Loony Texans oppose Minutemen; Perry offers lukewarm support

"Minuteman border patrol raises opposition in Texas" has a roundup of the open borders types that oppose the Minuteman Project.

Those include Sen. Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa, D-McAllen and 10 other state senators as well as U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee, Texas Democrat. Plus:

In Brownsville, the Cameron County Commissioners Court unanimously passed a resolution opposing civilian border patrols, citing respect for immigrants, confidence in federal law enforcement and a shared history with Mexico.

"The safe and legal passage of immigrants and foreign visitors to Cameron County is important to the civic life of our county," the resolution said. "The future growth of Cameron County depends on the continued good will of our brothers in Mexico."

Officials in Laredo also voted unanimously to oppose the Minuteman project, saying they were "not welcome here." The Laredo City Council called on citizens and property owners along the border to refuse to cooperate with the Minutemen, referring to them as "spies" on suspected illegal aliens.

For more on Brownsville, see "Howard Dean to embarass self August 5 2005". Now, if Karl Rove went to visit party reps who just a few days before had welcomed a paramilitary, racist group to speak at a Republican Party headquarters, I'm sure we would never hear the end of it. But, when Howie goes to a similar situation, we never heard a peep about it except from me.

As for Texas Gov. Rick Perry, here's what he says:

"I fully understand and can appreciate the frustration that many Texans and others across the nation have with illegal immigration... The federal government can and must do more to close the border to illegal immigration... Until that happens, these kinds of citizen-initiated efforts likely will be the result. If you want to send the Minutemen home, I urge you to make sure we have enough federal agents on the border to secure it."

Immigration2005b · Sat, 09/24/2005 - 13:18 · · Importance: 1