April 8, 2005

GOTTA DRAW THE LINE SOMEWHERE:

After incident, man asked to leave Minuteman Project (BILL HESS, April 8, 2005, S V Herald)

A Minuteman Project volunteer who was investigated for potentially detaining an illegal immigrant by force has been asked to leave the volunteer group.

Bryan Barton, who reportedly is a possible Republican candidate for one of the California congressional seats, reportedly came upon an illegal immigrant and forced the man to hold a T-shirt that read: "Bryan Barton caught an illegal and all I got was this lousy T-shirt."


You're just supposed to deny them the opportunities your own forebears came here seeking, not humiliate them.

Posted by Orrin Judd at April 8, 2005 4:37 PM
Comments

The Minutemen simply want the immigrants to come into America in a reasonable, orderly and legal fashion.

Posted by: bart at April 8, 2005 5:46 PM

Fine, then lift the restrictions and process them on the way in.

Posted by: oj at April 8, 2005 6:34 PM

We need the cooperation of the Mexican government for that as we will want to know peoples' criminal record for example. I don't see that forthcoming.

Posted by: bart at April 8, 2005 6:49 PM

We never have before.

Posted by: oj at April 8, 2005 7:16 PM

About 1/3 of all immigrants got rejected at the border even during the 1880-1920 period. It was never an open door.

Posted by: bart at April 8, 2005 7:21 PM

Cuba and Vietnam helped?

Posted by: oj at April 8, 2005 7:32 PM

Thailand did with the Vietnamese. Many spent several years in Thai refugee camps while their applications were judged on a case by case basis and many, who weren't admitted here, still live there. And the Cubans were a middle class migration, unlike the current Mexican one. The whining about the puny Mariel boatlift, which Castro did use to ship criminals to America, should tell you how strict Americans believe the border control should be.

Posted by: bart at April 8, 2005 8:04 PM

They're here.

Posted by: oj at April 8, 2005 8:16 PM

I thought it was funny.

Posted by: Robert Schwartz at April 9, 2005 9:35 AM
« PRO PHIL AXIS: | Main | WHAT'S LEFT OF EUROPE FOR THEM TO ASSIMILATE TO?: »