11/16/05
Speaking on "Hannity & Colmes" Monday night Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said it simply isn’t practical to deport millions of illegals.
"The cost of identifying all of those people and sending them back would be stupendous. It would be billions and billions of dollars,"he said.
Just last month, Grassfire reported that Chertoff vowed to end the "catch and release" policy that has allowed tens of thousands of illegals to disappear into the U.S. In fact, he said his goal was to "completely eliminate the program and return every single illegal entrant, no exceptions."
It appears to Grassfire, that Chertoff's "get tough on illegals" message of October 18 has softened substantially. In fact, in listening to him backpedal on Hannity & Colmes, it appears he is now a big supporter of the President's "Anmesty Plan".
When Sean Hannity urged Chertoff to quadruple Border Security patrols, Chertoff shrugged it off blaming a lack of sufficient border security on "training restraints."
+ + No Action is Dissatisfaction!
Herb, as Grassfire's own commissioned tracking poll clearly illustrated, nearly 9 of 10 Americans want more done to secure our borders and reduce illegal immigration.
Americans want ACTION and RESULTS.
What we are poised to get with Michael Chertoff is more of the same--NO ACTION, NO RESULTS.
+ + Emergency Petition Presentation Announced!
Herb, the illegal immigration crisis will continue to worsen until grassroots Americans say "NO MORE TALK!"
To this end, Grassfire is announcing a petition presentation to the DHS Office over the next two weeks, and we are counting on you to help us send a compelling message that we want ACTION!
+ + Action Item #1--Rally your friends
Right now, 206,530 Americans have signed our petition to Secure our Borders. Over the next 14 days, we must rally an additional 25,000 signers!
Send this message to 20-30 of your friends urging them to sign our petition and demand our leaders secure our borders! (Click here to sign):
+ + Action Item #2--Contact the DHS
We are also urging team members to contact the DHS and tell them what you think of Michael Chertoff’s latest comments.
Here is the comment line: 202-282-8495
When calling, please identify yourself as a member of Grassfire, and remember to be clear and concise--as well as polite.
We would love to flood their comments line with thousands of calls demanding less talk and more action for secured borders!
Please call today, and keep rallying additional support!
Thank you for taking action with us.
Grassfire.org Alliance P.S: We anticipate our delivery just after the Thanksgiving Holiday.
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call today!
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Janet, another petition to sign!