Hold Their Feet to The Fire
Posted on 03/28/2005 7:43:13 PM PST by ajolympian2004
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Hold Their Feet to The Fire
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America needs your help. Illegal aliens and their friends in Congress are trying to derail legislation that would strengthen our borders and keep illegal immigrants from getting driver's licenses. It's time to come to Washington, D.C. and tell Congress in person what you have been telling them over the phone and in letters and faxes. This is your chance to tell Congress directly — we're tired of America selling out to cheap labor and corruption.
Now's the time to join Roger Hedgecock, top rated radio talk show host in San Diego, California (KOGO/AM 600), and the FAIR Congressional Task Force as they lead an immigration reform army to Washington, D.C. April 23-28, 2005.
Over the last 10 years, Roger has taken large groups of his listeners to Washington, D.C. to lobby Congress on key issues. This year he is mobilizing some of America's most influential radio personalities from around the country in a national effort culminating in direct citizen lobbying for immigration reform.
Some of the dynamic radio hosts joining Roger in this crusade are John and Ken (KFI, Los Angeles), Bruce Jacobs (KFYI, Phoenix), Mike Siegel (KTTH, Seattle), Lars Larson (Westwood One), and Melanie Morgan (KSFO, San Francisco) to name a few. They will be broadcasting live, discussing the need for immigration reform and interviewing congressional leaders.
We are taking our message directly to Congress, and we need your help. Sign up today to visit Washington, D.C. this April and make your voice heard.
The time for complaining is over. The time to rise up is long overdue. The time for action is NOW!!
2:00 p.m. — 10:00 p.m.
Tour of Washington, D.C. (with stop for dinner on your own)
After dinner Illuminated Monument tour
6:00 p.m. — 9:00 p.m.
The Roger Hedgecock Show Live from Capitol Hill
Roger Hedgecock and other talk show hosts from around the country will broadcast their shows live from Capitol Hill to fire up listeners at home and spur them to make calls and send messages of support for immigration reform (broadcast location TBA) .
6:00 p.m. — 9:00 p.m.
The Roger Hedgecock Show Live from Capitol Hill
Roger Hedgecock and other talk show hosts from around the country will broadcast their shows live from Capitol Hill to fire up listeners at home and spur them to make calls and send messages of support for immigration reform (broadcast location TBA) .
6:00 p.m. — 9:00 p.m.
The Roger Hedgecock Show Live from Capitol Hill
Roger Hedgecock and other talk show hosts from around the country will broadcast their shows live from Capitol Hill, to fire up listeners at home and spur them to make calls and send messages of support for immigration reform (broadcast location TBA) .
7:15 p.m. — 11:00 p.m.
Celebration Dinner (cocktail attire)
Join your fellow reformers and keynote speaker Representative Tom Tancredo (R-CO), and other members of Congress. You'll also get to meet media commentators like syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin. (location to be announced).
*Congressman Duncan Hunter will have his office open to us on the 25th, 26th & 27th. He has graciously invited us to stop by for refreshments. (Your Congressperson may have a similar reception planned).
For information on event details, contact FAIR at 202-328-7004. To make travel arrangements email for flight or hotel booking or call 703-556-6561 and mention the Hold Their Feet to the Fire Event.
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"one race" Well in name only.
Yes, the United Socialist Universal Republic of the People (U.S.U.R.P.). A beautiful dream, isn't it?
I can in some way understand your reservations, I am strongly in favor of curbing immigration to Iceland even more than it allready is. But I have allways seen USofA as THE immigrant nation that welcomes a lot of immigrants that help make it strong, as you have enough room, free enough economic system and are not burdened with preserving a cultural homogenity like we do.
But I understand that you want to control the immigration more than the failed system of now does, f.e. by try to take immigration from more broader bacground than all those that are flooding over your south borders. I beliewe having immigrants from one special cultural bacground can hinder their integration into the existing society, so I want few immigrants, but from as broad background as possible, although I beliewe we should here in Iceland also focus on getting people from related cultures, although if we have to big a group from one single country or culture their integration can become hard. Maybe these people can be an asset to both of our countries:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1383703/posts
I would have thought that the Patriot Act would give your government more rights (similar to most other western countries) of using information from different sources to find illegal aliens, it has f.e. always bedazzled me that an illegal alien can send his kids to school in the US, get a library card, get a bank or credit card or even get a driving licence. But I also understand the danger of allowing the government to much information, Big brother comes to the mind, people should continue to be free from the government in the US, wich is founded on that principle.
One question finally, does Bush´s plan of guestworkes (gastarbeiter) not give the US greater control over its immigration, by hindering illegal immigration by recognising the situation on the ground, but also get more control who comes and for how long?
"I can't go either but I plan to specifically support this effort which coincidentally is nicely timed with the Minuteman Project with irate calls to my Congress critters."
Good idea Jack. Along these lines, does anybody know which Committees of the House and Senate are most directly connected to this issue? They need calling also (in addition to our own Senators and Representatives.)
"I can in some way understand your reservations, I am strongly in favor of curbing immigration to Iceland even more than it allready is."
Yeah, and that's a tough swim into Iceland. This issue relates to illegal immigrants, not legals. I imagine that is hard to do in your country.
