The Ancient Order of Hibernians are the largest and most respected Irish fraternal organization in America and counts Malachy McAllister among its members.  The AOH and its National President, Ned McGinley, have been outspoken in their desire to have the McAllister's remain residents of the U.S.  The costs of this website have been underwritten with a generous grant from AOH Division 8 of Nassau County, New York.

The IRISH AMERICAN UNITY CONFERENCE
 is a nationwide,
 nonpartisan, nonsectarian, chapter-based human rights organization working for justice and peace in Ireland. It is a wholly American 501c(4) organization which advocates the end of British colonial occupation and the peaceful reunification of Ireland. It endeavors to achieve these goals by working through the American democratic process. Individually, our members represent every occupational and educational stratum in the United States.

Click here to view a letter sent by Patrick J. Lynch, President  of New  York City's police union (PBA) to President George Bush, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge, Attorney General John Ashcroft and many members of Congress, championing the McAllister's cause from a law enforcement point of view.  As someone with firsthand experience of the damage that actual terrorists can cause the United States, he stresses his confidence that Malachy McAllister and his family present no danger to their adopted country and deserve its shelter.

The members of the Brehon Law Societies are a talented and dedicated attorneys and other people interested in turning the promise of human rights into reality.  They have championed the cause of the McAllister family and the other Irish political émigrés resident in the U.S. who face the danger of deportation.