YOUR BLAST FAX MESSAGE

TO:  The Members of the House Committee On The Judiciary

The Hon. F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr., The Hon. Henry Hyde, The Hon. Howard Coble, The Hon. Lamar Smith, The Hon. Elton Gallegly, The Hon. Bob Goodlatte, The Hon. Steve Chabot, The Hon. Daniel Lungren, The Hon. William Jenkins, The Hon. Chris Cannon, The Hon. Spencer Bachus, The Hon. Robert Inglis, The Hon. John Hostettler, The Hon. Mark Green, The Hon. Ric Keller, The Hon. Darrell E. Issa, The Hon. Jeff Flake, The Hon. Mike Pence, The Hon. Randy Forbes, The Hon. Steve King, The Hon. Tom Feeney, The Hon. Trent Franks, The Hon. Louie Gohmert, The Hon. John Conyers, Jr., The Hon. Howard Berman, The Hon. Rick Boucher, The Hon. Jerrold Nadler, The Hon. Robert Scott, The Hon. Melvin Watt, The Hon. Zoe Lofgren, The Hon. Shelia Jackson Lee, The Hon. Maxine Waters, The Hon. Martin Meehan, The Hon. William Delahunt, The Hon. Robert Wexler, The Hon. Anthony Weiner, The Hon. Adam Schiff, The Hon. Linda Sánchez,

The Members of the House Committee On Homeland Security

The Hon. Christopher Cox, The Hon. Daniel E. Lungren, The Hon. Bobby Jindal, The Hon. Dave Reichert, The Hon. Michael McCaul, The Hon. Charlie Dent, The Hon. Bennie G. Thompson


The Members of the House Committee On Government Reform

The Hon. Tom Davis The Hon. Christopher Shays, The Hon. Vice-Chair Dan Burton, The Hon. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, The Hon. John M. McHugh, The Hon. John L. Mica, The Hon. Gil Gutknecht, The Hon. Mark E. Souder, The Hon. Steven C. LaTourette, The Hon. Todd Russell Platts, The Hon. Chris Cannon, The Hon. John J. Duncan, Jr., The Hon. Candice S. Miller, The Hon. Michael R. Turner, The Hon. Katherine Harris, The Hon. Darrell Issa, The Hon. Ginny Brown-Waite, The Hon. Jon Porter, The Hon. Kenny Marchant, The Hon. Lynn A. Westmoreland, The Hon. Patrick T. McHenry, The Hon. Charles W. Dent, The Hon. Virginia Foxx, The Hon. Henry A. Waxman, The Hon. Tom Lantos, The Hon. Major R. Owens, The Hon. Edolphus Towns, The Hon. Paul E. Kanjorski, The Hon. Carolyn B. Maloney, The Hon. Elijah E. Cummings, The Hon. Dennis J. Kucinich, The Hon. Danny K. Davis, The Hon. Wm. Lacy Clay, The Hon. Diane E. Watson, The Hon. Stephen F. Lynch, The Hon. Chris Van Hollen, The Hon. Linda T. Sanchez, The Hon. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, The Hon. Brian Higgins, The Hon. Eleanor Holmes Norton, The Hon. Bernard Sanders

 

FROM: YOUR NAME WILL BE PRINTED HERE

Your Signature Will Be Recreated Here    

9-11 did not have to happen!  3000 brave Americans did not need to die!

Let me explain. 

Florida police stopped Mohamed Atta -- the ringleader of the murderous band of terrorist thugs -- twice, two months before September 11th. 

In both cases, Atta produced a valid Florida driver's license and was allowed to go on his way.

But Atta obtained this Florida Driver's License in May of 2001 even though he was in the country illegally at the time.

Right now -- Eleven states issue driver's licenses to ILLEGAL ALIENS allowing them to blend into our society and travel freely and unnoticed throughout the country.

That's why Congressman James Sensenbrenner has proposed legislation -- The Real ID Act (H.R. 418) -- to put an end to this horrendous practice that compromises both our security and personal safety.

But he needs your help TODAY! 

ATTA WAS NOT THE ONLY ONE

Virginia police stopped Hani Hanjour -- who was on one of the flights that crashed into the World Trade Center -- for doing 50 miles per hour in a 30 mile per hour zone.

Hanjour produced a valid Florida Driver's license and was allowed to go on his way even though he was in the country illegally at the time.

Two days prior to the September 11 attack Maryland police stopped hijacker Ziad S. Jarrah.  Jarrah was in the country illegally as well but he produced his valid Virginia's driver's license and was sent on his merry way.

But -- to add insult to injury -- almost all the hijackers used their valid driver's licenses to board the planes that they subsequently hijacked on September 11th.

Congressman Sensenbrenner said:  "The 9-11 hijackers could have used their passports to board the plane, but only one did. And why was that? Those murderers chose our driver's licenses and state IDs as a form of identification because these documents allowed them to blend in and not raise suspicion or concern."

WHAT IS THE REAL ID ACT?

The Real ID Act is NOT a National ID Card.  It is simply a no-nonsense piece of legislation that can prevent another 9-11 from ever happening.

The Real ID Act would clamp down on illegal aliens' ability to live and work under the radar in our country by severely restricting their ability to obtain and use driver's licenses and state-issued identification cards.

Specifically, the Real ID Act would require that any driver's license used as a form of identification to a federal official -- like Transportation Security Administration officials at an airport -- meet uniform standards that would include checking whether the ID holder is actually in this country legally.

Moreover,  the Real ID act would address other loopholes exploited by the 9-11 hijackers, including:

1) Reforming of our nation's asylum laws to make it easier for judges to deny aliens asylum when it is not warranted and to make it harder for potential terrorists to exploit the system;

2) Expanding the law so that terrorism-related reasons for excluding someone from entering our borders would also become grounds for deporting aliens already in the U.S.;

3) Filling the gaping hole in the fence along the U.S.-Mexico border near San Diego.

SO WHAT IS THE PROBLEM?

You would think that our elected leaders would be clamoring to pass this no-nonsense legislation.

Not so!  Despite promising a quick vote on the Real ID Act, leaders in Congress are now back peddling.

The Real ID Act's vital changes to our immigration laws are in jeopardy, and that puts us all at risk.

Last week, we asked you to send your emails to Congress to urge them to pass the Real ID Act.

Now -- we need to pull out the proverbial big guns.  We need to flood the fax machines of the Members of Congress.

What we call the "Blast Fax" is the newest and most effective weapon that conservative activists have at their disposal today.

When you participate in this Blast Fax campaign you are sending a personalized fax with your name, address and electronic signature to EACH AND EVERY ONE of the 82 Members of the Judiciary, Homeland Security and Government Reform Committees.

It is NOT an easily ignored email.  It is NOT a single fax addressed to many.  It IS a fax from YOU to EACH AND EVERY ONE of the 82 decision makers urging them to pass this vital legislation.

Moreover, you are joining hordes of other concerned citizens and together you are literally hijacking the fax machines of these decision makers.

You are not just contacting your Congressman.  You are actually targeting the 82 key decision makers on the Judiciary, Homeland Security and Government Reform Committees who will actually decide if this legislation lives or dies before your Member of Congress even has a chance to vote on the legislation

It's hard to ignore! And it's highly effective!

But most importantly -- when you are kind enough to offer your support on this Blast Fax initiative -- you are not only helping us defray the expense of deploying this highly effective public policy weapon, you are helping us to underwrite our efforts to win this all-important battle.

Please, make your voice heard and together, we can insure that there is never another 9-11!