Congressmen want investigation of Border Patrol/Mexican info sharing
posted at 11:12 am on May 12, 2006 by Allahpundit
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Sara Carter, the Daily Bulletin reporter who broke the story, follows up:
Congressional leaders Thursday called on the Department of Homeland Security to investigate reports that U.S. Customs and Border Protection has given information to the Mexican government about the locations of U.S. civilian border watch groups.
California Reps. Duncan Hunter, R-El Cajon, and Darryl Issa, R-Vista, along with Texas Rep. John Culberson, R-Houston, sent a formal letter to DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff asking for a full investigation into all circumstances and events related to civilian border observation groups and the Mexican government.
Republicans all, you’ll note.
Carter also notes the stupidity of DHS’s spin about what international law requires:
[DHS spokesman Kristi] Clemens said the United States gives information to Mexican officials under the the rules of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 1963, which provides foreign nationals being detained by a government the right to consular access…
Mexican consulates, however, went beyond the boundaries of the Vienna Convention, asking U.S. Border Patrol officials to provide them with information on “vigilantes” operating along the U.S. border, according to the August report.
Chris Simcox, head of the Minutemen, held a presser today in D.C. in which he called for Congressional investigations into the matter. Looking for video now; will post it here when I find it.
In the meantime, Local 2544 of the Border Patrol union has posted a statement about the Mexican government on its website. Click and enjoy. Think Bush will talk about this on Monday night?
Update: The latest news along the border: the feds might be ready to stop prosecuting drug mules who smuggle less than 500 pounds of marijuana across. They simply don’t have the resources.
The estimated street value of 500 pounds of weed is $250,000.
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Am I crazy for thinking there has got to be some statute on the books that makes it a violation to conspire with a foreign government to subvert US law?
I am very interested in knowing whether it was only Minuteman locations the traitors at US Customs and Border Patrol were supplying the Mexican government, or were they also giving out information concerning actual law enforcement activities and locations.
msplitt on May 12, 2006 at 12:00 PM
Once again, notice that it is the House doing the right thing, not the Senate.
dman on May 12, 2006 at 12:08 PM
This cant be real. Someone wake me up.
Are ANY laws worth the paper they’re written on?
Some of very recent stuff:
Kofi Annan and the UN, still the largest world wide pimp agency, with child porn as a side, is getting $1.6 billion for remodeling.
Illegal Aliens get better treatment than most Americans with US citizenship. And cheaper college if your kid plans to cross state lines.
Heroes like Sara Carter have to get help from civilian minutemen, then mass media, then finally congressmen, to JUST LOOK at treasonous activities on our borders.
We release (free of charges) more Illegal Aliens in a month than possibly all the other countries combined, release in a year.
Under $250,000.00 dollars worth of pot you get a slap on the wrist. 480 pounds of pot is AOK with us.
You get a pass if you drive drunk and wreck your car twice in as many weeks, if your a Kennedy.
You can slap cops if you play your race card.
If you crawled across the borders, you can avoid legal process as long as 12 million of your illegal best friends do it with you.
Some of our Senators would like to Impeach our president, but allow Al Queda to go to Yale while still hating, and wanting to kill, Americans.
We can blame our government for not stopping 9/11 but heaven forbid our spys actually try to do something to stop it. We get them fired.
Cartoons cause death, but we cant denounce that, it would be mean.
What the HECK is going on? I dont even know what to tell my 14 year old when he asks “which laws do matter, Dad?”
shooter on May 12, 2006 at 12:19 PM
Hypocritical Laws
Americans are helping to pay salary to palestinian policemen to not enforce anti-terror laws; why shouldn’t we also pay American law enforcement to not enforce immigration laws?
Reality Check on May 12, 2006 at 12:46 PM
The House seems like our only hope. That could change after the election.
jaleach on May 12, 2006 at 1:43 PM
Preview of Monday’s speech? There is text of El Presidente’s oration (illustrated) in “Our First Mexican President.” gringoman.com
gringoman on May 12, 2006 at 5:26 PM