Like this is necessarily a bad thing. Let's face it, these Mexicans are breaking into our country to take things that do not belong to them. It's no different from a common thief breaking into your house.
Posted on 04/07/2005 1:04:16 PM PDT by SmithL
TUCSON, Ariz. - Authorities determined Thursday that three volunteers involved in a civilian project to watch the border and report illegal crossers did not hold an illegal immigrant against his will.
The Mexican man had told sheriff's deputies that he was detained and forced to pose for a picture holding a T-shirt with a mocking slogan. The shirt read: "Bryan Barton caught an illegal alien and all I got was this T-shirt." Barton was one of the three volunteers.
"The county attorney's office reviewed all available evidence, that indicates that there was no forcible detention, therefore the case is not substantiated, and no charges are pending," said Carol Capas, a spokeswoman for the Cochise County Sheriff's Department.
The sheriff's department, Mexican Consul Miguel Escobar and the U.S. Border Patrol also agreed that the 26-year-old man was not detained, said Capas and Border Patrol spokeswoman Andrea Zortman.
The volunteers involved in Wednesday's incident identified themselves as members of the Minuteman Project - a monthlong effort that has people from around the country spread out along a stretch of the Arizona-Mexico border to report undocumented migrants and smugglers.
Law enforcement officials have said they fear the project will lead to vigilante violence. Mexico's foreign relations department also pledged in the days leading up to the civilian operation to pursue all legal and diplomatic means to stop the volunteers and ensure that they do not violate the rights of Mexican citizens.
Wednesday's incident was the first reporting any possible detention, though volunteers earlier assisted an immigrant in distress.
Tough for the left to argue this one.
Ping
Dear Sweet God, it's worse than Abu Ghraib! Run for your lives! Holding a t-shirt??? The inhumanity!
Weep, America, for your shame!
ClintonBeGone and crew are deeply saddened
Can this lying POS be charged with false testimony to authorities? These illegals are incredibly bold - you have to live here to understand that they care less about American laws or our citizens.
Thanks GW for showing your elitist liberal backbone that you grew in MA and act like your a Texan. GW is a sham and a joke.
Like this is necessarily a bad thing. Let's face it, these Mexicans are breaking into our country to take things that do not belong to them. It's no different from a common thief breaking into your house.
It was an unserious, dumbass move.
If they had killed him in the name of Allah the MSM would be praising the Minuteman Project by now.
It only creates bad publicity.
Besides, the real culprits here are not the illegals - if I lived in Mexico I'd want to leave to - it's the government officials, elected representatives and irresponsible employers who encourage and facilitate this behavior that deserve our anger.
Yeah. I caught part of an earlier thread and the baiting was quite something.
Miguel simply realizes that the more attention this gets, the more the border issue is brought to the apathetic American's attention.
Miguel: nothing to see here. move along...
Guess not.
That would require improving their situation at home. That's too much to ask.
SOP for them, and hope they get a reply that will get a suspention.
Thats not the reason why they are so fearful. If the Vols do a better job, then what are we paying the LEOs for?
I'm still wondering if the man was fluent enough in English to know that the shirt had a mocking slogan on it, or if he required an interpreter. It's too bad that the article didn't go into more detail about what happened.
So now you kiss and make up with Bryan Barton, the organizer?
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