Thread: URGENT -- funding for local enforcement tomorrow -- CALL NOW

From NumbersUSA. Don't see that this has been posted yet. Please call if you can.
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From: Roy Beck, President, NumbersUSA
Date: Tuesday 17JUN08

Phone NOW to urge House appropriators to provide more money for local enforcement

DEAR SUPPORTERS OF LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGAINST ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION,

The House Appropriations Committee tomorrow (Wed) will be deciding how much money the federal government can spend next year on enforcing immigration laws.

All of those committee Members need a phone call today letting them know that voters are watching and expecting them to expand funding for enforcement.

The committee Members are under huge pressure from special interests and newspaper editorial boards in their Districts to do the opposite -- to gut the rapidly increasing enforcement of immigration laws by local police and sheriffs.

Please phone at least one committee Member on the list below. Call at:

202-224-3121

Tell the person who answers some or all of the following:

You are calling about the DHS Appropriations bill (Department of Homeland Security.

You know the Congressman/woman is on the committee that will be marking up the bill tomorrow ("marking up" means amending and putting into final form to send to the full House of Representatives).

It is most important the he/she expand funding for the 287(g) program that trains local agencies to enforce immigration law.

There are enough local agencies across the country willing and eager to help the feds that the illegal immigration problem could be largely solved if Congress would just provide enough training and other resources.

You will be watching reports to find out how the Congressman/woman votes on amendments that will help or hinder all law enforcement in detaining and removing illegal aliens from your community.

Add anything else you choose about why you want illegal aliens picked up and put into deportation proceedings, and why you want local law enforcement to be involved.

It is important that enforcement not be just for illegal aliens who have committed violent felonies. All illegal aliens must fear being arrested if we are to get enough voluntary departure to open up millions of jobs to non-employed American workers.

The news is full of stories of illegal aliens returning -- or considering returning -- to their home countries in part because of the pressure they feel from the growing number of cities, counties and states that are enforcing the law.

This is driving the pro-illegal crowd crazy. Don't underestimate how much pressure they are putting on the House Appropriations Committee to de-fund or underfund 287(g) and other enforcement efforts.

Local agencies cannot enforce immigration laws unless they receive proper training such as through the 287(g) program.

Dozens of law enforcement agencies are blocked from cracking down on illegal immigration because Congress in the past failed to appropriate enough money. State and local police are badly needed to help overwhelmed federal immigration authorities apprehend and detain illegal aliens in the interior of our country.

Illegal aliens currently outnumber federal immigration agents by 5,000 to one, and only 2,000 federal agents are active in enforcing the immigration laws in the interior of our country. Clearly, those numbers indicate that a limited number of federal agents are incapable of confronting the estimated 12-20 million illegal aliens currently inside our nation's borders and would benefit from the assistance of the more than 600,000 state and local law enforcement officers nationwide who come into contact with illegal aliens every day.

As of August 21, 2007, 23 state and local law-enforcement agencies had struck agreements with ICE, and about 75 others had submitted applications. Most agreements were signed in the prior 18 months. To date, ICE has trained 416 officers, who, in turn, have made over 22,000 arrests in conjunction with Federal law enforcement officials.

HERE ARE MEMBERS OF HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

Please phone a Representative from your state.

If your state is not listed here, please phone a Representative in your region of the country.

One phone call will be a wonderful help. If you have time and want to be a hero today, please call as many from your region as possible.

ALABAMA

Robert B.Aderholt
Jo Bonner
Robert E. "Bud" Cramer, Jr.

ARIZONA

Ed Pastor

ARKANSAS

Marion Berry

CALIFORNIA

Ken Calvert
Sam Farr
Michael Honda
Barbara Lee
Jerry Lewis
Lucille Roybal-Allard
Adam Schiff

CONNECTICUT

Rosa L. DeLauro

FLORIDA

Allen Boyd
Ander Crenshaw
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Dave Weldon
C.W. Bill Young

GEORGIA

Sanford Bishop
Jack Kingston

IDAHO

Michael K. Simpson

ILLINOIS

Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.
Ray LaHood
Mark Steven Kirk

