Posted on 08/31/2007 10:55:07 PM PDT by yorkie
TUCSON — Two ideologically opposite groups planned news conferences Thursday in downtown Tucson to get out their messages about border politics.
In the morning, one of those groups, the human rights defender Border Action Network launched a new campaign to document abuses and violations of civil rights in border communities.
“The U.S. Constitution applies to everyone ... regardless of legal status,” said Jennifer Allen, executive director of Border Action Network.
Another group — the nonprofit anti-illegal-immigration organization known as American Border Patrol — postponed its afternoon news conference, in which it had planned to release the results of an aerial survey of the U.S.-Mexico border. The results will be released later.
The delay was due to an injury suffered by the organization’s representative, Glenn Spencer, according to a woman who answered the telephone Thursday afternoon at the American Border Patrol’s office in the Hereford-Palominas area.
American Border Patrol is a nonprofit organization that should not be confused with the U.S. Border Patrol, whose white and green-striped vehicles are a common sight in Cochise County.
Border Action Network claims law enforcement by federal and local units has been heavy-handed. Therefore, it is conducting a three-month, statewide campaign with 100 volunteers visiting “immigrant and border communities” to train people in those places how to document civil rights violations.
The U.S. Border Patrol maintains that it adheres to ethical policies. Likewise, accusations such as “racial profiling” have been denied by police agencies such as Bisbee, which, being close to border-straddling Naco, assists the U.S. Border Patrol with dozens of apprehensions of illegal immigrants every week. Many area residents approve of this. Others do not.
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This is a moot point.
>>>This is a moot point.<<<
May I ask you to please explain?
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The Uranus Constitution applies to these hats.
The Border Action Network believes U.S. immigration laws do not apply to foreign nationals.
The American Border Patrol believes in legal immigration.
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