We spent a lot of time on Tammy Radio today talking about this outrage. In an absolutely obscene betrayal of American civil rights and protection, it has been revealed that the US Border Patrol has been divulging Minuteman location information to the Mexican government. The report also quotes a border patrol agent who says they have received orders to not only not credit Minutemen for calls regarding illegal alien crossings, but to actually not respond to Minuteman alerts regarding illegal crossings into this country.
Because of jealousy, envy and other various control issues, the US Border Patrol, which all of us are paying for with our tax dollars, are ignoring alerts by Minutemen which could be al-Qaida coming across or drug runners, putting American citizens at direct risk. This is also diplomatic international communications and agreements, which the Border Patrol on its own does not create–this means the White House and State Department must be fully aware, if not the designer, of this outrageous betrayal.
Combine this with our government placing American citizens at risk who are Minutemen by supplying a foreign government with their location and activity. This information is going to the same government who has uniformed soldiers breaching our border and firing on American citizens as they assist drug traffickers. The headline of this story, therefore, is a tad misleading. The Border Patrol (i.e. the U.S. government) isn’t just ‘tipping’ Mexico re Minuteman locations, they’re conspiring with a foreign government against the rights and safety of U.S. citizens. Why? To protect “migrant rights” according to an official U.S. Border Patrol spokesman.
Absolutely mindnumbingly outrageous. Read it, weep, and then get very, very angry.
U.S. tipping Mexico to Minuteman patrols (HT Drudge)
While Minuteman civilian patrols are keeping an eye out for illegal border crossers, the U.S. Border Patrol is keeping an eye out for Minutemen — and telling the Mexican government where they are.
According to three documents on the Mexican Secretary of Foreign Relations Web site, the U.S. Border Patrol is to notify the Mexican government as to the location of Minutemen and other civilian border patrol groups when they participate in apprehending illegal immigrants — and if and when violence is used against border crossers.
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman confirmed the notification process, describing it as a standard procedure meant to reassure the Mexican government that migrants’ rights are being observed. […]
Border Patrol agents interviewed by the Daily Bulletin said they have been asked to report to sector headquarters the location of all civilian volunteer groups, but to not file the groups’ names in reports if they spot illegal immigrants.
“Last year an internal memo notified all agents not to give credit to Minuteman volunteers or others who call in sightings of illegal aliens,” said one agent, who spoke on the condition he not be identified. “We were told to list it as a citizen call and leave it at that. Many times, we were told not to go out to Minuteman calls.” …
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Wow. It just doesn’t get any worse than this. I have very clearly landed in the camp of heavy, but legal immigration. What is going on here is absolutely insane. If we are not going to enforce our border with Mexico, then why do we even have a border patrol? The border patrol is a dysfuncional waste of money, like everything else in the Department of Homeland Security. The terrible part is that I just don’t see any of this changing. I think we are going to let illegals across, keep them illegal and continue to create a slave class in America to benefit the corporations, and our lawmakes are going to continue to go along with it. It’s shameful. It makes me embarrassed to be an American, and that is a sad day.
Hmmmmm………… something about this course of action smacks of a union inspired action. So I guess my next question is: Are the U.S. Border Parol unionized?
Are the U.S. Border Parol unionized?
Is the Pope Catholic?
Like every other federal agency, chances are high that the Border Patrol are unionized…which totally explains their ineptitude and inabillity to do their damn job.
Here’s a job that THIS American WOULD be willing to do: Sit on the border in a foxhole along the main “immigrant” routes and apprehend said “immigrants” for dentention and speedy deportation back across the border.
Come to think of it, at this point, why aren’t we boycotting Mexico? France betrayed us, we boycotted them, Mexico is doing WAAAAAY more damage to our country, and is a far more hostile entity than France is, why no boycott of Mexico?
Besides, their nationals had a day of boycotts on OUR ecconomy, I wonder what a prolonged boycott of services, buisnesses, etc… that rely on illegal labour, on top of a no vacations to Cancun or Cabo would do to the Mexican ecconomy?