INDIANA

Peter J. Visclosky

IOWA

Tom Latham

KANSAS

Todd Tiahrt

KENTUCKY

Ben Chandler
Harold Rogers

LOUISIANA

Rodney Alexander

MARYLAND

C.A "Dutch" Ruppersberger

MASSACHUSETTS

John W. Olver

MICHIGAN

Carolyn C. Kilpatrick
Joe Knollenberg

MINNESOTA

Betty McCollum

MISSOURI

Jo Ann Emerson

MONTANA

Dennis R. Rehberg

NEW JERSEY

Rodney P. Frelinghuysen
Steven R. Rothman

NEW MEXICO

Tom Udall

NEW YORK

Maurice D. Hinchey
Steve Israel
Nita M. Lowey
José E. Serrano
James T. Walsh

NORTH CAROLINA

David E. Price

OHIO

David L. Hobson
Marcy Kaptur
Ralph Regula
Tim Ryan

PENNSYVANIA

Chaka Fattah
John P. Murtha
John E. Peterson

RHODE ISLAND

Patrick J. Kennedy

TENNESSEE

Zach Wamp

TEXAS

John Carter
John Abney Culberson
Chet Edwards
Kay Granger
Ciro Rodriguez

VIRGINIA

Virgil H. Goode, Jr.
James P. Moran
Frank R. Wolf

WASHINGTON

Norman D. Dicks

WEST VIRGINIA

Alan B. Mollohan

WISCONSIN

David R. Obey

THANKS, YOUR HELP IS URGENTLY NEEDED,

Roy

Let's ramp it up!!!

I'm calling as many as I can this afternoon. Both Waukegan and my county applied for 287g last year. I have heard estimates of 30 to 50,000 of our residents our illegal aliens. Our state rep. says that the state of Illinois estimates Waukegan has 62,000 illegal aliens. Our population is officially 91,000. Unofficially, with all the crowded homes...I can ony imagine...

I hope you can make some calls. SO many communities would benefit from this.

Protest last year when council voted it in. Estimated 3,000 protesters.



Two folks who came to town to support us.

Thanks for the alert. Will do.

Called Californians. Shiff and Roybal-Allards office very nice. In fact, Roybal-Allard's office said, "we hope to hear from you again."


Barbara Lee's office disconnected me.


Followed up with emails.

Making calls. Please help out if you can.

Any word on if there will be more funding for 287g????

Ahh, I thought it was today. Just got this email from numbersusa. Will make some more calls in the morning.


Dear Faxer:


Ask your Senator to safeguard the funding for local immigration enforcement

This new phone call request has been posted in your Action Buffet based on your answers to the Interest Survey.

You can find this phone call request by proceeding to
http://www.numbersusa.com/phones?ID= 10235

Please call your U.S. Senator who serves on the Senate Appropriations Committee and ask them to EXPAND funding for the 287(g) program, which enables state and local police to enforce our immigration laws.

We have been updating you (click here for NumbersUSA's blog) on Congress' deliberations on local law enforcement, and whether Congress will approve funding to continue the most effective programs. Many of you have already been calling your Representatives who serve on the House Appropriations Committee.

We are now asking all of you who see this to call your Senator(s) who serves on the Senate Appropriations Committee, and ask them to protect the funding for the 287(g) program.

State and local police are badly needed to help overwhelmed federal immigration authorities apprehend and detain illegal aliens in the interior of our country. Illegal aliens currently outnumber federal immigration agents by 5,000 to one, and only 2,000 federal agents are active in enforcing the immigration laws in the interior of our country. Clearly, those numbers indicate that a limited number of federal agents are incapable of confronting the estimated 12-20 million illegal aliens currently inside our nation's borders and would benefit from the assistance of the more than 600,000 state and local law enforcement officers nationwide who come into contact with illegal aliens every day.

The Senate Appropriations Committee is expected to markup the DHS Appropriations bill on June 19. Your Senator will help determine how much the federal government can spend next year on enforcing immigration laws.

The news is full of stories about illegal aliens returning - or considering a return - to their home countries, in part, because of the pressure they feel from the growing number of cities, counties, and states that are enforcing the law.

This is driving the pro-illegal immigration crowd crazy. Don't underestimate how much pressure they are putting on your Senator to de-fund or underfund the 287(g) program and other enforcement efforts.