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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No, if it were libel then Simcox would have sued but the fact is, Simcox didn't even deny the charge. He just told the interviewer that his "drunk" daughter misinterpreted his fatherly leg massage.
The SPLC are no friends of FR
Why do you always say that to people when you're confronted with facts?
. He just told the interviewer that his "drunk" daughter misinterpreted his fatherly leg massage.
So wrong on so many levels...
You going to let Texasforever use filth from the Southern Poverty Law Center communists to try and destroy Chris Simcox and the Minutemen?
That's why Rule of Law is the way to go.
Because I'm interested in accuracy.
You another SPLC fan?
No actually idiotic IMHO
"The United States bowed to pressure from its allies Tuesday and agreed to support a new program to temporarily funnel additional aid directly to the Palestinian people."
Why say anything?
It's easier to pretend they don't exist. It helps avoid those nasty headaches. :)
DU is harmless compared to the SPLC.
Apparently. :-)
LOL, if Tucker Carlson tore him a new one he needs to find a rock to climb under.
It's in court records.
I am going on the direct quotes of Simcox himself.
I enlighten myself with all news, all angles, not biased but what happens in my country is not the same at what happens when your illegally entering it...but the crime statistics back that up have you seen how nice L.A. was in itself on MayDay?
So now, not content to merely add conservatives to their enemies list, they are adding far-left groups to their buddy list. Black is white, up is down, so on and so forth...
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