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Authorities won't prosecute ex-congressman's brother
North County Times (San Diego, CA ) ^ | 12/29/2009 | Edward Sifuentes

Posted on 01/06/2010 4:46:19 PM PST by iowamark

..Authorities in Imperial County said Tuesday they will not press charges against two activists who swam across the All-American Canal to protest the drowning deaths of hundreds of illegal immigrants in the waterway.

John Hunter, the brother of a prominent former congressman, and John Carlos Frey, a Los Angeles filmmaker, were facing charges of illegally entering the All-American Canal in an act of civil disobedience.

Last month, the two men swam across the canal, which carries water from the Colorado River to San Diego County, to string safety buoys that illegal immigrants could use to cross the water safely...

Authorities did the right thing by not pressing charges, Hunter said, adding that jail space should be reserved for "real criminals..."

Climb-outs, fences, ropes and buoy systems located near ladders also are needed, the activists said...

Hunter is the founder of the Water Station project, which installs and maintains about 150 water stations along the border in the Anza Borrego and Imperial Valley deserts each year from March through October.

Hunter is the brother of former Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-El Cajon, who was largely responsible for erecting a wall along the border through much of San Diego County and Tijuana. Hunter also is the uncle of Rep. Duncan D. Hunter, R-El Cajon, who now holds the seat formerly held by his father.

Joe Kasper, a spokesman for the younger Hunter, said Tuesday that "the congressman's uncle is a humanitarian and he's trying to save lives."

(Excerpt) Read more at nctimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; US: California
KEYWORDS: aliens; duncanhunter; illegalimmigration; illegals; immigrantlist
What an interesting family!


John Hunter prepares marker flags before restocking water stations in the Anza Borrego desert in eastern San Diego County to save the lives of illegal immigrants who often run the risk of dying of dehydration crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.

1 posted on 01/06/2010 4:46:21 PM PST by iowamark
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To: iowamark

huh live and learn.


2 posted on 01/06/2010 4:50:25 PM PST by happinesswithoutpeace (Nobody move, Nobody get hurt)
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To: iowamark

Every family has its lunatic.


3 posted on 01/06/2010 4:50:52 PM PST by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: iowamark

Civil disobedience = criminal behavior.


4 posted on 01/06/2010 4:51:56 PM PST by wac3rd (Felipe Calderon supports the public option.)
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To: wac3rd

They won’t call it that until people refuse to buy Obamacare :)


5 posted on 01/06/2010 4:54:33 PM PST by happinesswithoutpeace (Nobody move, Nobody get hurt)
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To: iowamark

I say shoot them as they try to cross.


6 posted on 01/06/2010 5:17:32 PM PST by 2CAVTrooper (For those who have had to fight for it, freedom has a flavor the protected shall never know.)
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To: wac3rd

An invitation for more grandstanding.


7 posted on 01/06/2010 5:18:42 PM PST by YHAOS
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To: iowamark

As if we don’t have the media doing their best to kill us, We have Ronnie Reagan and John Hunter????


8 posted on 01/06/2010 5:19:47 PM PST by Foolsgold ("We live in the greatest country in the world and I am going to change it" Barry O'boomarang 2008)
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To: iowamark

Definitely not his brother’s keeper.


9 posted on 01/06/2010 5:21:12 PM PST by cripplecreek (Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
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To: iowamark

Well, you can choose your friends but you can’t choose your family...


10 posted on 01/06/2010 5:26:59 PM PST by frankenMonkey ("Natural Born Citizen" - US Constitution, 1787; "Words have meaning" - Barack Obama, 2009)
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To: 1_Inch_Group; 2sheep; 2Trievers; 3AngelaD; 3pools; 3rdcanyon; 4Freedom; 4ourprogeny; 7.62 x 51mm; ..

ping


11 posted on 01/07/2010 5:43:27 AM PST by gubamyster
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To: wac3rd

When the government refuses to enforce the law and reward teh criminals, civil disobedience is patriotism against an increasingly illegitimate regime.


12 posted on 01/07/2010 11:24:00 AM PST by rmlew (Democracy tends to ignore..., threats to its existence because it loathes doing what is needed)
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To: frankenMonkey

Exactly.


13 posted on 01/07/2010 2:25:47 PM PST by Dante3
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