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2005-03-21 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by Steve 2005-03-21 9:32:51 AM|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The big question is how many video cameras are going to be out there. Imagine movie after movie showing herds of illegals like in the Hollywood movie "Born in East L.A." But unlike the normal flood of illegals, most ordinary Mexicans will avoid that border crossing for a month--instead, many of the crossers will be looking for a fight. Crossing the border could soon be seen the same as when Poncho Villa attacked Columbus, New Mexico. Nothing quite like a few firefights to get peoples' attention.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-03-21 9:57:11 AM|| 2005-03-21 9:57:11 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 The American Civil Liberties Union has warned [...] that it is assigning monitors to ensure none of the aliens are abused.

Who's going to ensure that the ACLU doesn't get abused? Hope there are a few barrow boy spivs in the group.

Posted by BH 2005-03-21 10:03:07 AM|| 2005-03-21 10:03:07 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 The American Civil Liberties Union has warned the 950 volunteers expected to take part next month in an Arizona border vigil against illegal immigration that it is assigning monitors to ensure none of the aliens are abused.

A few "warning shots across the bow" should suffice.

Geronimo Gutierrez, undersecretary for North American affairs at Mexico's Foreign Ministry, wrote that actions by the volunteers "could be in violation of federal and state laws to the detriment of Mexican citizens," adding that Mexico did not want "the rights of its citizens transgressed."

Keep 'em away from the border, preferably on the Mexico side, and nothing will happen.

Simple stuff, really.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-03-21 10:43:47 AM|| 2005-03-21 10:43:47 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Cheer-up,maybe we will get some video of these proto-communist,city bred tranzies stumbling around the Sonoran and Mojavi deserts.Should to be very intertaining.

Posted by raptor 2005-03-21 12:17:34 PM|| 2005-03-21 12:17:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 So long as the ACLU reps position themselves directly between the loaded bang sticks of the volunteers and the illegals...

Posted by Hyper 2005-03-21 12:39:43 PM|| 2005-03-21 12:39:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 I would trade the Mexican government even up, 1 ACLU lawyer for each 10 illegals (I would do 1 to 1, but that would be too heavy a burden on Mexico), with the only provision that they have to keep the lawyers from recrossing the border for at least 10 years (or permanently, if they so chose, after all they are lawyers, not protected species like kangaroo rats). Financially, this would be a win - win.

Posted by RWV 2005-03-21 12:58:10 PM|| 2005-03-21 12:58:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 I hope the Miniutemen are armed with Video. I think a video of the ACLU 'staging' an incident (and I do think that they are capable and willing to stage an incident) would be interesting (even if the MSM would never show it).

Posted by CrazyFool 2005-03-21 1:54:28 PM|| 2005-03-21 1:54:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 I emailed a suggestion about the ACLU to the Minutemen Project and did receive an answer. They are not really worried about the ACLU given that the majority of their volunteers will be on land that is privately owned with the ACLU not invited and they also aren't too sure of these 'observers' being able to keep up and find them.

If you look over the MMP site, you'll see they intend each patrol to have *at least* one videocamera and they are under orders to avoid any contact with the illegals if they can. Procedure is for the patrols to simply report their location, numbers, etc to the MMP and to the Border Patrol.

Posted by Silentbrick 2005-03-21 5:26:25 PM|| 2005-03-21 5:26:25 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 I wish these guys would get a clue about PR.... the Minutemen Project? Is the Jolly John Bircher brigade ready for action? This is nutz.

Posted by Shipman 2005-03-21 5:57:58 PM|| 2005-03-21 5:57:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Actually Shipman, I think it was their wives that gave them the name.

Posted by Thans Anginetch3773 2005-03-21 6:16:58 PM|| 2005-03-21 6:16:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 ..the majority of their volunteers will be on land that is privately owned with the ACLU not invited..

Don't count on the ACLU obeying a no trespassing edict or appropriate signage. An armed patrol would probably be necessary, whether it be the landowners themselves or qualified individuals under contract.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-03-21 9:28:16 PM|| 2005-03-21 9:28:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 BAR - In that case the ACLU and MSM will play *that* as the Miniutemen 'hiding something' instead of a landowner not wanting the ACLU on contaminating their property.

Posted by CrazyFool 2005-03-21 10:29:01 PM|| 2005-03-21 10:29:01 PM|| Front Page Top

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