Posted on 06/27/2005 4:05:07 PM PDT by Happy2BMe
U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) today urged the civilian "Minuteman" border patrol organization not to begin operation along the Texas-Mexico border in October as planned, expressing concern that the group's activities could do more harm than good.
"I would hope that everybody who is concerned about the porous nature of our borders would allow the federal government to act," Cornyn told 1200 WOAI news this morning.
The Minuteman action "may actually not help solve the problem but may create a new and additional problem," Cornyn said.
"So my preference would be to let the federal government do the job the federal government is supposed to do."
Cornyn said he is preparing to introduce a comprehensive immigration control measure along with Senator John Kyl (R-Arizona) next month. He said he hopes many of the measure included in that bill will address the concerns the Minutemen have been raising.
He said a budget measure set to be discussed this week is designed to take Homeland Security funding from other projects and move that money to boost security along the Texas-Mexico border.
"With our enemies exploiting our vulnerability to a porous border, it is important that we move on this issue."
Cornyn stressed that his proposal, which is expected to reach President Bush's desk by the end of the year, will not include an amnesty for people already in this country illegally.
"We need to deal with employer verification and employer responsibility. We need to give them the tools to determine whether an employee is legal to work in the United States. We need additional money for Border Patrol agents, and a new commitment to technology. But we also need to have a 'common sense and realistic' temporary worker program, which allows them to come into the U.S. and work legally, but then requires that they return to their home countries with the skills they learned and the money they earned in the United States," Cornyn said.
Cornyn said repeatedly that he feels the Minutemen have brought attention to problems along the border, and he understands their frustration with a lack of border controls. But he doesn't think putting untrained civilians along the increasingly dangerous border is the right way to handle the problem.
"What I worry about is if civilians step in, there will be an unexpected conflict, there will be some incident where somebody could get hurt."
He cited the danger posed by drug traffickers, traffickers in illegal immigrants, and violent syndicates like the MS-13 organization.
The Arizona based Minutemen group announced plans last week for four chapter in Texas to begin patrolling the Texas-Mexico border in October, possibly as part of a larger effort to string civilian patrols from San Diego in the west to Brownsville in the east.
But since then, groups have emerged in San Antonio, Corpus Christi, and elsewhere dedicated to opposing the Minutemen's efforts, causing the issue to become politically charged.
What I worry about is that if civilians DON"T step in, there will be an unexpected conflict, there will be some incident where THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS COULD BE KILLED!
I cite the danger posed by drug traffickers, traffickers in illegal immigrants, violent syndicates like the MS-13, and INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST organizations.
Wait a minute...You ARE the Federal Gov't...Well enough said there, eh Cornyn...A lot of us may have been born at night, but none of us were born last night...
This is what Sen. John Cornyn (Rino-Texas) and many others in the Republican party in Washington believes the proper method is for looking for an answer to the broken borders issue in this nation and especially in Texas. At least this has been his and their favorite position for the past four + years:
Senator, there were about 20 Contras in San Antonio, and about 25 in Corpus Christi, many of them were the same individuals. Probably none of them voted to elect you to office.
There were about 300 Minutemen and women in Goliad alone last Monday evening and many of them have helped you get elected to office. Are you starting to get the true political picture yet?
The Minutemen are sovereign American citizens...They have every bit as much right to be in Texas as you do...If you're too YELLOW to guard the U.S. border, then get out of the way KIDDIE so the MEN and WOMEN can do it for you...
Absolutely...An American of Mexican descent??? I didn't realize however, that Lucy Ricardo was of Mexican descent...Who'd have known with the red hair and all...
If I can figure out how to do it, I'll send that picture to the Senator... :^)
I'm a sovereign American citizen, and I oppose the minutemen politically. If that bothers you, tough cookies. I'll be there when the minutemen come, with others, and we'll be exercising our rights as sovereign American citizens to make our voices heard. As with the previous example, if you don't like it, tough.
That says it all!
THANK YOU!!!
Answer: NO !
The conflict has already started - you just can't see it from your front porch yet.
Please post how you personally benefit from illegal immigration so we all will know why you support it.
This question has flummoxed every other supporter of illegal criminals invading our borders, so why not you?
I just hope you can come up with something new because all of the previous arguments and lies have been dismantled and exposed.
Um, I think you need to reread the article. That quote was Senator Cornyn's, with which I was disagreeing. My point was that his concern for the Minuteman would be unwarranted if the Feds were doing their job in the first place. It is coming up to the 4 year anniversay of September 11, 2001. Had the Feds been doing their job, it would have been coming up to the 4th Anniversary of when we empowered the Border Patrol to do all that is necessary to protect our actual borders.
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