Steve Elliott, President, Grassfire.org Alliance

Dear Concerned Citizens:

I am in Washington, D.C., today and I wanted to remind you that we are now just 7 days away from our petition delivery demanding that the Secure Fence Act is reinstated.

This is the most important petition delivery on border security that we have done this year. Your petition has already been registered. Now I need your help to rally others.

    Please forward this message to 20 or 30 friends and ask

    them to sign here:

http://www.grassfire.net/r.asp?u=5940&PID=15672982

Thanks again!

Steve

P.S. I've included my original message below to give your friends more background information.

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Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ), recently toured the U.S-Mexico border near Yuma, AZ, and reported that border crossings were down a projected total of 12,000 for the year.

Back in 2005, President Bush visited Yuma--where many were calling it the "most dangerous place to live in America." The President said he would fix the problem. Less than three years later, he has with...

    a triple-and double-layered fence, 20 feet high and

    reinforced by cement-filled piping. Next to this barrier is

    another tall fence of steel mesh, and just ten yards beyond,

    a shorter cyclone fence adorned by razor-wire.

This is precisely the kind of fencing that we all envisioned when the Secure Fence Act was enacted in 2006. It is precisely the kind of barrier that has Jon Kyl praising for its effectiveness.

But this isn't the kind of fencing that is being built by the Department of Homeland Security. Patrick only a fractionof the new fencing is as impressive as the Yuma fencing.

    Most is single-layer, vehicle and pedestrian barrier

    that range from metal mesh and chain link to picket.

You read that right... PICKET FENCING... the kind you probably see decorating your neighbor's lawn. The kind that can't even stop a dog!

This is what DHS considers securing our border?

++ Grassfire headed to Capitol Hill with your petitions!

I want the President to effectively secure our borders the way he succeeded in securing Yuma from drug smugglers, illegals, and violent gangs.

He owes that to the citizens of our nation and when Grassfire is center-stage, presenting your petitions during a national press event in D.C., on April 17, I will demand he do so!

But I need your help in the days leading to this event.

++Action Item--Rally your friends

I want to present at least 200,000 petitions, and send a strong grassroots message to members of Congress, but with about a week before the press event we are 50,000 shy of our goal.

    Forward this message to 25-35 friends and family urging

    them to take action by signing our petition demanding the

    fence be built as promised, by clicking here:

http://www.grassfire.net/r.asp?u=5940&PID=15672982

I want to represent as many Americans as possible, but I'm completely reliant on your actions over these next 5 days.

Thank you for taking fast action with me.

Steve

++Help Grassfire Secure the Fence:

http://www.grassfire.net/r.asp?U=5937&CID=242&RID=15672982

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