Judge hands down $1.35 million judgement(Ranch Rescue Texas)

LAREDO MORNING TIMES ^ | 05/13/05 | CLAY REDDICK

[SwinneySwitch]

Illegals are now legal!

[drt1]

"[Sutton] knows 90 percent of people crossing are just looking for a better way of life"

Hmmm.. By this reason Al Capone and his ilk and, for that matter, any crook are really OK since what they are doing is JUST to get a better way of life. Yeah, that's it - I get it now /sarc

[JoanneSD]

It appears that way, and it will get worse if Kennedy and Mc Cain, have their way...I think we should send all the illegals to Arizonia and
the Kennedy compound, this immigration ordeal is finally getting the attention it deserves

[SwinneySwitch]

Texas Invasion Ping!

Please FReepmail me if you want on or off this South Texas/Mexico ping list.

[ARCADIA]

There is a well established legal immigration process. We should use it. There is no need to make stuff up on the fly. there are legitimate applicants who are lawfully waiting to get in; they should get preference over a slimbag who unlawfully hops over a fence.

[omega4412]

No illegal alien should have standing to sue anyone about anything.

[omega4412]

No illegal alien should have standing to sue anyone about anything.

[andyk]

No illegal alien should have standing to sue anyone about anything.

Couldn't agree more!

[cripplecreek]

My wife and I have been trying for more than two years to get a friend to immigrate from Russia. We've had to jump through all kinds of hoops. Criminal background checks on us and on her. Credit checks all around and we're fully responsible until she achieves full citizenship. She isn't coming for farm work, she's a doctor.

[dennisw]

Disgusting. What country am I living in?

[gubamyster]

ping

[GVnana]

the 229th District Court handed down a $1.35 million default judgement in April against two former members of Ranch Rescue who were already in prison.

...At that point, the immigrants charged, they were ordered to come out at gunpoint and Nethercott struck Mancia Gonzales. After a while, the two were released on a road and turned themselves in to Border Patrol agents.

Foote and Conner were not charged in the case, but Jim Hogg County prosecutors initially charged Nethercott with assault, unlawful detention and possession of an illegal weapon.

The assault and unlawful detention charges were dropped after a trial resulted in a hung jury, according to Nethercott's attorney Joseph Jacobson.

The weapons charge stuck, though, and Nethercott began serving a five-year sentence April 18 in a Texas prison.

Foote also is in prison, but in Arizona, on an unrelated weapons conviction.

Do I have this right? Two illegals find a lawyer after they're turned over to Border Patrol (who should have sent them packing back to Mexico in the first place). They scream "assault" but can't convice a jury. Two of the characters that cornered the illegals on the ranch get convicted on weapons charges (gotta wonder about that) so just to frost the cake of injustice, a district court hands them 1.35 MILLION!

Judges make the law in America. Lots of laughs under the old sombrero tonight. This case provides the perfect example of why non-citizens should not have the rights of citizens and that includes the justice system.

[moog]

There is a well established legal immigration process. We should use it. There is no need to make stuff up on the fly. there are legitimate applicants who are lawfully waiting to get in; they should get preference over a slimbag who unlawfully hops over a fence.<

I know a Korean couple who have tried to do everything legally and have had a lot of VISA trouble. Then I see these guys get all of these benefits for "hopping the fence." Something's not right about that.

[COEXERJ145]

At least Nethercott is in jail where he belongs. This is the same idiot who recently threatened to use machine guns on anyone crossing the border illegally. Mass murder is not a solution to illegal immigration. If we condone such actions then we'd be no better than Nazi Germany.

[Rytwyng]

This is bad. I hope the Minuteman project succeeds, with their strategy of "report, don't confront." Because thanks to this lawsuit, citizen's arrests are now out of the question. Absent success from the Minutemen, the outcome of Ranch Rescue suite might just inspire some to adopt "shoot, shovel, and shut up" tactics.