Apparently drug abuse doesn't count with the ACLU.
Posted on 04/26/2005 4:29:55 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
(AgapePress) - The union representing Border Patrol agents in the Tucson sector says its members have had no complaints about the volunteers taking part in the Minuteman Project, which is wrapping up this week in the Arizona desert. But apparently the Border Patrol has had some problems with the ACLU.
Since the first of April, volunteers with the Minuteman Project have been conducting what it refers to as a "citizens' Neighborhood Watch" along the Arizona-Mexico border, looking for illegal immigrants crossing over into the U.S. and reporting those sightings to the Border Patrol. The group reports that as of April 24, 315 Border Patrol apprehensions have been "directly facilitated" by Minuteman volunteers.
Mike Albon is a spokesman for U.S. Border Patrol Local 2544, which represents the agents patrolling the 27-mile sector where the Minuteman volunteers have camped out this month. Albon says there have been no complaints from his rank-and-file about the volunteers' work.
"The Minutemen have not caused any problems for the agents in the field," Albon states. "We have not received any complaints [about] any of their activities being out of line. They have been real supportive of the [Border Patrol] agents in the field."
But the union spokesman says activities in the area by American Civil Liberties Union representatives have been counterproductive. "Apparently trying to catch the Minutemen doing something wrong, [someone] has been going out there and setting off [ground] sensors," he explains. Those actions, he says, have caused extra work for Border Patrol agents in the field. "They're counterproductive in [doing] things like that," he says.
Albon says his union is against any organization that opposes enforcement of American immigration laws. "We are against anything that is anti-enforcement," he remarks. "The union wants the immigration laws enforced -- and if the ACLU is supporting things that are not related to the enforcement of the law and are supporting people who are breaking the law, we do not condone that."
WorldNetDaily reported in March that the Arizona chapter of the ACLU planned to monitor the activities of the Minuteman Project volunteers to "make sure they're not abusing anybody's rights." A spokesman for the ACLU told a local newspaper that a team of attorneys would be ready to file civil cases against project participants should any abuses occur.
Most rational thinking people in this coutry have a problem with the ACLU.
You just knew by the title, this one was gonna be a good one. However, not holding my breath CNN will report it.
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However, not holding my breath CNN will report it.
OR, that President Bush will make comment.
Is this not aiding in committing a crime? Is their goal obstructing justice?
Diva's Husband
Ping
The ACLU is poison to America. Here's a related thread with lots of anti-ACLU links:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1390889/posts
"You just knew by the title, this one was gonna be a good one. However, not holding my breath CNN will report it."
Who needs CNN? It's FOX or Nothing.
BTTT
They aren't alone. I have alot of issues with the ACLU. They are only a organization made to promote the Communist Agenda.
Couldn't they just as easily set off...land mines?!
Apparently drug abuse doesn't count with the ACLU.
PING!
So the ACLU goes out and tries to set up The Minutmen?
Nice!!!! (sarcasm off)
...and sometimes nothing.
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