A few weeks ago we went live with the website The "FIRE" in FIRE Coalition stands for Federal Immigration Reform and Enforcement, and we truly aim to be a coalition. Our roots and support came from the main participants and leaders of the Political Human Sacrifice and Fire Dreier efforts (to oust California Congressman David Dreier in 2004 for his shamefully poor immigration voting record). Nationwide, average people were able to sympathize with the pure frustration at the lack of things being done about illegal immigration.

Many of you that have been involved in or witnessed the illegal immigration struggle have seen many different groups come and go. Unfortunately, many that aren't able to maintain any momentum, die on the vine because of a lack of support. This is one of the main focus areas of FIRE Coalition. We want to support all anti-illegal immigration groups wherever they need help, whether it's a request for publicity, donations, specific skill areas, or volunteers. Acting on a national level, we hope to be able to direct people to those that can assist these groups or give them the exposure on a national level that they need.

Just as important, with a national perspective, we will be able to see similar initiatives nationwide and can try to connect disparate groups to synchronize efforts for maximum effect. We think that there is potential for much greater synergy nationwide; all it would take is some coordination.

Every group has their strengths and areas of focus. FIRE hopes to fill a few niches and allow other groups to piggyback on our efforts, rather then re-inventing the wheel. For example, we have an extensive articles/reports archives with each article summarized and categorized for easy reference. Rather than having small groups duplicate efforts, they can link up to our Resources Page Likewise, we're not in the public forum business and would simply direct people to ALIPAC for something like this discussion group.

We really hope you'll visit the site and more importantly forward this message on to your distribution lists of anti-illegal immigration activists and media personalities who would latch on to the idea to spread the word.

Thank you very much!

Raymond
FIRE Coalition