The Honorable Tom Harkin
731 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington DC , 20510
Phone (202) 224 3254

Dear Senator Harkin,

As a native Iowan and excellent customer of the
Internal Revenue Service, I am writing to ask for your
assistance. I have contacted the Department of Homeland
Security in an effort to determine the process for becoming
an illegal alien and they referred me to you.

My primary reason for wishing to change my status
from U.S. Citizen to illegal alien stems from the bill
which was recently passed by the Senate and for which you
voted. If my understanding of this bill’s provisions is
accurate, as an illegal alien who has been in the United
States for five years, all I need to do to become a citizen
is to pay a $2,000 fine and income taxes for three of the
last five years. I know a good deal when I see one and I
am anxious to get the process started before everyone
figures it out.

Simply put, those of us who have been here legally have
had to pay taxes every year so I’m excited about the
prospect of avoiding two years of taxes in return for paying
a $2,000 fine. Is there any way that I can apply to be
illegal retroactively? This would yield an excellent result
for me and my family be cause we paid
heavy taxes in 2004 and 2005.

Additionally, as an illegal alien I could begin using
the local emergency room as my primary health care provider.
Once I have stopped paying premiums for medical insurance,
my accountant figures I could save almost $10,000 a year.

Another benefit in gaining illegal status is that my
daughter would receive preferential treatment relative to
her law school applications, as well as ‘in-state’
tuition rates for many colleges throughout the United States
for my son.

Lastly, I understand that illegal status would
relieve me the burden of renewing my driver’s license
and making those burdensome car insurance premiums. This is
very important to me given that I still have college age
children driving my car.

If you would provide me with an outline of the process
to become illegal (retroactively if possible) and copies
of the necessary forms, I would be most appreciative.

Thank you for your assistance.

Your Loyal Constituent,
Donald Ruppert
Burlington , IA