LAT: Volunteers to Patrol Border Near San Diego ("Border Watch")

[DeepModem Mom]

Volunteers to Patrol Border Near San Diego
By Anna Gorman, Times Staff Writer


Invigorated by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's praise for the Minuteman Project in Arizona, a Chino group says that it has enlisted hundreds of volunteers to patrol the Mexican border near San Diego this summer.

Organizers are hoping that Border Watch will keep the national spotlight on what they see as a failure of the Bush administration to secure the country's borders from illegal immigrants and terrorists.

"This is not about race," said Andy Ramirez, 37, chairman of Friends of the Border Patrol. "It's about protecting America's borders."

Ramirez, whose grandfather was a Mexican immigrant, said he had collected more than 300 applications from former military personnel, police officers, customs agents and others. Volunteers will not confront illegal immigrants, he said, but will report their location to the Border Patrol.

Opponents, including the ACLU of Southern California, worry about the potential for violence and escalating racial tensions. They denounced the citizen brigades as vigilantes and questioned the campaign's motives....


http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-border5may05,0,860059.story?coll=la-home-local

[joeybee12]

1. If it's not racism, why aren't they patrolling Canada's borders?

The nitwit says it about security--bullshit. There are plenty of open areas between the Canadian/American border where terrorists could come in...it's all about keeping Mexicans out. I hardly think someone trying to feed his/her family is a security threat.

One more reason to dump Ah-nuld.

[central scrutinizer]

2. Feliz de Cinco de Mayo, baby

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[Cha]

7. That's freakin' funny.

swarmie and his not so good English, again!

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

3. Ok..for the sake of humoring these fools, I suggest all undocumented

workers stop working in California for ONE WEEK..wait til you see the price of meat, milk and vegetables

[Sequoia]

6. All in favor say, Aye:

AYE TO THE 1OTH POWER AND PIE R SQUARE IT TOO.

[catzies]

8. Did you see the movie "A Day Without a Mexican?"

I loved it.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

12. No..but I will now..thanks

[BeHereNow]

10. I would like to add to your suggestion NSMA-

All these dress up weekend border warriors
need to enlist.
BHN

[Selatius]

11. But on the same token, they shouldn't be mistreated either

The price of these goods should be secondary to the welfare of all workers, including illegal aliens. If you have to pay three or four times what you pay now for certain goods, then you should accept that as an issue of social justice. Would you rather buy a tomato that's dirt cheap but came at the expense of these workers? Or a tomato that's more expensive yet wasn't grown on the exploitation, manipulation, and mistreatment of illegal aliens?

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

13. I agree with that, but it seems to me one is handling the symptom

instead of the disease when they scapegoat. Our immigration policies are bigoted, arbitrary and caprecious. Why is it that if a Cuban swims to shore they can stay but if a Haitian swims to shore, they cannot?

[Selatius]

14. Well, now you're talking about the Cuban lobby there

That law that allows Cubans to stay, while Haitians are booted out, is the result of political pandering. You can point the finger squarely at Congress for that insane policy.

[Julius Civitatus]

4. Arnold is an embarrassment

and a subtle philo-Nazi. His praise for these clowns who are actually defying the law and demeaning the authority of the US government by taking the law on their own hands is IRRESPONSIBLE.

RECALL ARNOLD NOW!!

http://www.slumdance.com/recallarnold/

http://www.petitiononline.com/schwarze/petition.html

http://recallarnold.blogspot.com/

[Ian David]

5. The North American Minuteman Border Legionaries Association (NAMBLA)

Call them by their full name and google-bomb at will.


The North American Minuteman Border Legionaries Association (NAMBLA)

[central scrutinizer]

9. you are a sicko

LOL