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| Border Patrol Watch To Expand To Other States |
| 2005-04-19 |
| The leaders of the volunteer "Minuteman" border patrol are planning expansion. They say they will not only continue watching the Arizona-Mexico border into the summer, but hope to have volunteers along the border from Texas to California by October. They also say they plan to pursue legal action against large U.S. companies that knowingly employ illegals. A good argument can be made that such businesses are in violation of the RICO statutes, but the federal courts have determined that illegals have no right to sue these companies to force compliance of minimum wage, labor and health laws, or even for forbidding illegals to unionize. That is, using them as near-slave labor. So the Minutemen will actually have to prove "standing" against these companies to sue them for violating laws the authorities refuse to enforce. 'Statutory Neglect' is hard to get around. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #6 Hee hee.... Just keep it away from the Militia boys. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-04-19 7:39:12 PM |
| #5 What the F*&k do you mean by ....er .....LOL . cooler heads indeed :-) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-04-19 6:47:47 PM |
| #4 There is no doubt that the heat is really getting cranked up on this issue. There is going to be a series of rallies in DC next week spearheaded by MoveAmericaForward.org They are calling the rally Hold Their Feet to the Fire. Learn more at http://www.nomoreamnesty.com/ It will include a large group of talk show hosts and others who are focused on the topic. Regardless of what happens, there has to be a change to the status quo. There were some great comments on yesterday's thread on the topic. Hopefully, cool enough heads can prevail to permit serious discussion of the issues rather than name calling. This, I know, is a naive wish. |
| Posted by: Remoteman 2005-04-19 6:28:58 PM |
| #3 So the Minutemen will actually have to prove "standing" against these companies to sue them for violating laws the authorities refuse to enforce. ’Statutory Neglect’ is hard to get around. My answer: File in the 9th Circus in S.F. Heck, Michael Newdow got "standing" and he wasn't even the kids' legal guardian. Besides, they hate businesses and love the illegals, so the Minutemen just might win in that Circuit under RICO. |
| Posted by: BA 2005-04-19 1:57:29 PM |
| #2 Amen. Shame the Govt into action. The MSM will switch sides if the ACLU quietly crawls away (the blogosphere will notice it's with their tails tucked) - and they think they can bash Bush with it, of course. The ACLU Moonbats won't give up their precious DC lifestyle of lattes and long lunches for long and they'll run out of pot-smoking legal aides willing to sit on highway shoulders in the desert. Mebbe we can speed that up by telling them about rattlesnakes, scorpions, and gila monsters. Just a couple more of these fantastic displays of civil citizen power, with similar restraint, and the shoe will be on the other foot. Single-handedly, these people are beating the snot out of the ACLU, lol! The Minutemen rock. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-04-19 10:53:33 AM |
| #1 keep the spotlight on! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-04-19 10:41:36 AM |