congress chose to do nothing. And despite the fact that President Obama's immigration action will benefit countless families in Louisiana and generate new taxes for the state, Gov. Bobby Jindal and Attorney General Buddy Caldwell are joining with their political partisans to block it.
After Latinos handed a defeat to Mitt Romney in 2012, it looked like Gov. Jindal was ready to take his party on a modern path. But now that he’s joined this anti-immigrant lawsuit, it looks like Gov. Jindal is ready to repeat the same mistakes that cost Mitt Romney the election.
We need Gov. Jindal and his administration to immediately end the lawsuit against President Obama and stop the attacks against immigrant workers and families living in Louisiana. They are part of our state and they deserve a way to become documented residents, not shunned and set up for deportation.