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."
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Anybody who pays the going bribery rate.
No, this is outside of the Vienna Convention and deals strictly with illegal immigration.
There's no end to the sleaze in our government, is there?
Do tell. I just reread the Vienna Convention, and it makes no distinction regarding the nature of the detention.
PING!
No end to the sleaze...
Ok lets start from the top so I can see if you are serious. Do you believe that illegal invaders have committed a criminal act?
You're welcome.
Everyday that we can knock more party blinders off, we get closer.
Agreed. But if the GOP doesn't wake up, like yesterday, they will have done it to themselves.
Even if the purpose is so the Mexican government can take steps to avoid direct armed conflict across the border?
Maybe they are busy?
What migrant rights????????
Migrants have rights. I have posted this before and I am going to post this again. Click on the borderless map and then click on table of contents.
http://www.naalc.org
Somehow I was happier when I didn't know about this....
Apology accepted.
You have just summed up the issue very well. Good post.
I asked before and you didn't answer me. You say that you are a lawyer. Are you an ACLU lawyer? A member? Do you support or have association with the ACLU in any way, shape, or form?
It's a chore, I tell ya! : )
You can't get such blatant lies past FReepers.
Besides, ks, you know claw-rence doesn't want ZERO illegal immigration and neither does the Bush43 administration.
We do...
"You don't think after 500+ posts, and duplicate threads, there's been enough trouble stirred up? At least I don't advocate violence or call for Bush's impeachment ; )"
Is the truth actually starting to sting?
LOL, where are the Bushbots and the "you hate Bush" posts that they are so fond of?
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