House Passes Essential Border Protection Legislation

email from: Numbers USA Education and Research Foundation ^ | June 5, 2003 | roy beck

[CIBvet]

The US House has taken a very important first step toward using the mightiest military in world history to protect our borders from illegal crossings. HR. 1588 passed by a tally of 361-68. The Goode amendment to that bill provided that "the Secretary of Defense can assign members of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps . . . to assist the Department of Homeland Security in the performance of border protections functions."

Visit our website at NumbersUSA.com to learn more about legislation related to immigration policy.

At NumbersUSA we are mounting a massive ongoing grassroots movement to bring Immigration Policy reform to the forefront of national policy. Our goal and purpose is to protect national SECURITY, JOBS and RESOURCES.

For more than a month, members of the NumbersUSA Action Network bombarded our Representatives with nearly 10,000 faxes asking for action to use the military to provide specialized backup support to the U.S. Border Patrol to protect our borders from illegal crossings. Our military has the technology, resources, experience, training and force strength to help the Border Patrol identify and intercept practically every foreigner who tries to cross our border illegally. Our military should be allowed the opportunity to help the Department of Homeland Security achieve its goal of security for American citizens. Currently, around one million illegal aliens a year settle in the U.S.

We are pleased to be working for this goal that a recent poll found is supported by two-thirds of Americans.

We also have nearly 6,500 signatures on our Urgent Petition for Immigration Policy Reform that we will soon send to President Bush and the members of the United States Congress.

To see how you can help make a difference visit our website at NumbersUSA.com

More work must be done. But these are important steps, and your support of NumbersUSA helped to make it happen.

Roy Beck
Executive Director
NumbersUSA
1601 N. Kent St. #1100
Arlington, VA 22209

[CIBvet]

Happy to announce that progress is apparently being made. Congratulations to all FReepers who took some time to lend a hand, make a call, send a fax etc. We ARE making a difference. Keep up the good work ... we still have a long way to go toward preserving OUR Borders, OUR language, and OUR American Culture.
Thanks again.

[Fiddlstix]

[Sir Gawain]

Poor undocumented workers!

[Carbonsteel]

Ping

[CIBvet]

Good news ping !!

[CIBvet]

Woo Hoo ping !!

[henderson field]

By protecting our security, jobs, and resources, Numbers USA is also protecting our national culture. Thank you.

[CIBvet]

Good news today !!

[CIBvet]

Maybe the ILLEGALS will start runnin the other way someday !!

[hattend]

BTTT

[Beck_isright]

Sorry to shout....BUT....

ABOUT FREAKIN TIME!!!!!

[SandRat]

The US House has taken a very important first step toward using the mightiest military in world history to protect our borders from illegal crossings. HR. 1588 passed by a tally of 361-68. The Goode amendment to that bill provided that "the Secretary of Defense can assign members of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps . . . to assist the Department of Homeland Security in the performance of border protections functions."

MEGABUMP!

[litehaus]

BTTT Best news since the market closed.............

[CIBvet]

Might even be a nice idea to send them a little token of appreciation.

[Lady Eileen]

bump

[CIBvet]

Hey, maybe I won't have to learn Espanol afterall, just to function in MY town.

[NorseWood]

Killing and breaking invaders is fine with me

[Ohioan]

"Can assign" is not the same thing as "shall assign."

I will keep my fingers crossed that this actually leads to something positive. But I am not very optimistic. Still, I must commend you for fighting for what is right.

Our immigration policy--even the legal part of it--is a disaster. See An American Immigration Policy.

William Flax

[CIBvet]

Maybe ... just MAYBE ... we could use our National Guard units to guard our Nation ??!!

... instead of spreading them all around the d*#$ world running interferance for our Trans-National Corporations.