Petition to Deny Social Security Benefits to Illegal Immigrants
Netlore Archive: Email petition addressed to President Bush advocates a citizenship requirement for immigrants receiving Social Security and other government services
Email example contributed by S. Foster, 7 July 2006:
PETITION TO REQUIRE CITIZENSHIP
Had an interesting conversation with a lady of Hispanic origin last
week. She told me that she planned to come down to St. Mary's and get a
job in Admissions (where I work). When I pointed out that we didn't have
any openings she advised me that "soon" current employees will have to
be fired to hire bi-lingual employees. According to this lady, the
Spanish speaking people of the US are going to demand that all public
facilities - like hospitals, courthouses, etc. - be staffed by people who read, speak and comprehend Spanish.
We hear about the silent majority but I think we are going to have
to speak up or find ourselves a conquered country. That would be
an interesting historical note - greatest land in the world conquered by Mexico
without ever firing a shot! Think about it.
Petition to Require citizenship to be eligible for social services
in the United States. No amnesty and No free services for illegal immigrants.
Agree or Delete: Instructions to sign are at the bottom.
PETITION to:
United States President George W. Bush,
California Gov. Arnold Swartzenegger and
Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano
Email example contributed by Skip, 3 June 2006:
Please sign the petition. Thanks.
Petition
This is a petition to require citizenship to be eligible for social security in the United States. No amnesty and No free services for illegal immigrants. Agree or Delete: Instructions to sign are at the bottom.
PETITION FOR PRESIDENT BUSH, Gov. Swartzenegger and Congressman Dana Rohrbacher
[124 names deleted]
If you don't forward the petition and just stop it, we will lose all these names. If you do not want to sign it, please forward it to everyone you know. Thank you!!! To add your name, click on "forward". (If you Copy & Paste, It will keep it clean.) You will be able to add your name at the bottom of the list and then forward it to your friends. THE 2,000TH PERSON SEND IT ON TO THE FOLLOWING E-MAIL ADDRESS: _President@WhiteHouse.gov_ and to Gov. Arnold Swartzenagger, and Congressman Dana Rohrbacher, Sacramento, California
Comments: As petitions go, this one is likely doomed to failure. Why? Because it's an email petition -- a glorified chain letter with no guarantee of reaching, let alone convincing, the elected officials to whom it's addressed. Even if copies do somehow make their way to Washington, there's no way for the "signatures" to be authenticated. Most, in fact, are
redundant. On every one of the several dozen copies I've received, each from a different sender, the first 200 or so names are identical. Why would anyone in a position of power take such a document seriously?
If you want to make your opinions known, and especially if you want them to count, it's much more effective to send personal messages directly to the parties concerned, whether they be your Congressional representatives, heads of government agencies, or the President himself.
At least one variant of this petition is prefaced with the bogus claim that Latino immigrants are set to demand that all public facilities in the U.S. be staffed by people who speak Spanish. I could find no evidence whatsoever to corroborate this claim, nor is it clear what connection it could possibly have to immigrants' eligibility for social services.
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