-Caveat Lector- (Another traitor assumes public office and calls for investigation of Americans who are defending their families, liberty, property, and country.)
Grijalva calls for vigilante probe 'An atmosphere of fear' exists along the border, new congressman says By Sergio Bustos Gannett News Service Jan. 8, 2003 WASHINGTON - In his first official action as a new member of Congress, Rep. Raul Grijalva called on federal authorities to investigate vigilante groups in southern Arizona, warning that the groups have created "an atmosphere of fear" along the U.S.-Mexican border. Grijalva, D-Tucson, officially sworn in Tuesday as a member of the House of Representatives for Arizona's 7th District, sent a letter to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Phoenix urging action against the vigilante groups. The congressional district includes a 350-mile border with Mexico. "An atmosphere of fear exists in southern Arizona that threatens to ignite in a flashpoint of violence," Grijalva warned in a letter to U.S. Attorney Paul Charlton. "The words and actions of these groups are ample evidence of an armed racist movement intent on taking the law into their own hands. "We cannot allow the complex issues involved in U.S.-Mexican border policy to be hijacked by individuals who have chosen to break faith with our government and take matters into their own hands." "We will certainly respond to his inquiry," said Patrick Schneider, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office. Arizona has been a leading illegal gateway into the United States for migrants since the mid-1990s when federal authorities waged an intense campaign to block the borders in California and Texas. The latest figures show that at least one in three illegal immigrants arrested along the U.S.-Mexican border was captured in Arizona. Several vigilante groups have emerged within the past year arguing that the federal government has failed to protect the border. "We are a law-abiding group that is doing nothing else but protecting private property and the sovereignty of our borders, which are being invaded on a daily basis by drug dealers, criminals and illegal immigrants," said Chris Simcox, a newspaper owner in Tombstone who founded Civil Homeland Defense. The Tucson-based Border Action Network released a report last month accusing several groups of having a racist, anti-immigrant agenda and having ties to hate groups outside Arizona. The network demanded that federal and state authorities, including Gov. Janet Napolitano, investigate their allegations. Napolitano, who opposes civilians acting as law-enforcers but believes landowners at the border have a right to feel protected by the federal government, has called for talks to be held among all groups concerned with border-related issues. -------------------- -iNFoWaRZ 10 years before the American Revolution, when they felt their liberties being threatened by edicts from public officials, the Sons of Liberty would gather to ransack the public officials homes and send them fleeing into the night...maybe it's time to revive the tradition. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
