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President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 Copies to: The Honorable Gabrielle Giffords, Senator John McCain, Senator Jon Kyl, Secretary (of Homeland Security) Janet Napolitano, Secretary (of Agriculture) Tom Vilsack, Secretary (of State) Hillary Clinton, Governor Jan Brewer Dear President Obama: It is with great wonderment and sadness that we listened to your May 10 speech on immigration issues. All of the joking about moats and alligators cut residents of Portal, AZ, to the core as we sheltered with friends or at a Red Cross evacuation site, to survive a terrible fire that still threatens our lives and property, as well as our ecotourism-based economy. Like last spring's 'Horseshoe Fire', fought in SE Arizona at a cost of more than $10 million, 'Horseshoe Fire 2' was ignited by humans along a well-established route used by human and drug smugglers high in Horseshoe Canyon, about 50 miles north of Mexico. This fire burned catastrophically in an environment stressed by the worst drought this region has ever recorded, and 50 mph winds have propelled it through whole mountain valleys in a heartbeat. During its first 24-hrs, the fire consumed a greater area than did last year's fire over a 6-week period. Local residents were roused after midnight, and some slept fitfully in cars after fleeing with family photos and any valuables that could be quickly assembled. Elderly retirees left with medical supplies, including oxygen tanks on which some depend. Thinking about this in the context of your own loved ones, does this account strike you as a description of security? We can personally attest to the fact that neither the border nor daily life is secure for members of our community. Seizure of record quantities of drugs may pad the statistics of Homeland Security, but it does nothing to ease the burdens we have been forced to bear. Over the years, as our homes have been burgled or invaded, our fences, water lines and windows repeatedly broken, our businesses driven toward bankruptcy, our natural surroundings desecrated by trash and fire, and our lives even obliterated (neighbor Rob Krentz, murdered by a drug scout), it has amazed us how little note is taken of these tragedies by our government and the press. Is it enough, now that we have suffered back-to-back fires that threaten to erase our very reasons for living here? What must we say or do to garner your attention and help? How is it that, on the same day we took Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, we could not prevent illegals - 50 miles within our borders (!) - from setting a fire along a known smuggling route in an extremely dry year? Why were federal agents (BP, ICE, National Guard, or Special Forces) not posted along this route in anticipation of a repeat of last year's calamity? Better still, why were the illegal's not captured before they had traveled 50 miles north of the border?! Or, in the eyes of our government, do we just reside in a 'sacrifice zone'? The region where we live is not just our personal homeland but a repository for much of the nation's biological diversity. Naturalists from all over the world come here to study at the American Museum's SWRS field station, or just to observe, but year after year, less natural habitat survives to accommodate them. For them and for ourselves, watching this environment collapse is akin to watching a beloved family member die. All of Arizona's highly bio-diverse 'Sky (Mountain) Islands' are in jeopardy and for the same reason - fires set by drug and human smugglers. (For other examples, you might ask your Agriculture Secretary about the Santa Rita range south of Tucson, and the Sierritas, west of that, and also on fire at this moment.) Moreover, the country itself is in jeopardy of losing not just the extraordinary biological patrimony represented in these mountain ranges, but (extrapolating over a century or two) the U.S. territory itself. If this strikes you as hyperbole, what Americans do you know who would choose to remain in lands so tragically depleted? We therefore wish to know what you plan to do to protect our constitutional right (Article IV, section IV) to defense from foreign invasions, especially as this regards fires set by Mexican drug and human smugglers. We thank you in advance for your anticipated response. Sincerely, The following residents of the Chiricahua-Peloncillo drug and human smuggling corridor and other concerned American citizens: ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 50 Signatures Mailing Addresses: Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords 1030 Longworth House Office Building - Washington, DC 20515 Fax: 202-225-0378 Senator John McCain 241 Russell Senate Office Building - Washington, DC 20510 Fax: 202-228-2862 Senator Jon Kyl 730 Hart Senate Office Building - Washington, DC 20510 Fax: 202-224-2207 Secretary (of Homeland Security) Janet Napolitano U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Washington, D.C. 20528 Hotline Fax for Complaints: 1-202-254-4292 Secretary (of Agriculture) Tom Vilsac U.S. Department of Agriculture 1400 Independence Ave., S.W. - Washington, DC 20250 Fax: None provided Secretary (of State) Hillary Clinton US Department of State 2201 C Street NW - Washington, DC 20520 Fax: None provided Governor Jan Brewer 1700 West Washington - Phoenix, Arizona 85007 Fax: 602-542-1381PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION TO SUPPORT THE RESIDENTS OF THE CHIRICAHUA-PELONCILLO DRUG AND HUMAN SMUGGLING CORRIDOR IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA. THEY ARE ASKING GOVERNMENT TO ENFORCE THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO DEFENSE FROM FOREIGN INVASIONS, ESPECIALLY AS THIS REGARDS TO FIRES SET BY ILLEGAL DRUG AND HUMAN SMUGGLERS. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [email protected]. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [email protected] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. 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