From the Desk of:Steve Elliott, President, Grassfire.org Alliance

1/31/2008

Rachel,

Yesterday, the Senate heard our message loud and clear.Your calls resonated, causing a panic amongst Senators who moved quickly to close a loophole that would have granted illegal aliens monetary rebates!

But, the battle isn't over. Our Capitol contact urged us to keep the pressure on the Senate saying we have to remain vigilant in our demands that under NO CIRCUMSTANCES should illegal aliens receive rebate money.We were told that Senator John Ensign (R-NV) is crafting an amendment to the stimulus package that would ensure illegals do not receive any benefits.Here are the key points of that amendment: --Stipulates recipients must be lawfully processed.

--Tax ID's are prohibited (Social Security Numbers would be used, and although there is no mechanism for sharing information between the DHS, SSI, and IRS, it is better than the original plan that looked only at Tax ID's.)

--The Ensign amendment makes certain that names and Social Security numbers are checked against no name or suspect number lists.

Rachel, Grassfire is calling on ALL members of our team to take to the phones once again urging Senators to support the Ensign amendment.

Here's your contact information for: Sen. Alexander 202-224-4944
Sen. Corker 202-224-3344

Please call as soon as you receive this message. After calling, pass the message on to family and friends urging them to follow your lead.

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"The IRS doesn't care!"Grassfire also asked why and how illegal aliens can receive taxidentification numbers? Our Capitol contact said matter of factly,"The IRS doesn't care!" In fact, "Unless there is big money involved the IRS doesn’t want anything to do with it."

Rachel, this is unacceptable, and the people of this nation who do care have got to take decisive action. Please pick up your phone and make your calls to prevent illegal aliens from receiving rebate money! As always, thank you for taking action with me.

Steve
P.S: After calling your Senators, please forward this message on to your taxpaying friends and family members. Encourage them first to sign our petition by clicking below, and call their Senate leadership aswell.

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Sign our "Secure Our Borders" petition:http://www.grassfire.org/42/petition.asp?RID=14916986