Tom Tancredo appearing on FoxNews with John Gibson,
said that the Border Patrol Agents would not have acted without authorization from above.
This is a betrayal by someone in the Bush Administration, not only of the Minutemen, but the American people.
I agree with Tammy. America needs a Third political party. The two major parties pander to special interest groups and corporate interests and ignore the will of the people.
As is often the case, we’re hobbled by our relatively subdued natures. When provoked, I’ll probably write a UN-style strongly worded letter to my Congressman, who will respond four months later with an oblivious, obsequious form letter. Then I’ll shrug and give up. I haven’t got time for this nonsense. And I don’t want to take to the streets; the idea makes me feel like another loudmouthed lout. Meanwhile, the other side can conjure up an impressively ugly street presence. They create the aura of having the wind in their sails, even though their ideas are opposed by a solid majority. But the boys in Washington want smooth sailing. They don’t want clashes; they just want the discord to go away. Lord knows, maybe it’s even for the best. Their theory may be that these hotspots will quietly burn themselves out if you shrug them off. It’s like with the notorious cartoon jihad. Nobody really believes the press did the right thing by largely ignoring the biggest news story of the period. But the media chose the path by which they steered themselves clear of the turmoil. It was a cowardly reaction from an industry that likes to trumpet how brave and responsible it is, but we’re not surprised. And now that story is gone, so they must have done right, eh? So George Bush is beleaguered on Iraq, and he doesn’t want any other fights. He doesn’t want to fight for the budget. He doesn’t want to fight for the border. He doesn’t want to encourage the perception that he’s a disagreeable man who can’t get along with anyone. Unlike Ronald Reagan or Bill Clinton, he can’t seem to rise above the fray and let the mud slide off his Teflon armor. So he’ll drift with the flow and accommodate the noisy crew. And I’m not sure what we’re supposed to do about that.
That’s one theory, anyway. I wouldn’t say it completely describes what’s happening, but it’s probably at least a piece of it.
That government of the people, by the people and for the people has perished from the Earth.
Bush has now engaged in domestic spying against lawful Americans exercising their lawful rights of freedoms of assembly and speech, and he has done so in collusion with a corrupt, drug-ridden government of Mexico. This is impeachable. I completely separate this unconsciousable domestic spying from our NSA’s spying on al-Qaeda in the US. Further, Bush does not protect our borders, does not protect our ports, encourages a massive invasion of illegals, and sends our jobs and technologies to China, India, etc. I must finally say the following: impeach Bush. Yes, IMPEACH BUSH!! Don Saar, [email protected].
Tammy, I think this falls under the heading of “American Citizenship is Dying.” You’ve talked about the parallel with Rome before. Assigning the rights of citizenship to non-citizens, plus squashing or setting aside the rights of our citizens is a double column attack.
I agree we need a third party (and I’m speaking for others I know as well).
I’m not sure that this belongs here, but I’m so tired of hearing about immigrants rights.
My great grandparents on both sides, upon reaching Ellis Island changed their surnames to what they thought would be “more American”. They refused to teach their children their native language and customs and as a result I have missed out on my cultural heritage.
Now the government, that is supported by my votes and tax dollars, is thwarting the efforts of true patriots. How does alerting an uncooperative, foreign entity of the efforts by law abiding, civic minded citizens to keep the dregs of that foreign society out of our country constitute good policy?
I’m a transplanted New Yorker, but that doesn’t mean that my feelings for my home town are any lessened. As an American citizen I’m outraged that Bush’s war on terrorism is so short sighted that the hemorrhage of our borders due to the influx of illegal aliens is a matter of domestic policy and not national security.
I don’t have anything against someone who wants a better life for their children, but I have more respect for the Nelson Mandela’s of the world who try to improve their countries, than I do for people who, by their presence, break the laws of the country they want to adopt as their new homeland by coming here illegally.