Tancredo responds to U.S. border patrol
This is straight from Tom Tancredo's website in response to the news that the U.S. border patrol has been tipping off the Mexican government as to the whereabouts of the Minutemen.“The Mexican military doesn’t exactly have a ‘good government’ reputation. The Border Patrol has documented more than two hundred incursions into the U.S by the Mexican military, and Texas sheriffs even apprehended Mexican government vehicles that were used to ferry drug runners across the border. By tipping off Mexico’s military to the Minutemen’s location, the U.S. government is asking for trouble,” said Tancredo.
“Heavily-armed military officials stationed only yards from civilians are at least intimidating. I can only surmise that the Border Patrol bureaucrats’ spying is meant to have a chilling effect on the Minutemen’s recruitment of more volunteers,” said Tancredo. “The Minutemen haven’t been accused of breaking the law. Quite the contrary—they have gone out of their way to aid law enforcement and ensure the safety of our border. The U.S. government has no grounds upon which to stifle the Minutemen’s constitutional right to organize,” Tancredo concluded. “I want to know the legal basis for CBP informing a foreign government of the activities of private citizens who are obeying the law.”
For those of you who haven't heard the story, check it out here. From the Daily Bulletin site:
"TJ Bonner, president of the National Border Patrol Council, a union representing more than 10,000 Border Patrol agents, said agents have complained for years about the Mexican consulate's influence over the agency.
"It worries me (that the Mexican government) seems to be unduly influencing our enforcement policies. That's not a legitimate role for any foreign nation," Bonner said, though he added, "It doesn't surprise me."
INFLUENCE??? THAT IS THE SCARY PART!!
Visit the Mexican government's site here for all the gory details. If you don't speak Spanish and need to translate it try Babelfish. You can translate blocks of text or entire sites.
posted by Rebecca @ 5/09/2006 10:44:00 PM
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