Border Security Talking Points

• As former FBI Agent, Mike Rogers understands the importance of border security. 
  
• America is a welcoming nation, but one that is based upon the rule of law.
  
• Before the American people would stand for any guest worker program, Mike believes the federal government MUST secure the border first. 
  
• Thankfully, Mike has worked to make some important changes that are now law like cracking down on the issuance of driver's licenses to illegals and banning Medicaid to illegals.

Tips for Writing a Letter

• Be sure to provide all your contact information in the spaces provided.  Some editors may have questions about your letter and need to contact you and many papers will not publish a letter without the name, address, and phone number of the author. 
  
• Be sure to choose a topic that matters to you.  Passion is important.  The talking points provided below are there to provide an outline of the issue and to server as a starting point to your own letter.  You letter will have more merit and will be more likely to be published if it is in your own words.
  
• Focus on relevant issues in the news, particularly those that were recently published in the paper you are writing.  If possible cite a specific article, the more recent your topic made news the more likely you are to be published.
  
• Finally, keep your letter around 250 words.  Wordy dissertations and letters longer than 250 words are never published.  A letter to the editor should be brief and to the point.