Update on Border-Security Petition to President

Here is an update on the petition to secure our borders. - Sailor

3 p.m. Wednesday, April 27, 2005

DEAR PETITION SIGNERS,

We now have more than 220,000 signers on the petition to President Bush urging him to immediately secure our borders!

Thanks to all of you who have been inviting your friends and relatives to sign up. Let's keep moving toward that goal of a million Americans on this petition: www.ReformUS.org

Congress working on border issues this afternoon

Although we won't be delivering the petitions to President Bush until Memorial Day, Congress is making decisions this afternoon that will have great influence over the fight against illegal immigration.

The only way for you to influence these decisions is to make a phone call to select Members of Congres THIS AFTERNOON.

For many of you, making a phone call to your U.S. Senator or Representative may be a little too much for you. If so, that's OK. Every citizen should try to do what feels right for them.

But for those of you who are ready for your next action after signing that petition, you should get on the phone this very minute and make a difference when it counts.

What's at stake in Conference (negotiating) Committee

The Senate and House have each passed Iraq supplemental spending bills. But each has attached wildly differing immigration provisions.

Official Conferees from both chambers have been working this week to negotiate which immigration provisions stay and which are dropped.

Citizen members of the NumbersUSA Action Network have been phoning and faxing for months to make sure that this defense bill includes items that will enhance the security of the United States on issues related to illegal immigration.

Our team of Capitol Hill professionals tells us that at this very moment, the Conferees are trying to decide whether to keep greatly expanded funding for more Border Patrol and interior enforcement agents.

Below are the Conferees. If you are from the state of one of them, your call into the D.C. office could be influential.

What you might say when you call

When a staffer answers, start by saying you are calling about the Senator or Representative's work on the Conference Committee on the Iraq spending bill.

Then, you might want to say in your own words that you urge the Senator or Representative to appropriate the highest amount of money possible to hiring more Border Patrol and interior enforcement agents and inspectors. And also more detention beds to hold illegal aliens so they can be deported.

For full information about the immigration items being debated in this Iraq spending bill, go to:
http://numbersusa.com/hottopic/0125sensenbrenner.htm

Phone these congressional Negotiators
who most need to hear from you

We have no assurance that the following Conferees will do what is best for Americans when it comes to combatting illegal immigration or protecting workers from unfair foreign labor competition.

Be firm but polite.

Top priority: Call any Negotiators from your state.

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ALABAMA
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Senator Richard Shelby
DC phone number: 202-224-5744

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ALASKA
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Senator Ted Stevens
DC phone number: 202-2243004

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CALIFORNIA
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Senator Dianne Feinstein
DC phone number: 202-224-3841

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COLORADO
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Senator Wayne Allard
DC phone number: 202-224-5941

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HAWAII
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Senator Daniel Inouye
DC phone number: 202-224-3934

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IDAHO
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Senator Larry Craig
DC phone number: 202-224-2752

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ILLINOIS
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Senator Richard Durbin
DC phone number: 202-224-2152

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INDIANA
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Rep. Peter Visclosky
DC phone number: 202-225-2461

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IOWA
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Senator Tom Harkin
DC phone number: 202-224-3254

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KANSAS
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Senator Sam Brownback
DC phone number: 202-224-6521

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KENTUCKY
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Senator Mitch McConnell
DC phone number: 202-224-2541

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LOUISIANA
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Senator Mary Landrieu
DC phone number: 202-224-5824

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MARYLAND
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Senator Barbara Mikulski
DC phone number: 202-224-4654

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MINNESOTA
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Rep. Martin Olav Sabo
DC phone number: 202-225-4755

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MISSISSIPPI
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Senator Thad Cochran
DC phone number: 202-224-5054

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MISSOURI
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Senator Kit Bond
DC phone number: 202-224-5721

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MONTANA
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Senator Conrad Burns
DC phone number: 202-224-2644

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NEVADA
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Senator Harry Reid
DC phone number: 202-224-3542

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NEW HAMPSHIRE
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Senator Judd Gregg
DC phone number: 202-224-3324

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NEW MEXICO
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Senator Pete Domenici
DC phone number: 202-224-6621

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NEW YORK
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Rep. Nita Lowey
DC phone number: 202-225-6506

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NORTH DAKOTA
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Senator Byron Dorgan
DC phone number: 202-224-2551

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OHIO
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Senator Mike DeWine
DC phone number: 202-224-2315

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PENNSYLVANIA
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Rep. John Murtha
DC phone number: 202-225-2065

Senator Arlen Specter
DC phone number: 202-224-4254

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SOUTH DAKOTA
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Senator Tim Johnson
DC phone number: 202-224-5842

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TEXAS
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Senator Kay B. Hutchison
DC phone number: 202-224-5922

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UTAH
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Senator Robert Bennett
DC phone number: 202-224-5444

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VERMONT
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Senator Patrick Leahy
DC phone number: 202-224-4242

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WASHINGTON
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Rep. Norm Dicks
DC phone number: 202-225-5916

Senator Patty Murray
DC phone number: 202-224-2621

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WEST VIRGINIA
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Senator Robert Byrd
DC phone number: 202-224-3954

Rep. Alan Mollohan
DC phone number: 202-225-4172

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WISCONSIN
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Senator Herbert Kohl
DC phone number: 202-224-5653

Rep. David Obey
DC phone number: 202-225-3365