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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Is this supposed to be another one of those "I'm the Chief and what I say is it" moments?
No, just another one of those have a good chuckle over philman moments. They're special.
Its worse than amensty because it creates an incentive for millions of more illegals to flood this country while allowing the current illegals to keep doing what they are doing.
Sure, when your guy is pandering with the likes of Rangle and Jackson-Lee, pushing the U.S. for more involvement in some African pest hole, being cheered on by Obama...it must be hard to handle.
Which is exactly why that information gets passed to the consular officials--it's an arrest, and we're obligated to report those.
Also any report of the US government monitoring the movement of US citizens on US soil for the purpose of notifying a foreign entity of such movements is high treason against the constitution. The original patriots fought over less, the Confederacy fought and died over less.
Go back and read Article III, Section 3, and then explain how complying with consular notification requirements is high treason, m'kay?
Oh, and bitching about "high treason against the Constitution" and praising the Confederacy is a really mixed message.
<.....at a minimum that there are some badly misplaced priorities.....>
Now isn't that the truth.
I hope you don't mind after all these years of providing a good chuckle to so many people.
Ok college boy, wait till you get into the real world and see what this mess has created and spawned.
Oh, by the way, Johnny Cash wrote a song that you should listen to. Its called "Don't Take Your Guns To Town".
Listen to it carefully because college prepares you for nothing but surprise once you hit the pavement with everyone else.
And you have provided so many last laughs to so many people. Don't underestimate the value of your contribution to the world of real politics...there's always time for a humor break.
If you're so interested in his obsession with Darfur just visit his website and google up his writings...they're plentiful enough.
No, just someone who has observed your antics for years now.
2000!
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