http://www.minutemanhq.com/pet_hr1986/\n\n\nWe call upon the United States Senate to follow the lead of the House of Representatives and pass legislation that will secure our borders through fencing, technology and a massive increase in Border Patrol agents so that the reserve military units can be rapidly relieved of their deployment along our frontier. We urge the Senate to leave the grave question of amnesty for the millions of illegal aliens already in this country for later debate, after the security and sovereignty of our nation have been clearly reestablished and the present wholesale border crisis is controlled.
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YES and I would bring all by friends to sign as well!
596957
HECK YES!!!!! I would join them in a heartbeat!!!!!!!!!!!! In  fact,i have been considering it already.\n All these LOYAL, patriotic, citizens are doing, is trying to secure a section of our border,because the government will NOT do it's job of protecting the U.S. citizens!!!!!! THEY are too busy catering to the illegals!\n\nAnd yes,the Minutemen do a terrific job of reporting sightings of illegals to border patrol. They have never taken the law into their own hands and arrested anyone,and regardless to the popular LIES on here, there has never been ONE incident of the Minutemen being involved in shooting, maiming,or killing anyone!!\nIf you talk to the border patrol agents themselves,THEY will tell you what a big help the Minutemen have been to them in stemming the crossings of ilegals! It's their supervisors who REFUSE to admit it!!! And,when you have our OWN President calling the Minutemen derogatory names,what else can you expect his FLUNKYS to do??!!!
266568
I am agreeing with you totally. Our borders need to be secured and we should make it where many can be legal citizens faster but not amnesty. amnesty is just going to get more illegals into this country. We have over 500,000 coming into the US a year now illegal from Mexico, if this fu*king president has his way and grants amnesty to these people instead of stopping the flow it is going to increase because they will see that this president doesn't give a fu*k about the American people. With amnesty we will have over a million illegal flooding this country....
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i believe we need to secure our borders,but criminalizing a group of hardworking people trying to escape poverty for their family's sake is not right.is anyone aware of the hardships and living conditions these people put up with so they can send extra money to their faMILIES.hell these are the type of people that should be americans.
415981
How about a 50-state consensus on immigration enforcment, instead? Write your local legislators today, and ask that cohesive \nand effective national border/immigration policy be established, and enforce to that standard...
627361
Dar if Kennedy is pissed-that makes me happy!\n\nI think enough is happening that they have to face the issue rather they like it or not-good.\n\nAnd Seal-or Anyone-Who are the biggest groups out there and who has petitions for the American people who want-Border security or no Amnesty?  And have some growing power. Besides the Minutemen?
290791
We have a Border Patrol already. They are understaffed and should be expanded. The Guard has planes and equipment that could be put toward the effort though. The second problem is, to do what? They are not cops, and we really can't shoot everybody crossing the border. So What would they realy do anyway??
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The Senate Bill is a really bad bill on so many levels. I could get behind a legalization provision of qualified illegals here if it were joined with real border security and were framed sensibly.  However, there are so many truly awful provisions I wouldn't know where to start to discuss them at this point. I am still absorbing it. Also, there were so many last minute amendments some of the section links still come up as blanks.\n\nI still am hopeful of the House. \n\nHowever, definitely I will vote against the Senators who voted for this.
421440
I think the drug cartels are playing with fire. They will learn that the more and more Americans they piss off, the more and more we will line up on the border with our guns ready to get rid of them for good. The Minutemen are doing a great job.
607919
Personally, I think that the border patrol should just let up - I mean - after all - that border belonged to politicians before the border patrol even came along and STOLE it from them.\n\nPLEASE DAR! Politicians are JUST HUMANS....\n\n(okay, even I can't keep a straight face with that last comment, do you think I'll get struck by lightning for even suggesting politicians are human?)\nI thought it was a funny story too.
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The us border patrol\nWhich is vastly undermanned\nTheyre under federal control\nThe National Guard is going to be helping soon according to last nights speech.