In theory any guestworker program would give the USA greater control over illegal immigration but in practice I don't see it making any difference. We already have a lot of good laws on the books that are supposed to penalize people who employ illegals, they just don't get enforced. False IDs and employer intent are too hard to prove.
It's a tough situation and I certainly think we need better controls on our southern border but I'm not sure of the best way to go about it. I've lived on the South Texas border for most of my life. The growth along the Rio Grande river(the border)from Brownsville to McAllen has been explosive to say the least. No small part of it has been fueled by illegal labor. I can't blame the illegals who want to come and work and live here. If you ever travel in Mexico or Central America you can see the squalor that many of them attempt to flee. Many can't read or write so their chances of crossing legally are slim, so they cross illegally. Many are hard working moral people who want a better life for themselves and their families. Unfortunately, many are criminals, and possibly terrorists.
I have yet to see what I consider a workable plan to secure our borders. I do believe however that we need to secure our borders with both Mexico and Canada.
Actually the head of our immigration/foreigners office some time ago said it was likely that there were a lot of illegal aliens in Iceland, that came to most of us that listened to a great surprise. Now finally the unions and authorities have started measures and projects to find out how much it is and how to curb it.
The problem is that our island status does not do anything for us any more, at least toward the EU countries, as we have become members of the Schengen agreement, that opens our borders to the outside EU border, and thus hinders our border policy to patrol the border effectively, as it is effectively in the mediterrian sea and far in the woods of East Europe.
This is due to the constant EU "ever closer union" policy that takes over more and more aspects of the individual countries powers. Thankfully we can still opt out of this system, hopefully we soon will.
I'll happily support a bill that actually denies drivers' licenses to Illegal Aliens. All H.R. 418 actually is is a National ID bill.
PING!
Yeah, I see what you mean. Iceland is a democracy, where you can protect your rights. The EU is not truly democratic. I have a feeling the drift toward EU domination is probably stalling, especially if the Frebch reject the Constitution.
I watch "Cops", "American Justice", "Cold Case Files", etc., all the time and am constantly amazed at the number of Hispanics (how many are illegal, I would like to know)involved in crime in this country.
You know what statistic is going to be interesting. By what percentage does crime go down in the USA during the phase II Minuteman project this coming June where they plan to have a presence all along our southern border from California to Texas. I read somewhere recently that they already have over 10,000+ interested volunteers.
If the current volunteer 'project' wasn't a wakeup call to President Bush and members of Congress the next one that covers the whole southern border surely will IMHO.
Is that what was said? I was doing something else at the time and perhaps heard it wrong. I thought it was that 1/4 of fugitives from justice in CA are illegals.
Can someone clarify what this statistic really is?
6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
The Roger Hedgecock Show Live from Capitol Hill
Roger Hedgecock and other talk show hosts from around the country will broadcast their shows live from Capitol Hill to fire up listeners at home and spur them to make calls and send messages of support for immigration reform (Holiday Inn on the Hill - See address at bottom of page) .
6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
The Roger Hedgecock Show Live from Capitol Hill
Roger Hedgecock and other talk show hosts from around the country will broadcast their shows live from Capitol Hill to fire up listeners at home and spur them to make calls and send messages of support for immigration reform (Holiday Inn on the Hill - See address at bottom of page) .
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Meeting of the House Immigration Reform Caucus. Presenters will include founders of the Minutemen Project in Arizona, Jim Gilchrist and Chris Simcox. (Room 2168 in Rayburn House Office building)
6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
The Roger Hedgecock Show Live from Capitol Hill
Roger Hedgecock and other talk show hosts from around the country will broadcast their shows live from Capitol Hill, to fire up listeners at home and spur them to make calls and send messages of support for immigration reform (Holiday Inn on the Hill - See address at bottom of page) .
7:15 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Celebration Dinner (cocktail attire)
Join your fellow reformers and keynote speaker Representative Tom Tancredo (R-CO), and other members of Congress. You'll also get to meet media commentators like syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin. (Hyatt Regency across the street from the Holiday Inn on the Hill). Register for this event with Roger Hedgecock - cost $110.
*Congressman Duncan Hunter will have his office open to us on the 25th, 26th & 27th. He has graciously invited us to stop by for refreshments. (Your Congressperson may have a similar reception planned).
The Holiday Inn on the Hill is located at:
415 New Jersey Avenue. NW
Washington, D.C.
20001
The event communications center will be right by the Radio Row at the Holiday Inn, and will be a wireless hotspot for bloggers, etc.
According to Roger, one-quarter of convicted felons in California are illegals.
Is that what was said? I was doing something else at the time and perhaps heard it wrong. I thought it was that 1/4 of fugitives from justice in CA are illegals.
Can someone clarify what this statistic really is?
Heard an interview with the LA county sheriff; 23% of prisoners in the LA county jails are illegals.
90% of the outstanding murder warrants at LAPA are for illegals.
On April 1st, 2005 there was a tea party in Tombstone, Az. Like the Boston Tea Party, this tea party was known as the Minuteman Project. History will say this was the day when American patriots were heard saying, "We are pissed of and we have had enough of open borders and the illegal invasion of the United States of America."
Washington D.C. is nervous now. Congress has failed the American people and so has the past three administrations.
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