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Title: Gov't Considers Using Border Patrol Volunteers
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KCRA
URL Source: http://www.thekcrachannel.com/news/4749832/detail.html
Published: Jul 21, 2005
Author: AP
Post Date: 2005-07-21 16:20:30 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
Ping List: *The Border*
Keywords: Volunteers, Considers, Border
Views: 140
Comments: 3
POSTED: 4:32 pm PDT July 20, 2005 LOS ANGELES -- The federal government is thinking of training volunteer border patrol groups such as the Minuteman Project and organizing them into a kind of Border Patrol auxiliary. Robert Bonner, head of Customs and Border Protection, said the idea's in a very preliminary stage. He said auxiliaries are common among police and fire agencies, even the military, so why not for the Border Patrol? Bonner said his agency "welcomes the eyes and ears" of citizens, as long as they help "in a responsible way." Until now, Border Patrol officials have generally criticized such civilian efforts, saying it was the job of trained law enforcement officers. The Minuteman Project has rallied hundreds of people to patrol the Mexican border in Arizona, giving rise to at least 40 unaffiliated groups nationally.
Poster Comment:Gov't Considers Using Border Patrol Volunteers
UPDATED: 4:40 pm PDT July 20, 2005
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#1. To: Mr Nuke Buzzcut (#0)
Homeland Security backs off idea of civilian border patrol "need professionals..."
Here's the latest batch of recruits: We should thank the Nazis for giving us all those stark, frightening images. How else can we learn not to act like that?
The union must have had a word with 'em.
Scratch that...
“Under this roof are the heads of the family of Rothschild, a name famous in every capital of Europe, and every division of the globe." -Benjamin Disraeli
#2. To: Mr Nuke Buzzcut (#0)
#3. To: Eoghan (#1)
Scratch that... "need professionals..."
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