To: Attorney General J. B. Van Hollen and Governor Tony Evers
Tell Gov. Walker to Drop The Lawsuit Attacking Wisconsin Immigrants and Families
Gov. Walker and Attorney General Van Hollen, end your lawsuit attacking long-time Wisconsin immigrants and families. With more workers and employers paying taxes under President Obama's new immigrant documentation policy, the State of Wisconsin would gain an additional $19 million in tax revenues over five years (according to the Center for American Progress). Instead of accepting this money, your administration is spending additional Wisconsin tax dollars fighting it. Why?
Why is this important?
Recently, the State of Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin families to deportation, this lawsuit, if successful, would deny work permits to thousands of Wisconsin immigrants and deprive our state of $19 million in much-needed tax revenue over the next five years.
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 Wisconsin and generate millions of dollars in taxes, Gov. Scott Walker and Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen are joining with their political partisans to block it.
Back in 2013, Gov. Walker came out in support of a path to citizenship for the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the US, but then he walked it back. Now by joining in this lawsuit, Gov. Walker is failing yet again to stand for Wisconsin's immigrant families.
We need Gov. Walker and his administration to immediately end the lawsuit against President Obama and stop the attacks against immigrant workers and families living in Wisconsin. 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 Wisconsin and generate millions of dollars in taxes, Gov. Scott Walker and Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen are joining with their political partisans to block it.
Back in 2013, Gov. Walker came out in support of a path to citizenship for the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the US, but then he walked it back. Now by joining in this lawsuit, Gov. Walker is failing yet again to stand for Wisconsin's immigrant families.
We need Gov. Walker and his administration to immediately end the lawsuit against President Obama and stop the attacks against immigrant workers and families living in Wisconsin. They are part of our state and they deserve a way to become documented residents, not shunned and set up for deportation.