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I found this and thought it was worth sharing.\n\nA retired border patrol agent shows some common sense. \n\nThis letter sent to Tennessee Senator Bill Frist from a retired border patrol agent, and it has more common sense than all the bull being spewed from the Senate, with the exception of a few sensible representatives. \n\nDear Senator Frist: \n\nThere is a huge amount of propaganda and myths circulating about illegal aliens, particularly illegal Mexican, Salvadorian, Guatemalan and Honduran \naliens. \n#1. Illegal aliens generally do NOT want U.S. citizenship. Americans are very vain thinking that everybody in the world wants to be a U.S. citizen. Mexicans, and other nationalities want to remain citizens of their home \ncountries while obtaining the benefits offered by the United States such as employment, medical care, in-state tuition, government subsidized housing and free education for their offspring. Their main attraction is employment \nand their loyalty usually remains at home. They want benefits earned and subsidized by middle class Americans. What illegal aliens want are benefits of American residence without paying the price. \n\n#2. There are no jobs that Americans won't do. Illegal aliens are doing jobs that Americans can't take and still support their families. Illegal aliens take low wage jobs, live dozens in a single residence home, share expenses \nand send money to their home country. There are no jobs that Americans won't do for a decent wage. \n\n#3. Every person who illegally entered this nation left a home. They are NOT homeless and they are NOT Americans. Some left jobs in their home countries. They come to send money to their real home as evidenced by the more than 20 \nbillion dollars sent out of the country each year by illegal aliens. These illegal aliens knowingly and willfully entered this nation in violation of the law and therefore assumed the risk of detection and deportation. Those who brought their alien children assumed the responsibility and risk on behalf of their children. \n\n#4. Illegal aliens are NOT critical to the economy. Illegal aliens constitute less than 5% of the workforce. However, they reduce wages and benefits for lawful U.S. residents. \n\n#5. This is NOT an immigrant nation. There are 280 million native born Americans. While it is true that this nation was settled and founded by immigrants (legal immigrants), it is also true that there is not a nation on this planet that was not settled by immigrants at one time or another. \n\n#6. The United States is welcome to legal immigrants. Illegal aliens are not immigrants by definition. The U.S. accepts more lawful immigrants every year than the rest of the world combined. \n\n#7. There is no such thing as the "Hispanic vote". Hispanics are white, brown, black and every shade in between. Hispanics are Republicans, Democrats, Anarchists, Communists, Marxists and Independents. The so-called "Hispanic vote" is a myth. Pandering to illegal aliens to get the Hispanic vote is a dead end. \n\n#8. Mexico is NOT a friend of the United States. Since 1848 Mexicans have resented the United States. During World War I Mexico allowed German Spies to operate freely in Mexico to spy on the U.S. During World War II. Mexico allowed the Axis powers to spy on the U.S. from Mexico. During the Cold War Mexico allowed spies hostile to the U.S. to operate freely. The attack on the Twin Towers in 2001 was cheered and applauded all across Mexico. Today Mexican school children are taught that the U.S. stole California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. If you don't believe it, check out some Mexican textbooks written for their schoolchildren. \n\n#9. Although some illegal aliens enter this country for a better life, there are 6 billion people on this planet. At least 1 billion of those live on less than one dollar a day. If wanting a better life is a valid excuse to \nbreak the law and sneak into America, then let's al
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Bravo Dave....When Mr. Reagon said those immortal words, the whole world respected our government, and what we stood for.  Now-not so much as a "security issue", but as a "political issue" our government wants to secure the Mexico/USA border.  Why has no money be allocated for a Canada/USA border?  Isn't Canada where they recently broke up a terrorists cell?
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We need border security immediately and all else should wait.  That will at least restrict illegal immigrants to bottlenecks where they can be more easily managed. (Love the wrestling pigs analogy!) Putting amnesty and guest worker programs in place now while waiting on studies and permission from Mexico to build barriers to future illegal immigration is ludicrous.\n\nLetting the Senate get away with putting a 'rolling' ten year statute of limitations for border crossing in the bill so all illegals have to do is stay 10 years (or forge documents pretending they have) is completely out of line.  The very fact that they slipped that provision in secretly while piously and loudly discussing what illegal immigration may or may not be legalized is dishonest and an insult to our intelligence.  This is an engraved invitation for illegals to enter in the future and is far worse than the amnesty for those already here.\n\nFortunately, the House approach is very different, and any compromise will have to take that into account.  \n\nWrite to your Congressmen about this.
597149
Thanks for posting this info.\nHopefully the rest of the senate will take heed and listen to what the citizens are saying.
234539
Actually it has happened at least 3 times in the past century. (Sometimes we don't learn from history!) Anyway...It was crudola on a stick. Stick with the MinuteMen and their plan. Close the Border. Built a wall. Fine any businessman hiring illegals $10,000 per hire. Force the IRS to reveal the names of companies submitting invalid SSN numbers (illegals using invalid phony documents) and raid all those companies. Use the proceeds to hire more Border Patrol persons. VOTE out anyone failing to stand by Americans and against the illegals. Come to think of it, do this first!
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I think they are people who have fled their countries for a better life here.  I do not think they are the biggest part of this problem.  US companies that seek them out and in some cases help them get into the country are the biggest part of the problem.  Until that is dealt with no ridiculous, under patrolled wall or fence will keep people out.  Congress (both parties) would like for us to focuus on the illegal entrants, on fences and even on beefing up security.  that is dishonest of them.  Do you ever notice how very few Senators and House members are drawing our attention to corporate America's hiring of these people?  Could it be that they don't want to upset the source of their campaign dollars?