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I just emailed Senators DeMint, Sessions & Vitters the following message:

"First, I want to thank you for your courageous stand against the Senate Immigration bill that failed to sustain a cloture vote on Thursday. You and others from both the Republican and Democrat parties who voted 'NO' on cloture deserve our deepest gratitude.

"I would, however, caution that the game is not over. It appears likely that proponents of the original bills will be attempting to pass portions, such as 'The Dream Act', 'AgJobs Bill' and 'Tech-Worker Visas' as seperate bills in order to accomplish the whole. This is no more acceptible to the public than their original intent. These must be defeated in turn.

"Regarding 'The Dream Act', I'd like to address your attention to the website http://www.dreamact.info/forum/. It is an online forum made up mostly of Illegal Aliens who support this legislation. The intriguing thing about this website is that many write of fraudulently acquiring SS Cards, and identity theft.

"Frankly, I have little hope that since Michael Chertoff has shown the inability of DHS to use our existing Immigration laws to protect America, DHS will be less than useful against such people. However, I bring this to your attention with the hope that the Senate may shed proper light on these activities.

"Again thank you for your great work. I just wanted to let you know how much it is appreciated."

I also emailed my Congressman Donald Manzullo (R) IL this message:

"Thanks and praise surely goes too the honor of a large number of Senators who stood against the Senate Immigration Bill yesterday, and caused its defeat. Hopefully, this will mean Immigration will not again be taken up in such a manner for quite some time. It is still feared, however, that Democrats may attempt to resurrect various portions of the bill in an attempt to have them passed separately ultimately accomplishing the same affect on our country.

"Instead, and since such a broad spectrum of the GOP members of the House stood up against this Senate travesty, I'd like to see the House GOP organization develop their own comprehensive legislation for Immigration reform. While there have been some public comments from Speaker Pelosi to the effect that such a bill have no chance in the House, she essentially said the same regarding Rep. Pence's bill which effectively undercut the Democrat's push to renew the [un]Fairness Doctrine. If she can be marginalized one time, she can be again.

"I believe most Americans would support a form of comprehensive Immigration reform if it included common sense legislation that underpins and strengthens current law; and insures we FIRST act through current law in 1) Closing the border, 2) Strengthening our Border Patrol, 3) Enforcing sanctions and penalties against employers of illegals, and 4) Begin enforcing deportation laws against any and all illegal aliens we capture. Once we begin seeing the fruits of these efforts, I'm confident Americans everywhere will be open to reviewing our current Immigration system, in an effort to make it more suitable to our needs as a country.

"Before I close, I'd like to point you to the following website: http://www.dreamact.info/forum/. This is a forum made up of apparent illegal aliens who are in open support of the DREAM ACT, which was to have been included in the Senate bill as written. As I understand it, the DREAM ACT would grant citizenship to illegal alien students. If someone on your staff would take the time to visit this site, they'd see that, among other things, these people openly discuss illegally obtaining SS cards, and identity theft.

"Due to Mr. Chertoff's apparent inability (or desire) to comply with existing Immigration enforcement law, I have little hope that DHS or its agencies would actively pursue these people. So, I bring this to your attention to see if some other avenue may be found to take control of such a deplorable situation.

"Thank you personally for your opposition to this Senate fiasco. And thank you for your time in listening to an old Republican."

We MUST keep the pressure up, folks!