Citizens launch drones to patrol Mexican border (AmericanPatrol) - GoFuckYourself.com

Odin88 · 09-09-2003, 12:02 AM

http://www.americanpatrol.com

Here is an article in today's Atlanta Journal Constitution:

http://www.ajc.com/news/content/new...407720044113184

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The group, American Border Patrol, purchased and equipped three large model airplanes with cameras and night vision systems and began using them for patrols last week.

The group's goal is to eventually monitor the entire U.S.-Mexican border and post numbers of illegal immigrants missed by the U.S. Border Patrol on the Internet or on television every day, he said.

Spencer, who previously led an immigration control group in Los Angeles, said he was using $180,000 of his own money to fund the American Border Patrol.

"I have bet everything I've got on this thing," he said. "If it doesn't work, if it fails, I will be working at McDonald's."

But if the drones work and the video can be broadcast live, Spencer said he expects donations to start pouring in.

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Spencer's group and others like it have alarmed immigration advocates, who say the citizen patrols are vigilante mobs motivated by xenophobia and racism.

The Border Action Network, an advocacy group for immigrants, has launched a campaign to find Mexicans and other immigrants who have been mistreated by citizen border patrol groups while trying to enter the United States illegally. The idea behind the effort -- which includes billboards, posters and radio spots -- is to help the immigrants file civil cases against the groups.

(By the way, when I say 'Our' I am not referring to myself. I am not an American, but as most people here are I used the term 'Our')

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