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We are asking everyone who has the ability to fax, to send a letter to the White House using the following number 1-202-456-2461

Put on it, For attention of President Obama and Vice President Biden re Pól Brennan asking them to intervene on Pól’s behalf and contact Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano asking her to act favourably and grant Pól a waiver of the terrorist bar.

see fact sheet http://polbrennan.com/fact_sheet.htm

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Information from Pól’s Attorney

This week Pól achieved a very important success in his case--The Department of Homeland Security postponed Pól’s deportation that had been scheduled to take place on Monday, May 18.

We received word on Monday, May 18 that Pól’s deportation would be temporarily postponed while his request for a stay of removal and for deferred action underwent serious consideration by high-level DHS authorities. This last-minute reprieve was due to efforts made by all of Pól’s supporters.

At this point, we are unsure how long it will take DHS to reach a final decision on Pól’s applications for relief from deportation, so we must make use of every day we have. We have a window of opportunity while Pól’s applications are being considered in which to continue to influence elected representatives to support Pól’s efforts to remain in the United States. In the coming week, Pól’s supporters must step up their efforts to exert pressure on elected representatives to urge DHS to consider Pól’s applications favorably.

Pól’s supporters should continue to phone their congressional representatives and urge them to contact Secretary Janet Napolitano and express support for his requests for stay of deportation, deferred action and also for a waiver of the terrorism bar. Elected representatives need to know that Pól’s friends, family, and the Irish community care about his case.

Friends and Supporters:

Above is the position Pól is presently in. We would urge everyone to continue their great work. We have, for the first time since the campaign began, got someone’s attention. We are finding new allies who are supporting Pól and his family. Other former political activists, who found new lives and futures here in the US and who are unjustly being punished for their political past, should be allowed the opportunities that were granted to others involved in the conflict.

Below are the contact details for elected representatives. Please take a few moments of your time to phone your elected representative and ask him/her to contact Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano’s office.

U.S. Senators

http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

U.S. Representatives

https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml

State Governors

http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Governors.shtml

State Legislators

http://www.ncsl.org/public/leglinks.cfm

Friends and supporters,

NOW is the time for a strong and concerted letter writing campaign to Janet Napolitano, Director of Homeland Security.

Please be aware of the items listed below to follow when writing your letters to Homeland Security. While some of these might be a "no-brainers" to some; it is there for those who've not found themselves in a position of writing to a judge or an elected official before now. All of these are of
equal AND paramount importance!

1) We CANNOT write directly to Homeland Security; letters MUST be written and addressed to Director Janet Napolitano, Department of Homeland Security BUT MUST BE MAILED TO Pól's attorney:

Attorney Marc Van Der Hout

Van Der Hout, Brigagliano & Nightingale

San Francisco Office
180 Sutter Street
5th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104-4001
Phone: 415-981-3000
Fax: 415-981-3003

Write your letter and put it in an UNSEALED envelope and address this letter to:

Director Janet Napolitano
Department of Homeland Security
Washington, DC 20528

Then you can open the letter with words to the effect of: "The Honorable Director Janet Napolitano:" (or an opening to that effect - addressing the Director and including the esteem and decorum due to her), Put this UNSEALED envelope into another envelope AND seal this one and address it to:

Attorney Marc Van Der Hout
Van Der Hout, Brigagliano & Nightingale

San Francisco Office
180 Sutter Street
5th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104-4001

PLEASE NOTE: IN THE LOWER LEFT CORNER OF THE ENVELOPE TO Atty. Van Der Hout, WRITE – RE: POL BRENNAN

2) TIMELINESS... Letters need to be sent NOW to allow time for Marc Van Der Hout to compile them and forward them to Homeland Security.

3) If you are writing on behalf of an established Irish Organization, a Law Firm, a Political Party or Organization, a Church or from a professional
organization such as an educational institution, a trade union, or the like,

- PLEASE WRITE YOUR LETTER on your Organization's letterhead! It will stand out and capture the attention and carry greater weight.

4) CLARITY AND BREVITY: We anticipate (and hope) that Homeland Security, through this and other forums, will receive a great number of letters... an
OVERABUNDANCE of letters is great! Given that,
be factual and state your support, but be BRIEF AND TO THE POINT! Make every effort to keep your communication to a page and BY ALL MEANS, DO NOT
EXCEED two pages (anything more than one and one-half pages tends to be set aside and not read!),

If you have any questions in this regard, please send them to Mike@polbrennan.com or information@polbrennan.com or phone Mike at 949-370-2970 straight away!

