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."
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Lucky!
OMG! Gretta's yakking....about Aruba
Did you know the ACLU was spying on the MM a few weeks ago?
In fact, he said legal observers affiliated with the American Civil Liberties Union's Arizona chapter watching the Minutemen to prevent any harassment or rights violations of illegal immigrants "have interfered more" than the Minutemen.
http://kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=4838290&nav=menu216_2
You are a "she"?!
Say it isn't so!!!
I just said I'm hoping it isn't.
What gave you that idea? Are you implying my concern over this issue springs from some dislike of George Bush?
Wow...you were called a Bushbot by one of the spittle flecked bloggers. That doesn't happen every day.
Thank you. I'll probably be a little tentative for awhile, at least until the tailfeathers grow back. :)
The upside is that I lived up to my given handle.
No they're not. The story has been debunked by the Border Patrol.
You can tell the tribe to take off the war paint.
Thanks for saying this in Travis' behalf, I miss him!
>>In fact, you're a snarky jerk for not pinging the poster you tried to trash.<<
You must not have seen #1271.
Of couse, Howlin there is nothing wrong with Howlin starting the whole thing by calling me a "dipwad."
I see, double standard.
I thought that because you said you expect the WH and Border Patrol to deny explosive charges, as though they'd lie. If I misunderstood your post, I apologize.
I see you're still making lots of friends.
Oh for crying out loud. The Minutemen are a joke. They love this story because it makes them feel important. Ya'll go build your fence.
I could be wrong, but I could swear FNC had a statement from someone (I thought it was the BP) earlier today and the MM were again referred to as vigilantes in the statement.
lol!
Oh, please. If that was supposed to be an insult, it was a pretty pathetic one. Have fun deluding yourself about the story being true though.
There sure are an awful lot of people jumping off bridges and cutting their wrists around here. Nothing like stepping off the edge only to hear "just kidding" halfway through your fall. If people would just reign in their emotions they may realize that their hysterics are not as well founded as they think they are. But hey, it is a lot easier to be hysterical then rational. When a "base" is made of jello, it ain't much of a base at all.
"Once in a while you will stumble upon the truth but most of us manage to pick ourselves up and hurry along as if nothing had happened." -Sir Winston Churchill
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