Posted on 05/09/2006 6:21:25 AM PDT by IrishMike
While Minuteman civilian patrols are keeping an eye out for illegal border crossers, the U.S. Border Patrol is keeping an eye out for Minutemen -- and telling the Mexican government where they are. According to three documents on the Mexican Secretary of Foreign Relations Web site, the U.S. Border Patrol is to notify the Mexican government as to the location of Minutemen and other civilian border patrol groups when they participate in apprehending illegal immigrants -- and if and when violence is used against border crossers.
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman confirmed the notification process, describing it as a standard procedure meant to reassure the Mexican government that migrants' rights are being observed.
"It's not a secret where the Minuteman volunteers are going to be," Mario Martinez said Monday.
"This ... simply makes two basic statements -- that we will not allow any lawlessness of any type, and that if an alien is encountered by a Minuteman or arrested by the Minuteman, then we will allow that government to interview the person."
Minuteman members were not so sanguine about the arrangement, however, saying that reporting their location to Mexican officials nullifies their effectiveness along the border and could endanger their lives.
"Now we know why it seemed like Mexican officials knew where we were all the time," said Chris Simcox, founder of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps. "It's unbelievable that our own government agency is sending intelligence to another country. They are sending intelligence to a nation where corruption runs rampant, and that could be getting into the hands of criminal cartels.
"They just basically endangered the lives of American people."
(Excerpt) Read more at dailybulletin.com ...
"High" treason under the Constitution? Is there any other kind? What about webcasts of traffic cams - are those "high" treason too?
I also just heard Simcox on Savage and he didn't say anything to this effect.... of course, I wasn't paying the closest attention.
Check out the voting demographic relating to mexican immigrants & tell me how many more national elections (let alone local elections in an expanding list of states) you think the republicans will win if any sort of 'path to citizenship' for the current crop of illegals of the sort the president is known to support is established.
Exactly! I don't hear the liberals whining about investigations anymore. And we all know it's gonna turn up nothing.
And for that, I am glad.
:-)
No. Don't get it down here (though I could KKOB on the net) and usually listen to Mark Levin on the net. He had a good rant about this this p.m.
Oh, FGS, shut up with that Bill Clinton worthy twisting of words.
Laby! Good to see you my friend!
Why?
I just saw this:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1629155/posts?page=1085#1085
Get off your high horse. You're posting to a poster who is routinely mocked behind his back on this web site and others.
In other words, you don't know.
What about the American Party?
I did now thanks my dear old friend ;)
michelle had it early this morning
http://www.michellemalkin.com
So was it Jim of MM saying President Bush if you don't build the wall we will?
That is the dumbest thing I've heard tonight.
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