Background
The Committee on Health and Human Services will hold a Public Hearing on Friday, May 2, 2025 at 11:00 AM at
📍 Cross Building, Room 209, 111 Sewall St., Augusta, to discuss LD 1707 "An Act to Require a Person to Be a United States Citizen to Receive State or Local Financial Assistance and to Ensure Municipal Compliance with Federal Immigration Laws."
If you want to read LD 1707, click here: https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?PID=1456&snum=132&paper=&paperld=l&ld=1707
In lieu of personally testifying on these bills, you may testify via Zoom, or by online testimony using the following link: https://www.mainelegislature.org/testimony/. Do this prior to the public hearing.
See below for EVERYTHING you're going to need to get this done, including testimony!
🔹 Steps to submit testimony online:
1️⃣ Click: "Public Hearing".
2️⃣ Choose a committee: "Health and Human Services" - using the drop-down menu.
3️⃣ Choose date: May 2, 2025, 11:00 AM - using the drop-down menu.
4️⃣ Click: LD 1707
5️⃣ Enter your testimony in the box (or click the checkbox if you want to testify via Zoom).
6️⃣ Complete your contact information.
7️⃣ Click: "I'm not a robot"
8️⃣ Click: "Submit/Register".
You can find a video tutorial on 'Submitting Testimony in Maine" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYnhN4ZlpoQ
Action Time-Window
⚠️ Please consider taking action by May 2, 2025
Template
The below is a community member's testimony. Feel free to use it, something of your own (recommended), or something as simple as as "I support LD 1707, and "it ought to pass." To get other wording ideas, as online testimony is submitted for this bill, you can see it here: https://legislature.maine.gov/ctl/HHS/05-02-2025?panel=0&time=1&sortdir=0&sortby=2 after clicking on the bill number.
I support LD 1707 “An Act to Require a Person to Be a United States Citizen to Receive State or Local Financial Assistance and to Ensure Municipal Compliance with Federal Immigration Laws.”
I’m 100% in agreement. Our taxes are too high! This “should” reduce them if enforced. It’s time to look out for legitimate Maine citizen’s welfare for a change!
And, municipalities SHOULD lose funding if they don’t cooperate with federal immigration authorities!
I support LD 1707 “and it “ought to pass.”
Credit for the above goes to our community member Danny (@DannyEmerson61) from the South Berwick Republican Committee (@BerwickSouth).
Disclaimer
A community member has shared this personal template for those who wish to express their views on the bill(s) mentioned above. This template is not an official PTP position, and using it is entirely up to you. Pine Tree Patriots encourages civic participation but does not endorse or support specific actions or policies. Please remember this is an individual initiative.
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