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May 09, 2006 U.S. Informs Mexican Gov't of Minutemen Activities Across the U.S. "While Minuteman civilian patrols are keeping an eye out for illegal border crossers, the U.S. Border Patrol is keeping an eye out for Update via Michelle Malkin: the actual story is much worse. She notes the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps has learned that the Border Patrol is passing on intelligence information about the Minutemen across the U.S. From the Minuteman site today: "This article does not report information told to the MCDC media offices that the Border Patrol chiefs have also been passing along intelligence reports to the government of Mexico on the activities of Minutemen not only at the borders, but in locations such as Utah, Nevada, Illinois, Massachusetts and Tennessee. Perhaps a follow-up story is coming tomorrow or an over zealous editor took the info out?
Frist Says Immigration Debate Coming Next Week in Senate "Senate Majority Leader Frist said today he hopes to schedule debate on immigration legislation next week, aiming to finish the legislation the following FAIR has an updated side-by-side comparison of the "compromise" bill being floated along with immigration enforcement bills
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Minutemen -- and telling the Mexican government where they are. According to three documents on the Mexican Secretary of Foreign Relations Web site, the U.S. Border Patrol is to notify the Mexican government as to the location of Minutemen and other civilian border patrol groups when they participate in apprehending illegal immigrants -- and if and when violence is used against border crossers," the Daily Bulletin reports. A DHS spokesman downplayed the report, saying, "It's not a secret where the Minuteman volunteers are going to be." Chris Simcox of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps told the paper, "Now we know why it seemed like Mexican officials knew where we were all the time. It's unbelievable that our own government agency is sending intelligence to another country. They are sending intelligence to a nation where corruption runs rampant, and that could be getting into the hands of criminal cartels."
week. Frist, in an exchange with Minority Leader Reid, said the two leaders would continue to negotiate the number of amendments and the makeup of the Senate conference team before the immigration legislation could return to the floor," CQ's Congress Daily reports. "Before the Easter break, Frist pulled the carefully crafted compromise because he and Reid could not reach an agreement on the two sticking points. Frist also said he would continue discussions with GOP senators who are demanding votes on numerous amendments. 'We're doing our very, very, very best to -- to focus each and every day on the amendments,' said Frist, adding he would like to whittle the list to 'substantive amendments' and not 'amendments just for political reasons.'"
