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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And don't forget the Muslims who are abandoning the Repubs.
[US Custom and Border Protect spokesman: "This ... simply makes two basic statements -- that we will not allow any lawlessness of any type...]
Unless it's an ILLEGAL alien. Geez!
The idiots at the GOP wonder why most conservatives could give a rip if we lose at the polls in November.
At this rate, WE DESERVE TO LOSE. WE ARE AS CULTURALLY SUICIDAL AS LIBERALS ARE at this point.
Unmitigated disloyalty to oath.
Agree. And if the Dems win in '08, that will change in that BOTH will get a piece of us.
Don't forget, we all have to fight the inflated numbers of the corrupt fraudulent votes from the left as well. They will be there. We have two battles to fight at the ballot box.
"Last year an internal memo notified all agents not to give credit to Minuteman volunteers or others who call in sightings of illegal aliens," said one agent, who spoke on the condition he not be identified. "We were told to list it as a citizen call and leave it at that. Many times, we were told not to go out to Minuteman calls."
Marxist are welcome in out great halls of higher learning. Hell, Yale has a Taliban enrolled. Silly me.
Well let me just say that President Bush has been such a disappointment to me , you know I used to believe in him, now I just don't know
Is Laura Bush running in '08? ;)
This is the kind of thing that makes me wonder if Bush truly wants to win in Iraq. He openly promotes that we should have a restricted and ineffective Border Patrol. Is he telling the troop commanders in Iraq to conduct restricted and therefore ineffective tactical operations against the enemy?
It's a long-standing requirement of international law. Whenever a foreign national is arrested--including citizen's arrest--the arrestee must be granted access to a representative of his government upon request, his government be notified as soon as practical, and a representative of the arrestee's government must be allowed to interview the arrestor if requested.
I would find this statement laughable if I didn't live on the border. I wonder if it occurred to this man if there were no "lawlessness" on the border the Minutemen would not be there to begin with. It's too bad they can't keep track of illegals and smugglers as well as they keep track of the Minutemen.
Telling the Mexican government where the Minutemen are is outrageous. The Mexican Government just makes sure smugglers and illegals take other routes so as not to be caught. Our government is doing their "casing the area" for them. How thoughtful.
This is very dangerous for the Minutemen, smugglers are not nice people, and the Minutemen are making it tougher on them. People interfering with smuggling have been known to come up missing, or dead.
Karl Rove knows that while the base complains and threatens, when it comes down to election day, they'll never vote Democrat -- so in that respect, we don't count. We're safely in their fold.
They try to broaden the base and reach out to Hispanics, the fastest growing demographic. From a political strategy prospective, Rove is correct.
Since you and I and most FR members will continue to vote Republican on election day, our whining and moaning doesn't matter. That's the reality.
What will it take for you to see the truth about this administration?
It comes into play if the Minutemen make any arrests--and it's a long-standing requirement of international law.
Strict or biased?
A house divided cannot stand.
"This is the kind of thing that makes me wonder if Bush truly wants to win in Iraq"
Hmm.....you mean a war with no end.
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