Americans doing the jobs Congre$$ won't do.
Posted on 04/30/2006 10:09:10 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
As immigrants and their supporters prepared for a massive boycott, opponents of illegal immigration went to work building a border fence meant to symbolize their support of a secure border.
About 200 volunteers organized by the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps of California began building a six-foot barbed wire fence Saturday along a quarter-mile stretch of rugged terrain in Boulevard, about 50 miles east of San Diego.
Tim Donnelly, the group's leader, said volunteers ate apple pie and hot dogs as they worked on the fence, which was connected to an existing 12-foot high fence previously built by the federal government.
The volunteers wanted to send a message to Congress that the government should block entry to the United States and not grant amnesty to illegal immigrants, Donnelly said.
Thousands of immigrants and their supporters are expected to boycott work and schools Monday to raise awareness of their contributions to society.
"This was largely sent as a message to Congress so they'll see on May 1, there are jobs that even illegal immigrants don't want to do, but Americans are more than willing to do them," Donnelly said, referring to the fence-building.
Donnelly said before the event he called a local contact at the U.S. Border Patrol and told him what the volunteers planned to do. He declined to name the local contact.
Department of Homeland Security spokesman Richard Kite said Saturday there had been "no indications our operations or the property of the Border Patrol have been tampered with or altered in any way by citizen groups."
I'm LUVIN it !!
Good to see my contribution dollars
used as they said they would us them!
Excellent idea. They should round up all the illegal aliens they can find to help them build it, then make sure the last part to get finished is on the south side of the fence.
Thank you Minutemen.
I'm all for it.
Where does one send contributions for this project?
"Tim Donnelly, the group's leader, said volunteers ate apple pie and hot dogs as they worked on the fence, which was connected to an existing 12-foot high fence previously built by the federal government."
Don't be surprised if the govt comes in and tears down the new fence. I won't be.
"Don't be surprised if the govt comes in and tears down the new fence. I won't be."
If they do and it gets widely publicized can you say President Tancredo?
I will be sending $100 to the Minutemen to help build this fence.
Semper Fi'
Jarhead
If you would like to make a donation..
https://protected.bluedomino.com/minutemanproject/Donations.html
Well, that's not going to happen. We're not going to be mining the border and killing people crossing it illegally. It's still a misdemeanor, after all.
Your suggestion goes beyond the threat.
Americans doing the jobs Congre$$ won't do.
All of 'em I'm seeing which are a lot...I look at them and wonder if they came to this country legally. In fact, until this all started with their protest, I paid little attention to the numbers of them around me. Now that's all I notice.
Misdemeanor or not, it's still a potential threat to national security and our economic stability, with transcends the legal mumbo jumbo. I have no problem whatsoever mining our entire border with Me-hi-co. If you think my suggestion goes beyond the threat perhaps you should start "widening your scan" of the big picture.
I went to the website for this project to try to volunteer to build the fence. I could not get on. If anybody knows how to get on or has more info please Freep mail me.
" If you think my suggestion goes beyond the threat perhaps you should start "widening your scan" of the big picture."
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