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U.S. tipping Mexico to Minuteman patrols (telling the Mexican government)
Daily Bulletin ^ | 5/9/2006 | Sara A Carter

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 ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Government; Mexico; News/Current Events; US: Arizona; US: California; US: New Mexico; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: aliens; border; falsestory; getaclue; gwot; illegalimmigration; illegals; incorrectstory; loudobbs; mexicans; mexico; minutemanproject; minutemen; moonbatbarking; nationalsecurity; notaccurate; nutcases; saraacarter; saracarter; wot
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To: Spiff; Marine Inspector

So, wait, have there been 5 million exiled, or not?


661 posted on 05/09/2006 11:39:11 AM PDT by clawrence3
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To: BeHoldAPaleHorse

This consular notification we do has nothing to do with detention or crime.

The majority of immigration violations that the CBP does are administrative violations, not criminal violations.

If I stop an illegal from entering the country and return them to Mexico, I'm required, before returning them to Mexico, if they wish to speak to a Mexican Consular officer.

There are countries that are signature to the Vienna Convention that we are not required to ask if the illegal wishes to speak with a consular officer.


662 posted on 05/09/2006 11:39:30 AM PDT by Marine Inspector (Government is not the solution to our problem; Government is the problem)
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To: nina0113

Thanks for the clarification.


663 posted on 05/09/2006 11:40:25 AM PDT by clawrence3
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To: AnnaZ

See "link" provided above - do you need a dictionary for that word too?


664 posted on 05/09/2006 11:41:22 AM PDT by clawrence3
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To: JeffAtlanta

"Controlling the invasion of illegal foreign nationals is a matter of national security and the GOP are actually encouraging the invasion.

Controlling our borders is also a huge component of the WOT which again the GOP is actively derelict in it's duties.

The war in Iraq is going to be a complete waste after this as the illegal immigration issue is destroying any credibility that the administration ever had. Unless the GOP reverses course before November, the democrats are going to sweep into power and they will pull the troops in Iraq home early and allow Iran to swoop in.

The best thing we can do for our country is to warn the GOP that they are going to out of power for good unless they start listening on this issue. Of course many won't care as they will just switch parties."

I agree with you 100% and have no intention of switching parties. I guess what I'm saying is that in order to achieve what you've stated, it is important NOT to throw out the baby with the bath water, so to speak.

Aren't there enough Republican leaders who are FOR an effective method of securing the border and AGAINST 'earned' amnesty? Have they all crossed to the other side on this? I keep asking and get no answers. Do you know?

Maybe I was right. Maybe the only way D.C. is going to get the wake up call it needs, is when our illegal alien invaders decide a Revolucion is the only way to avoid having to 'earn' their amnesty and if that's what it comes down to, so be it and bring it on.


665 posted on 05/09/2006 11:41:26 AM PDT by Kimberly GG
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To: clawrence3

So you did get a traffic ticket?.. I wondered how long it would take the Rove machine after I put in my request!/sarc


666 posted on 05/09/2006 11:41:27 AM PDT by tertiary01 (The Pubs have no one to blame but themselves for their defeat if the borders are not closed!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
By the time Hillary gets inaugurated, she won't have much left to do except raise lots and lots of taxes...

Could I use that the next time someone asks me the same question?

667 posted on 05/09/2006 11:41:34 AM PDT by processing please hold (Be careful of charity and kindness, lest you do more harm with open hands than with a clinched fist)
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To: clawrence3

If you were "mistakenly" suspended, then where is the statement from management to that effect....?


668 posted on 05/09/2006 11:42:25 AM PDT by La Enchiladita (God Bless Our Troops...including U.S. Border Patrol, America's First Line of Defense)
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To: blaquebyrd

Currently, being in this country illegally IS a civil misdemeanor offense - H.R. 4437 was going to change that to a felony criminal offense - see the difference?


669 posted on 05/09/2006 11:42:42 AM PDT by clawrence3
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To: La Enchiladita

Thanks for the post. It's good to know this info...


670 posted on 05/09/2006 11:42:49 AM PDT by Mrs. Darla Ruth Schwerin
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To: clawrence3
Even if the purpose is so the Mexican government can take steps to avoid direct armed conflict across the border?

Geez, you’re not that stupid, so don't act like you are.

The vast majority of violence along that border is condoned and conducted by the Mexican Government.

672 posted on 05/09/2006 11:43:39 AM PDT by Marine Inspector (Government is not the solution to our problem; Government is the problem)
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To: clawrence3

Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO) is more my style. Hillary and you have a lot in common.


673 posted on 05/09/2006 11:44:52 AM PDT by B4Ranch (Immigration Control and Border Security -The jobs George W. Bush doesn't want to do.)
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To: IrishMike

Thank you, Irish Mike, for posting this CRUCIAL article.

Ping to my post 655.

Perhaps the info explains a few things....


674 posted on 05/09/2006 11:45:07 AM PDT by La Enchiladita (God Bless Our Troops...including U.S. Border Patrol, America's First Line of Defense)
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To: clawrence3

Again, no one has been exiled. Stop the Spin clawrence3!


675 posted on 05/09/2006 11:45:15 AM PDT by Marine Inspector (Government is not the solution to our problem; Government is the problem)
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To: kstewskis

Stay safe.


676 posted on 05/09/2006 11:46:07 AM PDT by Marine Inspector (Government is not the solution to our problem; Government is the problem)
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To: AnnaZ
If "exile" is too hard to grasp for you, how about this: "Since President Bush took office, agents have apprehended and sent home more than 6 million people entering the country illegally - including more than 400,000 with criminal records. Federal, State, local, and tribal law enforcement are working together. More than 600,000 illegal immigrants were apprehended through the Arizona Border Control Initiative last year - an increase of more than 50 percent over the previous year . . . The President has set a goal to end "catch-and-release" over the next year. Most illegal immigrants from Mexico can be returned to Mexico within 24 hours. Non-Mexican illegal immigrants present a different challenge. For decades, government detention facilities did not have enough beds for the non-Mexican illegal immigrants caught at the border - so most were released back into society. They were each assigned a court date, but virtually no one showed up. The Administration is ending the practice of "catch-and-release" by increasing the number of beds in detention facilities by 12 percent this year; the President's FY07 budget proposes increasing that number by another 32 percent. The Administration is expanding the use of "expedited removal," which allows us to send non-Mexican illegal immigrants home more quickly. Last year, it took an average of 66 days to process a non-Mexican illegal immigrant. Now, the process is taking only 21 days. This has helped us end "catch-and-release" for illegal immigrants from Brazil, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua caught crossing our Southwest border. Since last summer, the total number of non-Mexican illegal immigrants released into society has been cut by more than a third. There is more work ahead, and the Administration will work with Congress to close loopholes that make it difficult to process illegal immigrants from certain countries and will continue pressing foreign governments like China to take back their citizens who enter our country illegally."?
677 posted on 05/09/2006 11:46:08 AM PDT by clawrence3
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To: clawrence3
I doubt very many ICE agents are taking bribes.

I don't.

678 posted on 05/09/2006 11:47:06 AM PDT by Marine Inspector (Government is not the solution to our problem; Government is the problem)
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To: Marine Inspector

See post # 677.


679 posted on 05/09/2006 11:47:18 AM PDT by clawrence3
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To: Marine Inspector

Wow! Have you notified your supervisors?


680 posted on 05/09/2006 11:47:40 AM PDT by clawrence3
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