Wednesday, February 11, 2009
This is just outrageous: 16 illegals sue Arizona rancher
An Arizona man who has waged a 10-year campaign to stop a flood of illegal immigrants from crossing his property is being sued by 16 Mexican nationals who accuse him of conspiring to violate their civil rights when he stopped them at gunpoint on his ranch on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Roger Barnett, 64, began rounding up illegal immigrants in 1998 and turning them over to the U.S. Border Patrol, he said, after they destroyed his property, killed his calves and broke into his home.
His Cross Rail Ranch near Douglas, Ariz., is known by federal and county law enforcement authorities as "the avenue of choice" for immigrants seeking to enter the United States illegally.
Trial continues Monday in the federal lawsuit, which seeks $32 million in actual and punitive damages for civil rights violations, the infliction of emotional distress and other crimes. Also named are Mr. Barnett's wife, Barbara, his brother, Donald, and Larry Dever, sheriff in Cochise County, Ariz., where the Barnetts live. The civil trial is expected to continue until Friday...
Total abuse of the legal system, human rights language, constitutional rights, property and natural law. It's the legal Jihad to break down America and harm anyone who stands up for his own rights, only it's not about Islamic terror, it's about a different sort of leftist agenda. Absolutely shameful.
According to the article, "The immigrants are represented at trial by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF)..." They are a 501c3 corporation, so you and I are indirectly paying for this BS (as well as directly through the abuse of the court system). According to Discover the Networks:
Founded in 1968 with a $2.2 million "seed grant" from the Ford Foundation, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) describes itself as "the leading nonprofit Latino litigation, advocacy and educational outreach institution in the United States." MALDEF's mission is twofold: to "safeguard the civil rights of Latinos" and to "expand the opportunities for Latinos" in American society. MALDEF defines the category of Latinos to encompass both American citizens and illegal aliens. Consequently, the organization supports policies that run counter to American laws, especially American immigration laws...
...Significantly, however, MALDEF has its own connections to racist sentiments and groups. MALDEF's Founder, Mario Obledo, said in 1998: "California is going to be a Hispanic state and anyone who doesn't like it should leave. They should go back to Europe."
Additionally, MALDEF has long partnered with Latino organizations like the National Council of La Raza ("the Race"), which openly seek to advance what they perceive to be their interests as a distinctive racial group.
Composed of a 35-member board of directors and a staff of 75 employees (including 22 attorneys), MALDEF is not a membership organization. Thus its funding derives primarily from a few corporations and large foundations, most notably the Ford Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Carnegie Corporation. It has also received generous funding from the Ahmanson Foundation, the AT&T Foundation, the Joyce Foundation, the John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Open Society Institute, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and the Verizon Foundation.
