Pennsylvania Immigration & Citizenship Coalition
2011-12 State Legislative Advocacy Campaign
This legislative session, Pennsylvania faces an unprecedented number of anti-immigrant bills, ranging from a provision requiring applicants for public benefits to show government-issued ID to an Arizona-style law enforcement bill. PICC is mounting an aggressive advocacy campaign to block these harmful measures, but we need your help. Below are some opportunities to participate, as well more information about the bills.
If you have any questions or would like to get involved in the campaign, please contact Rebecca Hufstader at rebeccahufstader@paimmigrant.org or (215) 832-0895.
Write a Letter to the Editor
Writing a letter to the editor is a powerful way to spread a pro-immigrant message and build public opposition to anti-immigrant legislation. We recommend that you focus your letter on the entire package of bills.
Click here for a list of possible messages and some helpful statistics to include. Try to include a personal reason of why you oppose anti-immigration, and to keep your letter short and to the point.
If you need help getting started, check out these sample letters focusing on:
- General ecomonic arguments
- Local agricultural and economic arguments
- "It's a federal issue" and "we can't afford it" arguments
Below is the ACLU of PA list of contact information for submitting a letter to the editor to some of the larger Pennsylvania newspapers. Please visit http://www.aclupa.org/takeaction/writealettertothe editor/index.htm for more tips and information on writing letters to the editor.
- Advance of Bucks County advance@ingnews.com
- Allentown Morning Call letters@mcall.com
- Beaver County Times timesletters@timesonline.com
- Bucks County Courier Times letters@phillyburbs.com
- Butler Eagle letters@butlereagle.com
- Centre Daily Times cdtletters@centredaily.com
- Delaware County Times ldemeglio@delcotimes.com
- Doylestown Intelligencer intell_letters@phillyburbs.com
- Doylestown Patriot doyles@ingnews.com
- Erie Times-News http://216.128.12.36/sites/customerservice/newsdepartment_lettertoeditor.html
- Express-Times http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/opinion/sendaletter
- Gettysburg Times editor@gburgtimes.com
- Harrisburg Patriot News letters@patriot-news.com
- Indiana Gazette mepetersen@indianagazette.net
- Johnstown Tribune-Democrat bwissinger@tribdem.com
- Kittanning Leader Times leadertimes@tribweb.com
- Lebanon Daily News http://www.ldnews.com/sendletterseditor
- Philadelphia City Paper http://www.citypaper.net/contact-us/letter_to_the_editor
- Philadelphia Daily News views@phillynews.com
- Philadelphia Gay News sarah@epgn.com
- Philadelphia Inquirer inquirer.letters@phillynews.com
- Philadelphia Tribune editorial@phila-tribune.com
- Philadelphia Weekly letters@philadelphiaweekly.com
- Pittsburgh City Paper cpotter@steelcitymedia.com
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette letters@post-gazette.com
- Pittsburgh Tribune-Review opinion@tribweb.com
- Reading Eagle http://www.readingeagle.com/opinion.html
- Scranton Times / The Tribune letters@TimesShamrock.com
- Warren Times-Observer editorial@timesobserver.com
- Yardley News yardley@ingnews.com
- York Daily Record http://ydr.inyork.com/ydr/opinion
- York Dispatch letters@yorkdispatch.com
Thank you for writing a letter to the editor opposing anti-immigrant legislation!
Please contact us if you have any questions or you have submitted your letter by emailing rebeccahufstader@paimmigrant.org.
Write a Letter to Your Legislator
You can ask your PA State Representative and State Senator to oppose these bills today. Click here to email your legislators!
Legislative Talking Points
Follow the links below to learn more about some of the bills that have already been introduced this session and how best to advocate against them.