Should the minutemen have the right to patrol the border?
93070
Of course they should. We all have the right to view and report any illegal activities, including illegal immigration. Think of all the tax payer money they save us everytime they stop an illegal from crossing. Thats one less person we have to give free health care to, anykind of welfare, teach their children. All these things cost money. Money that they do not contribute to in the way of income taxes, like the rest of us. The Minutemen might even be saving our lives, when they stop the next terrorist from crossing the border. We owe them a great debt of gratitude.
1185029
Not 100%, but it will help.  Any effort is better than no effort. You could volunteer to help the Minutemen patrol and  report to border control.  Just the extra people to keep a watchful eye out is a good thing.  The fence will help slow the intruders down to give the border patrol a little more time to get to the scene. And, no, any money spent to secure our border is not a waste of resources.
1103406
No ! Keep the Minutemen on the Canadian border. We had seventeen supposed prepetrators in Canada and you only had seven.in Florida and they don't look so guilty right now
363270
The English isn't right for what I believe your question is about. No. The Americans need to leave that country at once. What they were isn't what they are now.  They are invaders now.  Every person there has little rights as they cannot walk about or go to where they would. Since movement is restricted.  There are no civil rights of the people. You can thank all the parties that fight and do not fight for peace among men and women of all kinds.
616044
I'm a liberal Democrate and I have to say that we must secure our borders.  The Sheriff of Maricope is doing what the Federal government should be doing.  We must have controll of who comes into the country to remain free.  This doesn't mean throw all the "illegals" who are here now, out, and do not close our borders to legal immigration, but we must stop new "illegals" from gaining entry into our nation.  If you or I break a law, we pay the price, well, so should the people breaking our laws by sneaking over our borders.
1030972
I know why and I support the Minutemen. They are a great organization.
680283
I agree with Jessica!!!! And, YES, some of the property on the border is owned by ranchers!! The ILLEGALS cut their fences, and trash their land as they cross into Arizona!!! The Minutemen group are in the process of building a fence, since our government REFUSES to help these ranchers!!!! Let's ALL send a brick to congress!!!
529091
It is the right, duty and responsibility of governments to ensure that its own citizens are 'adequately protected' from illegal immigrations.\n\nFrom our country's experience we have set periodic deadlines for illegal aliens to give themselves up to be repatriated to their counrty of origins, or face arrest and subsequent punishment of the country's laws which includes jail sentence and/or caning. In addition employers face substantial monetary fines for every illegal alien they employ. These measures were effective in reducing a significant total of illegals.\n\nAmerica is not doing enough to protect its own people from within. Illegal aliens bring diseases, cultures/practices that may be offensive/illegal and pose new dangers upsetting existing American communities and neighbourhoods. Why should the American citizens have to tolerate these additional dangers to their lives and peace-of-mind? I just cannot understand why the US government is doing so little/nothing to address this URGENT problem?!! Americans must exert pressure on the authorities, make loud noises by holding peaceful protests IF they want to wake up the government.
806556
The idiots who have answered this question so far are obviously ASSUMING by your name that you are not an American citizen.  Their racism is showing, no?  Dear friends, this man is an American citizen.  Want to maybe rethink your answers now?\n\nDear sweet Mimi, and the Titanic was unsinkable, right?  And the earth was flat.  Racists have never won in this country.  You will be the ones shunned when we get through this current new politically correct wave of racism and everyone starts recognizing Hispanics as the human beings that they are and allowing them their God-given rights as such.  God didn't put a better soul in you because of the WHITE packaging.  Sorry to burst your bubble!\n\nWHEN amnesty and/or the Guest Worker Program goes into effect I think the Minutemen will run like the lily-livered cowards that they really are.  How much courage does it take to stand at a border heavily armed and face unarmed desperate men, some of whom are on the verge of death from their journey and act like God?  What heroes!
728646
I do not agree with you. The Minutemen are patriotic Americans who are doing the job our government should have done a long time ago.If they are an infection, may there never be a cure.
1104801
Yes I agree. Too many people call the minutemen racist. They are protecting thier country in a peaceful manner and to some people this is an outrage. I don't think they should have rights to put mexicans back into Mexico. But they should work with the National Guard better. \n\nI agree that if you do not support minutemen you are anti-american. Many people don't know what is at stake. Minutemen will help protect our future from illegals.\n\n"Dude you are to stupid turn in your green card and go back to the European country that spawned your ancestors, because I bet at least one of them was illegal themselves."\n\nActually everyone that colonized north america from europe did it legally. It may be shocking to some. But Natie americans in North and South had no immigration law/policy. they had no government for this. So Europeans did have the right to colonize north america. So our ancestors were actually legal immigrants.
547558
*not the minutemen*\n\nanyway, that would be effective for about 1 hour before the humanitarians started to hear about it.  we all know this would never happen.  Our gov't is way to concerned with making everybody happy, except it's own legal and able to vote citizens.
509295
Actually it has happened at least 3 times in the past century. (Sometimes we don't learn from history!) Anyway...It was crudola on a stick. Stick with the MinuteMen and their plan. Close the Border. Built a wall. Fine any businessman hiring illegals $10,000 per hire. Force the IRS to reveal the names of companies submitting invalid SSN numbers (illegals using invalid phony documents) and raid all those companies. Use the proceeds to hire more Border Patrol persons. VOTE out anyone failing to stand by Americans and against the illegals. Come to think of it, do this first!
871339
This is very wrong.  We should have laws that keep these places from being sued because they deny someone service.  We should have laws that state only legal immigrants and U.S. citizens have the right to these places.  Also, the businesses that employ these people should be put out of business, screw the fines.  I also think we should put a wall along the whole border.  Why are we only putting it along 700 miles of our border?  why not the whole thing?
1152282
At least they are doing something.  I guess the government had a lot of pressure on it to act in some way, even if it isn't enough.  I am grateful that there are the Minutemen.  They love our country and they are tired of illegal Mexicans turning it into a cesspool like they have their own.  I still wish they would do more but this seems to be a step in the right direction.
1184518
Of course they should be protected, they are American citizens and they deserve protection same as the rest of the American citizens do - they pay taxes.  Seal the borders and deport ALL illegals!
355680
Put armed snipers every 500 yards with licennse to kill. I know many people that would volunteer for the priviledge. Every one that comes here takes away a job and health care from someone who has the right to be here. As for the rest of them gather them up the the slime dogs they are and load them into b-52 bombers and push them out at 30,000 feet back into mexico. Once they see people falling from the sky and friends getting heads blowb off after crossing the line maybe they would take the hint. No, borders should not be open. This country has homeless people everywhere and does not take care of their own. We must take care of our own people before we help anyone else.