Security First, No Amnesty

King rocks. He totally gets it.

1 posted on 06/19/2007 4:53:38 PM PDT by Heartland Mom

To: Heartland Mom

I called the ineffectual junior Senator from Florida, Mel Martinez today and told his staffer: “Where’s the fence?” She said: “Thank you for your call.”

2 posted on 06/19/2007 4:57:46 PM PDT by AdvisorB (Shia fanaticism with its sunni sycophants is on the rise in the Middle East.)

To: Heartland Mom

"a comprehensive border security and immigration reform bill as well as a resolution calling for full enforcement of all current immigration laws. The two new measures represent a strong ‘Security First-No Amnesty’ alternative to the Kennedy-Bush Senate Amnesty bill."

'bout time!

3 posted on 06/19/2007 4:58:18 PM PDT by goodnesswins (Being Challenged Builds Character! Being Coddled Destroys Character!)

To: Heartland Mom

4 posted on 06/19/2007 4:58:36 PM PDT by xcamel ("It's Thompson Time!")

LOL....Hey, I think we’ll do that with our two patsy’s.....

5 posted on 06/19/2007 4:58:46 PM PDT by goodnesswins (Being Challenged Builds Character! Being Coddled Destroys Character!)

LOL....Hey, I think we’ll do that with our two patsy’s.....

6 posted on 06/19/2007 4:58:49 PM PDT by goodnesswins (Being Challenged Builds Character! Being Coddled Destroys Character!)

To: Heartland Mom

to unveil two new border security and immigration initiatives—a comprehensive border security and immigration reform bill as well as a resolution calling for full enforcement of all current immigration laws.

Congress has failed to ensure the current immigration laws are enforced for years and now they expect us to believe a resolution will change their attitude? No further legislation, resolutions or initiatives are needed to enforce these laws. Talk is cheap. Lead by example and just do it!

7 posted on 06/19/2007 5:01:08 PM PDT by Man50D (Fair Tax , you earn it , you keep it!)

What you said reminded me of something. Last year when the house passed HR 4437, there was a sense of the congress section about enforcing the law. No one paid much attention to that.

SEC. 1004. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.

It is the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of Homeland Security shall take all necessary steps to secure the Southwest international border for the purpose of saving lives, stopping illegal drug trafficking, and halting the flow of illegal entrants into the United States.

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h109-4437

8 posted on 06/19/2007 5:07:05 PM PDT by AuntB (" It takes more than walking across the border to be an American." Duncan Hunter)

It is the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of Homeland Security shall take all necessary steps to secure the Southwest international border

To which the increasingly rude and belligerent DHS Secretary Chertoff might respond "You've got a fence in your backyard. Why do you need one on the border (snide chuckle)."

(For those who don't know, this is the way Chertoff has responding to legitimate immigration questions over the last several weeks).

9 posted on 06/19/2007 5:24:11 PM PDT by angkor

To: Heartland Mom

“The Administration claims we have a de facto amnesty now,” said Smith. “That’s true and it’s the result of the Administration’s own lack of determination to enforce the law. We don’t need amnesty to enforce current law; we need to enforce the law to eliminate the need for amnesty.”

This cuts to the heart of why the Bush Administration has no credibility on the immigration issue. They have been pro-amnesty all along, and have been complicit in the current failure of border enforcement and the overall lack of enforcement of our immigration laws currently on the books. The refusal of the Bush Administration to pardon the two border patrol agents that were sent to prison for merely doing their jobs says far more about the real Bush immigration policy than many months of official White House press releases.

Although I don't know the specifics, I think it is safe to say that Bilbray, King, and Smith are far closer to representing the true desires of the American people than that monstrous, 800 page, piece of garbage that was born out of a closed, back room deal in the U.S. elitist, cloistered, Senate.

Perhaps a law should be passed that all immigration law, like tax law, has to originate in the House of Representatives. That might give us a better chance of not getting such garbage as we have been getting from the Senate in the last two years.

11 posted on 06/19/2007 5:34:13 PM PDT by VRWCRick

I think that when a sitting President will not listen to the voice of the people and continually goes out and pushes a proposal that would reward criminal behavior,Flood our social services, and create a voting block dedicated to reacquiring large areas of our country.Then as bitter as it seems I think the time has come for members of his party to approach him and suggest that they will introduce a motion for his impeachment on the basis of his not defending the security of the U.S. That by not securing our borders and enforcing our current laws the security of the nation is in dire peril.What good is it to fight them on foreign lands but let them in unfettered through our open borders.Maybe the thought of his own party impeaching him would shock him into action. Every politician needs to remember the preamble to the Constitution starts We the People Not We the elected few. I am a Republican but I am not an idiot I refuse to follow blindly what an politician proposes without thought and speaking out either in support or opposition. That is my right I served and fought in combat for this country and I refuse to surrender it to any politicians even ones from my own Party. President Bush has been a great leader and the majority of his programs have been outstanding but on immigration and amnesty he is crossing the line into that realm where the security of our nation outweighs allegiance to a party that is out of touch with the will of the People.

