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by Frank James

Some of the Senate’s most conservative Republicans who oppose the immigration-reform bill in its current state, sent President Bush a letter before today’s lunch meeting with Senate Republicans.

It asked him to put in place already authorized border security measures, regardless of what happens with moribund bill put on ice last week after its supporters couldn’t muster enough votes to end debate. In otherwords, they were asking, just like the women in the Grassfire.org advertising campaign, “Where’s the fence?”

The letter and it’s timing is what’s normally called a pre-emptive strike.

Here’s the press release containing the letter: