Victory For Grassroots Americans

Grassfire has confirmed that ALL amnesty language has been stripped from the Iraq Supplemental Spending Bill – the result of tens of thousands of phone calls, faxes and fast action by a number of key Senators who sent a letter to Majority Leader Harry Reid demanding the language be dropped.

This happened as a direct result of grassroots actions. Thank you!

The Letter from Sen. Jim Inhofe’s office reads:

Dear Majority Leader Reid:

We write to express disappointment that the Senate Appropriations Committee chose to include in the War Supplemental more than 100 pages of immigration language that would grant legal status to more than one million illegal alien agricultural workers and their families. We urge you to remove these controversial provisions from the bill so we can enact essential funding for our troops without delay. If these provisions remain in the bill, you can expect a vigorous debate on immigration policy.

The letter was signed by 10 Senators, their names and contact information are below if you would like to call and thank them for their efforts:

Sen. Tom Coburn             202-224-5754
Sen. Elizabeth Dole         202-224-6342
Sen. Jim Bunning             202-224-4343
Sen. John Barrasso         202-224-6441
Sen. Jeff Sessions           202-224-4124
Sen. Jim Inhofe                 202-224-4721
Sen. Charles Grassley     202-224-3744
Sen. Johnny Isakson        202-224-3643
Sen. David Vitter              202-224-4623
Sen. Saxby Chambliss    202-224-3521

While this amnesty attempt has been thwarted, the double-layered border fence that was promised to us to help secure our borders is not being built. Grassfire is headed to Capitol Hill for a national press conference on this issue, and we want to present at least 250,000 petitions from citizens to key House leadership demanding the fence be built as promised! If you haven’t yet signed this important petition, you can do so now simply by clicking here.

If you would like to send faxes to key members of the House urging them to support legislation that would restore the original double-layered fence mandates, you can do so by clicking here.