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Resolution
Border Vigilantes
WHEREAS, since 1993, the policy
of the U.S. Border Patrol has been to prevent
entry to the United States through urban areas
by undocumented immigrants, and;
WHEREAS, this
policy has caused immigrants to attempt crossing
at desolate and remote locations, across federal
or private lands, and;
WHEREAS, this
transit has led some individuals to claim that
their private property is being invaded, abused
and damaged, and;
WHEREAS,
anti-immigrant groups have taken this
opportunity to organize themselves into
quasi-military organization that “patrol” said
private property, and;
WHEREAS, there
have been constant reports in the general press
of beatings and violent deaths in the areas
where these self-appointed “homeland defenders”
operate, and;
WHEREAS, the
respected Southern Poverty Law Center has
investigated these groups and found them to have
ties with anti-government groups, and;
WHEREAS, the
Attorney General of the United States has not
yet responded to the request from Congressman
Raul Grijalva (D-Tuscon) that the issue of these
vigilante groups be addressed at the federal
level, therefore;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that California LULAC demands
that the federal government put an end to the
actions of the most well known groups (“Ranch
Rescue,” based in Abilene, Texas, “Civil
Homeland Defense Corps,” based in Tombstone,
Arizona, and “America Border Patrol,” based in
Sierra Vista, Arizona) and prosecute them for
any and all violations of the law, as well as
maintain close watch on their leasers and
followers as they are a threat to the security
and tranquility of the nation.
Submitted by Mel Risher,
President of Santa Monica-Venice Bay Area
Council 2010, and Dr. J. Manuel Urrutia, Council
2010.
Approved this
21st day of June, 2003.
Hector M. Flores
LULAC National President |
