Got 'em both on the wall, and at easy reach!
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 ...
Gosh, just when I thought I'd seen the most asinine post, you came along.
While we're on the subject of our Minutemen and Minutewomen, many are military veterans.
How about you, texasforever? What is your military experience?
Brings up an interesting question.
As far as I know, U.S. Border Patrol personnel is paid by the U.S. government. Do you suppose that SOME in the U.S. Border Patrol are also being paid by the Mexican government?
4 Charged With Hiding 76 Illegal Immigrants (5/9/06)
COVINGTON, Ky. (AP) -- Four men who work for a Kentucky-based construction company were charged Tuesday with harboring illegal immigrants after federal investigators found dozens of undocumented workers at three of the company's construction sites.
A raid Tuesday at home sites in Hebron, Union and Florence revealed 76 undocumented workers laboring as subcontractors at the sites.
The arrests were the result of a yearlong investigation into the home-building company by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the IRS-Criminal Investigation Division and local authorities.
Timothy Copsy, Doug Witt, William Allison and Bill Ring each face one count. The men - who work in supervisory roles for Fischer Homes, part of the Fischer Group in Crestview Hills, Ky. - were arrested and charged in U.S. District Court. They face up to 10 years in prison and $250,000 in fines. All four men posted bond and were released.
The workers may face federal misdemeanor charges and others could face administrative immigration violations, said Dean Boyd, a spokesman for ICE.
According to the complaint filed by the U.S. Attorney's Office, authorities visited several Fischer home sites in January claiming to be searching for a Hispanic male wanted in Texas for murder.
When officials interviewed workers on the site, many admitted to being in the country illegally. The complaint alleges the managers at each of the sites knew they were using undocumented workers. The investigation is ongoing, Boyd said. Tuesday's arrests were the latest in recent efforts by ICE to stop companies who knowingly employ undocumented workers.
Just as the Mexican Army has a lot of people paid off by the drug cartels?
Sources
LOL I was never in the military. I have also never been accused of molesting my 13 year old drunk daughter as Simcox was by his daughter. Now if you want to play games I will start posting the backgrounds of eveyone of the "patriots".
No one is "required" to have a Social Security or Individual Taxpayer ID Number unless they are working:
"Most hospitals will provide you with the paperwork to do this, but you can also get the form and instructions online. Your child needs a Social Security number in order to be claimed as a dependent on a tax return, to open a bank account, or to buy savings bonds. Some schools and government agencies may also require that you provide this number in order to obtain services."
http://www.ssa.gov/gethelp2.htm
Well... you ARE on an immigration thread.
And, there is abundant information on many of them... dots to connect... calls for citizens to take action.
To each their own.
http://www.splcenter.org/news/item.jsp?pid=166
read the entire thing.
And who is learning anything on this thread? You and your little buddies have absolutely tried to own this issue on every single thread, not just immigration threads, and those who feel like arguing stop to do so. And most of us, most days, just ignore you all and learn nothing.
So if you're really intent on "educating" us, you might try modifying your efforts just a tad.
Got 'em both on the wall, and at easy reach!
The fradulent use of a Social Security Number is a federal crime.
Which did not used to be the case, ever, up until recent history of this country.
For cryin' out loud. How would it be a threat? How?
Sheesh.
She said she was putting DOWN the remarks of the other poster.
So I pictured her in a high place, where she assumes she is, and that was the image that emerged.
Go for it, Howlin.
WOO-HOO!
Ready for Mahoney are you?
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