Tancredo Rips Government’s Spying of Minutemen

tancredo.house.gov ^ | 05/09/2006 | Will Adams

[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 morning’s 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 doesn’t 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 Mexico’s military to the Minutemen’s 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 Minutemen’s recruitment of more volunteers,” said Tancredo.

“The Minutemen haven’t been accused of breaking the law. Quite the contrary—they 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 Minutemen’s 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.”

[fizziwig]

"So far I have seen nothing to confirm to me that Lenin had anything to do with this story. Or Karl Marx for that matter."
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Jim had to be kidding on this...had to be....if not ......Yikes!

Ever since Jim posted that the story is false I have been waiting for confirmation on that. Maybe it will come in the next few days, but it sure would be nice for those who are somehow "in the know" to cite evidence for their claims. As you noted, the testimony of the Minutemen indicates otherwise.

[rolling_stone]

There is NOTHING that Bush could possibly do that Dane would ever condemn. Nothing.

Wrong, if he closed the border and deported all the cheap workers Dane would go ballistic.

[mysterio]

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[Map Kernow]

Is there anything in particular you do here besides:

1) Deride concerns over illegal immigration; and

2) Piss on Ronald Reagan's grave?

[hgro]

Bush won, we lost. He does more to assist the wetbacks than he does to protect U.S. citizens. He is going to go down as the least respected of any President and even if he reverses his actions now, it is too late.

[SerpentDove]

LOL, so true.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

T J Bonner, president of the National Border Patrol Council, credited the Minutemen with raising awareness of a problem that he said too many people overlook. "The key help that the Minuteman movement gives us is focusing public attention on the security of our borders and the difficult job that we have in maintaining it," Bonner said. "It's not necessarily doing the Border Patrol's job or even spotting illegals for them."

Thanks a lot. That is one thing I am happy to be wrong about.

[sinkspur]

Is there anything in particular you do here besides:

1) Deride concerns over illegal immigration; and

2) Piss on Ronald Reagan's grave?

I do neither of those. I'm for reinforcing the borders, but also doing something besides cutting the heads off those illegals who are already here.

Reagan was a great president, but he didn't walk on water.

Did Reagan raise taxes twice or not? Did he grant an amnesty, or not?

I'm sorry if these facts are discomforting. And I wouldn't post them, except for those who insist on using Reagan as a club to beat Bush with.

[planekT]

The United States, not to be outdone, is sending two million replacement Mexicans. Well shame on us. We should send way more then that.

[Iscool]

If this story is true the government is not only putting Americans in danger , it is also helping the narco gangs avoid detection. So tell me

The ramifications are astounding...Whoever gave this order wants to guarantee routes into our country for drug runners and/or terrorists...

[rolling_stone]

You are welcome. FYI NBPC site
http://www.nbpc.net/

[KoRn]

"If Bush had his fingers in this he deserves to be impeached."

I agree. The order for this had to come from the direction of at least the state department. This smells of treason.

[clawrence3]

Here's the English translation:

http://64.233.179.104/translate c?hl=en&langpair=es%7Cen&u=http://www.sre.gob.mx/eventos/minuteman/reporte3.htm

[Admin Moderator]

Thanks, we received your abuse report regarding #178.

Regarding #178

This (edited for language) idiot has flip-flopped on his boarder stance 3 times this week. Put his ass in time-out for a while.

Unfortunately, every time we hit the suspend button we received an error message.

Sorry about that.

[nicmarlo]

lol...Amen!!

[nicmarlo]

Heads should roll on this one. I hope Tancredo pushes it right to the bitter end.

I agree! Simcox was just on Savage talking about this.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

Thanks again. Bookmarked.

[papertyger]

Thanks, we received your abuse report regarding #178. Regarding #178 This (edited for language) idiot has flip-flopped on his boarder stance 3 times this week. Put his ass in time-out for a while. Unfortunately, every time we hit the suspend button we received an error message. Sorry about that.

Bahahahahahahahahhaha....Thanks, I think that bit of levity is desperately needed today.

[clawrence3]

Opps - maybe try this link (it's a "rough" translation):

http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sre.gob.mx%2Feventos%2Fminuteman%2Freporte3.htm&langpair=es%7Cen&hl=en&safe=off&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools

or

http://www.google.com/language_tools

[jazusamo]

I agree. The order for this had to come from the direction of at least the state department. This smells of treason.

You're flirting with getting booted.