Posted on 05/09/2006 12:40:29 PM PDT by NapkinUser
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressmen Tom Tancredo (R-CO) decried a recently-disclosed U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) practice of tipping off the Mexican military to the location of Minutemen volunteers. According to a story in this morning’s Inland Daily Bulletin, CBP notifies the Mexican government of when and where the Minutemen are planning to monitor the border and if violence is used by the Minutemen against illegal aliens. There has not been one verified instance of Minutemen volunteers using violence against illegal aliens.
“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.”
Do you have a link to where it is shown to be a phony report?
I like Brit too, was passing along a comment.
I only see Brit on Sunday morning, actually, as I do not have cable.
I'm with Tancredo here. Not only do we not have enough officers on the borders, but they are under orders to thwart the Minutemen.
Thanks. A phoney report, like one rock, can start a landslide, and yes, there are a lot of wacky ideas from both extremes here.
Thanks. Then 1974...
Can anyone point me to any analysis or a link that shows this report is phoney? It's getting pretty wide coverage from mainsteam outlets and Fox. And apparently more is coming.
I have left voice mail for the author to ask her some questions... have not heard back.
I'm not sure what the site in question... Daily Bulletin... is about.
It's getting widely circulated, for a phoney report. It's on Drudge, it's on two CA newspaper site and on the Tancredo site, that I'm aware. If it's not phoney, it's going to be pure political poison, imho.
I watched them take over SoCal, twice got hit in a parking lot by illegals without insurance.
I still work for a doctor in California and people would be stunned if they saw who and how many are collecting regular medical care via Medi-Cal while others have no insurance or huge deductibles.
And, now, doctors in California who accept HMO's now have to provide interpretors for each language...
Upon what do you base this ill-informed opinion?
It sure has gotten picked up by a wide range of media outlets. And not just the usual suspects - Fox News ran it fairly early on.
Feeling froggy, are you?
Isn't she the woman that O'Reilly has interviewed several times? She is really connected...
Michelle Malkin, too...
"The government may not be your friend."
It may not be but it should be. There are plenty of good people in the government but too bad they must follow the orders of some who are not.
Brit is going to address the issue of the Minutemen being spied on in his next segment (Grapevine).
I have NO IDEA who Sara A. Carter is. But, we'll see if she phones me back.
If it's a phony report, it's an elaborate one.
Wow.
The Pasadena Star-News site made reference to this being on a web site for some sort of Mexican consulate or something.
If she is who I think she is, this woman has had several amazing insight articles lately... I look forward to hearing what she has to say to you.
Good job trying to track this down, La Enchiladita. Keep us posted.
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