12 posted on 06/19/2007 5:43:01 PM PDT by alchemist54 ((for those who fight for it freedom has a taste the protected will never know))

I voted for Bush both times, and given the choices we had, it was the thing to do.

Having had said that, I couldn’t agree with you more. The performance of the Bush Administration in the illegal alien and immigration enforcement areas has been abysmal. Since when is a President empowered to only uphold the laws they like and ignore the laws they don’t like? Since when do we elect a President to use his office to cram down the throats of the American people an immigration bill which they resoundingly reject? Impeachment? Hell yes!!

Furthermore, I am highly disgusted with the U.S. Senate, which, freed of its constitutional obligation to represent the States by the 17th Amendment to the Constitution, has degenerated into an elitist oligarchy which cares little about the desires of the people or the states they represent.

13 posted on 06/19/2007 5:55:40 PM PDT by VRWCRick

To: Heartland Mom

"King rocks. He totally gets it."

Too bad he's surrounded by Quislings.

14 posted on 06/19/2007 8:44:23 PM PDT by Travis McGee (--- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com ---)

To: Travis McGee

Our resolution calls on the Administration to enforce employer sanctions systematically, not just sporadically.”

What a concept.

15 posted on 06/19/2007 8:46:22 PM PDT by Lurker (Comparing moderate islam to extremist islam is like comparing small pox to plague.)

To: Heartland Mom

Do we really need more reasons to call our representatives in Washington, D.C.?

Just say NO to Illegal Alien Amnesty!! Keep calling!! It’s NOT OVER!!

U.S. Senate switchboard: (202) 224-3121

U.S. House switchboard: (202) 225-3121

White House comments: (202) 456-1111

Find your House Rep.: http://www.house.gov/writerep

Find your US Senators: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

16 posted on 06/19/2007 9:25:44 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (Fred Thompson/John Bolton 2008)

It’ll never happen. Except as window dressing before critical amnesty votes.

17 posted on 06/19/2007 9:36:14 PM PDT by Travis McGee (--- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com ---)

To: Travis McGee

When Reagan ran his amnesty game, he had legislated an enforcement which Ted Kennedy had canceled as soon as he could. Looks like the Pubbies have failed to see Ted driving this one right into the same cove. They don’t do the enforcement first, it will never come to pass and the dnc will have assassinated the Pubbies with their own weaponry because they failed to learn from History.

18 posted on 06/19/2007 9:44:11 PM PDT by MHGinTN (You've had life support. Promote life support for those in the womb.)

This is a disconnect between the leaders and the led on par with France in the 1770a, or Russia in the early teens.

19 posted on 06/19/2007 10:02:27 PM PDT by Travis McGee (--- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com ---)

To: Travis McGee

It may actually be worse ... we the people are the sovereigns of this nation according to our founding documents by which we lend power to those we elect. Rush is fond of pointing out that as soon as more than fifty percent of the governed are drawing subsidy from the government, those who will legislate the most give away will be the elected. I sure hate seeing it come in my lifetime.

20 posted on 06/19/2007 10:08:55 PM PDT by MHGinTN (You've had life support. Promote life support for those in the womb.)

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21 posted on 06/20/2007 12:21:39 AM PDT by gubamyster

I think we’re already past 50%, and our republic is simply coasting on momentum.

22 posted on 06/20/2007 7:44:30 AM PDT by Travis McGee (--- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com ---)

To: Heartland Mom

Here’s a list of key Senate contacts for EVERYONE to email regarding immigration. Many offices are putting calls straight to voicemail and they can just trash faxes (and letters take weeks to get through due to security). Let’s hit Hill staff where they are so codependent - their Blackberries. Send email directly to staff - not just the generic Senator’s mailbox. Contact their Chief of Staff, Legislative Director, and Press Secretary. Make your voice heard!!

Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) Chief of Staff tom_ingram@alexander.senate.gov

Legislative Director
david_morgenstern@alexander.senate.gov

Press Secretary/Communications Director
scot_montrey@alexander.senate.gov
llee_pitts@alexander.senate.gov

Senator Wayne Allard (R-CO)
Chief of Staff
sean_conway@allard.senate.gov

Legislative Director
charles_cogar@allard.senate.gov

Communications Director
laura_condeluci@allard.senate.gov

Press Secretary
steve_wymer@allard.senate.gov

Senator Robert Bennett (R-UT)
Chief of Staff
maryjane_collipriest@bennett.senate.gov

Legislative Director
mark_morrison@bennett.senate.gov

Press Secretary
emily_christensen@bennett.senate.gov

Senator Christopher “Kit” Bond (R-MO)
Chief of Staff
brian_klippenstein@bond.senate.gov

Legislative Director
kara_smith@bond.senate.gov