[NV Greens] TIME CRITICAL ACTION ALERT FROM THE ACLU OF NEVADA

[Bob Tregilus]

This bill will be considered on Tuesday, April 12. If you are getting 
this email in the morning - please don't wait - act now! If you don't, 
who will?

Thanks!

Bob Tregilus

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ACTION ALERT FROM THE ACLU OF NEVADA

DATE: 04/11/2005

HELP STOP PASSAGE OF THE REAL ID ACT, (H.R. 418), THE PROVISIONS OF 
WHICH WOULD UNDERMINE EVERYONE’S PRIVACY RIGHTS, STRIP IMMIGRANTS OF 
BASIC CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, AND REMOVE IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS AGAINST 
ABUSES BY THE EXECUTIVE POWER

ACT NOW! *

The REAL ID Act (H.R. 418) has been wending its way through Congress for 
the past several months. It has already passed in the House of 
Representatives and is expected to be considered in the Senate as part 
of the Iraq Supplemental & Tsunami Appropriations Bill tomorrow!!

By tying the Real ID Act to Iraq- and Tsunami- related legislation, 
supporters of its provisions hope to make opposition more politically 
costly and defeat less likely.

The REAL ID Act poses a serious threat to constitutional and other legal 
rights of immigrants and the rest of the public without actually 
enhancing safety or security. Among other things, the Act would allow 
for the suspension of Habeas Corpus for first time since the Civil War; 
it grants the Secretary of Homeland Security sole authority to suspend 
all laws of the nation without judicial review; it creates a de facto 
national ID by nationalizing state drivers licenses and it empowers the 
Secretary of Homeland Security to erect federal checkpoints inside our 
borders.

The Act would also severely diminish protections afforded to longtime 
legal residents, recent immigrants, and asylum-seekers by unreasonably 
raising the burden of proof for those seeking asylum based on political 
or religious persecution. It forces asylum-seekers to get corroboration 
from the very officials they claim are persecuting them.

WE MUST STOP THIS BILL -- IT IS A PLAINLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL ASSAULT ON 
THE RIGHTS OF IMMIGRANTS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC -- PLEASE ACT NOW!

* CONTACT Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign - NOW - in just 3 Clicks!
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