Getting to know your friendly
neighborhood
"grassroots cells"
suggestions for what one man (or woman) can do
By
Juan Mann
Can one man make a difference? I sure hope
so.
Many visitors to the
DeportAliens.com "grassroots cell" have asked what
we can do to stop illegal immigration and fight for
immigration reform. So by popular demand, here's some
suggestions for getting started.
In a nutshell: get informed, join a lobbying group,
contact Congress and local politicians, and remember to
be generous with your checkbook in supporting
established immigration reform groups. But where to
begin?
First of all, the immigration reform movement is
alive and well, and living on the internet. The truth is
out there, and if you want to get involved, it's all
waiting for you. So get ready to add some new
"bookmarks" or "favorites" to your collection and start
surfing! Since you managed to find
DeportAliens.com, you're probably already curious
about immigration issues. If you're not familiar with
some of the flagship web sites out there, take a look at
the
DeportAliens links page. There's a lot of
information in there, so take advantage of it. All of
the immigration reformers are either my personal
favorites and/or have actually contacted me about their
work (except the bad guys, of course). So check them
out.
To start your immigration reform journey, try
scanning the immigration news filter sites like
The Stein Report and
American Patrol Report. You can get up to speed on
the latest breaking immigration-related news of the day.
If you want to start getting down to business, join a
good lobbying group -- or two, or three! I highly
recommend
The
Federation for American Immigration Reform, known as
FAIR, as well as
Numbers USA and
Project USA. Sign up for their e-mail updates and
pitch in to help with their good old fashioned
grass-roots lobbying! When they put the word out to let
Congress know what you think, pick up the phone and let
the e-mails fly! Please be generous in contributing too.
Unfortunately, the immigration reform movement is run on
a shoe-string budget compared to the pet causes of the
Ford Foundation.
For your listening pleasure on immigration issues,
check out "The Savage Nation" daily on your local radio
or on the internet at
Talk Radio Network.com. On Sunday nights, catch
The Terry Anderson Show live on the internet from
Los Angeles, California. Both Michael Savage and Terry
Anderson are way ahead of the curve on the immigration
issue. [Note: Streaming internet radio is now a thing of
the past. But Terry Anderson is still on the internet
over
Cable Radio Network on Sundays at 11 p.m. Eastern, 8
p.m. Pacific]
Speaking of politicians, as far as the immigration
issue goes, the next President of the United States
should be
Congressman Tom Tancredo (R-CO), the Chairman of the
House Immigration Reform Caucus. Follow his press
appearances and support his efforts any way you can. He
is more often than not the best advocate for immigration
reform and immigration law enforcement on Capitol Hill
today.
As long as I'm listing a who's who of the immigration
reform movement, I couldn't possibly leave out the
incredible
Michelle Malkin who single-handedly launched the
DeportAliens.com URL like a rocket from 5,000 to
over 11,000 hits on the main page by mentioning the site
in her
nationally-syndicated column in newspapers all over
the country. You would not believe how many people read
her columns! Thank you so much, Michelle!
Last but not least, the great
VDARE.
The prolific editorial collective on "the national
question" by Peter Brimelow, author of
Alien Nation should be a well-worn URL on your
computer. If you haven't read Alien Nation yet, it's
time that you did. I believe that most people in
Congress are too damn stupid or stubborn to actually
read Peter Brimelow's book [with the notable exception
of congressmen like Tom Tancredo]. But if more of our
elected officials read the book, our country probably
wouldn't be thrown up against a wall by the illegal
immigration issue the way it is right now. It's so
obvious that Peter Brimelow's arguments in Alien Nation
have never been refuted, and now that the mass
immigration of the 1990s has continued unabated (before,
during and after September 11th), his message is more
urgent than ever.
For even more immigration reform contacts, visit the
VDARE links page. Happy hunting! And somebody please
e-mail a
DeportAliens.com link to
Tamar Jacoby. Let's make sure
DeportAliens.com is in her next list of "grassroots
cells."
Juan Mann is the proprietor of the only
immigration reform
web site that exposes the bureaucracy of the EOIR.
He dedicates his work to the principle that one man's
opinion can make a difference.
May 29, 2002 |
