Sorry about having to excerpt it but the AP is involved in this story.
MM also provide jobs for ACLU and spokespeople. If the MM were not there what would the ACLU folks be doing?
They are right, you didn't hear much except the grumbling of fed up Americans among each other until the minutemen showed up then the whole issue was brought front and center.
Actually, they do, Ms. Meetze.
As citizens, they have every right to participate in law enforcement.
You're just reinforcing a stereotype of the ACLU being subversive and anti-American.
If it weren't for the Minutemen, I don't think the country would be openly talking about illegal immigration now. The politicians would be stealthily integrating our two countries without most Americans even noticing. At least now we are noticing, but we may find that we are powerless to stop it.
The "critics" of the MinuteMen should be deported along with the illegal alien socialist communists.
Anyone who studies the timeline can see a direct parallel to the emergence of the Minutemen movement and the current state of legislative turmoil; certainly, it made a difference and only a fool would laugh it off.
What is distressing is not the taunts of our critics but the reluctance of our leaders to acknowledge that this is a genuine grassroots effort to solve a real and growing problem.
Jennifer Allen, director of the immigrant rights advocacy group Border Action Network, said the group's presence along the border have done nothing to bring real solutions to the problems along the border.
My guess she is part of if not actively so the ACLU and what 'solutions' is she talking about - the Minutemen are not about 'solutions' they are about doing what American citizens are supposed to do....protect their country by reporting to or holding for the Border Patrol illegal felons.
Sombody get a mug shot of this Jennifer Allen so we can all see the face of this enemy.
Joshua Bolten, New White House Chief of Staff
Mr. Bolten said today that concerning the 'immigration' issue that Americans should 'tone it down'.
You may wish to tell Mr. Bolten what he can do with his opinion.
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"the US Border Patrol is maintaining its neutral position"
OK, that explains some things. I thought they were on our side . . . . . . . .
The Minutemen, she [Alessandra Soler Meetze, executive director of the American Civil Liberties-Arizona chapter] acknowledged, "have been able to exercise their free speech and get their message across that they don't agree with the way our government is enforcing immigration laws."It is? Cudda fooled me. If it is, where did the 11+ MILLION Criminal Aliens come from?
More from the article:
The ACLU also is present, she added, "to enable them to express their rights. They have a right to express themselves. They just don't have a right to cross the line and take the law into their own hands."Those "legal observers" in reply #9 above are fine examples of rights being expressed. Looks like something out of a Cheech and Chong movie. LOL!
The headline is one of those DUH moments.