Credits: ACT for America

Legislative Action Alert
3 Easy Ways to Get the Message to Congress:
“NO REFUGEES”

Important Update:

We recently sent out information on three easy — but very important — steps you can take to oppose the resettlement of Syrian refugees coming to the U.S. We’ve had a great response to this Alert and so we are sending the information once again (see below). If you have not yet taken action on this matter, please do — especially on the 3rd action highlighted below. The U.S. Congress will be passing a funding bill over the coming days and it is IMPERATIVE that no funding for refugee resettlement be included.
The phones are ringing off the hook on Capitol Hill with calls from constituents who feel strongly about this matter. Is your voice part of that sea of opposition? It doesn’t matter if those who represent you in Congress are Republicans or Democrats. They represent you, and you need to make your views known.
Also, please Click the link below to see information about a letter that 73 Members of the House of Representatives sent to Speaker Paul Ryan opposing refugee resettlement funding.

http://babin.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=535

President Obama has been clear that he still intends to bring hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees to our towns and communities — irrespective of the roar of disapproval from American citizens, the strong public disapproval of over half of U.S Governors, the passage of legislation by the U.S. Congress, and — of course — even after the Paris attack, where we now know that at least one of the terrorists arrived in Europe as a Syrian refugee.
This is unacceptable and ACT for America is taking action, but we need your help.
We have three important and time-sensitive ACTION ALERTS currently underway. Please be sure to take action on each of them, and to forward this e-mail to everyone you know. This is a critical time, both in our nation and worldwide, and we need all hands on deck.

IMPORTANT ACTION ALERTS
1. We are gathering tens of thousands of signatures on an Open Letter to the leadership in the House and Senate voicing strong opposition to the Obama Administration’s plans to bring Syrian refugees to the U.S. The letter will be hand-delivered to the U.S. Congress by our Director of Government Relations. If you haven’t yet added your name, please click HERE to do so.

http://cqrcengage.com/act/app/sign-petition;jsessionid=aO9LAnfzJQrK...

2. We are actively supporting H.R. 3314, the Resettlement Accountability National Security Act of 2015 introduced by Rep Brian Babin (R-TX). The bill would immediately suspend the U.N.-run refugee program to provide Congress time to fully assess the national security risks and investigate its financial burden on federal, state and local taxpayers.
As of this writing, the bill has 78 cosponsors. Is your House Representative one of them? Click HERE  to find out. 

http://cqrcengage.com/act/app/bill/597497

If not, please send your House Representative an e-mail asking for co sponsorship, by clicking HERE.

http://cqrcengage.com/act/app/write-a-letter?2&engagementId=123713

If your Representative HAS cosponsored the bill, please send a quick note to say thank you. It goes a long way.

(Several weeks ago, before the Paris attack, Representative Babin spoke on the Floor of the U.S. House of Representatives about the grave threat associated with the U.N.-run refugee program. Click HERE to watch it.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENghmZQcApM

3. We are actively registering our opposition to any federal funding for U.S. Refugee resettlement actions to be included in the U.S. Congress’s end of year spending bill. This is our most time-sensitive activity right now! Please click HERE to e-mail or call your federal legislators TODAY to express your opposition to any federal funding going to refugee resettlement.

http://cqrcengage.com/act/app/write-a-letter?3&engagementId=147594

[NOTE: When calling your legislator’s office, it’s fine to merge Actions 2 and 3 together. Express your support for Rep. Babin’s bill and ask for cosponsorship; and express your opposition for any refugee resettlement funding in the fiscal year 2016 budget bill.

The Paris attack is but a foreshadowing of what can and will take place in our nation soon. We cannot allow unvetted refugees from Syria (or elsewhere) to be settled in our towns and communities. This is a high priority national security matter. Please take action today and pass this e-mail on to everyone you know. Remember, if each of us does just a little, together we can accomplish a lot.
Thank you for all that you do.

If you did not take action on the communication from last week you can click the link below for additional information and contact your elected officials and tell them NO of refugee resettlement.

http://fctpcommunity.org/profiles/blogs/action-item-calls-needed-to...

Thank you for your action on this very critical item.