Posted on 03/31/2005 10:16:34 AM PST by Travis McGee
Away from it all, taking it nice and easy is just how Terry Green likes to spend his time on his ATV in the deserts west of Tucson.
"We've hardly ever run into anybody else riding quads out here,” Green said. "We're not out here turning donuts and whatnot, we're out here kind of sightseeing."
Green has known these deserts for decades, but that doesn’t mean he’s letting his guard down. He carries both a pistol and a rifle when he rides.
"It's like the Boy Scouts. Be prepared. Usually you have weapons, you don't need them. It's when you don't have weapons you wish you did,” Green said.
A few weeks ago, Green wasn't sure whether he would need his guns or not when he met something he had never seen before head on.
"We basically came face to face, they stopped, we stopped, just for a moment I think the driver thought I was Border Patrol and half the people jumped off the truck and headed north, the other half headed south,” Green said.
Green estimates there were as many as forty people who gathered back to the truck, and let him take this picture to the left. He believes they were illegal immigrants.
"What else would they be? There weren't 40 of them out there in a pickup truck for a picnic,” Green said.
Green's encounter was peaceful, but, it still illustrates his concern about what's going on in the deserts outside of town, and the safety of those who choose to go out there.
"What if these had been drug smugglers? That would have been a whole different scenario,” Green said.
With all those possibilities, Green still keeps criss-crossing the deserts west of town, which are lands he claims just as much right to as anyone else.
"I'm not much at running away from a fight. What are you going to do? I'm not going stay home in my backyard,” Green said.
Especially when he's just as much at home in a backyard open to everyone.
Green said that he tried to contact authorities after seeing the truckload of people; however, he was out of cell range. The U.S. Border Patrol has a number to call to report illegal immigrant smuggling, at
1-877-USBP-HELP.
Also, note how bold and fearless the illegal border jumpers are, to travel packed into a truck like this for all the world to see.
They must be very confident that there is no serious Border Patrol presence in that area, to roll through with 40 in a truck!
This man sounds like a real "racist" huh?
Now there's a vehicle that has serious maintenance issues.
What immigration problem?
U.S. Constitution Article 4 Section 4:
"The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government,
The actual U.S. border in central Arizona.
Awwww. They're waving "Hi".
"What immigration problem?"
There is no immigration problem, just like there isn't a terrorist threat!!!
Great point!!!!!!!!!!!!
Of course they're bold!
NO need to hide or to be stealth.
"This country has lost control of its borders.
And no country can sustain that kind of position."
RONALD WILSON REAGAN
I will try to keep my post calm. Can we please focus on this problem? What has to happen to get results
"I will try to keep my post calm. Can we please focus on this problem? What has to happen to get results"
What are you talking about?
LOL!!!! I was being sarcastic on #7
Travis stole my story ping (^:
"What has to happen to get results"
Arrest, fine, and imprison employeers of illegals!
That includes homeowners hiring them off the street corner for $10/hr!
They must have been rushing to get in ahead of the unmentionable project.
The Undocumented Border Patrol will be southeast of Tucson.
No maintenance problems here, when the truck breaks down they'll just steal another.
These folks passed me on the Beltway this morning - I noticed them because they passed on my right. That rally bends me out of shape! I said to myself, "I wish I was a cop! Where are they going is such a hurry?!"
If they're looking for illegal aliens, they need look no further than nearly every checkout lane at our local Wal-Mart at any time of the day or night.
... or, they can check the line at our local DMV of those applying for drivers licenses, but need to take the test in Spanish and need a state supplied interpreter to fill out the paperwork. That would constitute most of those in line....
"What has to happen to get results"
1. Put the National Guard on both borders (should have happened after 9/11)
2. Find and deport as many illegals as possible
3. Give Vincente the bird.
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