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Special Petition Alert from Grassfire.org Alliance
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Following 9/11, the U.S. committed to winning the war on terror. But here in the U.S., porous borders, increased crime and violence from record number of illegals crossing into the U.S. have citizens fearing for their safety, and demanding action in securing our borders.

How serious is the problem?

Estimates put the illegal population as high as 10-13 million, with more crossing each and every day–taxing our legal system, our hospitals, spiking crime rates and stealing critically needed benefits:

++ In 2004, 1.15 million illegals were apprehended. That is more than 3,100 every day, and a 24 percent increase over 2003.

++ Of the 1.15 million, 23,000 had criminal records. 84 were murder suspects, 37 were suspected kidnappers, 151 were wanted on sexual assault charges, 313 were robbery suspects, and nearly 2,700 were implicated on drug-related charges.

++ In 2004, Border Agents made 8,577 drug seizures and confiscated 1.4 million pounds of illegal narcotics with an estimated street value of $1.62 billion.

(Taken from a Washington Times Report).

Given these kinds of statistics, and the serious threat to our national security, it is time to put the “illegal” back into illegal immigration, and Secure Our Borders!

+ + 225,000 Citizen Petitions Needed

Grassfire is urging citizens from across the nation to take immediate action with us by signing our petition to “Secure Our Borders”:

Grassfire Petition

This issue poses a very real threat to every man, woman and child living in our nation, and demands attention. That’s why Grassfire wants to rally 225,000 citizen responses to present them to key lawmakers–demanding they make the issue of illegal immigration a NUMBER ONE PRIORITY this year.

Unless strong, decisive action is taken, the flow of illegals into our nation will only increase–further threatening our national security.

Thanks for taking action with us.

Grassfire.org Alliance

P.S. Recently, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), and Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) introduced comprehensive legislation targeting illegal immigration. Called The Comprehensive Enforcement and Immigration Reform Act of 2005 (S. 1438), it dramatically strengthens enforcement and reforms immigration laws.

Grassfire will be presenting hundreds of thousands of grassroots petitions supporting S. 1438. We are urging ALL citizens who want tighter border security to support this legislation by adding their names to our petition:

Grassfire Petition

After signing this petition, please alert your friends, family, and co-workers, letting them know that Grassfire is standing up for secure borders and a secure nation!

Thanks for your help.

Tags: Grassfire, Illegal Immigration, borders