This is all it takes to seal a sector of the border.
The will to do it.
Posted on 04/07/2005 10:14:56 PM PDT by goldstategop
Are you suggesting that we are a generation away from Adrianople?
Heres an Associated Press Article....Who is this writer defending?????
Immigrant protests border volunteers’ actions
Authorities deny civilian group held border crosser against his will
Bryan Barton / AFP - Getty Images
A Mexican migrant holds the T-shirt of Bryan Barton, a Minuteman Project volunteer, near Naco, Ariz., on the U.S.-Mexico border, in this April 6 photograph. The Minuteman Project is a volunteer group watching the southeastern Arizona border to deter illegal immigration.
The Associated Press
Updated: 10:47 p.m. ET April 7, 2005TUCSON, Ariz. - Authorities determined Thursday that three volunteers involved in a civilian project to watch the border and report illegal crossers had an illegal immigrant pose for a flippant photograph but did not hold him against his will.
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The Mexican man had told sheriff’s deputies he was detained and forced to pose for a picture holding a T-shirt with a mocking slogan. A review of a 15-minute videotape provided by Bryan Barton, one of the three volunteers, showed the T-shirt the man was holding read: “Bryan Barton caught an illegal alien and all I got was this lousy T-shirt.” Barton was wearing an identical shirt.
“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 the 26-year-old man was not detained, said Capas and Border Patrol spokeswoman Andrea Zortman.
The man, who was not identified, apparently did not initially tell a Border Patrol agent he had been detained, but did so when interviewed later by sheriff’s deputies, Capas said. The man alleged when he tried to get away, the volunteers ran in front of him and would not let him go by.
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 fears
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 they do not violate the rights of Mexican citizens.
The volunteers may alert authorities when they see someone cross the border, but are not allowed to detain anyone. The immigrant who complained he was held illegally was later picked up by the Border Patrol, and remains in custody.
Wednesday’s incident was the first reporting any possible detention, though volunteers earlier assisted an immigrant in distress.
“The Minuteman project has created a powder-keg situation with the potential to go beyond harassment and false imprisonment to real violence,” said Eleanor Eisenberg, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona, which has legal observers keeping an eye on Minuteman volunteers.
© 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Sorry, I don't run with the 'patriot' klan.
Yeah but Rush they are good enough to put terraced seating and an overhead projector in Tom Tancredo's basement.
And this comes from someone who would have voted for Arizona's Prop 200.
Your agenda is showing. Again...
A "National Fence Fund" is an excellent idea! We did that kind of thing to help renovate the Washington Monument.
An electrified fence would be even better. Of course don't expect the Bush, boot licking, elite/globalist crowd to contribute. They still need Jose and Juan to cut the yard and clean the pool.
HOORAH to the Minutemen.
The open border lovers are hysterical because the Minute Men project has been so well run. It is amazing how many traitors there are in America who are not illegals.
The fence sounds like a great idea.
ClintonBeGone's famous post 26:
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.
This is all it takes to seal a sector of the border.
The will to do it.
The OBLs claim that an effective fence could not be built.
God bless the Minutemen, one and all. President Bush, take note - Karl Rove is sinking your and the Republican ship by trying to make buffoons out of loyal Americans.
"Guilt by association," eh?
So what if he was or wasn't? How about focusing on the issues, rather than on the namecalling?
"The Minutemen are showing us not only how to seal our borders and protect our national security, they are demonstrating how we can take back our country from the political establishment"
You hit the nail,right on the head!
lead by brother Santa Anna<<<
He should have said: forced in to service by the coward Santa Anna.
I am going to do just that.
I guess he forgot to lead at San Jacinto.
I heard those callers yesterday. Reminds one of the saying "Don't confuse me with facts, my mind's made up."
Great to have Rush get on the right side of the border, so to speak. Less than a year ago he was using the sham '$4 head of lettuce' argument in favor of unfettered immigration.
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