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Officials: Man not held against his will
AP ^ | 4/7/5 | ARTHUR H. ROTSTEIN

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.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: aliens; illegalaliens; minutemanproject; mmp
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To: spodefly
Because of the illegal alien industry, there are now many lawless ancillary industries

Yeah like that evil industry of remodeling Cong. tancredo's basement.

According to your alls rhetoric he should be thrown in the klink for 30 years.

81 posted on 04/07/2005 4:06:50 PM PDT by Dane ( anyone who believes hillary would do something to stop illegal immigration is believing gibberish)
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To: spodefly

"Who was doing the asking? Provide the link."

http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%257E53%257E867981%257E,00.html


82 posted on 04/07/2005 4:07:17 PM PDT by ClintonBeGone (In politics, sometimes it's OK for even a Wolverine to root for a Buckeye win.)
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To: ClintonBeGone
Hasn't Mr Simcox himself been convicted of violating a few federal laws?

Yes.
Poor management = poor results.

83 posted on 04/07/2005 4:09:32 PM PDT by PRND21
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To: PRND21
Yes.

I'm sure someone from the MMK will be here to give him a pass too. I guess its good intentions that matter more than the rule of law.

84 posted on 04/07/2005 4:11:32 PM PDT by ClintonBeGone (In politics, sometimes it's OK for even a Wolverine to root for a Buckeye win.)
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To: ClintonBeGone

The original hit piece from 3 years ago ... thanks ... should have known ...


85 posted on 04/07/2005 4:11:42 PM PDT by spodefly (This is my tag line. There are many like it, but this one is mine.)
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To: Dane

Your reading comprehension skill are as deficient as your logic.


86 posted on 04/07/2005 4:12:55 PM PDT by spodefly (This is my tag line. There are many like it, but this one is mine.)
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To: ClintonBeGone; Travis McGee
I meant THIS brother.

You couldn't beat the Mexicans lead by brother Santa Anna at the Alamo - You're certainly not going to beat Mara Salvatrucha with a bunch of fat old ex-supply sergeants.

Sorry you didn't understand. I'll try to be a little clearer next time.

Word on the street is that Santa Anna fled in a dress and died in a gutter.

87 posted on 04/07/2005 4:34:23 PM PDT by Eaker (stop and kick dirt on these n00bs actin like b00bs.......:o) - Squantos 18-Feb-05 -)
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To: ClintonBeGone; Spiff
Minuteman rally organizer Bryan Barton'

Prove he is an organizer or quit lying.

88 posted on 04/07/2005 4:37:02 PM PDT by Eaker (stop and kick dirt on these n00bs actin like b00bs.......:o) - Squantos 18-Feb-05 -)
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To: Eaker
Word on the street is that Santa Anna fled in a dress and died in a gutter.

Whoa! And here I thought he was only a one-legged opium smoking dictator. Now you're telling me he was a gutter crawling cross-dresser as well.

And then some fools claim him for a brother/sister?

Time to get that fence up and toss the trash to the other side.

89 posted on 04/07/2005 4:43:56 PM PDT by Covenantor
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To: SmithL

Surprised some slimy lawyer didn't jump out from under a rock and try to assist the illegal alien in a lawsuit against the whole minuteman group for unlawful detainment or whatever other frivolous thing a slimy lawyer can think of.
(not to say all lawyers are slimy)


90 posted on 04/07/2005 4:53:45 PM PDT by Isabelle
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To: Isabelle
http://www.aclu.org/ImmigrantsRights/ImmigrantsRights.cfm?ID=17965&c=22

Thanks to BurbankKarl for the tip.
91 posted on 04/07/2005 5:03:25 PM PDT by Texas_Jarhead (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1366853/)
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To: ClintonBeGone
I try to cite or document most of the factual claims I make - like the Tancredo hiring illegal immigrants story.

Of course, we all know that Tancredo never hired any illegal immigrants.

92 posted on 04/07/2005 5:06:22 PM PDT by judgeandjury
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To: ClintonBeGone
My brother is not an organizer of the MMK.

What does the acronym MMK stand for?

93 posted on 04/07/2005 5:09:18 PM PDT by judgeandjury
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To: PRND21
Term Limit Pledge Bump

So what? Tancredo changed his mind on his term limit pledge. Big deal. The voters in Tancredo's district overwhelmingly re-elected him despite the fact that Tancredo changed his mind. It appears that you are one of the few people who is still bothered by it.

94 posted on 04/07/2005 5:16:31 PM PDT by judgeandjury
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To: judgeandjury
Tancredo changed his mind on his term limit pledge. Big deal.

Agreed. Truth and character matter.

95 posted on 04/07/2005 5:19:19 PM PDT by PRND21
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To: PRND21

yeah, like the man who said this should have MEANT it:


"What you do is as important as anything government does. I ask you to seek a common good beyond your comfort; to defend needed reforms against easy attacks; to serve your nation, beginning with your neighbor. I ask you to be citizens: citizens, not spectators; citizens, not subjects; responsible citizens, building communities of service and a nation of character."


96 posted on 04/07/2005 5:22:12 PM PDT by sdpatriot (remember waco and ruby ridge)
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To: sdpatriot

Don't know what you're talking about, newbie.


97 posted on 04/07/2005 5:32:07 PM PDT by PRND21
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To: ClintonBeGone
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%257E53%257E867981%257E,00.html

LOL! That's your "proof"? A single article in the pro-illegal immigration, pro-open borders Denver Post? The Denver Post, which has had Tancredo in their crosshairs for several years now. And you think we're going to believe the Denver Post when they say that they know of two anonymous illegal alien lawbreakers who insist that they worked on Tancredo's house? Yeah, relying on the word of two anonymous lawbreakers is always the best way to confirm facts in a newspaper article!

98 posted on 04/07/2005 5:32:09 PM PDT by judgeandjury
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To: Eaker; Travis McGee; wardaddy; Spiff; spodefly; MileHi

LOL......Now ya'll remember to wash yer hands when your done playing with the idiots. And be easy on em as we'd like to see em stay here to keep bumpin the thread vs just get another time out from the mods .


99 posted on 04/07/2005 5:33:32 PM PDT by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
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To: Squantos

Ignore the fools.


100 posted on 04/07/2005 5:36:44 PM PDT by Afronaut (Press two for English.)
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