In speaking with Jeff Lewis, our National Director, the other day, we were just talking about how many fronts the FIRE Coalition and her partners are fighting to end the invasion of illegal aliens into the United States.

It never ceases to amaze me what a coalition of determined and fiercely patriotic American citizens can do when they set their mind to it, and then it struck me: we've never really shared what an average month is like on the front lines.

For that, please accept my apologies and allow me to rectify it now.

This is an excerpt of recent emails depicting a recent week for ONLY one volunteer on our national staff:

"Just within the past 30 days I have been to D.C. three times, [educating our elected officials], one speaking engagement on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol with Congressman Ron Paul and Constitution Party Presidential Candidate Chuck Baldwin, amongst others, met with Members of Congress, the Immigration Reform Caucus, had meetings in Richmond, Chicago, oversaw the negotiations with a college president that resulted in the prevention of the Mexican Consulate from giving out Matricula Consular cards on his campus, oversaw a workshop with local elected officials and the chamber of commerce in South Carolina that will result in new ordinances to go after employers of illegal aliens, set the stage for new crime-free housing agreements in two states, spoke to a Republican Party group about several of our projects they requested, gave a workshop in Kentucky attended by our state leadership there and attended by local leaders, as well as our Tennessee leadership, am currently in Chicago working with our partners and leadership there, will leave for South Carolina over the weekend to have meetings with a local participating 287(g) sheriff's department prior to making a presentation to a county council there, only to get on a plane to head to Denver the next day to participate in the 3-day national security convention we are holding in Colorado with federal, state, and local officials, including the American Legion, the Concerned Women for America, (both the largest groups of their kind in the country, and strong FIRE Coalition partners), and THEN my schedule gets busy."

This is the kind of efforts, cooperation, and results you get when you put together the best leadership team in the nation that is willing to place mission ahead of ego, principle over partisanship, and patriotism ahead of profiteering. This is all possible because of your support both with your time (by volunteering through our Citizen's Network) and your donations.

I am extremely proud of our leadership team at the National, State, and Local levels (find out who they are at http://www.FIRECoalition.com/fireteams). When you get a chance, please reach out to them and thank them as well!

Keep up the fight!