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Garner Miller wrote:
> 
> In article <42954071.D91806AB@ix.netcom.com>, <poboxdc@ix.netcom.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > If they are no threat, why are they being chased and forced to land?
> >
> 
> Are you kidding?  For the same reason we're wanding 85-year-old women
> in wheelchairs.  A dog-and-pony show for the uneducated, to prove to
> them that the government's "doing something."  It's all eyewash.
> 
> --
> Garner R. Miller
> ATP/CFII/MEI
> Clifton Park, NY =USA=

That's an expensive show they put on! I wish the government
would take the borders more seriously. This state here is
starting to burst from all the illegal citizens.

(KM)

Volunteers recruited to help catch illegal immigrants in East Tennessee

WBIR (Knoxville, TN), May 21, 2005
http://www.wbir.com/news/news.aspx?storyid=25845

They work on the U.S border in Arizona, as part of a volunteer army
called the Minutemen. Soon, the brigade will be in Tennessee with a
mission of catching companies that hire illegal immigrants.

'If people are hiring them, they're usually paid under the table.
They're not getting any workmen's comp,' said David Heppler of
Arizona Border Watch.

Those behind the effort say volunteers will patrol local businesses,
looking for employers that are hiring people who've illegally crossed
the border.

The US Boarder Patrol says they've never endorsed the activities of the
Minutemen in Arizona, stressing that it's the Border Patrol's job to
catch illegal immigrants.

Some in East Tennessee say these kinds of tactics amount to begging for
trouble.

'I worry they'll come up here and start some kind of chaos,' says
Hispanic activist Luis Crespo.

Crespo fears minority groups will become unfair targets, regardless if
they're American citizens.

'Morristown, Hamblen County is blessed because we have people from all
over the country, the industries come from around the globe,' said
Crespo.

'This is not an Hispanic issue. This is an issue of undocumented
workers from any country. Not just Mexico. The problem with the public
is that they think United States/Mexico,' said Heppler.

Despite the objections, the Minutemen are moving forward. They hope to
have as many as 600 volunteers in just two months.
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