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April 02, 2005
Minutemen Part 3
Laurie Roberts writes on the effectiveness of the minutemen in increasing border patrol efforts:
On Wednesday, just two days before the Minutemen assembled on the Arizona-Mexico border, the head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection hightailed it to Tucson to announce a "comprehensive strategy" to secure the border. Suddenly, Arizona is getting 534 new Border Patrol agents. Suddenly, Arizona is getting 23 aircraft to patrol the border, to bolster the 15 here. So urgent is the need, that 155 officers are en route. "The point is, we're determined to take control of our border," Robert Bonner, the border commissioner, said.
Arizona Senator Jon Kyl writes on the lawlessness of the Mexican government:
What make Fox's statements particularly galling are reports that Mexico consistently violates the rights of illegal immigrants crossing its own southern border from Central and South America. The State Department's February Human Rights Practices report cites abuses at all levels of the Mexican government, and charges that Mexican police and immigration officials not only abuse illegal immigrants, but actually participate in trafficking them.
I have no problem with a lot of immigrants coming into our country, but if the federal government is going to allow it, it needs to do while upholding the law. Large sections of our borders have descended into a state of anarchy and that is bad news for all involved.
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Posted by Pete at April 2, 2005 06:05 PM
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