News From the Border

Providing the news from a different front but from a war that we must win as well! I recognize the poverty and desperate conditions that many Latinos live in. We, as the USA, have a responsibility to do as much as we can to reach out to aid and assist spiritually with the Gospel and naturally with training, technology and resources. But poverty gives no one the right to break the laws of another sovereign nation.

Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Anti-Minuteman proposal defeated at Arizona Legislature

Feb 5, 8:42 PM EST

By JACQUES BILLEAUD
Associated Press Writer

PHOENIX (AP) -- Lawmakers defeated a proposal Monday at the Arizona Legislature that would have prohibited Minuteman volunteers and other armed civilian group members from conducting patrols.

Critics said armed civilian patrols are dangerous because they assume the duties of law enforcement without having any of the necessary training. Defenders said the volunteers are performing a valuable service at a time when the government has done a poor job of border enforcement.

The proposal, rejected on a 3-7 vote by the House homeland security committee, underscored tensions on both sides of the immigration debate.

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