Border Community Petition to Protest Obama immigration

[April]

EXCLUSIVE: Border Community Organizing Petition to Protest Obama's Immigration Speech
By Jana Winter
Published May 13, 2011
| FoxNews.com



A United States Border Patrol agent checks an area under a bridge crossing between the United States and Mexico in El Paso, Texas November 14, 2010.

The residents of the Chiricahua-Peloncillo drug and human smuggling corridor that runs from the Mexican border north through eastern Arizona and western New Mexico are circulating a petition to send to the White House in response to President Obama's recent immigration speech.
"It is with great wonderment and sadness that we listened to your May 10 speech on immigration issues. All of the joking about moats and alligators cut residents of Portal, AZ, to the core as we sheltered with friends or at a Red Cross evacuation site, to survive a terrible fire that still threatens our lives and property, as well as our ecotourism-based economy," the letter reads.
On Sunday, a massive fire broke out in Horseshoe Canyon, about 50 miles north of the Mexican border, which residents and law enforcement say they believe was started by criminal illegal aliens. Last year, a fire in the same location caused more than $10 million in damages.
"During its first 24-hrs, the fire consumed a greater area than did last year's fire over a 6-week period. Local residents were roused after midnight, and some slept fitfully in cars after fleeing with family photos and any valuables that could be quickly assembled. Elderly retirees left with medical supplies, including oxygen tanks on which some depend," the letter reads.
The petition comes just days after Obama appeared in El Paso, Texas, to plead the case for immigration reform that has been bottled up in Congress for years. During his remarks, the president argued that the border is as safe as it has ever been but Republican opportunists are using the issue to score political points and prevent legal reforms to address illegal immigration.

"We have gone above and beyond what was requested by the very Republicans who said they supported broader reform as long as we got serious about enforcement. All the stuff they asked for, we've done," the president said.
"But even though we've answered these concerns, I've got to say I suspect there are still going to be some who are trying to move the goal posts on us one more time. You know, they said we needed to triple the Border Patrol. Or now they're going to say we need to quadruple the Border Patrol. Or they'll want a higher fence. Maybe they'll need a moat. Maybe they want alligators in the moat. They'll never be satisfied," he continued.
Jeff Gee, one of the organizers behind the petition and a firefighter battling the still-burning fire in Horseshoe Canyon, says he was insulted by Obama's speech.
“I’m really disappointed at current border security, I’m really disappointed at the president’s speech saying that people like me wants moats with alligators, but moats with alligators might work, nothing else,â€

[stevetheroofer]

Our poor Border Patrol, it's like trying to stop the floods in Mississippi with a 5gal. bucket! Thanks for all your help Obama, you're no leader, you're a damn "Debutante" He should of starred in "Mean Girls" with Lindsey Lohan

[April]

Our poor Border Patrol, it's like trying to stop the floods in Mississippi with a 5gal. bucket! Thanks for all your help Obama, you're no leader, you're a damn "Debutante" He should of starred in "Mean Girls" with Lindsey Lohan

about the mean girls part.......and I agree it is very sad about the BP and all they go through on a daily basis.

[Jean]

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[LadyStClaire]

Our poor Border Patrol, it's like trying to stop the floods in Mississippi with a 5gal. bucket! Thanks for all your help Obama, you're no leader, you're a damn "Debutante" He should of starred in "Mean Girls" with Lindsey Lohan

So true Steve, and he does not care about the plight of these people or the country as a whole the only thing he is concerned about is getting his worthless @zz reelected and, thats not going to happen. while he should be doing something to eliminate the problem, he is actually a part of the problem what an old $h*t head he is

[immigration2009]

We know Obama does not want to enforce 100% immigration laws. He wants amnestyfor illegal aliens to advance his socialist agenda. So we have to vote him out with his Demos in 2012. We do not have another alternative.

[Dave-co]

How in gods name obama can think it is ok to have 11 million ELLEGAL ALIENS IN THE USA, MOST MEXICAN is beyond me. that is a invasion of biblical proportions.

[Pisces_2010]

The residents of the Chiricahua-Peloncillo drug and human smuggling corridor that runs from the Mexican border north through eastern Arizona and western New Mexico are circulating a petition to send to the White House in response to President Obama's recent immigration speech.

"It is with great wonderment and sadness that we listened to your May 10 speech on immigration issues. All of the joking about moats and alligators cut residents of Portal, AZ, to the core as we sheltered with friends or at a Red Cross evacuation site, to survive a terrible fire that still threatens our lives and property, as well as our ecotourism-based economy," the letter reads.

Sad.