Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: JBA on May 19, 2005, 11:57:32 AM
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http://www.washtimes.com/national/20050519-121320-2950r.htm
Minuteman organizer James T. Gilchrist, whose 850 volunteers shut down the flow of illegal aliens along a 23-mile section of Arizona-Mexico border last month, has joined forces with another citizens group to help organize a new border vigil in California -- beginning in August.
The Minuteman Project has reached an agreement with the Friends of the Border Patrol (FBP) to help promote a new "border watch" aimed at assisting U.S. Border Patrol agents in apprehending illegal aliens on the California border near San Diego.
FBP Chairman Andy Ramirez said more than 500 volunteers have signed up to patrol areas of the California-Mexico border in August, including former Border Patrol agents, retired police and military personnel and pilots. He said yesterday that at least 2,000 more applications from volunteers nationwide are still being reviewed.
Their goal was to show that increased manpower on the border effectively would deter illegal immigration. Organizers said the protest resulted in Border Patrol arrests of 349 illegal aliens, and Border Patrol field agents said the flow of illegal aliens through the targeted area dropped from 500 apprehensions a day to about 15 a day.
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All they want to do is work and send our money to Mexico.
What's the harm?
-SW
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Originally posted by AKS\/\/ulfe
All they want to do is work and send our money to Mexico.
What's the harm?
-SW
phewwwww.....what smelly bait you have there!;)
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One of the biggest cover=ups in years is the non-story coming from Government agencies regarding the reduction in illegal immigration during the Minutemen's watch.
You would think this would be a huge story.. you would think that someone on either side of the aisle would say "Hey look! We reduced boarder crossings by a factor of 10 just by watching. Maybe this is a good thing."
Actually I heard reports that say the INS agents in the same area have been ordered to relax apprehensions to make the huge drop in April look less conclusive.. I hope this isn't true.