Glenn Spencer
President and Founder
(ABP)
American
Border
Patrol
(P.O. Box 97436 Washington, DC 20090-7346)
Dear Friend,
I
know you are an ardent patriot and that is why I am writing to you today.
Please join American
Border
Patrol's
(ABP)
"Finish the Fence"
(1,
2)
Independence Day flag protest today.
All
you have to do to take part in the nation's biggest protest of its kind against
illegal immigration
is to sign the enclosed tag, and return it with your own personal
border
flag in the provided postage-paid envelope, so we can display
it here on the
border to show Washington, DC that you and I mean business!
I
invite you to join with hundreds of people across the nation in this protest on the
border. But if you cannot do so, please return your signed
flag and we'll make sure to display it for you so that you will be here with us in spirit.
Sometimes,
it seems that no matter how loudly we scream, or what actions we take, those
thickheaded representatives we send to Washington, D.C. just don't seem to get the message.
American
Border
Patrol sends a message that gets through the clutter.
In
2008, we asked some of our top supporters to send in
American flags so we could
place them along the
rickety border
fence on
ABP's property along the
US-Mexico border. That year we placed 4,000
flags to protest the
unfinished fence that
Congress promised to build, and we got their attention.
Less
than 4 months-later, they finally constructed part of the fence that they had
promised. But they only built it along
part of ABP's property, hoping it would shut us up. It didn't work.
Our
small protest took on a life of its own. It is now the largest
border protest
of its kind in the entire country.
Since 2008,
ABP has placed tens of thousands of
flags along the
border on every 4th
of July to protest the
unfinished fence that the law
mandates Congress must
build.
So
far, they have only built 30 miles of the
Federally-mandated 700 mile fence.
ABP knows this because I regularly fly along the
border to check on its
progress.
It's
infuriating - - but
ABP makes an impact that has become impossible to ignore. In fact,
Barack Obama has tried to shut us down, ruling that political messages
cannot be put on the
border
fence.
You and I will not be shut down. We will
not be silenced! We will insist on being heard by the politicians who too often
ignore folks like you and me. And it
has never been more important.
Washington, D.C. is once again in talks over granting another
amnesty for
illegal immigrants.
It
would be the largest amnesty ever granted, with at least
12 million
illegal immigrants
(1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7) that we know of already inside the United States'
borders.
Democrats are for it. And Republicans, including Speaker of the House
John Boehner, are caving.
We
must make sure they do not cave and grant
amnesty!
These
transgressions are small potatoes compared to the Lawlessness of President
Barack Obama.
The
President has refused to follow the laws that are already on the books since
the day he took office!
- In
his first week, the Department of Homeland Security announced the first in a
series of delays to the E-verify system that federal contractors were supposed
to have implemented.
- In 2009,
Obama invoked executive authority to limit the ability of
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement
(ICE) agents to initiate
deportation proceedings. ICE is currently suing the
government.
- He
has directed government attorneys to dismiss thousands of
deportation cases.
- He
implemented portions of the DREAM Act, which had been voted down in Congress
numerous times, granting legal status to over half of a million
illegal aliens.
-
And worst of all, he has dropped the established metric for measuring
border security, a
legal mandate put into law by Congress in 2006.
Not having a metric to monitor who is
coming and crossing the
border is incredibly frustrating for us at
AAmerican
Border
Patrol.
After
almost a full decade of work,
ABP has helped develop the state-of-the-art Sonic
Barrier system, which is capable of counting the true number of
immigrants illegally crossing into the United States.
In fact,
ABP has begun formal work with a Department of Defense contractor to
expand the cutting edge Sonic
border
system - - but in Arabia! We need it along our entire
Southern border!
We
are finally in a position to secure our nation's sovereignty. But perhaps more
importantly, the Sonic Barrier
system is one of the many tools we use to keep the government accountable down
here on the border.
And
no one keeps Congress accountable like
American
Border
Patrol.
ABP
almost single-handedly stopped the last attempt at
amnesty in 2007 when
pro-amnesty politicians claimed that the
border was secure, and we proved
otherwise.
Numerous
members of Congress have cited
ABP's data when fighting against amnesty.
Hundreds
of millions of Americans are able to look and see exactly what is happening on
the border over
ABP's live internet feed.
And
ABP tracks illegals crossing the
border into our sovereign nation with
state-of-the-art technology like:
- Optimized
infrared cameras that observe illegals, otherwise undetectable at, as they
sneak across the
border at night.
- Cessna
airplanes that patrol the
border from above.
- An unmanned
drone, equipped with surveillance cameras, that flies along the
border when our Cessna is not enough.
- Ground
sensors that detect any and all movement along the
border.
- System
broadcasts that let citizens and lawmakers alike patrol our
border in
real-time, right from their homes and offices.
- The
cutting edge Sonic Barrier, which
uses seismic technology to record the true number of
immigrants illegally
crossing into the United States.
We
help stop the illegals when they make their illicit. In fact, working together
with the
Border Patrol, we can tell you that we have aided in over 1500
apprehensions of aliens.
But
nothing is more important than our
border protest. As the largest protest of
its kind, it draws attention to the
border problems that so desperately need to
be dealt with.
ABP
has received national and international press coverage, from USA Today to CNN, Fox News, NY Times Magazine, to coverage even in Germany, Japan, Canada and Switzerland.
his year,
when members of both parties are proposing
amnesty to 12 million
illegal immigrants
(1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6), our
Flag Protest must be bigger than ever.
Please,
sign the enclosed tag, and return it with your own personal
border
flag in the provided postage-paid envelope, so we can place it along the
border.
Your
flag, along with thousands of other
flags sent by patriotic Americans, will
send the message loud and clear that we are not going anywhere in this crucial
struggle - - especially as we fight in defiance of
Obama's direct attempt to
try and shut us down.
This
year, we will be inviting some of our staunchest allies who are fighting for
border security:
Senators Ted Cruz, Jeff Sessions, and Mike Lee, Sheriff Joe
Arpaio, and Representatives Trey Gowdy and Steve King.
We
must have our best showing ever!
And
I hope that when you return your
flag, you will enclose a much-needed,
tax-deductible gift of $25 or even $50, $100, $500, or $1,000 to help keep
ABP
up and running.
There
is no group in the country as effective at stopping
illegal aliens dead in
their tracks as they attempt to cross the
border.
And
more importantly, there is no group in the country as effective at monitoring
exactly how many
illegal aliens are entering our great nation.
But
none of this is possible without your help. So please, sign the enclosed tag,
and mail it back with your personal
border
flag in your postage-paid envelope
immediately!
While
you have your pen out, please include a generous, tax-deductible gift of $25 or
even $50, $100, $500, or $1,000 to help
ABP continue to monitor the
border.
Despite the
Obama Administration's attempt to shut us down, we are still fighting. I
pray that you will fight with us.
ABP
has gotten results from these tin-eared politicians, but now we must re-double
our efforts.
With both parties on the cusp of
betraying the American people, folks like you and I can no longer afford to be
silent.
Sincerely,
Glenn
Spencer
President
and Founder
American
Border
Patrol
-PS-
ABP gets results! On the
reply is a picture from the Sierra Vista Herald of our display that featured
over 10,000
flags and brought international attention to the
border.
Obama and his cronies are claiming that the
border is secure:
ABP knows and can prove otherwise! Please send your
flag back with your tax-deductible gift of $25 or even $50, $100, $500, or $1,000
today. Thank you and God Bless
[Please request for
"Flags on the
border Protest Reply Form"
(ABP P.O. Box 97436 Washington, DC 20090-7346!]