I thank you for all you've done to date. Now I ask that you ramp it up a
notch and take the time to write your letter on my behalf .

Many Thanks to All,

Pól Brennan

# A88 785 324
Irish Detainee
Letters should include the following :

1. The subject line of the letter should include Pol's full name and alien number (Pol Brennan A088-785-324)

2. The letters should all begin by identifying the writer and the writer's relationship with Pol (if it is written by someone who does not know Pol personally, the writer should indicate how they found out about Pol's situation and why they care about his cause)

3. If letters are not written on an organization's letterhead, the individual writing the letter needs to include his or her address.

4. Letters should be accompanied by proof of the writer's status in the U.S. (a copy of the biographical page of a U.S. passport, birth certificate, a U.S. naturalization certificate or copy of a green card. Barring those, a statement of name, birthdate and birth place)

5. Letters should include contact information

Because an original signature is important, in order of preference, the letters should be mailed, faxed or scanned and sent as a PDF.

Simple e-mail is not sufficient. The address is:

Mark Van Der Hout

Van Der Hout, Brigagliano and Nightingale

180 Sutter Street, Fifth Floor

San Francisco, CA 94104

Fax: 415-981-3003

awil@vblaw.com

Fact Sheet Please click on picture below for Fact Sheet

We are approaching a very important faze of my fight and we will be in touch in the next week or so with a coordinated strategy which will be crucial to the fight for Pól's to stay in the US. We will let everyone know about this in the very near future click on the picture above to read the Fact Sheet.

National Board of the Ancient Order of Hibernians in America letter to Homeland Security asking for bail.

Mr. Brennan does not present a security risk to the United States and his incarceration serves no purpose in consideration of the Peace Process in Northern Ireland and the United States interest in supporting the new government. Mr. Brennan is married to a citizen of the United States and the conditions of his entry into the United States in 1984 have been previously waived.

The A.O.H. National Board would ask that a reasonable offer of bond be made to Mr. Brennan to assure his compliance and attendance at subsequent Immigration Hearings as well as good conduct in the interim. We ask that Mr. Brennan be allowed to contest the process of removal while being released on bond. We believe that his history proves that he is neither a flight risk nor a danger to the USA.

US Congressmen call for Pól Brennan

to be released on Bail
Mr. Brennan’s continued detention without bond appears to serve no end that is consistent with the interest of the United States to foster a lasting peace in Northern Ireland. With his marriage to a United States citizen and provisions in the law to waive his prior unlawful presence in the U.S.,
Mr. Brennan ought to be granted the-opportunity to contest the charge of removal with the privilege of release on bond. His continued detention is not justified for the security of the United States or its people nor is he a flight risk.

On 26^th day of April The California State Boards of the Ancient Order of Hibernians AND the Ladies AOH met in San Diego where they passed motions of support for Pol Brennan and his family the resolutions read as follows

How you can Help

Click on the link above to go to our How you can help page. e-mail if you can help us in our efforts to allow this family to live in peace.

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Contact elected representatives

We are asking supporters of Pól to contact their elected representatives and ask that they support Pol's request that Homeland Security drop their opposition to bail and allow him the opportunity to fight his case in a fairer manner.

If the audio doesn't start please click on the link below to hear Pól's personal appeal to how you can help stop his Deportation

http://www.polbrennan.com/polphone.wma

Below is the text of Pól's audio we apologies for the poor quality as it was recorded over a mobile phone from his detention center.

Friends and Supporters:

I just recently was informed that I now have a deportation date of the 18^th of May, just over one week away. We will, however, be applying for a stay of deportation tomorrow, Monday, May 10.

We are looking to have as many people call their congressman and senatorial representative to urge them to personally call the Director of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, and postpone the deportation. This will allow her to review and hopefully grant my request for a waiver in my case.

This is my last chance – we shall have to pressure Homeland Security and secure enough time for my legal team to prepare all documentation needed to support my waiver. Janet Napolitano has sole and unreviewable discretion whether or not to grant this waiver.

I would like to thank everybody who has helped so far and to urge them to push for this one last drive for time to work for us. Anything you can do now is greatly appreciated and needed, no matter what the outcome.

Many thanks

Pól Brennan (Irish Detainee)

MAKE A DONATION TO

PÓL'S DEFENSE FUND

via PayPal

Click on link below.

