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Luetkemeyer, Colleagues Send Letter to Governor and AG Urging Missouri to Join Immigration Lawsuit

Washington, March 26, 2015 -

U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03) and Missouri colleagues today sent a letter to Missouri Governor Jay Nixon and Attorney General (AG) Chris Koster calling on them to join the lawsuit brought by Texas and 25 other states against the president for his unconstitutional executive actions on immigration.

U.S. Reps. Ann Wagner, Vicky Hartzler, Billy Long, Jason Smith, and Sam Graves joined Luetkemeyer in sending a letter to Governor Nixon and AG Koster.

“As elected officials, we share responsibility to uphold the Constitution and a duty to represent law-abiding Missouri citizens,” Luetkemeyer said. “It is of the upmost importance that Governor Nixon and AG Koster join the 26 other states in condemning the president’s actions that were never authorized by law and will cause immense damage to our great state.”

In December, President Obama issued executive actions which would unilaterally rewrite our nation’s immigration laws. The letter goes on to state that “allowing those who came to this country illegally to jump the line is an insult to all of the immigrants in Missouri who have followed the law in seeking legal status or permanent residency. Moreover, the work authorization provided to undocumented immigrants could place a downward force on wages and reduce the provision of available jobs in a state that already has an unacceptably high unemployment rate of 5.5 percent.”