6/14/2005

Minutemen...Illegal Aliens Update

The Minuteman Civil Defense Corps is planning to patrol for illegal immigrants crossing into Texas in October....

A spokesperson for the group said that co-founder Chris Simcox will meet with about 100 border ranchers and landowners this weekend in south Texas.

It will be the first of several meetings to train for fall patrol operations.
This is the same group that drew praise and criticism for conducting similar patrols along the Arizona-Mexico border earlier this year.

A spokesperson for the Minuteman Project says the Texas patrols will use the same operating procedures -- participants will not approach illegal immigrants, instead track them and report them to U.S. Border Patrol agents....


Hudson police continue to arrest illegal immigrants on trespassing charges, despite pending legal challenges to the practice...

A federal appeals court has denied efforts by carpet and flooring giant Mohawk Industries Inc. to kill a racketeering class action. The suit claims the Calhoun, Ga., company recruited and employed illegal aliens in order to depress wages of legitimate employees....

Mexican lawmakers told their American counterparts this weekend that Mexico has not done enough to stop the flow of illegal aliens across the U.S.-Mexico border, particularly non-Mexicans who first illegally cross Mexico's southern border....

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