You can send money directly into Pól's Account to aid him and his family: to receive the banking information please email information@polbrennan.com and we will insure you receive it promptly.

DONATIONS TO PÓL'S LEGAL DEFENSE FUND:

Checks or money orders can be made out to

Joanna Volz or Pol Brennan and sent to

Joanna Volz or Pol Brennan

P.O. Box 3684

South Padre Island,

TX 78597

OR IF YOU HAVE A PAYPAL ACCOUNT:

MAKE A DONATION, via PayPal.

Contributing a gift of any size is greatly appreciated and the money goes directly to Pol and his family. Whatever you decide to give, you will be helping this family cope with what is a horrendous burden both on the financial and emotional levels, Knowing people are supporting them is a great comfort to Joanna and Pol and they send profound thanks to those that have shown support.

Again, thank you for your support

go raibh maith agat

Click below to send Pól an

Email, We will print them of and send them to Pól

and he will answer them direct

From Pól’s attorney’s office:

The Brazenheads have written a song for Pol and are encouraging you to post it in as many places as you can so it may help bring some visibility and perhaps a bit of old fashioned activism to Pol's plight through music.

Borrow it, take it, email it, post it -- Please join us in getting it out there. Funds collected through direct sales of the early release of this single will go directly to Pol's family.

More detailed information can be found at

http://www.thebrazenheads.com/stuff.php

Please drop Pól a card or letter of support

Use information below:

Pól Brennan
# A88 785 324
Port Isabel Processing Center
27991 Buena Vista Blvd,
Los Fresnos,
TX 78566.

Irish Republican political refugee Pól Brennan is once again in prison after being stopped at a Border Patrol check point over 100 miles from the Mexican border.

Statement from Pol Brennan

I would like to thank Congressmen Peter King, Richard Neal and Jim Walsh for their public support through their letter asking Homeland Security to drop their opposition to bail and allow me to fight my case in a fairer manner, free from the restrictions that imprisonment causes.

I would also like to thank Sinn Fein and especially Rita O Hare for their continued hard work on my behalf. And indeed everyone that is working on my behalf, I extend my gratitude and thanks.

Your continued support is very much appreciated.

Is Mise

Pól Brennan (Irish Detainee)

Download Support Flyer for Pól below

in Word or PDF format Click on icons Below

May 14, 2008

I am writing from my cell here at the Port Isabel Detention Center in Texas . I would like to thank everyone who has taken time to write me letters, sent me cards, and purchased and sent in the books that have been listed on this site and elsewhere. All these things help make my days in here much more tolerable than they otherwise would be.

And to everyone who has shown interest and concern about my case and has contributed, no matter how little, you have my heartfelt thanks. As the case progresses we will update the site to keep you all informed as to how individuals can further help in whatever ways reveal themselves.

I would also bring to your attention the plight of other Irish Republican ex-prisoners who have made their homes here in the US, who are, like myself, being harassed by Homeland Security and are living under the constant threat of similar treatment as myself. There will be more information on all this presented as we get it coming in the weeks ahead.

Again, many, many thanks.

Pól Brennan

Pól's own stories click on links below

Statement of support from Coiste na nIarchimi

I wish to express my solidarity to Pól Brennan and express my hope for an early release. No doubt we all send our best wishes to Pol’s partner in the US and his family here in Belfast.

I received a letter from Pól last week. Needless to say, under the circumstances of a long incarceration, Pol sounds up beat and resolute in his quest for justice. Pól’s many years of incarceration in the 1980s and 90s in the US had taught him to be patient and expect the very worse.

The peace process in Ireland and the agreement had set about the eventual release of Pól Brennan and other former Irish republican prisoners both here in Ireland and in the US. Pol had gained a work permit and went about building a life for himself. Then this January Pól was arrested without charge in Texas and has been held in solitary confinement since. It is this harsh incarceration that must be challenged by all of us.

Read Póls account of the escape from

the H Blocks.

Click on picture to read

Click on the link above to go to our How you can help page

Pól's Family Awareness Campaign

A chairde,

Pól’s father Joe, brothers and sisters Patrick, Edmund, Linda, Marian, Kathleen, Moya, Joanne and Sal all support Pol’s fight against deportation and have been working to raise awareness of his plight. The Ballymurphy community are very supportive of us in our efforts, through the Ballymurphy Ex-Prisoners group, the Resource Centre and our friends and neighbours.