What part of VIGILANTES dont you understand?

Question

These arrogant minutemen think that just because they carry handguns and intimidate children and women think they are above the law. But reality is that they arent near being law enforcement.

Is there criminal bacground checks for these people? HHHMMM..... I wonder why?

President Bush was the first one to baptize them as such. No wonder he's such a great president. Too bad that theres only 2 terms he could serve.

STOP HR 4437!!

Nice to hear from you clone_mann. I can see that you grammar needs some work still. You dont know how to spell still? Alberto needs to tech you English grammar once again.

Answer 1

I wonder what percent of these vigilantes are wanna-be cops and security guards but weren't good enough to make it.

Answer 2

Two interesting things come to mind with this "question" -

1. Background checks? These guys have had their background checked by the government when they formerly served our country as civil or military servants. Not to mention there is a background check when purchasing fire arms. If they own fire arms, their background has been checked.

2. I was watching Glenn Beck this evening. Normally, I find the man to be too conservative for my tastes, but tonight he was speaking to someone about illegal immigration. Glenn played back something he said earlier on another show - it would cost the government the price of 2 Stealth Bombers to build a fence from coast to coast along the Mexican border. I found that very interesting.

While I know that not all illegal immigrants are from Mexico, I think that would be a start to aid the government with the onslaught of illegal immigrants flooding into the country DAILY.

Just something of interest I wanted to share.

P.S. The proposed law seems good to me. If someone doesn't want to fight against the law, they shouldn't break the laws.

Answer 3

We've reached a very strange moment in the immigration debate. President Bush condemned a group of good American citizens worried about the breaking of U.S. immigration law. He condemned the organizers of Project Minuteman as "vigilantes" even though they have broken no law and pledge not to do so. An hour or two later, Mr. Bush welcomed to his Texas ranch a man who insults the United States for its immigration policy and leads a government that routinely flouts U.S. immigration law.
Mexican President Vicente Fox hit a trifecta of contempt for the United States and its laws over the past week. First, he accused Americans of taking no pride in their country because the government is building fences in San Diego to keep out those who try to enter the country in defiance of the law. Next, he scoffed at the concern of U.S. authorities that terrorists may be crossing the U.S. border. Then, he vowed to stamp out the work of Project Minuteman and other efforts by Americans to protect their country. When Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona told Mr. Fox to show "a little less disdain for the rule of law north of the border," he was being only too polite. Nevertheless, Mr. Bush welcomed Mr. Fox to his home.
It's worth reviewing how we got here. First, the Bush administration has failed to do all it could do, and should do, to curtail illegal immigration. The most recent analysis, out this week from the Pew Hispanic Center, suggests that 10.3 million undocumented aliens live in the United States, up 23 percent from the estimated 8.4 million who were here only four years ago. Most are Mexicans. This has happened in large part because Mr. Bush seems not to be concerned about the growing tide of illegal immigration. He declined to provide in his 2006 budget for hiring the 2,000 additional border agents he promised in the intelligence bill he signed in December. Mr. Bush wants to hire only 210.
Meanwhile, the Mexican government has engaged in an unprecedented campaign to encourage the breaking of U.S. law. As we pointed out in January, the Mexican government publishes and distributes pamphlets instructing would-be illegals on how to evade detection at the border, and how to lie low once they're here. All the while, Mr. Fox continues a high-decibel campaign of rhetorical contempt for U.S. law.
Amid this chaos, states, local governments and citizen groups have responded. In Arizona, whose illegal population has grown fastest, a citizen initiative called Proposition 200 passed with a solid majority in November to place curbs on the distribution of public benefits to illegals. Many Hispanic citizens voted for it. Now, Project Minuteman -- a border-monitoring effort slated to begin April 1 -- has swollen to more than a thousand volunteers with 30 private planes to monitor activity on the border 24 hours a day, reporting what they find to the Border Patrol.
Mr. Bush's description of the Minutemen as vigilantes is a misreading of American history. The vigilantes were a lynch mob. The Minutemen are an expanded version of the Neighborhood Watch programs popular in many American cities. It's sad to see an American president roll out a royal welcome to a foreign dignitary so openly contemptuous of U.S. law, while simultaneously condemning Americans who are trying to help duly constituted authorities enforce the law.

Answer 4

Hey BUD!
Thee only people who are against the Minutemen, and/or U.S Customs and Border Protection are the people who are committing crimes against OUR country. The Drug smugglers, Human smugglers, and people who enter here ILLEGALLY. If you live here and don't like our LAWS then MOVE to Mexico, Honduras, Brazil, Cuba, Haiti, China. I'm sure you would like it MUCH better there.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Post a link as to the harm these men and women of all walks of life are causing. They are American civilians doing the job the Mexican government WON'T do which is keeping people from illegally crossing the border.

.....Support HR 4437

Answer 7

"Is there criminal bacground checks for these people? HHHMMM..... I wonder why?"
Are you talking about the illegal border crossers?
Or the drug dealers that get to sue the law enforcement officers that shoot at them?
Or maybe you are referring to the Coyotes that sneak them across the border and some times leave them to die in the desert?
You can’t be referring to the citizens of the U.S. that are trying to keep an eye who comes into their country, could you?

Answer 8

What part of vigilantes don't YOU understand?

It is not perjorative. It is neutral. It means enforcing the law privately. There have been a number of times in US history when the government did not enforce laws and citizens did. That is why there are specific rights of Citizen Arrest - although the Minutemen do not go that far.

Answer 9

bush only became what he is because he stole what he has and the minute men are doing more than most last i checked this was America and we spoke English.i believe blacks have every right to be here but all the people crawling under fences and sneaking in here are wrong and should all be kicked out asap

Answer 10

When the ******** government won't enforce the immigration laws, it is the citizens' duty to do so themselves. We must have law and order. Get over it and get a life.

Answer 11

If you even had the SLIGHTEST CLUE What your talking about you might understand. ALOT of those in the Minutemen are retired MILITARY, POLICE, Federal Agents. The Founders are VETERANS. What Background check should they be required to take when you want ILLEGALS to walk in UNCHECKED? If wanting SECURE Borders and CRIMINALS kept out makes me a RACIST or a VIGILANTE then I'm PROUD to be one.