January 06, 2009

Calling All Members & Friends of CFIR:

The citizens of the State of Texas need your help! As in the founding of this great state, a call went out to protect its people from a foreign invasion. In 1836, it was repelled by the Texians (we were called Texians before we became Texans) at the Alamo and our final Battle of San Jacinto. We won final independence as a sovereign nation, and,nine years later we became a state in the United States of America. 

Texas is no longer for Texans. Rep. Roberto Alonzo, (D-Dallas) has introduced a bill that prohibits cities from restricting landlords on who can rent homes from them – a direct criticism of Farmers Branch's efforts to keep illegal immigrants from renting homes there.

This invasion is happening again. Not with the alarm of a gun shot, but with the approach of men in business suits who want cheap labor, and who lobby our Texas Legislature with a pen and the promise of money. We are helping them with their goals by our apathy.

Millions upon millions of illegal aliens have invaded this country. They have changed the landscape of our nation---most of it for the worst. However, is it truly their fault? No! Who do we blame? We blame the employers - the disloyal Americans who knowingly employ illegal aliens in the many levels of the service and construction industries.

We have been told by many of our state legislators that we are blaming the illegal alien and not penalizing the true greedy culprit: the employer. Many politicians over the past several years have told us they would support and vote for legislation that did just that. Now they have their chance!

Like Arizona and Oklahoma, we now have the means to change the landscape of Texas for the better, and reverse the “human forming” of our state. We now have the ability to send people to their home country.   This will be done without deportations or threats of any kind. Just as illegal aliens walked across our border silently, and employers hired them, so they will silently go home and employers will pay the price in fines and/or jail time.

How will we do this? With your help and the help of Representative Leo Berman of Tyler, Texas. Our Texas legislators only meet every two years. They are meeting from January-May of 2009. Rep. Berman has introduced several immigration related bills. The strongest bill is HB 266. It will be the greatest single act to change Texas in the 21st century. This bill, as in other states, will enforce and make mandatory for all Texas employers the use of the federal database called E-Verify. This system i s 99.5% accurate. Every employer will verify the legal residency of their prospective employee via website or telephone call.

If the illegal alien is kept from employment, he cannot work. If he cannot work, he cannot eat or support himself or his family. The vast majority of illegal aliens will SELF-DEPORT. At the same time, employers will be fined and some will be convicted of a state felony.   Some will even serve jail time. Don’t you think this will deter illegal activity?

How can we get HB 266 passed? We need your help. We cannot do this without every person who reads this letter to act. First, talk to, e-mail, educate, and ask for help from all of your friends in this fight. Ask yourself and everyone you know in Texas to:

1.      Come with us on Wednesday, January 28 to lobby the Texas Legislature on HB 266 and other bills.    We will be representing IRCOT, the Immigration Reform Coalition of Texas. The legislators are most impressed by the “physical” presence of Texans coming to Austin. One person represents hundreds and hundreds of their constituents. More information will be coming soon.   Space is limited on the bus and RSVP is required.   You may follow us in your personal car or meet us at the capitol as well.

2.      If you cannot come to Austin, we need you to call your state representative and state senator and strongly ask for their endorsement and vote for HB 266 and other bills introduced by Rep. Berman.   We also need you to call every legislator in Austin and tell them you support these bills as well.

3.      We need you to call our local radio shows like Mike Gallagher at 660 KSKY, JD Wells and Jeff Bolton at 570 KLIF, and Mark Davis at 820 WBAP, and ask them to support HB 266. Ask them to put Rep. Leo Berman on their shows to get the word out to all Texans. Ask for interviews of CFIR leaders on their show.

4.      We need donations to carry out this fight through the media. Open your hearts and your purses to the men and women who are out of a job, displaced or affected by competing with illegal aliens for jobs. HB 266 will change this.

Folks, this is no longer a spectator sport. This is not the time to be an armchair quarterback or a couch potato (use the analogy that fits).   If you are reading this letter, we are talking to you! Will you hear the call or ignore our plea?