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Activist threatens 'siege' of Bush ranch
El Universal Online ^ | January 26, 2005 | Wire services

Posted on 01/26/2005 1:59:11 PM PST by KiloLima

Mexicans who toiled on U.S. farms between 1942 and 1964 under the Bracero program are ready to "besiege" U.S. President George W. Bush's ranch in Texas to press their demands for money owed them in their retirement, an activist who fought with Nicaragua's Sandinista rebels said Tuesday.

José Puente León told EFE that the former braceros are determined to march on Bush's ranch just as they did last year on the ranch owned by President Vicente Fox in Guanajuato.

(Excerpt) Read more at eluniversal.com.mx ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Mexico; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: aliens; braceros; fox; illegalimmigration; mexifornia; sandinistas
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To: jrestrepo

Of course....
The Mexicans are looking for $$ from us..
The "African Americans" are looking for slave retributions.

We don't give enough $$ to the UN or to the Tsunami victims...

Word to those who hate us...

Shut up and go away.


61 posted on 01/26/2005 2:47:12 PM PST by Dashing Dasher ("If guns kill people, I can blame misspelled words on my pencil." (Larry the Cable Guy))
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To: marty60

Do they need volunteers to shoot these scum once they 'siege' the ranch?


62 posted on 01/26/2005 2:48:45 PM PST by Jazzman1
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To: Jazzman1

Hey I think it only fair. Bush is inviting them in on our doorstep. Only fair that they should show up on his. Viva Immigration Reform (sarcasm)


63 posted on 01/26/2005 2:50:53 PM PST by Sterco
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To: shellshocked

I'll believe it when it happens.


64 posted on 01/26/2005 2:52:01 PM PST by Ciexyz (I use the term Blue Cities, not Blue States. PA is red except for Philly, Pgh & Erie)
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To: Jazzman1
Actually this is serious.If they try a guerrilla action like this in the U.S. It is an ACT of WAR. If the Mexican Government doesn't step in, this is ging to get ugly.
65 posted on 01/26/2005 2:53:55 PM PST by marty60
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To: KiloLima

All the world has it's hand out and it is the hard working American Citizen they expect to fill it. I am really getting tired of doing that.


66 posted on 01/26/2005 2:54:46 PM PST by Dustbunny (The only good terrorist is a dead terrorist)
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To: JustAnotherSavage; Southack; Liz; NormsRevenge; Cobra64
Well, maybe it's time this problem was in the President's back yard instead of the rest of us

These malcontents are our BEST LOBBYISTS to help put the pressure on Dubya in a very pragmatic way. I love W. I appreciate his leadership. And frankly I am also glad he has this clamor from the rabble to help spur him to a rapid solution, as in the Great Wall of China updated to 2005...and repealing certain LBJ-era globalist 'laws' that have flung open the doors to MALDEF and other un-American treachery.
67 posted on 01/26/2005 2:54:56 PM PST by The Spirit Of Allegiance (ATTN. MARXIST RED MSM: I RESENT your "RED STATE" switcheroo using our ELECTORAL MAP as PROPAGANDA!)
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To: Ciexyz

Its very sad to think that may be the only thing that would get his attention, cause him enough embarassment to finally do something about these swarms.


68 posted on 01/26/2005 2:55:25 PM PST by samadams2000
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To: gubamyster; Ol' Dan Tucker; NormsRevenge; blackeagle; newzjunkey; RightWhale; nonliberal; ...

From the article:

"The Bracero program, created in response to a shortage of farm labor in the United States during World War II, allowed Mexicans to enter the country and work in the fields. Ten percent of the braceros' pay was withheld and deposited in savings accounts for return to the workers when they went back to Mexico.

According to U.S. officials, the deductions were deposited in the Banco de Mexico, which transferred the funds to the institution formerly known as Banco Agricola and now called Financiera Rural.

Puente León, who advises the Braceroproa group that advocates on behalf of the former farmhands, says the payments are due to some 90,000 workers or, where applicable, to their heirs."

Hey, Puente! Guess what my "heirs" get from my retirement-SSA- when I die...$255 to bury me! That's it....
Stay in your own country and find out what happened to the money you were to get!
Can you imagine what kind of can of worms we are opening signing this new totalization agreement with Mexico. They'll have the money "lost" in 6 months!


71 posted on 01/26/2005 3:04:30 PM PST by JustAnotherSavage ("We are all sinners. But jerks revel in their sins." PJ O'Rourke)
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To: KiloLima

I bet I know how this seige ends and it will solve the retirement problem as well.


72 posted on 01/26/2005 3:16:07 PM PST by muir_redwoods
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To: Blurblogger
"And frankly I am also glad he has this clamor from the rabble to help spur him to a rapid solution, as in the Great Wall of China updated to 2005..."

Once easy, Illegal Immigration Now Risky:President Bush Builds 12 ft Tall Steel Fence Along Mexican Border From The Pacific Into Arizona, Plus Around Major Populated Areas In Arizona and Texas


73 posted on 01/26/2005 3:16:25 PM PST by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: Southack

The Great Wall of China, 2005 era would not made of stone or strictly human patrols....the ideas below are useful for national defense at our borders, not just hunting:

In Texas, a mouse can kill a deer (Point, Click, and Kill)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1283728/posts

That moose may soon be just a mouse click away (Internet hunting)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1281772/posts


75 posted on 01/26/2005 3:28:57 PM PST by The Spirit Of Allegiance (ATTN. MARXIST RED MSM: I RESENT your "RED STATE" switcheroo using our ELECTORAL MAP as PROPAGANDA!)
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To: idratherbepainting; All

Dobbs just announced that Sensenbrenner introduced his bill will 111 cosponsers today. I'm going to look for it. I hope it has some teeth.


76 posted on 01/26/2005 3:29:46 PM PST by JustAnotherSavage ("We are all sinners. But jerks revel in their sins." PJ O'Rourke)
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To: Arrowhead1952
Three words:

Bring it on!


77 posted on 01/26/2005 4:00:04 PM PST by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: get'emall
Hope they don't show up at Ted Nugent's place by mistake.

Oh yea. That would be a hoot. I love Ted Nugent. heh heh! He would take care of their sorry asses, that's for sure.

78 posted on 01/26/2005 4:14:01 PM PST by SheLion (God bless our military members and keep them safe.)
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To: JustAnotherSavage
Thanks for the ping!

Calling Ted Nugent! Calling Ted Nugent! :)

79 posted on 01/26/2005 4:15:39 PM PST by SheLion (God bless our military members and keep them safe.)
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To: KiloLima

Oh....that's a good idea, that is if they want to get arrested.


80 posted on 01/26/2005 4:17:21 PM PST by Eva
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