Posted on 04/21/2005 4:45:24 AM PDT by Spiff
Border agents approve of 'Minutemen'
Posted: April 21, 2005
1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com
Through the years politicians, lawyers and advocacy groups have overseen the implementation of policies that grant illegal aliens more rights to sneak into the country than rights given to Border Patrol agents charged with keeping them out. Needless to say, that has led to a level of frustration, anger and resentment within BP ranks that is virtually unparalleled in terms of federal service.
This month, however, a fortunate few of them have been given a temporary reprieve, and receiving much-needed assistance to do the jobs they were trained and hired to do. Agents posted along a portion of the Arizona-Mexico border near Naco have witnessed the deployment of dozens of civilian volunteers, whose April 1-30 mission is to help staunch the flow of illegal aliens from south of the border.
The volunteers are quick to note they're not there because the Border Patrol can't do it's job. They know, for example, that there isn't anyone – except maybe the Coast Guard and the Marine Corps – who can do as much with so few and so little.
No, the volunteers came because they know how serious the illegal immigration problem has become. And they know the Border Patrol can use the help.
In case you haven't heard, this little operation is called the "Minuteman Project" and its organizers – James Gilchrist and Chris Simcox – say the Arizona effort is just the beginning. They want to expand their horizons to include protests, rallies and more border deployments, all in an effort to assist the Border Patrol and bring attention to the problem of porous borders – which is unacceptable in a time of terrorism.
If you have heard of this group, chances are it has been in a negative context. Unfortunately the card-carrying American Civil Liberties Union types, biased media editorialists and immigrant "rights" groups have put forth the nothing these volunteers are little more than bigoted vigilantes armed to the teeth, waiting to blast every border jumper they see into Kingdom Come.
The truth is much stranger than the fiction, however, and none of those accusations are true. But don't believe me. U.S. Border Patrol agents themselves are fawning in their praise of these individuals and the effort they are putting forth.
In interviews, agents decry the "official" line from bosses in D.C., which has generally been negative, as inaccurate. They say they've not encountered any problems from the Minutemen, and that the volunteers are helping them thwart illegal incursions, at least in the areas they are present.
Finally, they say they appreciate the help.
"You know, it is only the brass and D.C. that feel the Minutemen are not wanted," one Border Patrol agent told me. "I reached out with a lot of the line agents and they all love them."
Another says most colleagues agree the Minutemen are doing good work. Noting agents "appreciate what they are trying to accomplish," he added that "agents on the line ... are Americans who want to secure the sovereignty of the United States, our language and culture.
"We Border Patrol agents may work for the U.S. government, but we are Americans first – fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters and friends – members of the community, then we are citizens of the United States, then we are federal employees," the agent continued.
Finally, Border Patrol union website Local 2544, encompassing the Tucson, Ariz. area – a hotbed of illegal immigration activity – proudly and publicly stated:
We have not had one single complaint from a rank-and-file agent in this sector about the Minutemen. Every report we've received indicates these people are very supportive of the rank-and-file agents, they're courteous, many of them are retired firefighters, cops and other professionals, and they're not causing us any problems whatsoever.
Yet this support is being criticized and hijacked, mostly by people who ought to know better – and would, if they spent any time in the shoes of a Border Patrol agent or a Minuteman volunteer.
The real shame is not so much that these volunteers are giving up their own time and money to help defend our borders. It's not so much that the effort highlights the government's hypocrisy in pledging to protect our borders while giving the professionals charged with doing it few legal and practical tools with which to complete their mission.
No, the real shame is that there are Americans finding fault with the effort.
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Jon E. Dougherty is the author of "Illegals: The Imminent Threat Posed by Our Unsecured U.S.-Mexico Border."
"We have not had one single complaint from a rank-and-file agent in this sector about the Minutemen. Every report we've received indicates these people are very supportive of the rank-and-file agents, they're courteous, many of them are retired firefighters, cops and other professionals, and they're not causing us any problems whatsoever."
The Minute Men are hero's.
The rank and file do, for sure.
Their bosses, otoh, have essentially been holding to the President's ridiculous "vigilante" party line.
Can we donate to their cause?
you betcha!
http://www.minutemanproject.com
Immigrants DO have rights; however, those rights are dependent upon said immigrant applying for citizenship (at least, they OUGHT to be).
Ping the pingers
Indeed they do. Food, Water and a ticket back to the other
side of the boarder. Anything more than that is pure crap.
Lookee what Spiffy found!
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"We Border Patrol agents may work for the U.S. government, but we are Americans first – fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters and friends – members of the community, then we are citizens of the United States, then we are federal employees," the agent continued.
Finally, Border Patrol union website Local 2544, encompassing the Tucson, Ariz. area – a hotbed of illegal immigration activity – proudly and publicly stated:
We have not had one single complaint from a rank-and-file agent in this sector about the Minutemen. Every report we've received indicates these people are very supportive of the rank-and-file agents, they're courteous, many of them are retired firefighters, cops and other professionals, and they're not causing us any problems whatsoever.
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In case you haven't heard, this little operation is called the "Minuteman Project" and its organizers – James Gilchrist and Chris Simcox – say the Arizona effort is just the beginning. They want to expand their horizons to include protests, rallies and more border deployments, all in an effort to assist the Border Patrol and bring attention to the problem of porous borders – which is unacceptable in a time of terrorism.
In my mind, the really important part of this political tug of war is that no one believes the "authorities." Despite the relentless war being waged against the Minutemen, the American population is not buying it. I wonder why we have not seen a poll on how the public views the Minutemen? Does any one believe some liberal group hasn't done one? The reason is obvious. The polls must show overwhelming support for them!
The polls are coming. They will be out in offiical print in November 2006.
Thanks. I just donated.
>>In interviews, agents decry the "official" line from bosses in D.C., which has generally been negative, as inaccurate. <<<
nothing new there. this could be said for every dang fed agency there is. (and how many ARE there now?)
the DC suits think the American Citizen is the enemy, and they seem to have huge ego problems, and they are untouchable. presidents come and go - and these people stay - no matter what. it's ridiculous. i wish we could elect just one man who would have the backbone to really clean up Washington DC and purge these agencies.
We want to make it clear because we've had a lot of questions about this.....we have not had one single complaint from a rank-and-file agent in this Sector about the Minutemen. Every report we've received indicates these people are very supportive of the rank-and-file agents, they're courteous, many of them are retired firefighters, cops, and other professionals, and they're not causing us any problems whatsoever. Reports of them causing "ground sensors" to go off are exaggerated because most of those are being set off by the ACLU sneaking around trying to find the Minutemen doing something wrong. - Border Patrol Agents
We've been over this and you're obtuse posts are growing tiresome.
Border Patrol management is telling LIES. Border Patrol agents are supportive of the Minuteman Project and don't see them as a "hindrance".
i wanted to ask you guys about the sidebar poll on FR:
>>>Should the border patrol be
privatized and manned by an
all volunteer force?<<<
what the ???
who thought that question up... and why?
Heck, I even voted No.
LOL
how else CAN you vote? we are already paying for border patrol...
it's like a business man who hires employees and then works nights and weekends to do their job - but keeps paying the employees. who in their right mind would do that?
but watch the results of this "POLL" to be used to show people are against the MMP project.... mark my words.
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