Posted on 05/09/2006 12:40:29 PM PDT by NapkinUser
WASHINGTON, D.C. Congressmen Tom Tancredo (R-CO) decried a recently-disclosed U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) practice of tipping off the Mexican military to the location of Minutemen volunteers. According to a story in this mornings Inland Daily Bulletin, CBP notifies the Mexican government of when and where the Minutemen are planning to monitor the border and if violence is used by the Minutemen against illegal aliens. There has not been one verified instance of Minutemen volunteers using violence against illegal aliens.
The Mexican military doesnt exactly have a good government reputation. The Border Patrol has documented more than two hundred incursions into the U.S by the Mexican military, and Texas sheriffs even apprehended Mexican government vehicles that were used to ferry drug runners across the border. By tipping off Mexicos military to the Minutemens location, the U.S. government is asking for trouble, said Tancredo.
Heavily-armed military officials stationed only yards from civilians are at least intimidating. I can only surmise that the Border Patrol bureaucrats spying is meant to have a chilling effect on the Minutemens recruitment of more volunteers, said Tancredo.
The Minutemen havent been accused of breaking the law. Quite the contrarythey have gone out of their way to aid law enforcement and ensure the safety of our border. The U.S. government has no grounds upon which to stifle the Minutemens constitutional right to organize, Tancredo concluded. I want to know the legal basis for CBP informing a foreign government of the activities of private citizens who are obeying the law.
I ain't Miss Cleo...lol.
My bad -- 358
I'd say that is the claim to pursue. And, I reiterate that it is a claim, as the author DID NOT interview Griffen. And she still has not returned my call.
If he collaborated, then he needs to be reported to his superiors, and to our Congresspersons.
bump- right on, it's think here with bushbots and koolaid drinkers
Don't forget calling them vigilantes every few words.
Did you see my take on the Spanish version in post 369?
"Various govt agencies can provide intel to one another all day long, but the fact is that the border is leaking... BADLY... in defiance of our LAWS."
The implication to me is that the border is being regarded as an inconvenience, by more than just a few people who are charged with policing it. In light of this report, the border isn't leaking; it may as well not be there.
I'm just gonna slink off the thread now....It's almost time for American Idol in Chat.. :)
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Yes, I did, thanks...
I think that's a fair assessment. I googled that Robert Bonner and it said he's a Canadian...... sounds like the open from SA to Canada kind of people involved in this document.
Unfortunately, you're right. Money and liquor flow like wine, wild women are waved at the males, and I suppose wild males are waved at the women legislators. Well, there's too many permutations and combinations to fully describe that offering.
I'm beginning to wonder if any legislators can resist the sweet smell of whatever is being offered.
The DC dwellers are essentially separated from the rest of world to live in the corruption inherent inside the Beltway.
I don't know what the truth may be about who put out the word to give good old Vincinte information about the location of private citizens. If Bush is behind this, I'll go off in a corner and bawl and say a few expletives deleteds, something I don't ordinarily do. I've supported George W. in about everything he's tried to do. But this is just not acceptable.
There obviously hasn't been ANY attempt at border control for at least the last 30 - 40 years. No attempt to control the tsunami of illegals, mostly Mexicans coming across the border the past three or four decades.
What the heck is the Border Patrol getting paid to do? Help the tsunami??
Okay, suddenly I am feeling naive. Please clarify how this works, is it the planting of a false story? Are the quotes fake? If so I think this is a fascinating study in itself how something like Marxists planting a story to stir up conservatives is done. I want to understand more, so I can be wary. What compels Tancredo to react to this story as well? Does he also know this is false propaganda and using it to his benefit? I'm embarrassed to admit, I am a bit confused.
Any clarification would be helpful. I would hate to contact my congress people over a false claim. Thanks.
Is all of this going to boil down to an attempt at softening public opinion for the free movement of labor under FTAA? It's backfiring badly, if that's the case.
"Pure processed cheese food product."
Yes, I think the same of the embellished drivel you added in between my quotes, all laid out in a cheap dimestore novel fashion.
I am also waiting for this to sort out, and waiting for a call back from the author of the Daily Bulletin story.
Of course illegals are depressing the wages of working Americans. If 30 million Sudanese were brought into this country, they would in turn depress the wages of the illegal Mexican invaders if they are willing to work for a buck an hour.
To deny it seems painfully desperate on your part.
They are pawns in the Kings' chess game..they are sacrificed to give the appearance of our borders being protected, nothing more.
The Mexican legislature passed the drugs legalization bill but President Fox refused to sign it.
"I am also waiting for this to sort out, and waiting for a call back from the author of the Daily Bulletin story."
Since this has hit FOX and others, she's likely inundated. I'd be interested in seeing someone interview CBP Sector Chief Griffen, myself.
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