Wilderness Border Bills Open Immigration Flood Gates
Seems the powers that be want to use the environmental angle again!
Land Rights Network
American Land Rights Association
PO Box 400 - Battle Ground, WA 98604
Phone: 360-687-3087 - Fax: 360-687-2973
E-mail: alra@pacifier.com
Web Address: http://www.landrights.org
Legislative Office: 507 Seward Square SE - Washington, DC 20003
Wilderness Border Bills Open Immigration Flood Gates
You must send your Testimony Questionnaire to your Congressman.
Also send it to the Members of the National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Subcommittee.
Testimony Questionnaire Below, For You To E-mail or fax In.
Rep. Raul Grijalva has introduced two bills that could be used to create a virtual freeway for illegals and drug smugglers as a fast track into the United States.
Action Items below.
Rep. Grijalva is Chairman of the National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee. As Committee Chairman, the Members almost always support their Chairman. We've included a complete list of Committee Members below.
The first bill is the Tumacacori Highland Wilderness Act of 2007 that creates a new Forest Service Wilderness Area in Arizona on the border with Mexico.
This bill, HR 3287, creates a new Wilderness area exactly where a major illegal immigration traffic area and drug smuggling pathway already exists.
Technically the proposed Tumacacori Highland Wilderness Area is not "on the border with Mexico." It is contiguous with the small, old, Pajarito Wilderness Area that is directly on the border and links the Pajarito Wilderness Area with Interstate 19 and the Interior of the country.
We call HR 3287 the "Open Door Into Our US" or ODIOUS Act.
Rep. Grijalva has also introduced HR 2593 which would shackle the hands of the Border Patrol on Federal lands.
Rep Grijalva calls HR 2593 "The Boderlands Conservation and Security Act of 2007." HR 2593 is full of misleading phrasing and words to throw the reader off as to its true intent.
But you might as well just handcuff the Border Patrol on all Federal lands all along the Mexican Border. This bill will have a huge impact on the traffic of illegals and drugs if Congress should pass it.
HR 2593 even blocks the building of a fence along the border.
We call HR 2593 the "Handcuff Our Border Law Enforcement Act" or HOBLE Act.
These two bills might be called the missing link in the corridor where illegals and drug smugglers will be protected and the Border Patrol handcuffed.
By passing these two bills, Congress would create a massive area open to illegals and vastly strangle the ability of law enforcement and the Border Patrol to fight drug importation and illegal immigration.
Both these bills should worry you. You must take action.
Chuck Cushman
American Land Rights Association
(360) 687-3087
ccushman@pacifier.com
Action Items:
-----1. Call your Congressman to ask for a copy of both HR 3287 and HR 2593. Do this even if you get a copy of the bill from us. That will force Congressional staff to read the bills. Tell your Congressman that these bills must be stopped.
It's easy. You can read an actual copy of both bills by simply clicking on the bill number on the home page at www.landrights.org.
Ask your Congressman to contact both the Majority and Minority of the National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Subcommittee.
Ask your Congressman to contact Rep. Raul Grijalva and Ranking Minority Member Rob Bishop (R-UT) to oppose both HR 3287 and HR 2593. Any Congressman can be called at (202) 225-3121.
-----2. Get a copy of the map of the proposed Tumacacori Highland Wilderness Area and see how it fits adjacent to other Federal lands along the border.
See how it enhances an already highly used path used by illegals and drug runners into the United States. You will also see how the HOBLE bill covers a huge section of the border and prevents the Border Patrol and law enforcement from securing the area.
We've made up a rough map which we've posted to our website.
Go to www.landrights.org and look for Grijalva Border Wilderness Bills on the home page as well as the map of the proposed Wilderness Area.
-----3. Call, fax and e-mail Rep. Raul Grijalva's office. Here is his contact information. You need to send him e-mail through his staff person, Rick Healy, listed below.
Phone: (202) 225-2435
Fax: (202) 225-1541
E-mail: rick.healy@mail.house.gov
Rep. Raul Grijalva is Chairman of the House National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee. Unless you turn them around, most of the Democrats will likely support Grijalva because he is Chairman. Some of the Republicans will also.
-----4. Call, fax and e-mail Rep. Rob Bishop's office. He is the Ranking Minority Member of the National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Subcommittee. Rob Bishop (R-UT) Phone: (202)225-0453 - Fax:(202)225-5857 - e-mail: casey.hammond@mail.house.gov
----5. Send a very short letter to the editor of your local newspaper about the two bills mentioned above.
-----6. Call any organizations you work with that should be informed about these bills. Don't assume they know already. Ask them to go to www.landrights.org for a copy of both bills as well as the map. Urge them to take immediate action with Congress to protect our border security.
Your calls, faxes and e-mails can head off these terrible border none-security bills.
It would be good to send a copy of your Testimony Questionnaire to each Member of the House National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Subcommittee.
Below the Testimony Questionnaire is the House National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Subcommittee.
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Testimony Questionnaire - Tumacacori Highlands Wilderness Area
Place this message in your word processor. Edit and then forward to your Congressman and the Members of the National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Subcommittee.
Testimony For The Record -- HR 3287 --
Tumacacori Highlands Wilderness Area
Please use this Testimony Questionnaire to send your concerns about these two open border bills to your Congressman and the Members of the National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Subcommittee.
You may go to www.landrights.org to get a fully formatted version of this Testimony Questionnaire to print out. Don't worry about the date. They may still take it late but the important thing is to make sure you get your comments to your Congressman.
Wilderness Border Bills Open....
Free emails to your Senators and Congressman opposing these two bills are available at "RightMarch.com - Patriotism in Action",
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Scroll down to "CLOSE the Wide Open Door From Mexico! Tell Congress to STOP New Arizona Wilderness Bills!"
